BEDROOM MAULING
STAFFIES ATTACK WOMAN, POODLE
A CARRARA woman was forced to stand outside and listen helplessly as a pack of staffordshire terriers viciously mauled her six-year-old poodle inside her own bedroom.
The shocking attack happened about 11am yesterday when four large dogs entered Barbara and Greg Bignall’s Hickey Way home.
Mr Bignall was out running errands while Mrs Bignall, who is recovering from a broken leg, and the family pet Woolfie rested in bed.
The front door of the house, which has a fenced yard, was open to let the breeze in.
Mrs Bignall said the dogs burst into the bedroom out of nowhere and tore Woolfie off the bed before she even had time to react.
“I tried to grab her back from them but I am not very mobile at the moment and I couldn’t get to her,” she said.
“The next thing I knew one of the dogs was turning on me so I hit it with my crutches and hobbled away. “The dogs had Woolfie bailed up in the corner of the bedroom – there was no way for me to get to her.
“I went outside to safety to call the police.
“I could hear Woolfie yelping, she was in pain, but there was nothing I could do.”
The dogs eventually fled through the back yard and escaped out a side gate.
Mr Bignall and the police arrived at the house within minutes to find the couple’s bedroom covered in Woolfie’s blood and faeces.
The small white dog was semi-conscious and bleeding out and Mr Bignall rushed her to a Nerang vet where she remains in a critical condition.
Police and council officers yesterday captured three of the four dogs within half an hour but a fourth dog remained on the loose.
The small dog is reportedly suffering severe shock and sustained damage to her internal organs. She is on a drip and being monitored.
Vets have told the Bignalls if she responds to medication it may be possible to perform potentially lifesaving surgery today.
Mr Bignall said he was disgusted by the incident.
“You should be able to feel safe in your own home,” he said.
Mrs Bignall said she would be seeking for the dogs to destroyed.
“They are vicious and dangerous,” she said.
The Bignalls and neighbours said they had never seen the dogs before and did not know who owned them.
The four dogs had no identification or council tags.
Council’s animal management officers are investigating and no decision has yet been made on the fate of the dogs.