Dog Attacks

South Australian police say a woman has died after a dog attack at Whyalla in South Australia's upper Spencer Gulf region this afternoon.   

Local rangers removed two dogs from a Fitzroy Crossing property on Sunday after the incident.

A Geraldton family wins a months-long battle to overturn a council decision labelling their golden Labrador Dozer dangerous.

Over the past 12 months, 289 incidents were reported by Ergon Energy across Queensland — including 148 dog attacks, 60 incidents involving wildlife, and 81 threats from the public.

A behavioural veterinarian says there's not usually one direct cause for dogs attacking, and owner education could help improve the rate of horror incidents.

The inquest into the death of Kane Minion hears that investigators feared for their safety when visiting the property where the 2022 attack occurred.

After meter reader Kane Minion was fatally mauled by dogs at a Queensland property, the Coroners Court hears details about the electricity provider's work procedures.

Kane Minion was killed by dogs on a south-east Queensland property in 2022.

Wiluna, in Western Australia's far northern Goldfields, is looking to revive a cash incentive for community members to surrender domestic dogs for rehoming.

A WA family asks the State Administrative Tribunal to overturn the City of Greater Geraldton's ruling that Dozer, their golden labrador, is a dangerous dog. 

As a close-knit regional NSW community reels in the wake of a fatal dog attack, the state government is finalising the first review of its dog ownership laws in more than 20 years.

Police praised bystanders for saving a 17-year-old girl being attacked by a large mixed-breed dog in the New South Wales Hunter Valley.

The 17-year-old suffered injuries to her head, neck and body and was rushed to hospital. Police destroyed the animal involved and an investigation is underway.

A man is fined $7,000 for several dog-related offences, including attacks on two Broome real estate agents last year.

A hobby farm owner calls for more powers for rangers to declare domestic dogs as dangerous after a fatal attack in Western Australia.

A rescue helicopter is sent to the mining town of Dysart to assist a two-year-old girl bitten on the face by a pet dog.

Vince Manuel will live with permanent damage to his hand after a loose dog attacked him while he was walking his Labrador and "sausage dog" in a Victorian town. 

There are five times as many dog attacks in NSW as there were two decades ago and victims are backing an overhaul of legislation after a series of inquiries laid bare potentially life-threatening failures within the system.

Kane Minion was mauled to death on a Queensland property in 2022. At a pre-inquest hearing, the court was told that another worker was threatened by the same animals a week earlier.

The five-week-old died from fatal injuries after a mauling from a family pet in the Central Coast in 2021.