Temple dog owner faces charges after attack on nine-year-old
Posted Jun 2, 2014 3:43 pm.
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A Calgary dog owner has been charged, after a nine year old girl was attacked in Temple.
Bylaw officers were called to the community around 7:00 p.m. Friday, to reports the little girl had been bitten by a neighbour’s dog.
She had to be taken to hospital where she underwent undergo surgery.
Officials say the injured girl was playing in the yard with the dog owner’s kids at the time; the Australian Cattle Dog was tethered to a tree nearby.
They are still trying to piece together the events that led up to the attack.
The dog was seized by authorities, and the owner now faces a charge of attack causing severe injury, and one count of having an unlicensed dog.
The animal will have to undergo a behavioural assessment.
