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SOUTHERN VIEW Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
Tuesday <strong>March</strong> <strong>27</strong> <strong>2018</strong> 3<br />
News<br />
Inquiry into horrific dog bashing<br />
• By Bridget Rutherford<br />
INVESTIGATIONS are under<br />
way after a Spreydon family’s<br />
american staffordshire was<br />
allegedly bashed to death with a<br />
brick and drowned after he got<br />
out of their backyard.<br />
Greta Houghton said her<br />
family was devastated their dog<br />
Bruno had to be put down after<br />
the attack in Centennial Park<br />
near the Pioneer Recreation and<br />
Sport Centre on <strong>March</strong> 9.<br />
“His brains were hanging out,”<br />
she said.<br />
“The vet actually said they had<br />
never seen a head so swollen.”<br />
What occurred in the lead up<br />
to the attack has not yet been<br />
confirmed, but police attended<br />
after reports two dogs were fighting<br />
and a person had been bitten.<br />
Police took Bruno to the vet<br />
and referred the incident onto<br />
the city council’s animal control<br />
team, which is investigating.<br />
The SPCA has also launched an<br />
investigation.<br />
Miss Houghton said Bruno got<br />
out of their backyard at about<br />
5pm and they were out looking<br />
for him 5-10min later.<br />
“At 7pm, my mum got a call<br />
from the vet’s saying ‘we have<br />
Bruno here, we need you to come<br />
here’.”<br />
Miss Houghton said Bruno<br />
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he needed to be put down.<br />
was brain dead by the time<br />
he arrived at the After Hours<br />
Veterinary Centre on Disraeli St,<br />
and had to be put down.<br />
She said he suffered from blunt<br />
force trauma to the head from<br />
being hit with a brick, and had<br />
signs of drowning.<br />
“My granddad contacted me<br />
and said Bruno’s at the vet. I<br />
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didn’t even drive I just ran down<br />
the street like ‘where is my dog’.<br />
My family was there when they<br />
put him down, I got there just a<br />
little too late.”<br />
A police spokeswoman said<br />
they received a call just after 6pm<br />
reporting two dogs were fighting<br />
in Centennial Park.<br />
“One person was reportedly<br />
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bitten by one of the dogs, receiving<br />
cuts to their arms.”<br />
She said an ambulance was<br />
advised. “The dog was injured<br />
as a result of the incident, police<br />
took it to a vet, and the dog was<br />
subsequently put down.”<br />
She said police spoke with witnesses<br />
and the matter had been<br />
referred to the city council and<br />
SPCA.<br />
“For that reason, it would not<br />
be appropriate for police to comment<br />
further.”<br />
Miss Houghton said she could<br />
not believe Bruno would attack<br />
another dog or person.<br />
“He was a very friendly dog,<br />
he wouldn’t hurt a soul. The only<br />
time he would growl back was if<br />
a dog had growled at him.”<br />
City council head of regulatory<br />
compliance Tracey Weston said:<br />
“The council has received a complaint<br />
relating to this alleged dog<br />
attack and this matter is in the<br />
early stages of the investigation<br />
and ongoing.”<br />
An SPCA spokeswoman said<br />
the investigation was in its early<br />
stages and it was gathering information.<br />
“But we would also like to<br />
appeal to anyone who witnessed<br />
the incident or who has any<br />
information to please give us a<br />
call.”<br />
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Fire rages, homes at risk<br />
COTTAGE RESTORATION<br />
Historic Penfold’s Cob<br />
Cottage in Scott Park will be<br />
stabilised and repaired as soon<br />
as possible to prevent further<br />
deterioration. The walls on<br />
the road frontage and the side<br />
facing Ferrymead Bridge will<br />
be repaired and restored to<br />
the original pre-earthquake<br />
form. The remaining two<br />
walls, which have collapsed,<br />
will be stabilised and glazed<br />
so the interior of the c1870<br />
cottage can be seen through a<br />
protective glass wall to the side<br />
and rear.<br />
BUSH TRACK REOPENING<br />
Kennedys Bush Track will<br />
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the public since the Port Hills<br />
fire for safety reasons. City<br />
council staff have worked with<br />
the trustees of the privatelyowned<br />
land to get the area<br />
around the track cleared of<br />
fire-damaged trees, and the<br />
track restored to a safe state.<br />
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