Vic: Girl suffers serious bites after dog attack

AAP General News (Australia)
04-18-2009
Vic: Girl suffers serious bites after dog attack

An eight-year-old girl will require surgery to her legs after being attacked by a Rottweiler
this afternoon in Victoria.

It's believed the girl was with her father at a family friend's property at Snake Valley
.. near Ballarat .. when the attack happened.

Ambulance Victoria spokeswoman GABRIELLE DEGENHARDT says the girl has deep penetrating
bites to her legs and lacerations to her hands.

She's in a stable condition in the Ballarat Base Hospital.

It is not clear at this stage who owns the dog.

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KEYWORD: ROTTWEILER (MELBOURNE)

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