Noosa staffy that attacked five dogs and a person to be destroyed

A vicious Staffordshire Bull Terrier that attacked five other dogs and a human will be destroyed despite her owner’s attempts to keep her from death row.

A vicious Staffordshire Bull Terrier that attacked five other dogs and a human will be destroyed after her owner’s attempts to save her from death row failed.

Mathew Daly sought a review of the Noosa Council’s decision to destroy his female ‘staffy’ named Red Dog, following a series of attacks and subsequent failures to properly restrain her.

But the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal has confirmed the council’s destruction order, saying despite Mr Daly’s promise to look after the dog, “history is a powerful predictor of what is likely to occur in the future”.

The Tribunal heard that between July 2016 and June 2020, Red Dog escaped her yard three times, attacking three different dogs including a Maltese cross, a dachshund and a Lhasa Apso.

She bit the Lhasa Apo’s owner on the ankle during that incident.

The staffy was declared a dangerous dog by the Noosa Council in July 2020 and inspections in August and September that year revealed the mandatory enclosure requirements had not been met.

The Tribunal heard that in April 2022 she was seen roaming off the property and a month later she escaped Mr Daly’s parked car and attacked a Cavoodle.

Noosa Council will destroy ‘Red Dog’ following a series of attacks.

On September 12 last year she again escaped her yard and attacked a miniature poodle and the following day when council officers attended the property, she was found without her mandatory dangerous dog collar or identification tag, the Tribunal heard.

Council officers seized Red Dog and made an order for her destruction but Mr Daly took the case to QCAT, asking the tribunal to intervene.

Mr Daly said he was not Red Dog’s owner during a number of the attacks which occurred when he lived with a number of other housemates.

The tribunal was shown evidence of Mr Daly signing for full responsibility of Red Dog in a council officer’s note book on May 27, 2020, one day after the second of five attacks on other dogs.

“I intend to be a very responsible dog owner given the chance and will never allow Red Dog to commit a breach of the dangerous dog act,” he told the tribunal.

“I acknowledge in the past that I did not meet requirements and I am fully committed to doing so in the future.”

Mr Daly said he had moved to a new property where Red Dog could be secured and pleaded for one final chance.

The tribunal said it considered Mr Daly’s plea, but noted he had been given a final chance in a council letter dated May 23, 2022 but Red Dog again went on to attack another animal and was also found without the required collar and tags.

“Mr Daly did not make the most of that chance,” the tribunal wrote.

“While I accept that Mr Daly is now aware of the gravity of the consequences of his failure to manage Red Dog, I cannot ignore the extensive history.

“Notwithstanding that Mr Daly has a new enclosure, harness, muzzle and leads, I consider that the history is a powerful predictor of what is likely to occur in the future.”