Gold Coast City council animal management have euthanised four dogs involved with Yatala mauling

The dogs that mauled a three-year-old girl in Yatala last week have been put down. See the details.

The dogs that mauled a three-year-old girl in Yatala last week have been put down Friday afternoon, Gold Coast City Council confirmed.

On April 12, the young girl was rushed to Queensland Children’s hospital in a serious condition after she was attacked by the dogs at a home in Yatala.

The council’s animal management unit took the four german shepherd and mastiff breed dogs and were investigating which dog or dogs were responsible.

Dog attack, Yatala. Picture: NIGEL HALLETT

The move comes only days after Queensland’s Agriculture Minister Mark Furner confirmed there would be harsher penalties for dangerous dog owners.

On April 19 Mr Furner held an urgent meeting which involved members from the dangerous dog task force and representatives from local government.

Dog attack, Yatala. Picture: NIGEL HALLETT

They proposed five new measures against dangerous dogs: increased penalties for owners of dogs that cause harm; jail time for the most serious attacks; a statewide ban on dog breeds prohibited for import by the Commonwealth; on-the-spot fines for off-leash dogs; and development of a community education program.

“Currently there is legislation in both NSW and Victoria that provides jail time for persons that have caused death as a result of their irresponsible behaviour with their dogs on a person,” Mr Furner said.

“There’s an opportunity to address that, and now is the time to do that.”

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk agreed with the urgent meeting held by Mr Furner and said “enough is enough”.

“The onus is on dog owners,” she said.

“They must accept responsibility for their pets and their pets’ behaviour.

“I have also been sickened by reports of smaller dogs being attacked and often killed by larger animals while out walking with their owners.”

General pictures of the property where dogs were removed after a dog attack on a three year old girl. Police and council officers have removed four dogs from a Yatala property after a girl, 3, fell victim to the third attack in the southeast this week. Yatala Thursday 13th April 2023 Picture David Clark

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