Two-year-old girl victim of latest dog attack: Reports

FOUR children have now been attacked — one fatally — by dogs in the past week. A Far North Coast toddler is believed to be the latest victim.

A TWO-YEAR-OLD girl has become the fourth child victim of a dog attack in six days after an attack near Coffs Harbour.

The girl was attacked on Thursday afternoon at Sawtell, on the NSW Far North Coast, and taken to nearby Coffs Harbour Hospital, with an injury to her left eye, Nine News reports.

#BREAKING: A two-year-old girl is in hospital after a suspected dog attack at Sawtell. She's reportedly suffering an injury to her left eye and is in a stable condition in Coffs Harbour Hospital. #NBNNews pic.twitter.com/8ZwQXrF6Ok

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The incident is the latest in a series of dog attacks on children — one fatal — in less than a week.

The first attack came on Saturday, when one-year-old Kamillah Jones was in a stroller in the NSW town of Inverell when a rottweiler attacked her.

She was rushed to Inverell District Hospital in an ambulance, but her injuries were so severe she couldn’t be saved.

Tiny Tom Higgins is recovering after his ear was surgically reattached. His ear was torn off when he was dragged off his bike by a Great Dane in Newcastle on Tuesday evening. Picture: Channel 10

There was another attack on Sunday, this time in Melbourne, where a 10-year-old girl was seriously injured.

That attack happened while her parents were reportedly at the gym.

On Wednesday, Newcastle three-year-old Tom Higgins was savagely mauled and had his ear torn off when he was dragged off his bike by a Great Dane in Newcastle.

The attacks have seen renewed calls for better restrictions on dangerous dogs, and fresh warnings for all about allowing dogs near small children.