After* a savage* attack on its owner, Mr. Alfred Attrill, of Jtyde . (Khg.). a three-year-old ■ Alsatian,,dog had to be shot with a double-barreued gun. The Alsatian was hew.fed in .company With a when it sprang' at; .Mr..' Attrill’s sister.. Mr. Attrill beat it off, and fought, with the dog for some minute*, Jireaking clear, the animal' flew at Mites..Attrill’s throat, but,missed, Mr.. Attrill engaged in another-.struggle .with the dog, which was forced into a shod, hut before the door could be closed it liad gripped the. owner ,by the wrist and badly •.mauled his left arm Through' a crevice of the shed the Alsatian was shot. 1
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10738, 8 November 1928, Page 7
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