There have been renewed calls to ban certain dog breeds, including American Staffies, from being kept as pets after a savage attack left a man fighting for his life in a Brisbane park.
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Ajay Malik, 37, was jogging through 7th Brigade Park in Chermside on Friday night when the dogs attacked, leaving him with life-threatening injuries to his face and arms.
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The Brisbane real estate agent remains in the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital undergoing treatment.
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The dogs involved were identified as an American Staffordshire-bull terrier cross and a bulldog-boxer cross.
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Dog behaviour expert Andy Lea described such dogs as 'totally unsafe' to keep as pets and said one of the biggest mistakes owners made was treating powerful dogs like humans.
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'If you treat a dog as a human, your dog will treat you as a dog, and the mindset of teaching sit won't change a dog's DNA,' he told 4BC.
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The dogs, Louis and Ruby, escaped from a tent at a bushland campsite near the park, where their owner, Layla Evans, had been living.
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Evans said she had left the dogs in the tent while she went out for dinner with a friend.
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There have been renewed calls for a ban on keeping powerful dog breeds as pets such as American Staffies after a man was left fighting for his life following a savage attack in a Brisbane park
Dog expert Andy Lea described such dogs as 'totally unsafe' to keep as pets, warning that one of the biggest mistakes owners made was treating them like humans
Ajay Malik, 37, suffered life-threatening injuries to his face and arms after two dogs attacked him while he was jogging through a Brisbane park
Mr Lea said protecting territory was natural behaviour for many dogs, but powerful breeds could pose a serious risk.
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'If you've got a guard dog breed or aggressive breed, they're a danger to anyone because it's like giving a 10-year-old a shotgun and say, "Shoot any intruder", and you come home and they've shot the meter reader,' he said.
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'Dogs don't understand the empathy of attacking people and killing them, and if you've got breeds that can kill people, they're an extreme danger to the public.'
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Mr Lea described American Staffies as 'just another version of a pit bull'.
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'They're bred to kill other dogs and to guard as fast as possible, and they're very good at it,' he said.
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His comments follow calls from Sydney vet Dr Sam Kovac to ban American Staffordshire bull terriers after two women were 'mauled to the bone' in Sydney in 2021.
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Neighbours were forced to stab the animal – described as the size of a miniature pony and weighing up to 100kg – and beat it with an iron bar after it launched a frenzied attack on its female owner in Pheasants Nest, Macarthur, south of Sydney.
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Dr Kovac said he did not want existing dogs put down, but called for an immediate halt to their sale, breeding, importation and rehoming.
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The dogs responsible for the attack, Louis and Ruby, escaped from a tent at a nearby bushland campsite while their owner was out for dinner
Their owner, Layla Evans, said the dogs were protective of her but insisted they had not previously been aggressive
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Sam Kovac has called for American Staffordshire bull terriers to be banned in Australia
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'But when you're dealing with such a powerful breed that's been bred to fight and kill, when they really want to do this, nobody can do anything to fend them off.
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They should not be allowed to be bred in this country.'
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In Brisbane, police said officers responding to the attack on Mr Malik were confronted with an 'immediate and serious safety risk'.
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After initial attempts to subdue the dogs failed, officers 'were required to discharge their service firearms in response to the risk posed to members of the community and others at the scene', Queensland Police told Daily Mail.
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One dog was captured on Friday night and the other on Saturday morning.
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Both remain alive and in Brisbane City Council's custody at an animal shelter.
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The council said the dogs were registered to the same address and had not previously been declared dangerous.
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It confirmed it would issue destruction orders for both animals.
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Ms Evans has 14 days to appeal the decision.
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Ms Evans was filmed being arrested on Saturday over an unrelated matter.
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Meanwhile, police said they were unable to determine whether the dogs were involved in the death of a man whose body was found nearby.
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Officers found the 48-year-old man's body in bushland off Kittyhawk Drive at Chermside just before midday on Sunday.
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