Media response - dog attacks

Published on 30 October 2024

Approach from Herald Sun

We’re looking to do a piece on dog attacks in Victoria (broken down by LGA) for this weekend and was just wondering if it’d be possible to get the stats for Monash Council on the amount of recorded dog attacks (on other dogs and humans) in the past 12 months?

Response

Monash Council has received, investigated and responded to 129 reported dog attacks over the last 12 months, an increase of 7 from the previous 12 months.

Issued: 30 October

To: The Age

Quoting: CEO Dr Andi Diamond