31 Mar 2025

Three dogs euthanised after attack in Bay of Plenty

From Checkpoint, 5:16 pm on 31 March 2025

The three dogs involved in the attack which critically wounded four-year-old Timothy Tu'uaki Rolleston-Bryan on Friday have been euthanised. The preschooler was taken to a local medical centre after being attacked - but died a short time later. Another person suffered bite wounds.Dog control for the Western Bay of Plenty District Council removed three dogs from a Tuapiro property, put them in a pound before euthanising them. Alison Curtis spoke to Lisa Owen.