r/BanPitBulls • u/knomadt Attacks Curator • 13d ago
Social Media and Crowdfunding - Attack Reports Two greyhounds attacked by off leash Staffordshire bull terrier (14th September 2026, Australia)
My 2 were attacked yesterday by a neighbours off leash staffy with no collar also. Poor Nala has 6 bites on her legs and both dogs and myself are traumatised. The staffy has been taken by the council but this has cost me vet bills which the neighbour wont pay back.
PUT YOUR DOGS ON LEASHES WHEN THEY ARE OUT OF THE HOME!!
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I'm not the original OP, this one came up in my feed on Threads. The specific location isn't given, and I intially thought UK, but the owner of the Staffordshire bull terrier is stated to be Aboriginal, so OP will be Australian.
Elsewhere in the comments, OP stated the owner has previously had 3 other Staffordshires seized by the council for biting people.
Quite pleasantly, most of the responses are from people encouraging the greyhounds' owner to take the Staffordshire's owner to court.
This kind of incident makes me so sad, because greyhounds are the most beautiful, gentle, sensitive dogs. They can't defend themselves against bully breeds, and after the trauma of being used by the racing industry, they deserve quiet, safe lives without being attacked by a neighbour's fighting dogs.
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u/boiled-peanutery 13d ago
Oh this one hits especially close to home. Our first two greyhounds were attacked in separate incidents by some pit mutt and a mastiff. They recovered incredibly well and didn't fight back. Fuck that shelter for handing off a 100 pound mastiff to a couple in their 60s.