A ten-year-old woman was bitten twice by an unleashed canine in Balmacarra Park in Sannich on Oct. 1. Now her father is demanding solutions.
Bill Liu stated his daughter has suffered horrible bodily and psychological trauma because the incident.
“My daughter never touched the dog or provoked it or did something that would make us have part of the responsibility,” stated Liu.
Liu’s daughter, Mercy, was taken to Royal Jubilee Hospital by a pizza supply driver who supplied to assist. The canine that bit her was an English foxhound that Liu stated ought to have been on a leash.
Liu stated the canine’s proprietor was not desirous about his household’s security and he has contacted a lawyer to see what he can do.
“The lawyer provided me information about the first bite rule in B.C.,” he stated. “But my daughter suffered two bites.”
Mercy Liu was bitten twice by a canine in Balmacarra Park in Saanich. (Courtesy Bill Liu)
The one-bite rule is the place a canine is given one probability to behave dangerously towards a human earlier than it’s given a harmful canine designation.
However, the Capital Regional District doesn’t observe the one-bite rule, stated Mark Grolux, supervisor of animal care companies.
“Every bite is unique and we investigate all bites, be it on a human or another animal,” Grolux stated.
Instead of the one-bite rule, the CRD will apply the Dunbar scale, he defined.
The Dunbar scale has six totally different ranges: stage one, the place a canine may be snapping on the air, by way of to stage six, by which a canine kills a person. A canine that does chunk folks might be designated as harmful, however this may be very demanding on the proprietor, Grolux stated.
The District of Saanich has set an instance that he stated would work properly when a canine chunk happens by making separate designations. A canine might be designated as aggressive however not harmful or can have a harmful canine designation.
“Aggressive dogs don’t normally need muzzles,” he added.
