Police say the person critically injured in a canine attack in Northland yesterday was a two-year-old little one who was attacked by a household pet.
The toddler stays in hospital and police say they don’t seem to be treating the incident as suspicious.
Police mentioned the canine belonged to the household and lived on the home on Tara Road in Mangawhai.
It has since been seized by Animal Control and destroyed.
Police have accomplished a scene examination.