A six-year-old boy has undergone surgical procedure after being mauled by a canine outdoors a Gold Coast cafe.
Andy Bracek had been out along with his son Teddy on Easter Sunday when the younger boy was attacked by a bulldog pet outdoors Tommy's Italian in Currumbin.
Confronting CCTV footage from the cafe captured the canine lunging on the younger boy, leaving him with a 12 centimetre gash on his proper arm.
"Teddy's seen the canine so approached and he is gone on to ask permission from the proprietor to pet the canine," Mr Bracek mentioned.
"The proprietor's given the okay after which the canine mainly jumped on him and attacked him."
He initially thought the canine had been taking part in, earlier than realising his son was being attacked.
Mr Bracek tried to tug his son away from the canine, pushing the pet away because it lunged once more at Teddy.
"I noticed him snapping at his ankles and I assumed he was taking part in with him as canines do, then he form of jumped on him from behind," Mr Bracek mentioned.
"We form of realised it wasn't messing round it was attacking him.
"I had a have a look at the wound which was half an inch broad half an inch thick and 5 inches lengthy - it is a horrible wound."
The boy was instantly taken to hospital, the place he had surgical procedure to wash out the gash.
The chance of an infection is excessive so Teddy will endure a second operation to additional sterilise the wound and sew it shut.
Teddy has been shaken by the assault however Mr Bracek mentioned his spirits stay excessive.
"He is slightly trooper," he mentioned.
"I am pleased with him."
The canine proprietor left the cafe after the incident however has since been recognized by Gold Coast Metropolis Council's animal administration crew.
On common, 547 persons are attacked by canines on the Gold Coast every year.
Councillor Hermann Vorster mentioned extra stringent legal guidelines have been wanted to stop animal assaults and maintain their homeowners to account.
"Many Gold Coasters do not register their animals," Cr Hermann mentioned.
"It makes it far more troublesome to reunite individuals with their animals when they're misplaced and to determine culprits when issues go incorrect.
"What this incident does spotlight is the case for the state authorities to assist the council's push for even more durable legal guidelines.
"We'd like the flexibility to seek out individuals whose canines have been concerned in an assault, not simply take it out on the animals however be certain that the proprietor carries some value."
Additional investigations will decide what's going to occur to the canine and the results for its proprietor.