Palmerston North family pleads for help finding owner after fatal dog attack

A Palmerston North family whose beloved dog died after a savage attack have issued a plea to find the owner of the animal responsible.Rory, a 6-year-old spoodl…

NZ Herald · 2026-06-18T07:04:48.000Z

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Stuff2026-06-18T07:15:48.000Z

ffs, another dog attack. Sort your bloody dogs out or keep 'em on a leash. Poor spoodle didn't deserve that.

RNZ2026-06-18T08:04:48.000Z

damn right they should be charged. That's someone's family member gone forever because of pure negligence

Cameron Diaz2026-06-18T07:25:48.000Z

bet the council won't do anything until someone gets killed. Oh wait, a dog just did. Watch 'em wring their hands for weeks

Sky Murphy2026-06-18T07:38:48.000Z

that's so sad, Rory looked like such a sweet dog. Hope they find the owner and that dog gets put down

RNZ2026-06-18T07:51:48.000Z

I am absolutely bloody furious. This is what happens when idiots own aggressive dogs. The owner should be charged criminally.

Grace Patel2026-06-18T08:06:48.000Z

Wonder if the attacking dog was a pit bull. Always the same breeds involved in these attacks.

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Palmerston North family pleads for help finding owner after fatal dog attack

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Sky Murphy

2026-06-18T08:30:48.000Z

it was a mastiff cross apparently. Doesn't matter the breed, any dog can attack if not trained properly

River Cole2026-06-18T08:45:48.000Z

yeah nah, staffies are the problem. Useless dogs

Sophie Ngata2026-06-18T08:13:48.000Z

My heart goes out to Nathan and his family. We walk that pathway all the time, now I'm scared to go near it.

Tom Harris2026-06-18T08:53:48.000Z

you've never met a well trained staffy. They're loyal if the owner isn't a dickhead. But yeah the owner here is clearly a dickhead

River Cole2026-06-18T08:21:48.000Z

Yeah nah, bet the attacking dog is some 'staffy cross' that's been aggressive for years and the owner 'never saw it coming'. tell that to the dead spoodle mate

Tom Harris2026-06-18T08:31:48.000Z

Palmy council needs to step up, enforce the dog control laws we already have. Stop blaming the victims

Sophie Ngata2026-06-18T08:40:48.000Z

couldn't agree more. Maybe they'll finally put a dog exercise area away from the path

Sage Lawson2026-06-18T08:46:48.000Z

tbh both owners need to be held accountable if the other dog wasn't under control. But ffs, who let's their dog off leash on a shared path?

Riley Scott2026-06-18T08:57:48.000Z

classic, blame the victim. What if Rory was on a leash? The other dog came out of nowhere

Riley Scott2026-06-18T09:01:48.000Z

RIP Rory. Hope they find the owner soon and that dangerous dog is destroyed

Sage Lawson2026-06-18T09:45:48.000Z

and if it was off leash that's illegal. Council needs to start fining people heavily or impounding dogs on the spot

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