Hawk Attacks Dog

[St Finnan Loft]

A pet poodle suffered a serious eye injury and had part of its tongue ripped out by a domesticated bird of prey,the dogs owner Ethne Brown a 57 year old woman was walking her dog in a park in Broomridge Stirling when the bird made several strikes the birds owner believed to live in Alloa has paid the vets bills and sent flowers to Mrs Brown who said I'm sure people must be concerned that people can keep these birds as pets and hunt in areas where there are people out walking the bird had no fear of me, there are lots of elderly who might have died if they had an experience like this . T hats not to mention the danger to young children many of whom wear wee fluffy hats which could make them look like a rabbit to a bird of prey.Owning one of these birds is as bad as having a dangerous dog They could fly into a garden and attack small children or pets.Mrs Browns husband Ian said The Bird attacked Buddy but then came back to attack a further three times Central Scotland police described the incident as extremely distressing.

taken from The Daily Express 19/1/12