News by Chris Calcino
Premium Content  A SINGLE Cairns family has been ordered to have seven violent dogs killed in the past year as shocking new canine attack statistics come to light. Cairns Regional Council has revealed it received 56 dog attack complaints in January - a 16 per cent rise on the same month last year. It also issued 49 fines to owners, received 121 wandering dog reports, and 49 complaints over excessive barking during the same month. Those numbers were all cause for concern - but was one Manoora family s repeated issues had division 9 councillor Brett Olds riled up. Chilling new dog attack statistics have been revealed for the Cairns region.