- Boy riding bike in the Newcastle suburb of Mayfield at around 6.30pm, Tuesday
- Dog, thought to be Great Dane, ran towards him from nearby home and attacked
- Three-year-old remains in hospital with serious injuries to face, neck and back
A three-year-old boy has been savagely mauled by a large dog while riding his bike in the third attack on a child in less than a week.
The boy was riding his bicycle in the Newcastle suburb of Mayfield at around 6.30pm on Tuesday when the animal ran towards him from a nearby property and attacked.
The dog, believed to be a Great Dane, retreated back to its owners’ home as paramedics rushed to the scene.
The child suffered serious injuries to his face, neck and back. He remains in John Hunter Hospital in a stable condition.
Local council and police inquiries into the incident are continuing.
The boy was riding his bicycle in the Newcastle suburb of Mayfield when he was mauled by a dog. It comes after 12-month-old girl Kamillah Jones (pictured) was killed by a Rottweiler
A three-year-old boy has been savagely mauled by a large dog while riding his bike in the third attack on a child in less than a week (stock image)
The child suffered serious injuries to his face, neck and back. He remains in John Hunter Hospital in a stable condition
The attack comes after 12-month-old girl Kamillah Jones was mauled to death by an Rottweiler in Inverell, northern New South Wales on Saturday.
The dog savaged the infant at her new home as her family were celebrating moving in with a barbecue, a source said.
On Sunday, a three-year-old girl was left with shocking injuries after a South African Boerboel attacked her in the Melbourne suburb of Berwick.
She was rushed to hospital and is lucky to be alive, according to neighbours who helped saved her.
Kamillah Jones was mauled to death by an Rottweiler in Inverell, northern New South Wales on Saturday
A baby died while being taken to hospital after being mauled by a Rottweiler on Saturday (stock image)
Owners of a South African Boerboel (similar to the one pictured) that mauled a 10-year-old girl in Melbourne must ‘seriously consider’ putting it down, according to the RSPCA