Child rushed to hospital after pit bull attack

Girl, 11, has multiple injuries after dog breaks loose and enters her yard

The ANCYL in the Free State has distanced itself from a branch's call to kill the dogs. Stock photo.
The ANCYL in the Free State has distanced itself from a branch's call to kill the dogs. Stock photo. (123RF/alekta )

An 11-year-old girl is in an East London hospital after she was mauled by a neighbour’s pit bull.

Rekeisha-Lee Barnes was playing with friends on Thursday afternoon in her Breidbach home 8km outside Qonce (King William’s Town), when the dog entered the fenced yard.

It was not clear how the dog managed to gain entry to the yard.

For more on this article, please visit DispatchLIVE.


Related Articles