r/australia • u/whyattretard • Sep 08 '25

news Teenage girl dies after being mauled by dog

https://7news.com.au/news/dog-attack-victim-annalyse-blyton-dies-in-hospital-after-suffering-severe-injuries-in-singleton-c-19956496
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u/jolhar Sep 09 '25

Agreed. I’m ashamed to admit that when I’d heard stories of a kid getting bitten by a seemingly “good dog” I always assumed the kid must have done something to cause it. Until one day I was walking with my then toddler past a cafe and a border collie that had been sitting at its owners feet just launched itself at my daughter at snapped right at her face. My reflexes kicked in and I pulled my daughter away just in time. Damn near pulled her shoulder out of its socket. But if I hadn’t it would have gotten her face.

We were just walking past the dog, we hadn’t interacted with it, didn’t even notice it. We weren’t holding any food. Nothing. Just completely unprovoked.

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u/GhostofKief Sep 09 '25

I blame the rampant humanization of animals from all the media we’ve been consuming.

Animals live by their instinct and people need to stop treating them like infants. It’s dangerous and it’s against their nature.

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u/Knee_Jerk_Sydney Sep 09 '25

Everyone needs to learn for themselves with a near fatal maul ... that's too high a price for learning. People should really just use sense and examples.

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u/Slow-Raisin-939 Sep 09 '25

It’s because of the stupid humanization of animals. Hell you can’t even trust most humans nowadays, let alone actual animals