CHAT News File Photo Dog days Police dealing with increased aggressive dog complaints Apr 9, 2020 11:57 AM

MEDICINE HAT, AB – Medicine Hat police are letting people know about a rise in complaints of aggressive dogs in the city since the beginning of April.

Already this month bylaw has received six aggressive dog complaints, five of which involved bites of people or other animals.

In all of the attacks the owner of the offending dog or dogs were not in control, say police.

According to police, three occurred in a residential area and three occurred in a park, both in on-leash and off-leash areas and all of the dogs who were victims of an attack were on leash. The people injured were interjecting in the attack or simply riding a bike.