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http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Cana...f-2787773.html Rottweiler shot after attacking police dog
KELOWNA, B.C. -- In what police are calling a "bizarre set of circumstances," an RCMP dog handler has been forced to shoot a rottweiler that was attacking his police dog.
The officer and his dog were searching for a suspect shortly after midnight Saturday when a man driving a stolen car tried to elude police at a road check.
A short chase followed before the suspect bailed out of the car and fled on foot.
Cpl. Henry Proce said the dog unit arrived on the scene within minutes and began tracking the suspect.
"During the track, the police dog jumped over a fence into a yard and was attacked by a rottweiler from another yard," said Proce.
"The rottweiler was not in its own yard and the owner could be seen next door."
Proce said police were announcing their presence while searching for the suspect and yelled at the dog owner to call off his dog.
"Police kicked at the rottweiler, but it continued to attack the police dog," said Proce. "When it appeared the police dog or its handler might face serious injury, the dog handler shot the rottweiler two times."
The rottweiler survived the shooting and is expected to make a full recovery.
The police dog received a puncture wound to the leg and is also recovering.
The alleged car theft suspect is believed to have entered a nearby house and has not been captured.