Four-year-old boy attacked on beach by dog that 'lunged' at his face
A four-year-old boy attacked by a dog on a beach near Proserpine has been released from Brisbane's Lady Cilento Hospital.
The boy was left with facial wounds after a 'red-coloured dog' lunged at his face, the Courier-Mail reports.
The child was with his mother on Conway Beach, south of Airlie Beach, on Sunday when the attack occurred.
He was admitted to Proserpine Hospital on Sunday afternoon before being transported to Lady Cilento.
Witness Sandra-Lee Kelly described the mauling on Facebook.
“The little boy was with his mother, the dog pounced and mauled his face and his mother kicked at the dog and it was very fortunate the dog ran away,” she wrote.
“This boy received large slices, gashes and puncture marks on his face and under his chin."
Ms Kelly said the dog was red in colour and it’s “unknown... whether this dog is a dingo, dingo-cross with a wild dog, a dog that may have been dumped”.
The local council is investigating the incident.
