Disturbed while eating

Dog bit boy (2) in the face in front of his mother

A dog of the beagle breed (symbolic image) snapped.

(Bild: EPA (Symbolbild))

A female Beagle dog bit the face of a two-year-old boy in the Mühlviertel region. The reason may have been that the four-legged friend was disturbed by the toddler while eating. Fortunately, the boy "only" suffered minor injuries.

Another dog bite in Upper Austria, this time in a small community in the district of Freistadt: on Saturday shortly before 10 a.m., a dog snapped twice in the direction of an almost two-year-old boy, according to the police. And in front of his mother (25).

Disturbed while eating
The four-legged friend that bit the toddler's face was a beagle. According to the mother, the dog was disturbed by the boy while eating, whereupon she snapped.

The boy suffered minor injuries as a result of the incident. He was taken to the Kepler University Hospital in Linz for wound treatment.

New dog keeping law
Since the fatal dog attack on a female jogger (60) in Naarn last October - the "Krone" reported in detail - bites from four-legged friends in Upper Austria have repeatedly made the headlines. The tragic incident prompted state politicians to amend the law on dog ownership. The provincial parliament wants to pass stricter rules for certain breeds and for dogs over a certain size before the summer.