Victim back at home

What happens after the bite attack with “Ernie”

On New Year's Day, a seven-year-old girl was attacked and bitten by a neighbor's dog in Kirchberg ob der Donau. The girl has since been discharged from hospital. The "Krone" knows whether the Rottweiler will have to be put down after the bite attack.

The good news first: seven-year-old Vivian, who was attacked and bitten by a neighbor's dog in Kirchberg ob der Donau on New Year's Day, is back home. "She has been discharged from hospital," confirms the Kepler Clinic in Linz. It is known that Rottweiler "Ernie" had seriously injured the schoolgirl on New Year's Day when she was walking past the garden where the owner's ten-year-old daughter was practising "sit and down" with the four-legged friend.

Euthanasia should be avoided
Since then, "Ernie" has been locked up in his kennel with his current owner and is not allowed to have any contact with other animals - or people. He has to "serve" a ten-day rabies quarantine, which will be over in two days. The Kirchberg municipal office wants to use this time "to find a solution that is satisfactory for everyone". The euthanasia of the valuable pedigree dog - he is descended from world champions - is to be avoided, and his German breeder has even agreed to take "Ernie" back. Whether this will be permitted will therefore be decided in the next few days.

"Ernie's" owner also has a second Rottweiler, a female. According to the municipality, she is not affected by any measures, as only "Ernie", who had been taken in by the family the previous year, had bitten.