Brisbane council plans to euthanise dogs that mauled a man in Chermside park

Two dogs mauled a 37-year-old man at 7th Brigade Park in Chermside shortly after 6pm on Friday, leaving him with life-threatening injuries. Brisbane City Council says it will issue a destruction order for the dogs, which it now possesses. Police said officers shot the animals after initial efforts to subdue them failed and officers assessed an immediate safety risk.

The incident happened as the man was running near the park, according to the Daily Mail, which places the attack at about 6.15pm on Kittyhawk Drive. Nine News describes it as occurring shortly after 6pm. The Sydney Morning Herald reports that the man sustained injuries to both arms, as well as injuries to his face and legs.

Nine News and the Daily Mail confirm the life-threatening nature of his injuries but give less detail about them. Police found one dog at the scene and located the second on Saturday, according to the Daily Mail and the Sydney Morning Herald. The latter reports that police said officers tried to subdue the dogs before firing and assessed a serious safety risk.

The Sydney Morning Herald also says police described the use-of-force incident as recorded and reviewed by senior officers under Queensland Police Service procedures. The council’s planned destruction order is the key next step for the dogs. The Sydney Morning Herald says the council has them in its possession and confirmed they had not previously been declared dangerous.

The Daily Mail reports a local-authority spokesperson said no earlier reports had been made about the dogs. Those accounts address the animals’ prior status; neither establishes why they attacked the man. Layla Evans, identified by the Sydney Morning Herald as the dogs’ owner, was arrested on Saturday on unrelated charges.

Evans said the dogs escaped from her tent and had not previously been aggressive. Nine News reports that she searched for her pets before police arrived and took her away in handcuffs; the Sydney Morning Herald also reports she said she had searched around town and the park.

Her account about the dogs’ escape and past behaviour is her own statement, rather than an independently established explanation of the attack. The outlets emphasize different parts of the aftermath.

Nine News highlights Evans’s search and distress, while the Daily Mail focuses on the police search for the second dog and a public warning about keeping dogs away from the park and small children close to a parent. The Sydney Morning Herald gives the fullest account of police actions, the council’s planned order and the dogs’ prior classification.

These differences in detail do not establish conflicting accounts of the attack or its consequences. The man’s injuries, the police shooting of the dogs and the council’s stated plan are the immediate documented outcomes. The reporting leaves the next decision with Brisbane City Council, which says it will issue the destruction order.

It also records Evans’s account that the dogs escaped and were not previously aggressive, while the council confirms they had not been declared dangerous. The police account describes the grounds officers gave for shooting the dogs; the available accounts do not independently assess that decision.