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A 10-year-old girl has been hospitalised after she was bitten by a dog in Kilmarnock.
Toni Clannachan, 10, was bitten in the face by a Japanese Akita dog while she was playing in a schoolfriend's garden at a house on Tuesday.
Her father, James Dixon, told the Daily Record newspaper: "These dogs shouldn't be with families or around kids. They are killing machines."
The newspaper also said the attack left Toni needing more than 100 stitches.
Speaking about the attack, Mr Dixon said: "If the dog had bit her an inch or so lower it would have severed an artery in her neck and I really think she would be dead."
A spokesman for Strathclyde Police said last night: "At 4.40pm on August 31 a 10-year-old female sustained facial injuries when she was bitten by a Japanese akita dog in the Kilmarnock area."
The girl was taken to Crosshouse Hospital in Kilmarnock where she was said to be in a stable condition.
This is the second attack on a child in Scotland by dogs this week, after 10-year-old Rhianna Kidd was attacked while riding her bike in a Dundee street on Sunday.
She underwent emergency surgery and was treated for a fractured jaw and had plastic surgery. The dogs were later destroyed.
Tayside Police said a 33-year-old woman had been charged under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 for failing to keep the animals under control.
BBC News - Girl treated after dog attack in Kilmarnock
Toni Clannachan, 10, was bitten in the face by a Japanese Akita dog while she was playing in a schoolfriend's garden at a house on Tuesday.
Her father, James Dixon, told the Daily Record newspaper: "These dogs shouldn't be with families or around kids. They are killing machines."
The newspaper also said the attack left Toni needing more than 100 stitches.
Speaking about the attack, Mr Dixon said: "If the dog had bit her an inch or so lower it would have severed an artery in her neck and I really think she would be dead."
A spokesman for Strathclyde Police said last night: "At 4.40pm on August 31 a 10-year-old female sustained facial injuries when she was bitten by a Japanese akita dog in the Kilmarnock area."
The girl was taken to Crosshouse Hospital in Kilmarnock where she was said to be in a stable condition.
This is the second attack on a child in Scotland by dogs this week, after 10-year-old Rhianna Kidd was attacked while riding her bike in a Dundee street on Sunday.
She underwent emergency surgery and was treated for a fractured jaw and had plastic surgery. The dogs were later destroyed.
Tayside Police said a 33-year-old woman had been charged under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 for failing to keep the animals under control.
BBC News - Girl treated after dog attack in Kilmarnock