Senior attacked by pit bulls

The RCMP say a 70-year-old man in Glovertown was attacked in his garden by two pit bulls on Saturday.

"A neighbour next door observed the attack," said RCMP Cpl. Larry Turner, "And he went out and confronted the dogs and scared them off by yelling at them."

Turner said the dogs escaped from a nearby fenced yard.

"Either a combination of the dogs one or moredug a hole underneath a fence," said Turner. "A very solid, wooden-type fence, very secure at the residence, but they dug underneath it."

The man received serious injuries to his arm and face. He was treated in hospital and later released.

The owners of the dogs were out of the country at the time of the incident, but the dogs were taken to a veterinarian and put down voluntarily by the owner's family later on Saturday.

Other residents of Glovertown said they had been complaining for months to the town and the RCMP about the dogs.

Glovertown's mayor, David Saunders, said the town has not had a dog catcher since last fall, but now the town will have another look at the issue.

Police are still investigating the incident.