Police in Port Alberni shot a dog after it attacked two people on the Saturday of the August long weekend.

Officers received a call Aug. 5 about a dog that attacked somebody at Sproat Lake Provincial Park campground, Port Alberni RCMP media liaison officer Const. Richard Johns said. When officers arrived on scene on Highway 4 just outside the campground the dogB次元官网网址檚 owner had restrained the animal, but was also injured.

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Johns confirmed that a Port Alberni RCMP officer used his service weapon to shoot the dog. B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 not a situation any officer wants to be involved in,B次元官网网址� he said. B次元官网网址淥fficers were left with no option but to euthanize the animal on scene.B次元官网网址�

Johns did not know what breed the dog was, saying only that it was a large dog. No information was available on the condition of either victim.

The incident shocked people camping at Sproat Lake Provincial Park over the B.C. Day long weekend.

Gary Krogfoss of Cloverdale, B.C. was camping in the upper campground with his family when he heard a commotion near Highway 4 next to the park. He said he and his son could hear a woman screaming and a dog barking. B次元官网网址淎 few minutes later we heard and saw lights and sirens; you could hear them coming down the highway.B次元官网网址�

He said they were stopped by another camper as they drew close to the scene, and were told that a dog attacked a person. Then he heard someone shouting B次元官网网址済et backB次元官网网址� and then a gunshot.

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