A dog alleged to have mauled a pet pig that had to be put down has been slapped with a dangerous dog classification.
The ruling came from Whanganui District Council's statutory management committee which met yesterday.
The dog, a Bordeaux mastiff bitch called Macie, is owned by Alex Pirikahu of Aramoho. It was this dog which is alleged to have attacked a six-year-old kunekune pig owned by Princess Jury and living on her property in a neighbouring street.
The attack happened on Christmas Day and left the pig so badly mauled that animal control officers had to put it down the following day.
Council officers later found the dog had wandered from Mr Pirikahu's property. The same dog and one of its pups were found chasing sheep on a farmlet on Brunswick Rd about two months later.