The owners of four dogs that attacked a 7-year-old in Murupara have been charged and will appear in court next month.
Sakurako Uehara was mauled by the Staffordshire bull terrier-cross dogs on March 3. She remains in a serious but stable condition in Middlemore Hospital.
After a police investigation, thetwo owners of the dogs have been summonsed to appear in court jointly charged with owning a dog which causes serious injury, an offence under Section 58 of the Dog Control Act.
If the two accused are convicted they face a maximum penalty of three years' imprisonment, a $20,000 fine, or both.
Following the attack, the owners immediately had the dogs put down.
