On behalf of the NSW Government, I extend my deepest condolences to the family of 17-year-old Annalyse Blyton who tragically passed away at John Hunter Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This was an horrific incident that has resulted in the death of a young girl who had her whole life ahead of her. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I thank the emergency services personnel and bystanders who rushed to Annalyse\u2019s aid during a very confronting situation, and the medical staff who provided care at John Hunter Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I also thank Singleton Council and the rangers who attended the scene. The Council is continuing to provide information to the Office of Local Government. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
NSW Police are continuing their investigation into the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Information will be prepared for the coroner and the NSW Government will closely consider any recommendations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NSW has strong dog control laws to prevent attacks and improve the safety of our communities. The government is currently reviewing the Companion Animals Act 1998<\/em> alongside recommendations from recent coronial inquests into fatal dog attacks in NSW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our thoughts are with Annalyse\u2019s loved ones in this terrible time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On behalf of the NSW Government, I extend my deepest condolences to the family of 17-year-old Annalyse Blyton who tragically passed away at John Hunter Hospital. This was an horrific incident that has resulted in the death of a young girl who had her whole life ahead of her. I thank the emergency services personnel … Continue reading “Statement on fatal dog attack”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34806"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34807,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34806\/revisions\/34807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}