Dogs attack Munster woman for second time at same place one year later
She took off her over-shirt to hinder or distract the dogs, but they started biting her on the legs.
THEY say that lightning doesn’t strike twice, but for Munster resident Olga Stoppel, the odds were not in her favour when she was attacked by the same pack of dogs in the same place.
Almost a year ago to the day, Olga (72) was viciously attacked by her neighbour’s dogs and spent many days in hospital for a skin graft on her mauled leg.
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One of the culprits was euthanised and Olga eventually recovered and got on with her life. Last Friday afternoon she heard terrified screams in the road and went outside to find a traumatised woman crying in the road.
The Jack Russell that had attacked the woman was being led home by its owner and Olga asked the injured woman if the dog had bitten her. She confirmed it had.
The next moment Olga saw three dogs belonging to the neighbour (including the dog that had just attacked the woman) charging towards her.
She took off her over-shirt to hinder or distract the dogs, but they started biting her on the legs. Olga’s sister Denise Stoppel rushed out of her home nearby when she heard her sister screaming. Her dog followed her and joined the fray, as did Olga’s dog Leo.
The attacking dogs were forced to give up the attack on Olga who was bleeding profusely from serious leg injuries. Denise and her daughter Audrey Woodley rushed her to the Port Shepstone Regional Hospital where she received immediate attention. Olga is recovering in hospital but will require skin grafts in a few weeks.
Protection Services has been notified and the owners of the dogs have been confronted. One may ask: How can this happen twice to the same victim?
It’s a sad day that it did! The dogs’ owners continue to keep dangerous and vicious dogs even after the horrific attack on Olga a year ago. The two Jack Russells are known within the community as they are continually out on the road terrorising pedestrians.
Dog owners are responsible for keeping their dogs inside properties and law enforcement agents must act to make sure these dogs are removed from the community as they are a serious threat.
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