Australian pop star Tones and I has been fined by her local council after her dog fatally attacked another dog outside her home.
A neighbour was walking his 17-year-old cavoodle past the singer’s home — whose real name is Toni Watson — on the Mornington Peninsula when her American bulldog escaped the property and carried out the deadly attack.
The incident was discussed before Dromana Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.
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Watson, 32, was in the shower at the time of the incident, the Herald Sun reported.
The neighbour was walking his two cavoodles when he saw that another dog belonging to Watson and her husband had escaped.
He called out to a friend of Watson’s, who had just arrived at the home, to let her know about the dog being outside.
When the friend opened the gate to let the second dog back in, Watson’s bulldog then escaped and attacked the neighbour’s elderly cavoodle.
The court heard it took three people to separate the dogs, and the elderly cavoodle had died by the time the bulldog was pulled off it.
Watson’s bulldog was later put down.
During the incident, the neighbour was bitten on the knee and suffered a bruised eye.
A passer-by who jumped in to help suffered a fractured hand when he hit the bulldog when trying to pull it off the cavoodle.
“The victim’s family are devastated by the loss of their family pet and the manner in which the dog died in front of them,” Mornington Peninsula Shire prosecutor Colin McLean said.
Watson reportedly maintains a good relationship with the neighbour, and offered to pay for the dog’s cremation but the neighbour refused.
The singer has been fined $3000, plus the council’s costs of $140.
This covers fines for failing to securely confine the two dogs and failing to re-register the bulldog.
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