A police dog in training has been destroyed in Christchurch after it bit a 13-year-old boy earlier this week.
The dog, which was being evaluated for police work, was being exercised on the New Brighton property of a police dog handler on Monday night.
It jumped a two metre fence and bit the boy on the hand, arm, and buttocks. The teenager suffered grazes and bruising but no puncture wounds.
After an investigation, the dog was put down. Inspector Graeme Cairns says it was not suitable for the job it was being trained for.
He says the boy's family laid no complaint and did not ask police to destroy the dog.
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