Overview
- A 37-year-old man was mauled by two dogs on Friday evening in Seventh Brigade Park in Chermside and was taken to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital with life‑threatening injuries that have since stabilised.
- Responding officers, who used PolAir to search the area, discharged their service firearms after attempts to restrain the animals failed and located one dog late on Friday and the second on Saturday morning.
- Brisbane City Council has taken both dogs into custody and issued destruction orders to euthanise them while the owner has statutory options to appeal.
- The dogs’ owner, Layla Evans, told media she lives in a tent nearby and described the animals as protective rather than aggressive; she was arrested on an unrelated matter and has not been charged over the mauling.
- Police and forensic teams are investigating a decomposed 48‑year‑old man found in the park during the probe and say tests are underway to determine whether the dogs had any involvement.