Dog bites cat walking on Milford beach, accusations of racism

An Auckland woman who brought her hairless cat Sphynx to the beach has shared the tense confrontation she had with a dog owner who she claims attacked the cat.

The North Shore woman brought her cat, Bobbie, to Milford Beach yesterday afternoon when the incident occurred.

She was on the beach with her mother and brother and admitted that they initially did not have their cat on a leash, telling the Herald that they made the decision because she couldn’t see any dogs on the beach when they arrived.

When some dogs approached the family, she says the animals had a friendly encounter with Bobbie, whom she described as her baby, who was placed in the sand and held firmly.

When other onlookers wanted to pet Bobbie, the family put her back in the sand.

That’s when another dog came up and started chasing Bobbie, biting her before the owner could pick her up.

Bobbie’s owner told the Herald that his cat suffered minor injuries and was very shocked by the incident.

After Bobbie was recovered from a nearby bush where she had been hiding, the family made their way back down the beach to their home and met the owner of the dog who had wandered away after the brief altercation of the animals.

The cat’s owner told the Herald that he asked the dog’s owner to put his dog on a leash, only for her to respond with “racist” comments.

The confrontation was captured on video and shared on social networks by the owner of the cat.

“You brought a cat to the beach where people walked dogs, and you know it,” says the dog’s owner.

“If you care about your cat, you would never have brought a cat to the beach.”

The cat’s owner responded by saying, “I love my cat, that’s why I take him to the beach” adding that “dogs are fine, but people like you are the worst.”

The owner of the cat told the Herald that she was subjected to racially charged comments during the line and the video captures the owner of the dog saying, “I know what you think of us, and of whites, I know, I’m not stupid. “.

“You were being racist and you were telling me to go home, New Zealand is my home,” says the owner of the cat, before the owner of the dog tells him that “Kiwis don’t do this.”

The video shows the dog owner repeatedly asking the cat owner to stop following her and defending his attempts to stop the dog from attacking the cat.

The video also shows the owner of the cat speaking in Mandarin, using crude sexual language towards the other woman.

The cat’s owner admitted to the Herald that he followed the woman throughout the encounter, prompting the other woman to call the police.

Police confirmed to the Herald that they attended the incident and spoke with the informant.

Bobbie’s owner told the Herald that Bobbie was not socialized with dogs, because she was largely an indoor cat.

“It doesn’t come out very often, that’s why I really wanted to get it out.”

The owner says he keeps his cat indoors because Bobbie is a hairless cat, or Sphynx, and he can get sunburned and cold and is at risk of theft.

She defended the decision to walk the cat on the beach, saying the cat was her “baby.”

“You can take your baby to the beach, why can’t I take my baby to the beach?” she told the Herald.

“I often take the cat out, sometimes we take it to the Sunday market or to the beach,” she said, adding that Bobbie always got a lot of attention.

“We should all be nice to each other. Posting this is something I didn’t want to do, but she was really offensive.”

“What if someone’s baby was bitten by a dog? Would it be a different story? Would people still laugh? Would people say why didn’t you take care of your children? To me, my cat is my son, she it’s my baby. ” If we could all be nicer to each other, it would be better. “

Opinion on the now-deleted post was divided, with some saying the dog shouldn’t have been on the beach if it could be controlled and others arguing that it was following its natural instincts.

“Bringing a cat to the beach during dog walks is like throwing fuel on a fire,” said one commenter, while another argued that the dog’s owner should have apologized, saying it was a “common human response.”

“I had the same problem when I was walking with my goldfish on Milford Beach. An off-leash gull came and stung one of its eyes. No owner in sight,” joked one man.

Auckland Council Animal Handling Manager Sarah Anderson told the Herald that there are no statutes prohibiting cats, or any other animals other than dogs or horses, from being walked on Auckland beaches, but encouraged pet owners to use common sense.

We encourage all owners to take care of the safety of their animals and others ”.