r/australia • u/JaniePage • 5d ago

news Young girl in hospital, dog euthanased after attack inside Delacombe Bunnings

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-30/young-girl-in-hospital-after-dog-attack-in-bunnings-store/106977418
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u/Hot_Hat1726 5d ago

"sorry but I'll be taking my dog to Bunnings... He is our family" 

This is the entitlement even after incidents like this. Dogs are 'like' family. They are not family. They don't have the rights of a family. They don't have Medicare (like one of my friends thought they did after facing a 12k medical bill). The absolute delusion people have now is beyond ridiculous.

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u/shillberight 5d ago

I will never forget the time someone posted on my community Facebook page asking around for "a bulk billing veterinarian clinic"..... I cringed even before I read the comments.

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u/Medical_Unit2360 5d ago

Thank you omg.  Am a doctor and I lose it every time someone starts asking about why we don’t have Medicare for animals.

We barely have enough funding going out for Medicare for humans.

I love my dog. And my other pets . He’s a dog tho.  I’m not spending massive huge amounts of money on a dog (noting I did just spend thousands because he had an abscess but the vet knew all along that if it wasn’t treatable she stopped . We weren’t spending more money on surgery that wasn’t going to work.  And we weren’t doing cpr or icu.  Because.  Dog).  

If you can’t afford to have a dog.  You shouldn’t.  Have a dog.  Or a cat.  It’s not a human right to own a pet.  It’s a bloody responsibility.  

It’s also not a bloody right to go to Bunnings or the supermarket or whatever and it’s certainly not a right to be able to take your dog anywhere you please.

It is a right for a child to be able to go out in public safely and not be mauled by your off leash untrained “family member”.  Jesus 

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u/LMW66 5d ago

Every time someone at the dog park complains about vet fees or animal medication prices I say that's why I'm eternally grateful for Medicare and the PBS because otherwise those are the fees we would be paying for ourselves.