“NO-ONE’S a winner” was the verdict of a dog owner as she related the sad story of a rescue dog who had to be destroyed after escaping and attacking three people and several dogs on Flood Meadows in Alton on Tuesday.

According to Tracy Hames, whose two miniature schnauzers were both treated by Amery Vets after becoming the victims of what she described as “an unprovoked attack” by the husky, with its track record it was only a matter of time before the rogue animal went too far.

One of her schnauzers is still not out of the woods and, at the time of going to press, was still fighting for its life under veterinary surveillance.

Nor were they the only victims on Tuesday.

Called to the scene at 3.15pm, police have since confirmed that Tracy was one of three people bitten by the husky, along with several dogs.

While no serious injuries were sustained, other than to the schnauzer, police seized the husky who was later returned to its owner.

It has since been confirmed that the husky has been put down, although this was not a police decision.

It was not the first time the troubled white husky had attacked and injured walkers and their pets as they walked on Flood Meadows.

Since the first report last November when a Cairn terrier was left with wounds to the stomach after a “light-coloured husky” bit her and her owner while they were sitting on a bench in the meadow, Mrs Hames says she and other dog walkers have been nervous about walking in Flood Meadows.

And they have been fearful for the safety of children playing on the meadows.

In November, a spokesman for East Hampshire District Council told the Herald that while an attack on a person was a police matter, the district council’s animal welfare officer had taken action and served the owner of the husky with a community protection notice, telling her that the dog must not be allowed to escape from the property and when walking out should be on a lead and wearing a muzzle.

If the owner failed to adhere to these conditions she would receive a community protection notice proper, which carries the same conditions which, if breached, would result in a prosecution being brought and, if found guilty, could land her with a fine of up to £2,500.

In this instance, because of the nature of the attacks on people, it has become a police matter, and it is the subject of ongoing enquiries.