Fireworks-mad dog chews through door

PETER DRURY/Waikato Times

STILL JUMPY: Levi, seen here with owner Dylan Crook, was so distressed by fireworks that he chewed through an aluminium garage door.

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A dog was so terrified by fireworks he chewed his way through an aluminium garage door.

Levi the Staffordshire cross injured his paws and mouth in his desperate scramble to escape, leaving a pool of blood in the garage.

His owner, Maria Fraser- Crook, said seven-year-old Levi was distressed by fireworks near their home in Hamilton on Saturday so he was put in the garage.

After Levi got through the chewed door he fled to the bottom of the section. He was seen by a vet but did not need treatment.

Mrs Fraser-Crook said yesterday that Levi was still jumpy and was being comforted by her son, eight-year-old Dylan Crook.

She has joined calls for the banning of the sale of fireworks to the public and has written to Prime Minister Helen Clark outlining her views.

"She should have banned them last year when she had the chance."

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