{"id":3909,"date":"2026-05-03T13:12:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T13:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/3909\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T13:12:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T13:12:24","slug":"pulling-choking-kicking-dog-cruelty-claims-spark-police-appeal-on-queenslands-gold-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/3909\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Pulling, choking, kicking\u2019: Dog cruelty claims spark police appeal on Queensland\u2019s Gold Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"

Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was reportedly seen allegedly mistreating a dog at one of Australia\u2019s most popular beaches.<\/p>\n

Officers say the incident occurred about 9.15am on Thursday, when a man was observed handling a dog in a way that raised concerns while walking along Hooker Blvd at Broadbeach on the Gold Coast<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Animal welfare advocates have also shared claims about the incident online.<\/p>\n

Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today Arrow<\/a><\/p>\n

According to the Facebook group Aussies Against Animal Abuse Est 2016, the man was later seen boarding the 743 bus to Broadbeach.<\/p>\n

The group alleges the man was \u201cpulling\/choking, kicking and lifting this dog off the ground by the leash,\u201d and claims footage shows him \u201ckneeling on the dog\u2019s neck\u201d and \u201ccontinually pulling hard \/ yanking the dog along the road\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe dog is clearly seen in the footage cowering with severe fear,\u201d the group said.<\/p>\n

\"PolicePolice are looking for a man who allegedly abused a dog at Broadbeach on April 30 Credit: Aussies Against Animal Abuse Est 2016<\/p>\n

Police have not commented on the online footage but are seeking any information that may assist the investigation.<\/p>\n

Police are urging anyone who witnessed the incident \u2014 or who has CCTV or dashcam footage from the area \u2014 to come forward.<\/p>\n

Inquiries are continuing.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Australians brace for potential of third straight rate hike<\/p>\n

2 min read<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

Motorcyclist fights for life after horrific intersection crash<\/p>\n

1 min read<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was reportedly seen allegedly mistreating a dog at one of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3910,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2005,22,21,99,152,229,230],"class_list":{"0":"post-3909","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-australia","8":"tag-animals","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-austrlia","11":"tag-brisbane","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-queensland-news","14":"tag-queensland-police"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}