Pet dog taken by shark at Sydney beachFAIRFAX MEDIA Bonna Point, pictured in 2016, is a popular off-leash area in Sydney. The owner of a dog that was killed by a shark at a popular beach in Sydney, Australia, said he was traumatised after watching his pet being pulled under the water just metres from the shore. The American Staffordshire Terrier, a rescue dog named Molly, was fetching a stick from the water off Bonna Point Reserve in Kurnell, south Sydney, Sunday evening when the 3.5-metre shark seized her. Molly's owner, Nigel, said there was nothing he or his wife could do to save their dog from the shark, which was believed to be a bull shark. Around the same time, a juvenile great white shark was swimming in Alexandra Canal, a tributary of the Cooks River close to Sydney Airport.

Source: Stuff February 27, 2017 21:00 UTC