{"id":847691,"date":"2026-08-08T06:58:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/847691\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:58:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:58:17","slug":"dogs-suspected-of-fatal-attack-on-man-in-south-west-sydney-to-be-euthanased","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/847691\/","title":{"rendered":"Dogs suspected of fatal attack on man in south-west Sydney to be euthanased"},"content":{"rendered":"

The dogs suspected of mauling a man to death at a home in south-west Sydney will be euthanased, after also injuring a council worker who was trying to remove them.<\/p>\n

The distinctive site, informally known as Saturn’s Rings, in Eschol Park became a crime scene on Wednesday after the body of a 23-year-old man was discovered<\/a>.<\/p>\n

NSW Police said the man suffered injuries consistent with being attacked by animals.<\/p>\n

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The incident occurred at the Saturn’s Rings property near Campbelltown. (ABC News)<\/p>\n

Commissioner Mal Lanyon told the ABC that police were investigating if the man was an intruder.<\/p>\n

“It is a very key line of our inquiry. He certainly doesn’t appear to be a resident of that location,” he said.<\/p>\n

“We need to understand why that male was at the location.”Dogs injure another man<\/p>\n

Campbelltown City Council rangers and investigators attended the 117-hectare rural property on Friday morning, where they moved five dogs into vehicles to be transported to the pound.<\/p>\n

“At the scene, a 53-year-old man was treated for a minor hand injury,” police said in a statement.<\/p>\n

“The dogs were taken to the animal shelter to be euthanised.”<\/p>\n

Campbelltown City Mayor Darcy Lound said the man’s death had “shocked our caring community”.<\/p>\n

“Regardless of the details, it’s just a tragic event. Our heart goes out to the gentleman’s family,” he told the ABC.<\/p>\n

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The dogs were taken to an animal shelter to be euthanased. (ABC News)<\/p>\n

Under NSW law, the owner of a dog is granted “certain protection” if they attack a person who is trespassing, or if the dog is provoked.<\/p>\n

However, other forms of liability may still apply.<\/p>\n

There is a provision under the law that allows dangerous, menacing and restricted dogs to be seized and destroyed.<\/p>\n

The home where the suspected attack happened was built by Polish immigrant Stefan Dzwonnik, and the ABC understands the property remained in the family after his death in 2018.<\/p>\n

Efforts have been made to contact the present-day owner.<\/p>\n

The home has been a source of mystique among the local community since its construction in 1979.<\/p>\n

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Under NSW laws dangerous, menacing and restricted dogs can be destroyed. (ABC News: Tony Ibrahim)<\/p>\n

According to the Campbelltown City Library, it once bore the name Universal Power House, as Mr Dzwonnik had planned for the building “to be the mecca for a world-wide movement directed toward a better life on Earth”.<\/p>\n

However, it is more commonly known as Saturn’s Rings, as its design incorporates three concentric rings and three concentric units inspired by the planet.<\/p>\n

“At the time the building was regarded as one of the most spectacular in New South Wales with a limitless, panoramic view of the surrounding countryside,” the library’s blog states.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The dogs suspected of mauling a man to death at a home in south-west Sydney will be euthanased,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":847692,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[417576,418367,83244,418368,418369,43,418371,44,417577,418366,418370,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-847691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-campbelltown-council","tag-campbelltown-dog-attack","tag-dog-attack","tag-eschol-park-dog-attack","tag-german-shepards","tag-headlines","tag-man-killed-dog-attack","tag-news","tag-saturns-rings-property","tag-suspected-dog-attack","tag-suspected-intruder","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=847691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/847692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=847691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=847691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=847691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}