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A man said in his interview for the local news he was scared but determined when he pulled a family dog off a seven-year-old girl in Blacktown yesterday who was savagely mauled in a backyard attack.

Police say the Staffordshire-cross pitbull attacked the girl about 8.45am in her backyard, biting her several times and dislocating her shoulder.

The girl was taken to Westmead Children’s Hospital in a serious but stable condition.

Luke Logan, whose mother-in-law lives next door to the family, told Network Ten he climbed the fence as soon as he realised the girl was being attacked.

He says it was scary, but he just wanted to get her out of there.

The the dog was impounded by Blacktown Council officers and police say it will probably be destroyed.

Pitbulls - and any dogs crossed with them - have been restricted under NSW law since 2006.

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