Hunting dog 'shoots' owner

A Bosnian man could lose his leg after his playful dog triggered his shotgun following a failed fox-hunting trip, a daily reported on Wednesday.

Milivoje Radoja of the northern Bosnian town of Laktasi suffered the serious leg wound when his five-month-old polish shepherd, Gara, pawed at the weapon while it was hanging off a tractor trailer, said the Nezavisne Novine newspaper.

"Gara found the swinging shotgun ... interesting and she jumped at it. Only God knows how she managed to shoot me in my left leg," Radoja said as quoted by the daily, which described him as an experienced hunter.

Since the accident last week, the 48-year-old has been hospitalised in nearby Banja Luka awaiting a second operation on the leg, which doctors are trying to save from amputation.

Source: AFP