{"id":9619,"date":"2026-01-07T15:11:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T19:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/?p=9619"},"modified":"2026-01-07T15:28:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T19:28:42","slug":"donations-pour-in-for-grieving-mom-as-rcmp-investigate-fatal-dog-attack-in-shelburne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/2026\/01\/07\/donations-pour-in-for-grieving-mom-as-rcmp-investigate-fatal-dog-attack-in-shelburne\/","title":{"rendered":"Donations pour in for grieving mom as RCMP investigate fatal dog attack in Shelburne"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Shelburne District RCMP continue to investigate a fatal dog attack in Shelburne County. (Vlad Vasnetsov via Pixabay)<\/p><\/div>\n

People all along the South Shore and across Nova Scotia are showing support for a grieving mother of a 13-year-old boy who died after a dog attack in Shelburne County on Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n

A GoFundMe page has been set up for Dawn Nickerson<\/a>, the mother of Drew Nickerson, who was a student at Shelburne Regional High School.<\/span><\/p>\n

Drew died in a Halifax hospital after he was mauled by three dogs around 5 p.m. on Jan. 3, according to Shelburne District RCMP.<\/span><\/p>\n

As of Wednesday afternoon, the online fundraiser had raised almost $65,000 of its $70,000 goal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOur community is absolutely devastated by this loss,\u201d organizer Trish Harris wrote on the page.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy hope is to ease any financial burden so his mom can focus on grieving and healing during this unimaginable time. \u201c<\/span><\/p>\n

Shelburne District RCMP are still investigating the attack that involved two Cane Corsos and a Rottweiler.<\/span><\/p>\n

RCMP say the three large dogs attacked Drew as he was riding his bicycle past a property on Upper Sandy Cove Road in Welshtown.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an extremely distressing and tragic incident for everyone involved,\u201d Staff Sgt. Mark Macpherson of Shelburne District RCMP said in a news release.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOur thoughts are with the youth\u2019s loved ones as they process their heartbreaking loss.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The dogs were euthanized by a local veterinarian after the attack.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

No charges have been laid, though RCMP say they continue to investigate. They\u2019re gathering and analyzing video footage of the area, going door-to-door in the community and interviewing several people about the dogs\u2019 behaviour before the attack.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOur team is working through several investigative steps to fully understand what happened and to determine the circumstances surrounding the attack,\u201d Staff Sgt. Macpherson said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cCommunity members have been very supportive of our work, and the dog owners have been co-operative throughout.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Anyone with information is asked to contact Shelburne District RCMP at 902\u2011875\u20112490.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

People all along the South Shore and across Nova Scotia are showing support for a grieving mother of a 13-year-old boy who died after a dog attack in Shelburne County on Saturday. A GoFundMe page has been set up for Dawn Nickerson, the mother of Drew Nickerson, who was a student at Shelburne Regional High […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,5],"tags":[3705,3701,3702,3704,3703,1286,3700,3707,3706],"class_list":["post-9619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-news","category-news-posts","tag-dawn-nickerson","tag-dog","tag-dog-attack","tag-drew-nickerson","tag-fatal-dog-attack","tag-shelburne-county","tag-shelburne-district-rcmp","tag-shelburne-regional-high-school","tag-welshtown"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9619"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9623,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9619\/revisions\/9623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}