Dog attack victim Frank Alves last night relived a savaging by two dogs which ripped off his scalp.

Mr. Alves, 67, needed more than 360 stitches in his head alone and suffered other bites from the two Rottweiler and Akita crossbreeds.

And he said: "When I saw these two dogs like lions on top of me I thought it was my last day. I thought `I'm dead now'.'' Mr. Alves -- who said he was reluctant to press charges -- added: "The dogs have to be put down -- if it had been a child it would have died and they could always do this to someone else.'' Wife Alda said: "He was like Frankenstein when I saw him at the hospital -- he was very badly injured on his head.'' He added that he had been told by Police that the two dogs will now be destroyed.

And Public Safety Minister Quinton Edness last night pledged to look at toughening up the laws governing dogs bred for their viciousness.

Mr. Alves said he backed the idea of UK-style legislation to control potential killer canines.

Mr. Alves, of Devonshire, was attacked by the dogs as he visited a friend's home in Spanish Point on Saturday afternoon.

He said he saw the dogs loose when he got out of the truck and spoke to the owner of the house and the dogs ignored him.

But he added: "When I made a move to go back to my truck they went for me.'' Mr. Alves said one of the dogs sank its teeth into his hand and the other went for his back and started eating my head away.'' He was pulled to the ground and mauled while the terrified woman owner of the dogs tried to drag them off.

Mr. Alves said: "They were huge dogs and she didn't have the strength. She was shouting for her daughters to help.

"Then her husband and daughters pulled the dogs off -- it was just as well or they would have killed me.'' Mr. Edness said Government had considered legislation to control dangerous dogs.

But he said: "I'm aware there has been some problems with the British legislation.'' Mr. Edness said under current laws it was an offence to allow dogs to run loose in public places. But he added: "A number of people -- including my own wife -- have been the victim of dangerous dogs.

"With this particular incident having taken place, its got to spur us into action to do something about this.''