TORONTO - A dog sentenced to die for mauling a young boy is "doing fine" after being forcibly removed from the Toronto Humane Society president's office following his arrest on animal cruelty charges, an investigator said yesterday.

But the fate of Bandit must still be decided, OSPCA Insp. Kevin Strooband says.

Officers with the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals on Thursday raided the THS shelter on River St., armed with a warrant that let them seize the building.

THS president Tim Trow and four top associates of the charitable facility were led out on charges of cruelty to animals, after Toronto Police handcuffed them When officers tried to remove Bandit from Trow's office, they said the 38-kilo pitbull-Labrador cross lunged at one and had to be pepper-sprayed.

A justice of the peace in 2004 ordered him euthanized for viciously attacking Daniel Collins the previous year, when the boy was 3.

But Trow refused to follow the court's order and saved the dog -- owned by Daniel's grandmother, Phyllis Young.

"I need all the facts," Strooband said, declining to speculate on Bandit's fate until his status, including any appeals of the destruction order, are determined.

He said the dog was taken outside the shelter after being treated for pepper-spray, "and he's fine."