Crazy to know that your pet or small child can be attacked or killed at the drop of hat. Nothing these people could have done to even protect them.
http://calgary.ctvnews.ca/small-dog-...eash-1.2340176
“I came around the corner from the building which is right by the tennis courts and this dog comes running from the parking lot, out of nowhere,” recalls Yautz. “I knew he was going after my dog so I grabbed my dog’s leash and pulled my dog up in the air.”
Yautz says the larger dog, which was on a leash but without an owner, lunged at Skippy and locked its jaws around the smaller dog’s belly.
The owner apologized profusely to Yautz and returned the large dog to the tennis courts where a woman and child (or children) took control of the animal.
The unidentified man drove Yautz and Skippy to an emergency veterinary clinic in his pickup truck and reassured Yautz that he would cover any costs.
“I put him on the vet’s table and the vet checked him with his stethoscope and said he’s dead,” recalls Yautz. ““I went out to talk to the guy and he was gone.”
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmont...ound-1.3044502
The three-year-old girl bitten by a dog at an Edmonton playground is continuing to recover at home.
Maryam Abdelwahab required stitches to her lip and eye, and plastic surgery as a result of the attack Sunday in Mill Woods.
Last year in Edmonton 536 dog attacks were reported, 303 of those on people.
The city's animal control office said 29 people either received stitches or hospital treatment because of a dog attack in 2014.