OHIO -- Police in Dayton said a dog was so seriously injured by a pack of other dogs that he could barely walk.
According to witnesses, the pack of dogs went after several other animals Monday in the area near Hoover and Oakridge avenues.
Investigators said children were playing just a short distance away from where the attack happened.
Witnesses said even from a distance, you could tell the dog was badly injured because it was not putting any weight on its left front leg.
Emergency crews said the dog’s leg was likely broken.
People who were in the area, said the pack of dogs went after the animal around 10:30 a.m.
Aaron Thorpe, who was playing nearby, said he was not going to break up the attack.
“I couldn’t. I did not want to get bit,” Thorpe said.
Simenola Meriner of Dayton was nearby and said, “It was three of us cars lined up blowing our horns trying to get the dogs off each other.”
Other people even threw cans and bottles at the dogs, hoping to save the animal’s life.
Meriner said a pit bull was the one dog that attacked the animal while the other dogs in the pack watched.
Witnesses said the pack left, but then the pit bull came back again. This time he was alone and went toward the injured dog again, but an officer scared the pit bull away.
The Montgomery County Animal Resource Center went to get the injured dog. Officials said the German Shepherd mix is still alive.
Officers said they located another dog that is believed to have been part of the pack. They said they had to use a Taser on the animal in order to get control of it.
The Animal Resource Officer said they have been called to the area several times since last summer on complaints of packs of dogs.
(WHIO - Feb 16 2009)
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