OHIO -- A dog nearly lost his life in a sudden pit bull attack that lasted only minutes.
Bear's owner, Cori, said it happened during an Easter Sunday walk in Caesar's Creek State Park.
She says normal walk in the woods nearly proved deadly for Bear after he encountered five pit bulls.
Cori said, "I heard the most guttural sound I ever heard in my life. And I went running over there and I saw five of them on him and just came unglued as you can imagine."
Cori and the pit bulls' owner desperately fought the dogs to try to stop the fight.
After pulling Bear to safety, Cori rushed him to an emergency vet clinic.
"They didn't expect him to live," Cori said.
Bear's neck was slashed. Bite marks covered his body and staples replaced where rips and tears use to be.
Cori said, "His entire inside exposed. They ripped him to shreds."
Cori keeps replaying the attack in her head and has a few questions for the owner of the pit bulls.
"Why did you put me in that position? You knew you were in an off-leash area, you knew there were going to be other dogs and people you knew by asking me 'do [you] have dogs?' that there was going to be a problem," she said."
Cori's vet bills total more than five thousand dollars.
She says animal control can't help her because they don't know where the pit bulls are located.
Starting May 1st, Ohio Department of Natural Resources Officers say dog owners will have to put their dogs on a leash.
(WDTN - April 8, 2010)
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