CANADA -- A four-year-old boy was in hospital with serious injuries on Tuesday after being attacked by a sled dog on a northern Saskatchewan reserve.
RCMP say the boy and a care-giver from the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation were helping feed 14 musher dogs in the bush near Southend last Saturday.
The boy, identified by relatives as Kalvin Jobb, had been told to stay in a truck while his care-giver, also identified by relatives as the boy's grandfather Daniel Jobb, finished feeding the dogs.
Sgt. Paul Dawson said the boy got out of the vehicle and met one of the dogs that was off its leash.
"And that was the dog that did inflict some injuries on the youth before the care-giver was able to separate the dog from the child."
Dawson said community members in Southend acted quickly to help the little boy, who was taken to the medical clinic before being flown by air ambulance to Saskatoon.
"His injuries are serious but not life-threatening," said Dawson.
Kalvie's uncle Ronnie Jobb says his nephew has lost the use of an eye and is undergoing skin grafts to his face at Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon.
Dawson said the dog was struck by a motorist a short distance away and died. The dog's remains are being sent away for analysis.
The remaining 13 animals were destroyed by their owner.
(Calgary Herald - July 28, 2011)
