OHIO -- Douglas Bowling owns the three pit bulls that attacked his 14 months old step-granddaughter. Thursday morning in Portsmouth Municipal Court, his misdemeanor charges of harboring a vicious animal were upgraded.
Bowling is now charged with two felonies and a misdemeanor.
Animal Control charged Bowling with the felony 4, failure to confine a vicious dog and felony 2, child endangerment. The misdemeanor charge is failure to obtain liability insurance.
A 14 month old girl is recovering after she was attacked by three pit bulls at her grandparents' home in Portsmouth, Ohio.
14 month old Kahtauna Cook was playing in a room at her grandparent's home when three pit bulls owned by her step-grandfather jumped a barricade and attacked her. Kahtauna was bitten several times.
Kahtauna's mother, Janet Jones, was sleeping on the couch in the room where the baby was playing; and woke up during the attack. She managed to grab her daughter, which basically saved the child's life. Jones was also bitten in the face.
The three dogs; "Hitler", "Moo Moo" and "Tater" are now in the custody of Scioto County Animal Control officers. They will be put to sleep.
Kahtauna's step-grandfather, Douglas Cook, is charged with harboring a vicious animal. He will be in court Thursday. If convicted, Cook faces up to six months in jail.
(WCHS - August 4, 2011)
