NORTH CAROLINA -- An Asheboro mom said her 7-year-old son was viciously attacked by a pit bull twice his size, but she said the dog shouldn’t have still been in the neighborhood.
Chris Ledbetter has several stitches after he was attacked in the driveway outside his home.
Chris Ledbetter has several stitches after he was attacked in the driveway outside his home.
“He was bitten right in the fold below his eyebrow and that required three stitches,” said Sherry Ledbetter, Chris’s mom. “Then he has a laceration on top of his head that required two stitches. We found another bite mark on his arm.”
Sherry said she saw Chris being pinned by the dog and ran out to help. Sherry held on to the dog by pulling on its collar and told the kids to run.
Sherry said she saw Chris being pinned by the dog and ran out to help. Sherry held on to the dog by pulling on its collar and told the kids to run.
“She said ‘Get to the porch,’” Chris said.
“We were just trying to get into the house. I screamed at them to get in the corner and pull the rocking chair up against them,” Sherry said.
Sherry said Chris was covered in blood and was screaming.
“We were just trying to get into the house. I screamed at them to get in the corner and pull the rocking chair up against them,” Sherry said.
Sherry said Chris was covered in blood and was screaming.
However, before Chris was attacked, the family said the same dog had recently attacked some smaller pug mixes in another nearby driveway. The family said they called Animal Control, but nobody ever came.
“The fact that they did not respond at all to an aggressive dog in a neighborhood where there’s children–that’s my blame,” Sherry said.
Mimi Cooper with the Randolph County Health Department, which runs animal control and the animal shelter, said in a statement it received a call about different dogs with a different description.
“The fact that they did not respond at all to an aggressive dog in a neighborhood where there’s children–that’s my blame,” Sherry said.
Mimi Cooper with the Randolph County Health Department, which runs animal control and the animal shelter, said in a statement it received a call about different dogs with a different description.
If they knew there was an immediate danger from the dog, animal control would have responded immediately, Cooper said.
“We would never tell someone to wait until the next day in a situation where an aggressive dog was involved,” Cooper said. “We go out on any call where there is an aggressive dog attacking a child or a person or another animal.”
“We would never tell someone to wait until the next day in a situation where an aggressive dog was involved,” Cooper said. “We go out on any call where there is an aggressive dog attacking a child or a person or another animal.”
The dog’s owner surrendered him to the animal shelter. He will be held for 10 days to check for rabies and then will be put down.
(WGHP - Mar 15, 2012)
