CALIFORNIA -- A 63-year-old man suffered serious bite wounds Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 19 when he was attacked by a dog that escaped from a fenced-in yard on Kirby Street in Hemet.
The victim “is doing fine,” said Jeff Sheppard, executive director of the Ramona Humane Society, although animal control officers had not spoken to the man Thursday morning.
Hemet police Sgt. Dan Reinbolt said Wednesday evening that three dogs had escaped from the yard, but Sheppard said only one dog, a boxer mix, was involved in the attack.
Sheppard said a wrought-iron fence in the dog owner’s yard had a hole in it and the dog was believed to have either gone under or through the fence to escape. The dog’s owner was not at home at the time.
The boxer is being held in quarantine by the society, which contracts with the city of Hemet to provide animal control services.
Sheppard said an animal control officer left a notice at the owner’s house indicating that the fence would have to be mended before the society would consider returning the dog. As of Thursday, he said, the owner had not been cited.
(Press-Enterprise - Sept 20, 2012)
