ANADA -- A Red Deer dog owner paid a $1,000 fine after her border collie bit a two-year-old girl in June.
The Advocate has learned, through documents obtained at the Red Deer provincial courthouse, that Jean Marie Winter paid $1,000 on July 17 after contravening a City of Red Deer bylaw.
The ticket is in regards to an owner of a dog that causes severe injury to a person. Originally, the fine was set at $2,500.
A $250 ticket for contravening a municipal bylaw of failing to obtain a dog tag was withdrawn in Red Deer provincial court on July 17.
Erin Stuart, permits and licensing supervisor, confirmed on July 23 that the owner of the 10-year-old female border collie had her dog destroyed.
The animal bit the girl in the face during a visit at the owner’s home on June 9.
The girl’s mother, Christina Fitzpatrick of Blackfalds, said earlier that her daughter Mikenna required plastic surgery after one of Winter’s three dogs bit her in the face, leaving wounds under her right eye, across her nose and inside her mouth.
(Red Deer Advocate - August 24, 2012)
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