Mr. Lam told CBS News, “They were clamping down on her so hard that I physically punched a dog over 15 times and it finally let go after that. They were literally trying to tear her apart. She has four major puncture wounds on her.”
The dogs also bit him as he tried to rescue his dog. He also suffered several bites and scratches.
Mr. Lam said that the dogs' owner asked, “Oh, is your dog OK?” before running off.
The mauling happened on the Eastside, on Fuller Street, where boundaries between Los Angeles and West Hollywood blur. The immediate area is heavily trafficked by transients in Los Angeles’ Poinsettia Park and West Hollywood’s Plummer Park – both stand within a few blocks of the attack.
Crouton, who is 12-years-old, was treated for her wounds. She gives Mr. Lam comfort and assistance with anxiety attacks, alerting him if he passes out.
He told CBS, “I’m just glad that she’s still alive right now.”
Mr. Lam filed a report with the sheriff’s West Hollywood station, which is investigating the incident.
Mayor Jeffrey Prang recently announced a crackdown on off leash animals in the city. In that announcement he said, “The city has asked the Department of Animal Care and Control to strictly enforce the City's ordinances requiring dogs to be kept on a leash in public, including in public parks. Animal Control Officers have been deployed throughout the City and have issued a number of citations over the last week.
The West Hollywood crackdown is over, but the need to keep dogs on leash remains. People with dogs on leash are advised to give off leash dogs wide berth.
Meanwhile, Riverside County is weighing a law that would require sterilization of all pit bulls. The move was sparked by recent reports of pit bull attacks that have left humans seriously hurt or dead, particularly one in Jurupa Valley that left an 84-year-old woman near death.
On March 5, a 76-year-old San Jacinto woman was seriously injured when she was attacked by a pit bull while on a walk. A 91-year-old woman was killed by two pit bulls in a Hemet hotel room Feb. 8.
(wehonews - April 9, 2013)
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