Investigators said the dogs viciously attacked the girl Tuesday evening at a home on 11th Avenue, in the Taft area. She was taken to Arnold Palmer Hospital, but her current condition was not immediately known.
Darryl Lawrence, a neighbor, described the girl's injuries, saying: "She had a three-inch laceration under her arm, a couple real bad bites on her back, and some small bites on her face and on her shoulder."
The dogs were taken away by Animal Services trucks Tuesday night.
The dogs' owner said all five were black Labrador - Siberian Husky mixes, each weighing at least 85 pounds. Four of the five dogs were 10 months old.
The owner had a handwritten "Beware of Dog" sign posted in the yard, where Lawrence said a 4-year-old who lives at the home let the 7-year-old girl in to play, when the dogs attacked her.
Neighbors said it took three men to pull the dogs off the little girl. One of the men was also bitten in the leg.
(cfnews13 - May 29, 2013)
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