Belle is recovering at the Jackson County Animal Shelter, and will be released when her owner comes to pick her up, animal shelter director Bill Richmond said Monday.
Belle was shot in the abdomen at about 3:30 p.m. Friday, said owner Connie Hinman.
Animal control officers went to 1012 Gum St. on a call of a white German shepherd running loose in the neighborhood of Ocean Estates. Richmond said officers told Hinman to capture her dog and prevent it from running loose.
Officers tried to catch the dog, but were unsuccessful, he said.
Hinman, however, said officers made no attempt to catch Belle before shooting her.
Officers first shot a tranquilizer dart at the dog, but the dart fell out, Richmond said.
He said the dog began charging the officer and the officer shot the dog. Belle fell down, got up and climbed in the owner's vehicle.
Officers told the woman to take the dog to the vet, Richmond said, but when sheriff deputies arrived the dog was still in the car.
Hinman said deputies blocked her car in the driveway and she called a taxi. She said officers "broke into the car and took the dog."
Richmond said animal control officers took the dog to the animal shelter.
Cherie Ward, spokeswoman for the Sheriff's Department, said deputies responded to the scene and filed a report, but did not take any action.
The dog bit someone in July, was deemed vicious and was quarantined for 10 days at the animal shelter, Richmond said.
Hinman said officers must have confused Belle with her white poodle, which was quarantined for biting Hinman nine months ago. She added that Belle has never bitten anyone.
"She is not threatening," she said.
(sunherald.com - Aug 26 2013)
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