Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Dog shot by police on Lansing River Trail

MICHIGAN --  A Lansing police officer on Monday shot and killed a pit bull after it attacked a dog being walked by its owner on the River Trail in the Moores Park area.

Lansing police Public Information Officer Robert Merritt said dispatchers received several calls about a loose pit bull in the area shortly after 5 p.m., including one from someone who said the dog was fighting with another dog.

As police arrived, the man who had been walking his dog was trying to separate the fighting animals, Merritt said. The pit bull broke free but was shot after it resumed its attack on the second dog, he said.

The man was treated for apparently minor injuries. It was unclear if his dog suffered serious injuries.

The dead pit bull carried no microchip or other identification, and police turned it over to Ingham County Animal Control for a followup investigation, Merritt said.

(Lansing State Journal - Nov 27, 2013)

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