Recently Adopted Pit Bull Attacks Girl

FLORIDA --  A two-year-old girl is in recovery after being bitten in the face by her family dog.

That dog was adopted just the day before during a weekend adoption event in Alachua County.

The toddler's parents say she was playing in the front yard when it happened.

Alachua County Sheriff's Office responded to a call Sunday evening regarding the incident.  The girl and her parents rushed to UF Health/Shands Children's Hospital where she underwent facial reconstructive surgery.

Animal services officials are still investigating what caused the attack. 

What caused the attack? Hmm... See below story about the scorpion and the frog...

The dog is currently with animal services where it will be placed under quarantine for ten days.

(WCJB - June 15, 2015)



Story of the Scorpion and the frog:
 One day a scorpion asks a frog to carry him across the river. The frog, afraid of
being stung during the trip declines helping the scorpion. The scorpion argues
that if it stung the frog, both would sink and he would also drown, so for his
benefit he would never sting him. The frog eventually agrees and carries the
scorpion across the river until midway, the scorpion does indeed sting the frog,
dooming them both to drown.

As they slowly sink into the water asks why he had stung him, crying out,
"Now we shall both die!". The scorpion simply points out that,
“I had no choice; it's in my nature“.