Texas: Orange County woman calls for change after pit bull attack

TEXAS -- An Orange County woman is sharing scary moments with a loose, aggressive pit bull.

"My husband buried him so I wouldn't see," said Keilah McDonald.

The director of the Commitment to Caring center on Stateside St. north of Vidor says the day her 9-year-old cat was ripped apart by a loose dog is one of the darkest.

That horrific day back in October wasn’t the last she saw of the dog. Wednesday, McDonald says the black and white pit bull returned and managed to latch onto her dog's mouth through the chain-link pen.

Three months later, the same pit bull returned and tried to kill her dog

To make the situation even scarier, both of these scenes took place at an independent living home. The Commitment to Caring center and Hattie’s House boarding home houses 28 adults who may be disabled or be suffering from mental illness.

"I have a man in a wheelchair. He can't get away very quickly,” said McDonald.

After her cat was mauled to death, McDonald says she filed a report with the Orange County Sheriff's Office. She says the Animal Control officer on the case told her a judge threw it out.

“When and where will we see more animal control enforcement and judges enforcing, instead of throwing it out," said McDonald.

She says Orange County has been extensive in their investigations and carried out their job to the letter of the law, but with one official working every animal case in the county, McDonald says the time to be thorough is just not humanly possible.

McDonald also says she doesn't blame the breed. She's had pits before.

"It's not the dog's fault, it's the owners," said McDonald.

Delusional woman. I feel sorry for her cat and her dog - not her.

A few blocks away, where the dog owner was last seen, a neighbor says the man has moved. She goes on to say she knows he didn’t let the dog out on purpose and she always felt safe around the dog.

McDonald says she's lost hope that this particular dog owner will see any consequences but hopes that her story will help jump start change in Orange County.

12News reached out to the Orange County Sheriff's Office to see how homeowners can go about reporting aggressive, loose dogs in their neighborhood. Their thoughts will be posted when we hear back.

Why don't they look into who this judge is and why s/he threw out the case???

(12NewsNow.Com - ‎Jan 21, 2016)