Las Vegas police responded around 3:35 p.m. Wednesday to the 6000 block of Duck Hill Springs Drive, near Desert Inn Road and Hollywood Boulevard.
Police said the child was visiting a friend's house when the family pit bull exited the house and attacked the child.
The 3-year-old pit bull mixed-breed named Left Eye was euthanized after it was surrendered by its owners to animal control officers, and after officials determined it wouldn’t be allowed to be adopted, Clark County spokesman Dan Kulin said.
Las Vegas police Officer Jesse Roybal, a department spokesman, said detectives were investigating what happened before the attack.
Roybal said the dog was a family pet at a home where the boy was visiting.
DIFFERENT RESULT FROM 2012 FATAL DOG ATTACK ON CHILD
The quick conclusion to the recent case contrasts with a lengthy legal battle that developed after a dog killed a 1-year-old boy in April 2012.
That animal, a 120-pound mastiff-Rhodesian mix named Onion, was initially slated to be euthanized as vicious.
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| Onion with the little boy he mauled to death |
But an animal rights group (and the group of attorneys known as the Lexus Project which critics say buries jurisdictions in legal paperwork to the point that most cities/counties will simply hand over the dog in an effort to 'be done with it') intervened and fought a court battle that reached the Nevada Supreme Court before being sent back to Clark County District Court.
At issue was a question of whether the owner voluntarily surrendered ownership of the dog to Henderson city animal control officers.
Onion was held at a city shelter for 21 months before being turned over in January 2014 to the advocacy group to be taken to a rescue facility outside Nevada.
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| Onion with the little boy he killed |
Does anyone know where this dog is at? Is anyone in charge of inspecting the premises to ensure that this killer dog is in a cage that will prevent it from EVER getting loose to kill another child?
In return, the group promised to pay for a memorial to the child at a Henderson park, officials said.
(Reflector.com - Aug 18, 2016)
| According to dogsbite.org, pit bulls and pit bull mixes were responsible for 19 OF THE 21 DEATHS so far this year. 2016 - U.S. DOG BITE RELATED FATALITIES SO FAR THIS YEAR TOTAL 21 (9 CHILDREN - 12 ADULTS) PIT BULL - 13 DEATHS LINDA YUBA COUNTY CA SAN DIEGO CA STOCKTON CA LUMBERTON ROBESN CO NC PERQUIMANS CO NC CHARLOTTE NC ST. LOUIS COUNTY MO NEW HAVEN CT CORINNA ME DETROIT MI NAVAJO NATION AZ SCREVEN CO GA LAS VEGAS NV PIT BULL MIX - 6 DEATHS INDEPENDENCE GRAYSON CO VA (pit bull/rottweiler mix?) THURSTON CO WA LEESBURG FL MIAMI-DADE FL DALLAS TX (pack of dogs -? Pit Bull, Rottweiler and/or mixes) FRESNO CA - (2 Pit Bull/Shar-Pei Mixes) MIX BREED SHEPHERD - 1 DEATH YOUNGSTOWN OH PACK OF DOGS - 1 DEATH TRAVIS CO TX ( Husky/Australian Cattle Dog Mix and Lab/Great Pyrenees Mix) |
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