A white Siberian Husky, named Leo, got loose from its owner's home at 44 Brian Drive, off Torrey Street, around 8 a.m. The dog is owned by Zukeby Brea Roa, according to city officials.
The dog went into a 75-year-old woman's backyard and viciously bit both of her arms. She suffered a severe injury to her right arm that will require skin graft surgery, Brockton Mayor Bill Carpenter told The Enterprise Thursday morning.
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The dog then went over to nearby Greenbriar Road and bit the forearm of a 44-year-old man who was trying to keep his own dogs away from the Husky.
When animal control and firefighters arrived, an animal control officer tried to approach the dog as it ran around a fire engine and jumped up and bit Brockton Fire Lieutenant James Young on both hands.
"The attack on the firefighter was totally unprovoked. He was not trying to interact with the dog. The dog ran around the fire truck and jumped up and bit him," Carpenter said. "Very bravely, I think, he wrestled his arms around the dog and restrained the dog to allow animal control to contain him."
As the dog was being restrained by an animal control officer she was bit in her hand.
The animal control officer, firefighter and elderly woman were all taken to the hospital. They have all since been released as of Thursday morning.
The husky is now under a 10-day quarantine at the Brockton Animal Control office where it will undergo an independent evaluation for viciousness.
Carpenter is calling for the dog to be euthanized in light of Wednesday's incidents.
"When I've got a dog that's bitten four people in one day, I don't need to know much more than that," Carpenter said Wednesday.
After the city finishes their investigation and the quarantine period has ended, there could be a public hearing to determine the fate of the dog where the owners would be able to state their case.
The owners were cited Wednesday with violating the city's leash laws.
ANIMAL CONTROL HAS HISTORY WITH THIS DOG AND ITS OWNER
While the husky was licensed and up-to-date on its shots as of Wednesday, the city has had issues with the owners and the dog in the past.
On March 2, the dog was found loose at the Westfield Child Center, a daycare at 470 Torrey St.
When an animal control officer went to capture the dog, it was "uncooperative" and a restraint pole was needed to restrain it, Carpenter said.
At the time, the dog was discovered to be unlicensed. The owners were given written notification to license the dog by April 15.
On June 8, Animal Control followed up and found that they had still not had the dog licensed. A city dog license costs $24.
They were issued a citation for failure to license and no rabies vaccination and fined a total of $156.
On Sept. 7, Animal Control filed a court complaint because they failed to pay the fine. A clerk magistrate's hearing at Brockton District Court was scheduled for Oct. 4, the day before the attack. The owners had the hearing continued until Oct. 18 because they were unable to attend, Carpenter said.
While officials were investigating Wednesday, they found the dog had been vaccinated on June 18, 10 days after receiving the citation. They had the dog licensed on Sept. 30, four days before their court hearing.
An animal control officer and police officer went to Roa's home Thursday afternoon where there was a car in the driveway. They knocked and no one answered the door so they left a note for them to call.
A woman, who asked not to be named for this story because she is Roa’s neighbor, said she was relieved to hear the dog had been caught and does not want it back in the neighborhood.
"I'm nervous now. When my neighbor called me and told me they caught him I felt relieved," she said. "The dog was always tied up on the side of the house and she (the owner) is always working. I think maybe he got fed up from being tied up."
(Enterprise News - Oct 6, 2016)
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