Johnny Martinez, supervisor of the Animal Services Division, said Wednesday a Municipal Court judge will determine if the Pit Bull, named Jasper, should be deemed a vicious animal subject to euthanasia.
The Pit Bull’s owner, John Russell Pancake, 64, did not return a message seeking comment Wednesday evening.
According to a report by Animal Services Officer Jason Apodaca, Jasper was in the care of a dog sitter at the time of the attack. The woman told Officer Apodaca that the Pit Bull was secure in John Pancake's nearby residence when he suddenly bolted out an open door, the report says, and she chased after the dog.
David Frankham said in a statement Wednesday that he, his wife, their daughter and their 10-year-old labradoodle, Chuko, were walking on Canyon Road around 9:40 p.m. Sunday when a “large pit bull” attacked, locking his jaws on the backside of the family’s dog, “tearing at him as we pulled and fought to get him off.”
“Hearing the cries of our dog, our yells for help, and our daughter’s screams — two other people walking up Canyon [Road] tried to help,” Frankham said.
The Pit Bull then bit the right arm of Frankham’s wife, he said. Frankham said he began kicking the Pit Bull and he released his jaws.
After the Pit Bull turned his attention to Frankham’s 8-year-old daughter, Frankham said, he grabbed the Pit Bull by the neck and restrained it until a woman who identified herself as the Pit Bull’s dog sitter finally showed up.
The statement said the family ran to the nearest house on Canyon Road where a good Samaritan welcomed them inside and helped attend to the injuries until an EMT arrived and treated the woman’s wound.
They took the Labradoodle to an animal emergency clinic where treatment included 40 stitches to close up its wounds.
CALIFORNIA FAMILY COMES TO SANTA FE FOR THE HOLIDAYS,
GETS MAULED BY PIT BULL THAT LOCAL AUTHORITIES HAVE
KNOWN FOR YEARS IS VICIOUS AND DANGEROUS.
ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER REFUSED TO SEIZE VICIOUS PIT BULL
Frankham in an interview said he wished the city’s animal control officer would have impounded the Pit Bull immediately. Instead, Officer Apodaca decided to quarantine the dog at its home, records show.
REPEAT OFFENDER
On Wednesday, after determining that Jasper had been implicated in two previous attacks, Animal Services impounded the pit bull.
Martinez, the animal control supervisor, said animal control officers have discretion as to whether to impound an animal. In this case, he said, the officer inspected Pancake’s premises and decided the dog could be securely kept there while officials investigated whether Jasper had a history of attacks.
PIT BULL DECLARED DANGEROUS IN 2016
Records show Jasper was deemed a dangerous dog in October 2016, when Pancake agreed in a Municipal Court judgment that for a 180-day period the canine would be kept on a 3-foot leash and muzzled whenever away from the owner’s premises.
The settlement says that if Jasper was involved in “any attack” it would be deemed a vicious animal and euthanized.
The problem I see is that it appears they only declared this Pit Bull to be Dangerous for six months (180 days) so it April 2017, the restrictions were removed.
Dangerous Animals. No person shall keep or harbor a dangerous animal in a manner that constitutes a threat to a person or other domesticated animal. An animal deemed dangerous by a court of law shall be muzzled, on a leash no longer than three (3) feet, and under the immediate physical control of the owner or person having custody whenever the animal is not on the premises of the owner or person having custody. If an animal is found to be dangerous and the owner or person having custody of the animal has been found to not be in compliance with this section, then the animal may be deemed vicious by a court of law.(The New Mexican - Dec 28, 2017)
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