CALIFORNIA -- Animal control officers were continuing to search today for the pit bull that mauled a 2-year-old boy in Oxnard on Sunday.
Oxnard Animal Control and Ventura County Animal Services officers were looking for the dog, authorities said. The county department will quarantine the dog if it is found.
The boy was bitten about 1:35 p.m. Sunday in the 1200 block of South J Street, according to the Oxnard Fire Department.
The boy was at the home of a baby sitter when he was attacked by the dog, which belongs to the baby sitter's brother, said Oxnard police spokeswoman Mónica Muñoz. The boy apparently had food in his hand when the dog attacked him, police said.
The boy suffered multiple bites, including some to his face and neck, Muñoz said. Police said his injuries did not appear to be life-threatening.
After the dog attacked the boy, the owner threw the animal out of the home and it ran away, police said. The dog's owner was cited for several animal control violations.
The dog was described as a white male pit bull, said Donna Gillesby, deputy director of Ventura County Animal Services.
(Ventura Star - March 26, 2012)
