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| Enzo before attack |
Thursday, March 16, 2017
1pm
Rose Garden, Santa Barbara Mission
Santa Barbara, California
Normal
Kelly Marie, a tourist in Santa Barbara, enjoys a beautiful public park with her two dogs, Quinn and Enzo. Both are small dogs and are leashed. Another dog owner, a young man, unleashes his dog, who is larger than Enzo but has only three legs, nearby.
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The three-legged dog is a pit bull. It charges and attacks Enzo from behind, biting into his neck and tearing into his cheek. It locks onto Enzo's neck until it nearly severs it, then runs off with its owner. The pit bull's owner takes his violent pet into his car and drives away so fast he nearly hits some other parked cars in the lot.
"From behind me, a dog jumped over and grabbed my six-pound chihuahua and it was a tan, three-legged pit bull... He grabbed him by the neck and was shaking him around,"
Consequences
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| Enzo after attack |
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| Enzo after attack |
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| Enzo after attack |
A woman who witnessed the incident reports, "[Enzo] had its neck almost completely severed. I stepped in, told her to wrap him in my beach blanket, grabbed her other dog, and rushed them to my car. Meanwhile, the guy sped away. Almost hitting parked cars."
"He spent three hours in surgery and re-attached all the skin,"
A dog endures a horrific attack and painful 3-hour surgery and recovery
A dog's owners endure the attack on their dog, and must pay for emergency surgery ($4k+)
A pit bull has a run in the park, mauls a dog, and pops back in daddy's car for a ride
A pit bull owner watches his pit exercise itself in a public park, then gets some exercise running to his car with his violent pet, and has an exciting speeding-away-from-the-scene moment. He's now tucked up somewhere with his bloody pet, probably accepting accolades for adopting a tripod pit.
BOLO in Santa Barbara
Tan 3-legged pit bull with young Asian male owner.
The owner of the dog that attacked is described as an Asian man in his mid-20s. His car had stickers on the back and Marie said she was able to get a partial license plate of either JGH065 or JQH065.
The car is also described as a black VW wagon. One media report says he's suspected of being from Lompoc.
Links
https://www.edhat.com/site/tidbit.cfm?nid=183048
http://www.ksby.com/story/34942671/police-investigating-dog-on-dog-attack-outside-santa-barbara-mission
http://www.keyt.com/lifestyle/pets/couples-pet-dog-recovering-after-vicious-pit-bull-attack/401411785
https://www.gofundme.com/enzos-surgery-expenses (photo and words below from the GoFundMe)
On March 16, 2017 our sweet little 6.5lb mutt, Enzo, was lying in the grass soaking in the sun at Rose Garden of the Santa Barbara Mission when a unleashed three-legged pitbull grabbed him by the neck and began shaking him. After a while the owner of the pitbull was able to free Enzo, but immediately fled the scene with his dog. Enzo's neck almost completely severed and his left cheek was torn open. He had a three-hour surgery last night and is stable, but critical condition. This is going to be a long journy of recovery for the little guy. Anything that you can contuibute to this unexpected expense would be helpful. The 5k is based on the vet's estimate for the surgery and hospitalization of $4400, plus follow-up visits to our vet back home in San Pedro. All donations in excess of our actual expenses will be sent to Santa Barbara Animal Rescue.
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