Owner gives up pit bull after attack that hospitalized teen girl in Miami-Dade
The owner says she chose to give up the 5-year-old dog, and Miami-Dade Animal Services says it faces euthanasia.
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The owner says she chose to give up the 5-year-old dog, and Miami-Dade Animal Services says it faces euthanasia.
Deputies say the dog is a family pet, and it ran off after a deputy tried to use a Taser on it, while the girl is being treated at Jackson Memorial Hospital.
Police say 19-year-old Javondre Antonio Jackson was housesitting the 8-month-old golden doodle, and a judge set his total bond at $15,500.
Ashley Perez says she thought she was going to die when four dogs attacked her in Miami-Dade, and six days later, the final dog has been captured.
Surveillance video shows four dogs surrounding and attacking the woman as she walked through the neighborhood.
Homestead police said the dog attack occurred near the 250 block of Northwest 9th Terrace.
MDSO said that the woman had bite marks on her arms and legs.
Police say the man opened fire at the dog to protect himself from being attacked.
The incident remains under investigation and no charges have been filed.
Miami-Dade Animal Services removed a total of 10 dogs from the property as part of an ongoing investigation.
The child was rushed to a local hospital after the incident.
Neighbors and the 14-month-old's dad say that the dog had never shown any aggression before.
The 19-year-old woman was found on a beach at K'gari. Police said her body had been "interfered with" by dingoes.
Neighbors say the dog often roamed freely. A father says his son will need stitches and is traumatized.
Hollywood Fire Rescue said Friday's attack happened around 2:30 p.m. on the 1800 block of Funston Street.
An 8-year-old girl is recovering in the hospital after being attacked by a dog outside a Hollywood apartment building Friday afternoon, according to her mom and local officials.
Just after 11 a.m., the deputy and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded to a medical call near Gladeview, where "several loose, vicious dogs" attacked the woman and a 5-year-old child who was with her.
A group of dogs attacked the mother and child while they were walking in NW Miami-Dade. The mother was treated at the scene. The child was uninjured.
Surveillance video captured the dogs charging the victim, identified by BSO as Claude LaFort.
Crime scene investigators returned to the Lauderdale Lakes neighborhood after two dogs attacked an elderly man on Tuesday morning, according to the Broward Sheriff's Office.
The attack happened around 11:30 a.m. in the 3900 block of Northwest 35th Avenue.
Two dogs will be euthanized after a violent attack Tuesday in Lauderdale Lakes left a man injured and forced a deputy to open fire, according to a source with Broward County Animal Care who spoke with CBS News Miami.
CBS News Miami's Ted Scouten reports from Lauderdale Lakes after authorities said a dog attacked a man on Tuesday morning.
Police said that the victim suffered injuries caused by a dog, but the medical examiner will determine if those injuries happened before or after his death.
Miami Gardens police have released four photos of dogs possibly connected to the death of 71-year-old grandmother Doreen Richards Broadbelt, who was mauled as she walked to work early on Memorial Day.
