Posted on 06/30/2018 3:21:57 AM PDT by Norski
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SCANNER TRAFFIC INDICATES: One Person Suffers Critical Injuries After Being Mauled by Dog in Arcata Mobile Home Park
An Arcata dog is being held in quarantine at the Humboldt County Animal Shelter for the time being, following a rampaging attack on two people Monday morning at the Town & Country Mobile Villa off Giuntoli Lane in Arcata.
The incident took place just before 11 a.m. on the 4900 block of Sierra Way, inside the park, and prompted a large response from police and paramedics. The dispatcher’s log of the call reads: “[Reporting party] screaming into the phone about a dog attack, and that someone needs medical, just kept screaming hurry.”
First responders at the scene referred to the incident as a “mauling,” and quickly called for another ambulance for an additional patient. One of the patients was believed to have “critical” injuries, and the other had “moderate” injuries, according to emergency radio traffic at the time.
Lt. Bart Silvers of the Arcata Police Department told the Outpost today that both of the victims were adults, and that at least one of them is the dog’s owner. He didn’t have any updated information about their condition, but he confirmed that his officers captured the dog and took it to the animal shelter.
The dog is still there as of today, and is in a quarantined area of the shelter while it is determined whether or not it is rabid, according to Andre Hale, the shelter’s manager.
Hale, reached this afternoon, says it hasn’t yet been determined what will happen with the animal. (She would only characterize it as a “mixed-breed” dog.) In such cases, she said, the owner has 10 days to request the return of the pet or surrender it to the custody of the police. . .
(Excerpt) Read more at lostcoastoutpost.com ...
Yes. There are two other articles on the attack prior to the death of the victim. This story includes links to the other two, and I do recommend reading all three - including the comments on each (victim and dog owner’s family members commented) for a better idea of the story.
Apparently, the dog that killed the 91 year old man was owned by his son’s girlfriend. Or his nephew’s girlfriend. I am still not entirely certain.
I am sorry, I do not know what the acronym “BFL” means.
I found that to be the case many years ago, and have not been back.
Yes - or, as in this case, the owner’s relative, loved one, father, mother, wife, husband, child, grandmother, grandfather, friend, or just visitor to the home.
I believe the proportion of deadly attacks of the above to the whole is about one-third.
Call it 33%. I can pull the statistic if you wish - it varies a bit year to year, but overall, it’s a working number.
It’s not just a clue. Your intuition is correct.
The statistics are here:
https://www.nationalpitbullvictimawareness.org/
and here: https://www.animals24-7.org/2017/08/08/pit-stop-archive/
and here: https://www.dogsbite.org/dog-bite-statistics-quick-statistics.php
It’s Bump For Later so I can come back to it. The guy that died was a friend of my folks. Sad!
“Big illegal pot growing area. Doing massive illegal activities makes people act rather paranoid...”
Funny you say that. I’ve lived in Humboldt my entire life. The more legal pot gets the stranger it gets here.
I am very sorry for the loss.
This is the first time in six months’ posting that I have heard of a Freeper having a personal connection to a victim in a story I have posted.
I wonder if there are others. Norski.
Interesting.
Dang! Sorry to hear that.
fixing curly single quote in tagline. *sigh*
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