Fate of dog attacks bites Edmonton
Last Updated Wed, 27 Aug 2003 21:53:11

EDMONTON - Two of three Edmonton-area Akita dogs involved in vicious attacks in August will have been destroyed by the end of the week. The other is in quarantine.

Parkland County officials said they would kill an Akita on Friday that savagely bit a two-year-old this month.

The dog lunged at the boy's head, nearly killing him and causing wounds that took 600 stitches to close.

Another Akita was destroyed on Monday. That dog had attacked three children on three separate occasions, most recently a five-year-old this month.

Over the weekend, a 16-year-old girl was bitten in the face by an Akita while selling chocolate bars door to door.

That dog is on a 10-day quarantine. The girl hasn't filed a complaint about the incident, so no formal investigation has been launched.

Source:  CBC News August 2003

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