Granite City woman bitten while intervening in dog attack that killed two family pets
A Granite City woman said she was bitten while trying to stop a dog attack that killed her family’s Maltipoo and Pomeranian; the final animal-control disposition was not established in reviewed reporting.
Incident summary
First Alert 4 reported that Kathleen Mayes was walking two family dogs on a residential street in Granite City on the evening of September 29 when another dog attacked them. Mayes said the attacking dog killed Bella, a Pomeranian, and fatally injured Molly, a Maltipoo. Mayes said she was bitten while pulling the attacking dog away and later received a tetanus shot and antibiotics. The outlet cited a Granite City police incident report saying the attacking dog’s owner believed it escaped a fenced backyard and later took the dog to a relative in Missouri. Police and Animal Control did not provide the outlet a case-status update, and the final quarantine, vaccination, dangerous-dog or enforcement outcome was not established in the reviewed reporting.
First Alert 4 cited a Granite City police incident report saying the attacking dog’s owner believed it escaped from a fenced backyard and took the dog to a relative in Missouri. Mayes said she was awaiting information about quarantine and rabies status. Granite City Police and Animal Control did not respond to the outlet’s request for an update. A neighbor’s statement in the incident report about prior unleashed/aggressive incidents remains an allegation, not a BiteDB finding. No charge, citation, dangerous-dog adjudication or final agency disposition was established in the reviewed source.
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Primary record used by BiteDB
First Alert 4 reported that Kathleen Mayes said an attacking dog killed her two family dogs during an evening walk and bit her while she intervened. The report cited a Granite City police incident report saying the owner believed the dog escaped a fenced backyard and took it to a relative in Missouri.
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No second independent source was used for incident facts; the primary report incorporates survivor statements and details attributed to a Granite City police incident report.
What BiteDB does not infer
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