NORTH PLATTE, Neb.- Police responded to a call of a vicious dog attacking it’s caretaker, luckily the police responded before an already dangerous situation easily could have turned fatal.
August 14th at the Key Estate community in North Platte, Animal Control Officers and North Platte Police arrived at the home where the call for help was made.
The female caretaker called local authorities scared that animal would continue attacking her. It’s unknown how long she struggled with the dog.
A male pit-bull was in the front yard when officers arrived. The pit-bull immediately turned aggressive towards the officers. Immediately officers heard a scream from inside the home where a female pit boxer also showing signs of aggression.
Wasting no time, in effort to reach the victim the authority’s tasered the male dog, and sedated the female dog. Emergency workers brought the caretaker to Great Plains Regional Medical Center to treat her multiple puncture wounds.
The dogs remain quarantined at the animal shelter, the male is deemed as dangerous.
The owners of the dogs and family members of the victim have been notified.