By Josie Heart
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STOCKTON, California (KCRA) — Carol Goucher was asleep in her Cleveland Street home when she was woke up by the sound of dogs barking exterior her window at roughly 2 a.m. Tuesday morning.
When she seemed exterior, she noticed 5 dogs surrounding her 17-year-old cat Rusty in her driveway.
In a video captured via her home surveillance cameras, the dogs have been seen speeding to and attacking the cat.
The disturbing footage too graphic to point out in its entirety exhibits the cat was making an attempt to cover beneath a automotive, however the dogs have been capable of pull it out with their mouths earlier than mauling it and taking the cat’s stays to the sidewalk.
Goucher says she tried to scare the dogs away with loud noises however was too afraid to step exterior and intervene out of worry for her personal security.
“I was banging on the window and banging on the door and yelling and trying to get the dogs to leave and they did not,” Goucher mentioned.
Goucher says a homeless man who occurred to be walking by was capable of scare the dogs off with a stick, however her cat didn’t survive the assault.
Goucher says she was disturbed significantly by watching the video.
“It was absolutely horrific. I can’t get it out of my mind,” Goucher mentioned.
Neighbors advised KCRA 3 that the dogs have been again within the space a number of occasions because the assault, and that the dogs often seem within the neighborhood through the late-night hours.
“None of them have collars and I know they don’t belong to anybody,” mentioned Barbara Mata.
Residents say they’ve come collectively to assessment one another’s surveillance footage and incidents, and that the dogs have been noticed within the neighborhood since final month.
“Every night this week they have been overnight in the dark hours, in between midnight and 2 am. getting on people’s properties and looking around on their driveways and porches,” Goucher mentioned.
Goucher says the dogs are nonetheless on the unfastened and worries that different animals and other people could also be prone to being harmed.
“There’s schools nearby and children are walking to and from school,” Goucher mentioned.
Mata says she fears a worst-case state of affairs.
“I saw what they did to a cat. I can imagine what they would do to a person,” Mata mentioned.
Goucher mentioned she reached out to town’s animal management providers however obtained few solutions.
“They took my information and said that it is a police situation because it’s overnight and they don’t have animal control officers overnight,” Goucher mentioned.
KCRA 3 reached out to town’s animal management providers and is awaiting a response.
The Stockton Police Department says animal management sometimes responds to incidents involving aggressive animals throughout their hours of operation, which finish at 5 p.m. in line with town’s web site.
Stockton police mentioned they checked in with animal management and {that a} name for service to the Cleveland Street space is marked on their logs. Police say they anticipate that animal management providers ought to come out to the realm quickly.
Meanwhile, Goucher is awaiting an earn that may comprise Rusty’s ashes. She says she determined to share the video of the assault publicly as a warning to her neighbors.
“The main thing is that people are aware that this is happening and to keep your family and your pets safe,” Goucher mentioned.
The Stockton Police Department urges residents to name police in the event that they spot any aggressive animals and feels their life is at risk.
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