Toronto

Police say there may be concern for public security and wish to ID the canine, its proprietor


Posted: 11 Hours Ago
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Toronto police say there may be concern for public security and are in search of assist in figuring out a canine and its proprietor after a nine-year-old baby was left with life-altering accidents in an off-leash canine attack on Saturday. (Toronto Police Service handout)

Toronto police say a baby was taken to hospital with severe, life-altering accidents after being bitten and dragged by a canine at a waterfront playground on Saturday.

Officers had been referred to as to Little Norway Park, close to Lake Shore Boulevard West and Bathurst Street, at about 10:15 a.m.

A information launch issued Saturday stated a girl was contained in the playground space with a canine that was off-leash when a father approached the identical space together with his baby.

The canine allegedly “charged towards” the kid by way of an open gate, police stated. The canine then bit and dragged the kid to the bottom, the discharge stated.

After each the lady and the kid’s father tried to get the canine to launch the kid, the lady fled northbound out of the world along with her canine.

Investigators say the kid was taken to hospital with severe, life-altering accidents on account of the attack.

Police say there may be concern for public security and are in search of the general public’s assist in figuring out the canine and its proprietor.

The lady is believed to be between 30 and 40 years old and roughly five-foot-nine to five-foot-11, the discharge stated. She is described as having a big build, with darkish hair in a ponytail.

The canine, in the meantime, is black, tan and white and was carrying a black hooded jacket with a series collar.

Corrections

  • A earlier model of this text stated the kid was 9 years old, in keeping with police. Police didn’t determine the kid’s age.
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