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Child was getting kid intervention services from the province
A First Nation in northern Alberta is grieving the death of a five-year-old boy who was killed by his family’s dogs on Sunday.
The kid passed away after being assaulted by his family’s dogs on Whitefish Lake First Nation on Sunday, Const. Kelsey Davidge said Thursday.
“He did pass away from a dog attack/mauling,” she said. “They were family-owned family pets. There is no public safety issues or other issues to the general public.”
Davidge said the family killed the dogs themselves following the attack. She was not able to state the number of dogs were associated with the attack.
She said RCMP are still examining the death and no charges have actually been laid.
In a message Thursday, the boy’s mom said that her boy was a happy boy, who touched a great deal of individuals’s hearts. CBC is not calling the kid since he was getting kid intervention services from the province.
“My boy was just five-years-old and had an entire life ahead of him,” the mom composed. “I can still hear his voice in my head, stating just how much he enjoys and misses me.”
She said she’s can still hear his voice as he informed her about his day at school.
The little boy went to the neighborhood school on Whitefish Lake First Nation, Chief Albert Thunder said in an interview. The neighborhood has to do with 400 kilometres northwest of Edmonton.
Thunder said his entire neighborhood is sad, and is working to support the boy’s relative who he dealt with.
He said it’s tough to think something like this might occur.
“A little neighborhood, actually tight-knit neighborhood, almost everyone is related therefore these sort of destructions that occur – it actually affects the entire neighborhood,” Thunder said.
Thunder said the neighborhood held a prayer conference to grieve the little boy’s death and the death of another neighborhood member who passed away last weekend. He said it’s an extremely tough time, however that neighborhood members are holding each other up.
“We pray together, we’re joined specifically when things like this occur,” he said.
Thunder included that his neighborhood has actually an in your area arranged and moneyed crisis reaction group that has actually been important in getting assistance to the family far more rapidly than what outside firms have the ability to use.
In an emailed declaration, a representative for Children’s Services Minister Mickey Amery said that since of personal privacy law, the ministry is restricted in its capability to offer any info that might recognize a particular kid.
“There is no higher disaster than the death of a kid, and our hearts head out to all the liked ones grieving the loss of any kid,” press secretary Chinenye Anokwuru said.
She included that whenever a kid in care passes away or is seriously hurt, it is openly reported and a “extensive assessment” of the situations is carried out.
