- Joshua Rivera, 11, was bitten within the face and arm by his aunt’s canine inside her Manhattan residence
- The bulldog, named Aries, attacked the boy shortly earlier than 3pm earlier immediately, which left the teen screaming in ache
- Authorities took the animal away in a crate and the canine goes to be put down in keeping with the boys aunt, Johanna Lopez-Ramos
An 11-year-old boy was viscously mauled by his household’s bulldog throughout a terrifying incident inside his aunt’s residence.
Joshua Rivera was bitten a number of occasions within the face and the arm by the canine, named Aries, on Tuesday shortly earlier than 3pm.
Rivera was rapidly transported to a neighborhood hospital for surgical procedure and is alleged to be in a steady situation following the horrific assault.
The incident had occurred at his aunt Johanna Lopez-Ramos’s residence within the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
According to abcit took two folks to tug the canine off of the younger boy who was screaming.
His aunt advised the outlet: ‘I simply heard my nephew screaming and I got here operating out the again door and I simply needed to react rapidly to separate them.
‘I acquired bit myself making an attempt to separate them.’
Joshua and his brother Julian stay with their aunt after their mom died from most cancers a number of months in the past.
Julian advised the outlet: ‘The canine began biting him, attacking him and leaping over him. I noticed it and I ran.’
According to his aunt, each Rivera and his twin have ADHD and will have been too excited with the canine, prompting the assault.
Rivera stated she thought Aries was light, till she heard her nephew’s screams.
Aries was barricaded contained in the residence till ESU officers transported the canine out of the building.
The canine had been used as a remedy canine for Lopez-Ramos and her psychological well being.
Authorities took the animal away in a crate and Lopez-Ramos stated she was going to have the canine put down.
It shouldn’t be clear whether or not or not anybody will likely be charged in reference to the assault.
