A choose has ordered {that a} San Antonio man’s canine be euthanized after the animal bit one other man’s neck, inflicting a severe laceration.
Indio, a 3-year-old Presa Canario belonging to Marcus Anthony Davila, 40, will likely be destroyed by San Antonio Animal Care Services.
The resolution adopted a quick court docket listening to Thursday.
Davila, who’s charged with two felony offenses associated to the incident — canine attack inflicting severe bodily damage and aggravated assault with a lethal weapon — waived his proper to look on the listening to. He is out of jail on bonds totaling $90,000, court docket data present.
The mauling occurred round 9:30 a.m. on Sept. 21 when Davila and the sufferer, Raymond Zamora, 53, crossed paths on a sidewalk at North Colorado and West Martin streets on the West Side.
Sgt. Shanna De La Cruz, ACS’ director of investigations, testified that Zamora was bent over when Indio grabbed him by the throat, pulling him to the bottom.
Zamora suffered a big laceration to the entrance of his neck in two locations, De La Cruz informed the court docket. The injured man has since been launched from University Hospital.
ACS took Zamora’s assertion within the hospital and likewise reviewed video footage of the canine attack.
Municipal Court Judge Lisa Gonzales concluded Indio prompted severe bodily damage and ordered the canine to be euthanized underneath town’s Health and Safety Code.
Zamora informed officers he was walking down the sidewalk that morning when a person, who was holding a canine by a leash, approached and accused him of stealing from a relative who lived close by, the police report exhibits. Zamora, who was carrying instruments on the time of the attack, reported the person tried to take the instruments, and that Zamora reached all the way down to retrieve the gadgets. The canine then lunged at Zamora, who alleged that its proprietor would not pull the animal away.
Zamora claimed the opposite man was “telling the canine to attack him,” the police report exhibits.
When the canine lastly let go, Zamora mentioned he walked off and requested for assist. Police arrived to discover a bystander making use of strain to Zamora’s neck wound till an ambulance arrived.
Two witnesses informed police they noticed a person holding the canine by a leash and confronting Zamora, the police report exhibits. The canine’s proprietor then let it chunk Zamora, the witnesses reported.
The man left the world together with his canine in a pink automobile.
Police went to that man’s home and spoke together with his spouse, who reported her husband had left for work with the canine. The girl then referred to as her husband and informed him to come back home. When he returned together with his canine, he was arrested.
ACS took Indio that day.
Davila’s lawyer, Marc LaHood, was unable to attend Thursday’s listening to, however he later informed the Express-News that he believes as soon as the proof is turned over to the protection, it would present the canine was defending its proprietor.
“Because the system let him down, this canine (will likely be) needlessly killed — the canine that saved him,” LaHood mentioned of his consumer.
“It’s private to me as a result of my household’s a canine household. What’s the old saying? Dog is man’s greatest good friend. They’re loyal, they’re protecting and so they do not ask for something in return.”
