Authorities are looking for a girl whose canine attacked and injured a toddler at a park in Toronto.
The incident occurred on Saturday morning at Little Norway Park, in accordance with a public safety alert issued by the Toronto Police Service.
At 10:15 a.m., police obtained an animal criticism name reporting an incident on the park’s playground space, the place the canine was allegedly off of its leash.
According to the information launch, a father and youngster approached the playground space and the canine “charged toward the child through an open gate.”
Toronto Police
The canine then “bit and dragged the child to the ground” as each the lady and father tried to get the animal to launch the kid.
After the canine let go, the kid was taken to the hospital to be handled for “severe, life-altering, however non-life threatening accidents.”
The lady fled the scene with the canine.
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The Toronto Police Service is requesting assist discovering the canine proprietor “as there is a concern for public safety,” and included photographs of her within the Saturday night information launch.
Toronto Police
She is described as “30-40 years old, 5’9″-5’11”, with a large build” and was final noticed carrying glasses, a blue winter jacket and black pants, together with her darkish hair in a ponytail.
Police additionally issued an outline of the canine, who’s “black, tan and white in color,” and wore “a black hooded jacket and a chain collar” on the Toronto park on Saturday.
As of Sunday afternoon, “there is no new information to share,” a rep for the Toronto Police Service stated in a press release to PEOPLE.
