Tucker, a two-year-old golden retriever, is on trial for biting a Nahant female.
NAHANT — The town ruled that Tucker — the two-year-old golden retriever who bit Sunset Road local Emily Spinucci May 5 —is a hazardous dog in a composed notification launched Wednesday.
This choice, nevertheless, does not line up with Spinucci’s initial demand to have Tucker revived from Atlanta to be euthanized.
The town bought that Tucker be restricted to his owner David Horrigan’s home on Sunset Road behind either a locked pen or a fully-enclosed fence in the occasion that the dog go back to Nahant from Atlanta.
The judgment likewise needs Horrigan to set up an electrical fence around the border of his property which Tucker be sterilized. In the occasion that the dog go back to Nahant, Tucker need to be muzzled and restricted to a leash no longer than 3 feet in length when it’s not on Horrigan’s property.
The notification, chosen by Dog Hearing Officer Jennifer McCarthy, specifies that the judgment was based off of proof such as pictures of Spinucci’s bite marks, her blood-stained trousers, and her spoken testament at the May 31 animal dangerousness hearing.
“It [Tucker] behaved in a manner that a reasonable person would believe poses an unjustified imminent threat to a person or to a domestic or owned animal,” McCarthy composed.
On May 5, Spinucci assisted Horrigan bring Tucker back to his house after the dog left through the front door and diminished the street. When Tucker stopped to defecate, Spinucci got its collar, and the dog bit her hand, lower arm, hip, and face.
After Spinucci pulled back and started kicking Tucker, he lunged at her hip, knocking her down.
“I screamed, backing away, and Tucker kept jumping up and biting my forearm multiple times,” Spinucci composed in a letter to Animal Control Officer Scott Grieves. “I began kicking him while trying to get away from him. He lunged at me, biting me in the hip.”
In her judgment, McCarthy referenced the truth that the dog was gotten in a susceptible state, however argued that the event was still an “attack.”
“Enough evidence was provided though to show that the incident was an attack, not just a dog defending himself. Tucker’s reaction was grossly disproportionate to the situation,” McCarthy composed.
After the attack, Spinucci firmly insisted that Horrigan have Tucker euthanized. Horrigan said he consulted his vet Dr. Steven Stasiak, who said he thought Tucker was provoked and hesitated to put the dog down.
“This person grabbed Tucker by the neck while he was trying to defecate. I believe this incident was caused by human error. This bite was provoked,” Stasiak composed in an open letter. “I do not believe that Tucker should be considered a dangerous dog or euthanized due to behavioral issues.”
Horrigan said he “couldn’t put the dog down if [he] wanted to” and gave up Tucker to his breeder in Atlanta.
The relocation, Horrigan said, was meant to “do the right thing” for Spinucci, nevertheless, Spinucci was dissatisfied and said she “wanted the dog to die,” asking for that McCarthy guideline that Tucker be reminded Nahant to be euthanized.
At the hearing, Horrigan specified that he had no intent of bringing Tucker back to Nahant out of regard for Spinucci. According to the composed judgment, Horrigan need to inform Grieves 12 hours prior to Tucker’s return, ought to he be revived.
As of 1 p.m. Wednesday, neither Spinucci nor Horrigan might not be grabbed talk about the judgment. This post will be upgraded as more information occur.
