TOPSY, La. (KPLC) – We are studying extra a couple of dog attack in north Calcasieu Parish that despatched a lady to the hospital.
Our crews went out to the scene on Tuesday.
Monday’s canine attack in Topsy might have been preventable. At least that’s what neighbor Robert LeBlanc mentioned.
“If something would have been done thoroughly the first time, not just written down on a piece of paper the first time then that would have never happened to her,” he mentioned. “Those dogs would have never been there. Shouldn’t have been there.”
LeBlanc claims he was attacked by these identical dogs.
“My hands, my face, my side, basically anywhere they could grab me, they grabbed me,” he mentioned.
Now, months later, one other attack.
Monday a lady crawled to a neighbor’s home off angus drive asking for assist, saying she was attacked by dogs. That neighbor referred to as 911. He informed 7NEWS he is aware of the sufferer however she was so severely injured he barely acknowledged her.
She was airlifted to an out-of-town hospital. We haven’t been given the situation of the sufferer, as Calcasieu Animal Services informed 7NEWS they haven’t spoken together with her.
Calcasieu Animals Services is investigating and took possession of the 2 dogs mentioned to be concerned, however ultimately phrase, that they had not made contact with the dogs’ proprietor.
Tuesday, we noticed two extra dogs at his residence.
“Is that what it’s going to take? Mine wasn’t bad enough?” LeBlanc mentioned.
Neighbors like LeBlanc need one thing achieved to allow them to really feel secure of their group.
“I know there’s numerous people that I know that feel the same way and have been worried and have grandchildren that they can’t let play in their yard because of these very same dogs,” LeBlanc mentioned.
There have been 10 canine grievance calls to the Calcasieu Sheriff’s Office since 2020 in that neighborhood. The sheriff’s workplace can’t confirm that every one these incidents are associated to the identical dogs.
The dogs proprietor did attain out to us Tuesday night. While he doesn’t deny his dogs involvement, he mentioned his dogs should not at fault as a result of he believes the girl was on his property when the attack occurred.
He additionally mentioned that animal management has now taken his different two dogs.
Neighbors we spoke to mentioned the sufferer informed them she was attacked within the highway. We reached out to the sheriff’s workplace to ask the place it particularly occurred, however we’ve got not but heard again.
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