TOPSY, La. (KPLC) – We are studying extra a couple of canine 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 could have been preventable. At least that’s what neighbor Robert LeBlanc stated.
“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 stated. “Those dogs would have never been there. Shouldn’t have been there.”
LeBlanc claims he was attacked by these similar dogs.
“My hands, my face, my side, basically anywhere they could grab me, they grabbed me,” he stated.
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 known as 911. He advised 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 advised 7NEWS they haven’t spoken along with her.
Calcasieu Animals Services is investigating and took possession of the 2 dogs stated to be concerned, however finally 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 stated.
Neighbors like LeBlanc need one thing carried out to allow them to really feel secure of their neighborhood.
“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 stated.
There have been 10 canine criticism calls to the Calcasieu Sheriff’s Office since 2020 in that neighborhood. The sheriff’s workplace can not confirm that each 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 stated his dogs will not be at fault as a result of he believes the girl was on his property when the attack occurred.
He additionally stated that animal management has now taken his different two dogs.
Neighbors we spoke to stated the sufferer advised them she was attacked within the street. We reached out to the sheriff’s workplace to ask the place it particularly occurred, however we’ve not but heard again.
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