CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – A spokesperson for the City of Cleveland validated the Division of Animal Control Services took the vicious, “wolf-hybrid” dog living in the Mt. Pleasant area.
Laenn Amos-Reed says it shouldn’t have actually taken this long.
“I feel a sense peace, not complete peace internally because it still took 17 days for it to get picked up. Another incident could’ve happened in between July 31st to August the 16th when it got picked up,” she said.
Late last month, Amos-Reed was assaulted by a loose dog as she was walking on E. 147th & near Kinsman.
She says a good Samaritan called 911 and assisted get the dog far from her body.
An ambulance hurried her to the medical facility with major injuries to both her leg and hands. She existed 4 days.
City of Cleveland Animal Control officers came out to a home in the 3600 block of E. 147th and opened an examination where at the time, 2 dogs lived.
However, public records reveal there was “confusion” about which dog assaulted Amos-Reed, an Akita or a wolf-hybrid, which was recognized as a “Level 2 Threat.”
Department policy is to get harmful dogs however that didn’t take place, up until 19 News began asking concerns previously today about the weeks-long examination.
“They went out to the house 3 times and I was still told, it’s still there, it’s doing a 10 day quarantine to make sure it doesn’t have rabies so my response was, let me remind them of how bad this is,” said Amos-Reed.
Thursday, a spokesperson from the City of Cleveland validated that Animal Control officers lastly took the wolf-hybrid.
Amos-Reed and next-door neighbors inform 19 News they’re alleviated. The attack occurred right near a grade school and school begins on Monday.
Now that the animal remains in custody, Amos-Reed said she can concentrate on her healing, which she says physicians think might take 1-2 years.
Neighbors informed a 19 News team that the dog owner put a stack of bricks and rocks in front of a gate to stop the dog from going out.
The wolf-hybrid is being kept at the City’s kennel and doesn’t have rabies.
The dog’s owner, De’Cardo March is due in court Wednesday, August 23 for arraignment on criminal charges associated with the dog attack. If founded guilty, he confronts a $1,000 fine and as much as 6 months in jail.
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