A Campbell River senior endured a terrorizing incident Thursday when a roving pit bull ran into her house, attacked and killed the family cat before being tossed out by a neighbour.
A second neighbour lassoed the dog to restrain it and while under restraint, it succumbed to strangulation.
It all happened just before 2:30 in the afternoon on Feb. 28 at a Georgia Drive home. Clayton Norris said he got a frantic phone call from his mother B次元官网网址渢hat a dog was in the house attacking the cat.B次元官网网址� Norris, as luck would have it, was just down the street and dashed home.
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The dog was on the other side of the fence trying to jump over and attack the guy, Norris said.
Norris then went into the downstairs of the house which was a shambles.
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He quickly grabbed the cat and took it to a local veterinary hospital, Merecroft Veterinary Clinic, and left the animal with them and returned home.
B次元官网网址淲hen I got home, the dog had passed away. I guess the dog was attacking the guy, like I said, and the dog suffocated,B次元官网网址� Norris said.
Campbell RiverB次元官网网址檚 animal control contractor, Coastal Animal Control Services, sent an employee to the scene who took statements.
As bad as the scene was, Norris is more alarmed by the risk the dog posed to his mother.
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The dog didnB次元官网网址檛 have any tags or licence that anybody noticed.
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NorrisB次元官网网址� mother, who has requested to remain anonymous, was B次元官网网址渆xtremely shaken up, extremely upset.B次元官网网址�
It was traumatic situation, Norris reiterated.
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Neighbours from all over couldnB次元官网网址檛 at first determine where all the screaming was coming from but they eventually tracked it down. A neighbour from next door ran into the house to help. At first they couldnB次元官网网址檛 get the dog out of the house and had to grab it and almost literally threw it out of the house. It was then another neighbour secured the dog with a lasso.
NorrisB次元官网网址� mother suffered a bite to her finger during the fracas and the family lost Pookie, their 15-year-old cat. The family also has a vet bill of $1,300. Coastal Animal Control Services has been contacted for comment.
NOTE: Pictures attached show the scene of the attack. Photos of the dead animals have been kept out.
