Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Iowa: Dog Attacks Boy, Town Mayor Shoots Dog

Pierson, Iowa

From KPTH of July 7, 2008
Dog Attacks Boy, Town Mayor Shoots Dog

A Pierson, Iowa, boy was taken to a Sioux City hospital after being attacked by a dog. The 9-year-old boy was riding on his bike outside the Pierson post office when the dog, a brown pit bull mix, bit him on the ankle. He was taken by ambulance to Mercy Medical Center, where he had to get stitches.

After receiving a call about the attack, the mayor went home to grab a gun, then went and shot the dog. It was a decision he says he made to protect other kids in the neighborhood.

"It evidently got out of its kennel and then attacked this child and I actually didn't want to encounter it doing something to another one," says Pierson Mayor Max Dunnington.

The Woodbury County sheriff's office is investigating this case. The dog's owner wasn't available for comment.

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