TAYLOR, Mich. (WXYZ) — Taylor police say a toddler was seriously injured after she was mauled by a dog on Wednesday morning at Robbinwood Villa Mobile Home Park.
Whitney Burney reports from the mobile home park in the video below:
Police say the victim is 3 years old. The child’s mother was outside doing yard work when the 3-year-old wandered off, police say.
Taylor police say the pit bull busted through the storm door and attacked the girl when she went to pet a husky that was not far from where she was with her mother. Officers say the dog saw the girl through the door and busted out.
Someone reportedly brought the injured girl back to her mother, who then drove her child to the hospital.
Police say the child has serious injuries, with bites to the face, but that they do not appear to be life-threatening. Officials say the girl is stable and will require surgical procedures.
“Today, this little girl was, from what I’m understanding, the little girl was just pushing the stroller around, and the dog came out and the dog attacked her and, I guess, she’s in really bad shape right now,” resident Tammy Johnston says.
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“It’s a white pit bull that’s been in the park for, I don’t know, it has to be almost a year that I know of,” Johnston says. “The dog has come after a lot of people in here that we’ve heard, been to the office multiple times with complaints. Last summer, the dog come through my yard, jumped up at my dogs, I have two small shih tzus, and the dog came running after them. I was able to grab one of my dogs. The other broke her tie out, took off running.”
Officials say the dog has been euthanized. The animal's body will be taken to Michigan State University for rabies testing.
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