CALGARY – A five-year-old boy suffered serious injuries to his face after being bitten by a dog in the city’s northwest Tuesday.
EMS said paramedics arrived at a house in the 6900 block of Ranchero Road N.W. at about 12 p.m. The attack happened inside the boy’s family home.
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He was taken to Alberta Children’s Hospital in serious but stable condition with “significant soft tissue injuries to his face.”
EMS didn’t know what type of dog bit the boy or who it belonged to other than it isn’t the family’s dog.
Calgary police and the city’s animal and bylaw services are investigating.
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