A B.C. woman says she suffered serious injuries after being attacked by a dog and she wants to know why more hasn’t been done to protect the public.
Breanna Bray says she was attacked by a German Shepherd last Thursday night while on a walk near her boyfriend’s Chilliwack home.
She said the owner called the dog off but he tried to downplay the incident.
“The whole time, it was, ‘My dog didn’t attack you,'” she said. “He just cared about his dog and what was going to happen to his dog, not my well-being.”
Bray said she suffered three puncture wounds as a result of the attack and an infection in her thigh requires daily IV treatments.
Nearby residents remember hearing screams.
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“It turned quite violent,” neighbour Emily Berger said. “I said to my husband, ‘There’s something happening down there, somebody’s in trouble.'”
The dog’s owner wouldn’t speak on camera but said the German Shepherd, which works as a security dog, is undergoing retraining.
The RCMP and animal control staff are investigating.
“There might be some restrictions that are placed on the dog such as the requirement to wear a muzzle while in public, possibly some containment requirements on property and those kinds of things,” Jennifer Kinneman of the Fraser Valley Regional District said.
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Bray said the dog should be put down as a matter of public safety even if it has no previous history with animal control.
She also said what hurts, even more, is how the dog’s owner failed to “show care and human compassion.”
“I just think the owner should be accountable for what really happened because I know deep down in his heart, he knows what happened.”
— With files from John Hua