Owners Claim Pitbulls After Attack

Animal authorities today impounded one of two pit bulls that mortally wounded a Spokane family’s dog last week and were working to verify that the second pit bull had died from injuries in the attack. Spokane County Regional Animal Protection Service declared the pit bull dangerous and will keep it at its shelter as the owner weighs its options under state law. Those include registering the dog as dangerous, which requires it to be kept in a secure kennel, and surrendering it to be euthanized. “Until they make a decision we will keep the dog at the shelter,” said Nicole Montano, field operations manager for SCRAPS. This morning, the two young men who had the pit bulls off leash in a South Hill field tracked down Dan Pelle, owner of the 11-year-old Australian Kelpie-spaniel mix Koko, which had to be euthanized after Thursday’s attack/ SR . More here. (Dan Pelle photo, of Koko)

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