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Stray Dog Bites And Injures 3-Year-Old Cathedral City Girl

March 8, 2012

A 3-year-old girl from Cathedral City, California, suffered serious injuries earlier this week when she was attacked and bitten by a stray dog. According to reports from KESQ News, the attack took place around 6:15 p.m. Tuesday outside the girl’s home on Rancho Vista Drive.

The girl was with a family friend that evening when the stray dog approached her. It lunged forward unprovoked and bit her on the cheek, leaving deep lacerations on her face. The dog then turned and ran away.

The child’s father came running out after hearing her crying and called for an ambulance. A spokesman for the Cathedral City Police Department, Lt. Chuck Robinson, stated that the child was taken to Desert Regional Medical Center, where she required 150 stitches to close the wounds on her face.

Data from the Louisiana State University School of Veterinarian Medicine shows that the majority of dog bite victims are children, and that the animal’s bites result in approximately 15-20 fatalities in our country per year. Dog bites are especially dangerous to children because of infections that can develop in the wound.

The Palm Springs Dog Bite Injury Lawyers with the Walter Clark Legal Group would advise anyone who has been bitten by a dog to seek immediate medical attention and to try to find the owner of the animal to determine if it’s up to date on all of its vaccinations.

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Boy’s Ear Bitten Off During Moreno Valley Dog Attack

January 26, 2012

A Moreno Valley, California, woman and her male child were attacked by a dog in a residential area on Tuesday. According to reports from KPSP 2 News, the dog bit the child’s ear off during the attack.

Reports of the attack from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office say that the accident happened just after 11:30 AM outside of a home on Indian Street, south of Myers Avenue. It was there that police say the dog was able to escape from the owner’s control and attack the woman and child. The near 120-pound mastiff pounced on the boy and began to gnaw at the back of his head, tearing the 6-year-old’s ear off. The mother attempted to fight the dog off and was bitten on the back.

The pair was rushed to a local hospital where doctors were able to reattach the boy’s ear. The dog was seized by animal control and may now be put down.

Insurance companies say that dog bites are a growing problem in our country. The state of California led the nation in the number of dog bites with roughly 369 in 2010, while the cost to the victim averaged around $25,000.

This is why the California dog bite injury lawyers with the Walter Clark Legal Group would advise you not to hesitate contacting an attorney if you are struggling with medical bills from dog bite injuries that happened at no fault of your own.

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