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An aged girl is recalling the scary second when she was attacked by her neighbor’s canine.
Yvonne Randle was bitten within the face by one in every of her neighbor’s pets in her entrance yard in Houston, Texas, on the night of Wednesday, March 26, ABC 13 Eyewitness News reported.
Randle, 76, instructed the outlet she was “knocked down” by the canine whereas she “was attempting to achieve on the bottom [to] choose up one thing out of the flower mattress.” She mentioned the canine then started “gnawing” on her chin.
“He was attempting to get my throat, and I mentioned, ‘Oh my God. This canine’s gonna kill me,’ ” Randle instructed ABC 13 Eyewitness News, which reported the canine additionally bit the lady’s hand and broke her thumb.
Surveillance footage obtained by the outlet reveals two canine operating towards Randle on her entrance garden, with one in every of them shifting nearer to her as she jumps again. Moments later, the canine’ proprietor will be seen operating over from throughout the road to assist, earlier than carrying the canine again residence in his arms.
Randle’s son Damien, who lives subsequent door, raced over to assist after he was alerted of the assault by his mom’s screams.
He instructed ABC 13 Eyewitness News, “If no person was out right here and if I did not hear her from in there, it might have been a really, very, very, very totally different day.”
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A day later, employees with the BARC Animal Shelter and Adoptions unit visited the canine proprietor’s residence, and after a dialogue that lasted an hour, he handed the animal over to be positioned in quarantine, the outlet reported.
The shelter claimed that the Houston Police Department (HPD) didn’t notify them of the incident till the next day. The HPD mentioned they did notify BARC Animal Shelter and Adoptions, nevertheless, per ABC 13 Eyewitness News.
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According to the outlet, the canine proprietor doesn’t have a canine license and was cited by police, together with failing to safe the canine.
“When they out free, put a leash on them to allow them to management them. Don’t simply allow them to run. ‘Cause I’ve seen the canine everywhere in the neighborhood,” mentioned Randle.
The BARC Animal Shelter and Adoptions and the HPD didn’t instantly reply to PEOPLE’s request for touch upon Saturday, March 29.