![[CREDIT: Sandy Martone Carroll/Facebook] A photo of Stewie, the dog killed Sunday by an attack by a loose Husky and Pitbull.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Stewie.jpg)
The Husky was assessed as non-aggressive, as it was not the dog involved in the fatal attack. The Pitbull was impounded at the Warwick Animal Shelter pending a vicious dog hearing. Since it is the dog’s first offense, it will not be euthanized, police report.
Warwick, RI — Warwick Animal Control officers are asking the public’s help tracking down a free-running Pitbull and Husky duo that attacked and killed a small dog being walked by his owner in the Meadowbrook area Sunday afternoon.
“…this duo of loose running bandits attacked another dog who was being walked by his owner in the area of Woguagonet Ave. and Willow Glen Circle (MeadowBrook area). Tragically, the attacked dog did not survive the attack,” Warwick Police wrote on their Facebook page overnight.
The two dogs, who have been seen running loose before, are described as a gray, blue-nosed Pitbull wearing a silver choke collar and a black & white Husky with no collar, Warwick Police report.
Sandy Martone Carroll commented on the Facebook post, reporting the attack happened at about 2:30 p.m. that day.
“It was awful that my sister had to watch this happen to her dog, she actually had the pit by his collar trying to get him off her dog,” Carroll wrote.
On her own page, Carroll posted an account of the attack, apparently from her sister.
“Walking my dog (Stewie) on a leash, a Pit and a Husky come flying at him (no leash, no owner anywhere),” the account reads. The pitbull attack critically injured Stewie.
“I want you to understand I’m not blaming the pit bull breed or the husky breed,” the dog’s owner states. Rather, she said she blames the people who let their dogs run free, in violation of the city’s leash law, and allowed the attack to happen.
Warwick Police have asked residents with information on the dogs to IM/chat or call and leave a message for Animal Control at 468-4378. Police urge anyone who sees the dogs running loose to call dispatch at 401-468-4200 to report it.
Author: Rob Borkowski
Rob has worked as reporter and editor for several publications, including The Kent County Daily Times and Coventry Courier, before working for Gatehouse in MA then moving home with Patch Media. Now he's publisher and editor of WarwickPost.com. Contact him at [email protected] with tips, press releases, advertising inquiries, and concerns.
This is a test
Another Pit and Run 🙁
The pitbull approached me while I was walking 3 small dogs. It was on Woodland Rd. and West Shore. I was picking up after one of my dogs facing West Shore and it was coming from behind me on Woodland. I had no idea it was there but thank God a woman turned the corner, saw it, and honked and waved at me. I turned around and saw it and hustled my dogs out of there while she kept pulling her car in front of it, trying to distract it. If you’re reading this, ma’am, I am so grateful to you, thank you so very much.
How are Pit Bulls roaming the streets.
Charge owners and caregivers of dogs that severely injure or kill dogs, farm animals, or humans anywhere, or cats on the cat’s own property, with felony animal neglect and abuse.
Found guilty, ban them from owning, living with, or managing dogs for life.
The FBI is now tracking animal abuse, so add these owners/caregivers to their animal abuser registry.
Any dogs later found in their care or on their property shall be immediately confiscated.
This one law, if publicized and enforced, might be the ine thing that will make people act to prevent attacks. And it will reduce the number of irresponsible dog owners.