An 11-year-old girl put her life in danger to save her younger sister who was attacked by vicious dogs.
As 31-year-old Shalaye Newman from Glenwood, Hawaii, explained, her three daughters, 6-year-old Violet, 11-year-old Layla, and 15-year-old Faith, were on their way home from a bus stop when they were attacked by two loose pit bulls.
After seeing her little sister getting mauled by the beasts, Layla intervened without a second thought and saved little Violet’s life by protecting her from the animals. In the meanwhile, Faith ran away to call for help.
It has since the shocking attack been alleged that the pit bulls in question were trained to attack prior to getting loose by accident and attacking the girls.
As a result of the vicious mauling, Violet lost 40 percent of her vision and needed immediate medical treatment. While she is expected to recover physically, the family remains traumatized by the incident.
“Stray dogs are a continuing problem in Hawaii, as the rules of owning and training a dog to attack are very loose. This is not the first incident that has happened in our neighborhood, however, Violet’s is the worst case I have personally seen,” the girls’ mother, Shalaye, said.
“On the day of the incident, the girls had been walking home when the two pit bulls who had been trained to attack got loose and attacked Violet.
“I don’t blame the dogs, they were doing what they had been trained to do, they didn’t know any better. I reached the scene when my eldest Faith came running to get me and told me what had happened.
She added: “I reached Violet 15 minutes after she had been attacked. She and Layla were still there and no one had even called an ambulance.
“It was the first thing I did and of course the police as well, the poor dogs were put down and an investigation has been launched on the owners as well.
“Violet will be fine physically, it is the mental trauma of this incident that will remain with her, it will remain with all of us.”
Following the dog attack, the upset mother filed a police report against the pit bulls’ owners. She also called for stricter legislation concerning dog ownership.
“It was the owners that trained them to be vicious and then lost control of them so much they attacked my child. And all they have received so far is a misdemeanor charge and a slap on the wrist,” Shalaye added.
“Whereas I could have lost my child, my daughters could have lost their little sister in front of them. A part of the problem is that owning dangerous dog breeds in Hawaii is very easy, and accessible by anyone.
“There need to be stricter checks on the kind of people who can own dangerous dog breeds and what they are teaching them.
“Here punching a dog is a serious offense, you can go to jail for that. But training a dog to attack, and they ended up attacking a child is just a misdemeanor.”
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