A mother revealed she was forced to stab her family’s dog after the animal attacked her young daughter out of the blue.
Jamie Morales is a Los Angeles mom who made the call to stab one of her mother’s pit bulls to death after the animal attacked her 1-year-old daughter without provocation.
According to the reports, the animal attack took place in Pico Rivera on Sunday night when one of the grandma’s dogs launched himself at baby Ruby Cervantes and began mauling the child.
Feeling “helpless” but knowing she had to act fast to save her daughter, Morales picked up a knife and stabbed the dog to death.
“It was very scary, I thought my daughter was going to die. I felt helpless. Me being helpless, and me not knowing what to do. The only thought in my mind was I had to kill him, I had to,” the mom said in an interview with CBS LA.
As she added, the dog that attacked her daughter never displayed any signs of aggression before.
Following the attack, one of the dogs was pronounced dead while the other was sent to Los Angeles County Animal Care for euthanasia.
Meanwhile, Ruby was rushed to the hospital where she underwent surgery for a broken hip. The baby also suffered cuts to her head and her shoulder during the attack.
Recalling the dreadful attack was also Ruby’s grandmother, Margaret Morales, who told ABC7 how she rushed to the kitchen after hearing screams.
“I walked into the kitchen and that’s when I (saw)… my two daughters and my son on the floor trying to get the dogs off,” she said.
“I (saw) the dog was latched on her left leg. That’s when I had to actually get my hand into his jaws and open them up and that’s when he released her.”
According to the reports, several family members suffered injuries before the dog was finally stopped.
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