Cleveland, OH
City of Cleveland seizes vicious ‘wolf-hybrid’ that woman said attacked her
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – A spokeswoman for the City of Cleveland confirmed the Division of Animal Control Services seized the vicious, “wolf-hybrid” dog living in the Mt. Pleasant neighborhood.
This action after repeated requests from 19 News on the status of a Division of Animal Care and Control investigation into a dog attack.
Laeann Amos-Reed was attacked on July 31st by a loose dog as she was walking on East 147th Street near Kinsman.
“When the dog bit me, I screamed from the top of my lungs. It’s like kind of an out of body experience, like I screamed and screamed and screamed,” said Amos-Reed.
She said a good Samaritan called 911 and helped get the dog away from her body.
An ambulance rushed her to the hospital with serious injuries to both her legs and hands.
She was there for four days.
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City of Cleveland Animal Control officers came out to investigate, and Amos-Reed said they were trying to identify the dog, which could be a ‘wolf-hybrid,’ which angers her.
An animal control officer told her in an email that the dog is considered a “Level 2 Threat.”
“They went out to the house three times and I was still told, it’s still there and it’s doing a 10-day quarantine to make sure it doesn’t have rabies, so my response was, let me remind them of how bad this is,” said Amos-Reed before it was seized.
After a 10-day home quarantine, the animal was supposed to be seized by Friday, August 11 but that didn’t happen.
Animal Control policy is to pick up dangerous animals.
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Neighbors told a 19 News crew that the dog owner put a stack of bricks and rocks in front of a gate to stop the dog from getting out.
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Amos-Reed has been worried about the safety of others and wants the dog put down.
“I am so displeased. I feel so let down because right now it seems like you’re telling me that a wild animal, or any animal at this point, life is more important than human beings,” she said. “That could’ve been my child, that could’ve been anyone’s child and for that reason, I refuse to shut up about it,” said Amos-Reed.
A spokeswoman for the City of Cleveland tells 19 News criminal charges have been filed against the owner of the dog.
This story is developing and will be updated.
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