Mother, daughter attacked by dog at Wake County Animal shelter
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>> WOMAN AND HER 8 YEAR-OLD
DAUGHTER ATTACKED BY A DOG THAT
WAS UP FOR ADOPTION AT THE WAKE
COUNTY ANIMAL CENTER. THESE
PICTURES SENT TO US BY THE
FAMILY SHOWS SOME OF THE GIRL'S
INJURIES. WRAL INVESTIGATES.
SARAH KRUEGER EXPLAINS WHAT
HAPPENED.
>> THESE ARE A GIRL'S INJURIES
AFTER A VISIT TO THE WAKE
COUNTY ANIMAL CENTER, A
TRAUMATIC DAY, THE MOTHER AND
DAUGHTER ARE NOT YET READY TO
SHARE ON CAMERA, BUT THE MOM,
LAUREN SEE GROVES REACHED OUT
TO WRAL, WANTING TO BRING
ATTENTION TO THE SITUATION AND
HOPEFULLY HELP OTHER FAMILIES.
SHE SAYS THEY WENT TO THE
SHELTER ON MOTHER'S DAY TO SEE
DOGS FOR ADOPTION. SEE GROUP
SAYS THEY WERE IN A SMALL ROOM
TO MEET BAGEL. A YOUNG
STAFFORDSHIRE BULL TERRIER.
AND AS SOON AS BAGEL CAME IN,
SHE ATTACKED GRABBING ONTO THE
GIRLS, ARMED, THEN LEG SEAGROVE
SAYS SHE TOO, WAS BITTEN WHILE
TRYING TO PULL THE DOG TO WAY.
SHE TOLD US WE WERE SCREAMING
FOR HELP WHILE THE STAFF STOOD
IN SHOCK, THEY DID NOT HANDLE
THIS IN THE CORRECT MANNER
NORTH. SHOULD THAT DOG HAVE
BEEN UP FOR ADOPTION? HER
DAUGHTER WENT TO THE HOSPITAL
FOR TREATMENT WITH MULTIPLE
IS ALL OVER HER BODY. SOME SO
DEEP SEA GROVE SAYS HER
DAUGHTER IS MUSCLE, WAS
VISIBLE. WRAL INVESTIGATES
ASKED THE COUNTY AND THE ANIMAL
CENTER'S DIRECTOR IF STAFF
HANDLED THE ATTACK
APPROPRIATELY, HOW OFTEN DOES
STAFF ARE TRAINED ON HOW TO
HANDLE ATTACKS? WHAT HAPPENED
TO BAGEL AND IF THE SHELTER
HAS IMPLEMENTED ANY NEW SAFETY
MEASURES, THE COUNTY DECLINED
TO ANSWER ANY OF THOSE
QUESTIONS. ARE SAYING THE SAME
THING. THEY'VE TOLD ME FOR 3
DAYS NOW THAT THEY ARE
CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE AND
GATHER FACTS ABOUT THE
INCIDENT. THIS IS BIG. WILL
THEY GO WAS PREVIOUSLY FEATURED
BY THE GROUP FRIENDS OF WAKE
COUNTY ANIMAL CENTER.
>> BIG OIL IS JUST 27 POUNDS
OF ABSOLUTE CUTENESS. SHE IS NO
LONGER LISTED FOR ADOPTION ON
THE CENTER'S WEBSITE.
>> SEE GROVES WANTS TO WARN
OTHERS TO BE EXTRA CAREFUL,
ADDING MY BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER
WILL FOR EVER BE PHYSICALLY
AND EMOTIONALLY SCARRED.
SARAH KRUEGER, WRAL NEWS,
RALEIGH, THE MOTHER SAYS SHE