Pit Bull Bites and Injures Kansas City Ten-Year-Old Boy
A ten-year-old Kansas City boy suffered injuries to his face, back, and arm when he was attacked by a neighbor’s pit bull, according to a recent news report from WDAF.
The boy was riding his bicycle around the neighborhood when Bo, the neighbor’s 55-pound pit bull, began chasing him. The dog bit the boy’s bicycle wheel, causing him to fall, and then bit the boy several times until the ten-year-old was able to get up and run home. At the local emergency room, the boy received several stitches and was released.
Kansas City animal control officers seized Bo and are currently holding the dog in quarantine until he can be tested for rabies. Bo’s owner, who also has two other pit bulls, is hoping to get his dog back. He believes that the boy must have tried to pet Bo, who bit to defend himself. This is not the first time Bo has bitten someone; the dog also bit a visiting social worker last summer, according to WDAF.
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