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Child dies after attacked by five dogs
Happened on native reserve in northern Alta.
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Natalie Alcoba, National Post
Published: Friday, November 17, 2006 A five-year-old boy was mauled to death by a pack of dogs as he was walking home alone on a northern Alberta First Nations reserve.
Police said the child was so viciously attacked Thursday evening that his face was unrecognizeable.
A spokesperson for the local RCMP detachment said the boy had been returning from a relative’s house on the North Tallcree First Nation reserve when he was confronted by the animals, some of them wild.
He could see the house he shared with his mom and siblings, number 9930 on a road without a name, when the animals attacked, around 6:30 p.m.
There were five, maybe six of dogs and they were out for blood. They pounced on the boy, sinking their teeth into his snowpants, shredding his hooded winter coat and tearing through his entire body.
Neighbours saw the violent attack through the windows of their homes. One man, a father himself, ran out with a shovel and chased the predators away. He called to others for help, and someone dialed 911.
“It was too late by then,” said Sergeant Ryan Becker, with the Fort Vermilion RCMP detachment, which is about 45 kilometres north of the reserve.
The boy died on the side of that road. His body was later transported to a local hospital.
Police found two of the suspect dogs — a rotweiller and a german shepherd-mix — tied up at a nearby residence. The animals have been quarantined and will likely be destroyed, said Sgt. Becker.
The other three or four animals are believed to be strays. Dozens of wild dogs roam the reserve’s 7,000 acres, but attacks on people have not been a problem in the past, according to Sgt. Becker.
Police expected to positively identify the child by the end of the day. But investigators said they know who he is and have informed his family. Sgt. Becker said the family, led by a single mother who is raising as many as 12 children, had recently moved to North Tallcree from Fox Lake, another reserve nearby.
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Happened on native reserve in northern Alta.
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Natalie Alcoba, National Post
Published: Friday, November 17, 2006 A five-year-old boy was mauled to death by a pack of dogs as he was walking home alone on a northern Alberta First Nations reserve.
Police said the child was so viciously attacked Thursday evening that his face was unrecognizeable.
A spokesperson for the local RCMP detachment said the boy had been returning from a relative’s house on the North Tallcree First Nation reserve when he was confronted by the animals, some of them wild.
He could see the house he shared with his mom and siblings, number 9930 on a road without a name, when the animals attacked, around 6:30 p.m.
There were five, maybe six of dogs and they were out for blood. They pounced on the boy, sinking their teeth into his snowpants, shredding his hooded winter coat and tearing through his entire body.
Neighbours saw the violent attack through the windows of their homes. One man, a father himself, ran out with a shovel and chased the predators away. He called to others for help, and someone dialed 911.
“It was too late by then,” said Sergeant Ryan Becker, with the Fort Vermilion RCMP detachment, which is about 45 kilometres north of the reserve.
The boy died on the side of that road. His body was later transported to a local hospital.
Police found two of the suspect dogs — a rotweiller and a german shepherd-mix — tied up at a nearby residence. The animals have been quarantined and will likely be destroyed, said Sgt. Becker.
The other three or four animals are believed to be strays. Dozens of wild dogs roam the reserve’s 7,000 acres, but attacks on people have not been a problem in the past, according to Sgt. Becker.
Police expected to positively identify the child by the end of the day. But investigators said they know who he is and have informed his family. Sgt. Becker said the family, led by a single mother who is raising as many as 12 children, had recently moved to North Tallcree from Fox Lake, another reserve nearby.
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