The Hamilton County dog warden addressed commissioners Tuesday after a woman was viciously attacked by two dogs in Colerain Township.The incident unfolded around 4 p.m. last Friday on Applevalley Court in Colerain Township.Emily Rentschler said she saw a rottweiler and pit bull escape from one of her neighbor’s yards. She said she tried to corral the dogs to get them back to their owner, but instead, the dogs mauled her. On Tuesday, Hamilton County commissioners pressed the dog warden about why the dogs are still with the owner.“There has to be some type of strong message and strong penalty if that occurs,” Hamilton County commissioner Alicia Reece said. “We don’t want people afraid where they can’t even be in their own house, in their own yard without having this. I’ve seen more and more without the leashes. I’ve seen more and more just running, around, and we got to get some kind of control over it.”Though a judge deemed the dogs to be vicious after the attack, under Ohio law the dogs can quarantine with the owner for 10 days until a final determination is made.”In this particular instance, we were able to talk with the owners (and) owners wanted to be able to quarantine them at home,” chief dog warden Beth Ward said. “We were able to determine that they could safely do that. We were able to determine that there was no prior histories, no prior calls of incidents or concerns of the dogs being at large.”WLWT reached out to the Hamilton County Animal Shelter on Monday and a spokesperson says an investigation is underway.
The Hamilton County dog warden addressed commissioners Tuesday after a woman was viciously attacked by two dogs in Colerain Township.
The incident unfolded around 4 p.m. last Friday on Applevalley Court in Colerain Township.
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Emily Rentschler said she saw a rottweiler and pit bull escape from one of her neighbor’s yards. She said she tried to corral the dogs to get them back to their owner, but instead, the dogs mauled her.
On Tuesday, Hamilton County commissioners pressed the dog warden about why the dogs are still with the owner.
“There has to be some type of strong message and strong penalty if that occurs,” Hamilton County commissioner Alicia Reece said. “We don’t want people afraid where they can’t even be in their own house, in their own yard without having this. I’ve seen more and more without the leashes. I’ve seen more and more just running, around, and we got to get some kind of control over it.”
Though a judge deemed the dogs to be vicious after the attack, under Ohio law the dogs can quarantine with the owner for 10 days until a final determination is made.
“In this particular instance, we were able to talk with the owners (and) owners wanted to be able to quarantine them at home,” chief dog warden Beth Ward said. “We were able to determine that they could safely do that. We were able to determine that there was no prior histories, no prior calls of incidents or concerns of the dogs being at large.”
WLWT reached out to the Hamilton County Animal Shelter on Monday and a spokesperson says an investigation is underway.
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