Police footage shows officers responding after a mom of three was mauled by two dogs in front of her kids. “Cause I almost died. I can’t believe I didn’t die. I can’t believe it,” Emily Rentschler said.Rentschler’s boyfriend told officers the dogs were always kept outside.”They just lock those dogs out in the backyard and just leave them there all the time,” he said.”It was very severe. Both her arms are like almost down to the– multiple cuts almost down to the bone,” an officer told the owners of the dogs.”I want to see the dogs in their custody,” a family member of Rentschler said.”We can do what the law allows us to do,” an officer responded.The Hamilton County Dog Warden says, by law, the dogs were originally quarantined with their owners instead of the dog warden taking custody, despite the dogs escaping from their home.”Because the family was able to meet all the requirements to quarantine in their home to ensure public safety as well as the safety of the family,” Warden Beth Ward said.After pushback from neighbors Ward took the dogs in and the owners plans to euthanize them.State Representative Cecil Thomas says he and other lawmakers are introducing legislation next week to address the situation. That could include ammending state statutes to make sure in the future, the dog warden would be compelled to take vicious dogs.”If the dog warden is saying that the language in the statute does not allow him to take the dog, then there’s a problem with the statute itself,” Rep. Thomas said. “The dog just mangled my arm up and you’re going to leave the dog in the community? Nah, you can’t do that.”Just days after that attack, a group of three dogs attacked two men within a mile in Colerain Township. In that case a dog was shot and killed and the dog warden took the other two into their custody.
Police footage shows officers responding after a mom of three was mauled by two dogs in front of her kids.
“Cause I almost died. I can’t believe I didn’t die. I can’t believe it,” Emily Rentschler said.
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Rentschler’s boyfriend told officers the dogs were always kept outside.
“They just lock those dogs out in the backyard and just leave them there all the time,” he said.
“It was very severe. Both her arms are like almost down to the– multiple cuts almost down to the bone,” an officer told the owners of the dogs.
“I want to see the dogs in their custody,” a family member of Rentschler said.
“We can do what the law allows us to do,” an officer responded.
The Hamilton County Dog Warden says, by law, the dogs were originally quarantined with their owners instead of the dog warden taking custody, despite the dogs escaping from their home.
“Because the family was able to meet all the requirements to quarantine in their home to ensure public safety as well as the safety of the family,” Warden Beth Ward said.
After pushback from neighbors Ward took the dogs in and the owners plans to euthanize them.
State Representative Cecil Thomas says he and other lawmakers are introducing legislation next week to address the situation. That could include ammending state statutes to make sure in the future, the dog warden would be compelled to take vicious dogs.
“If the dog warden is saying that the language in the statute does not allow him to take the dog, then there’s a problem with the statute itself,” Rep. Thomas said. “The dog just mangled my arm up and you’re going to leave the dog in the community? Nah, you can’t do that.”
Just days after that attack, a group of three dogs attacked two men within a mile in Colerain Township. In that case a dog was shot and killed and the dog warden took the other two into their custody.
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