“There is fear that it was probably ingested by the dog that bit him,” a fire official said.
Cook added that there was a discussion about euthanizing the dog immediately to try and retrieve the hand, but it was ultimately dismissed after consulting with the boy’s surgeon.
The two dogs, meanwhile, were taken by animal control officials to be quarantined for 10 days and monitored for signs of rabies, Rhett Nicks, director of Davis County Animal Care and Control,“There’s a severe injury to a human so we are doing a dangerous dog investigation,” Nicks said. “We try to look at every situation that could determine the animal dangerous, as well as could mitigate the fact that the animal is dangerous.
Although initial reports indicated the boy reached his arm through a chain-link fence, Cook confirmed to theA Google Maps search of the address given by Utah officials shows a house with a high vinyl fence that matches images shown by local television stations reporting from the scene of the attack.Although the 4-year-old boy and the neighbors haven’t been identified, a woman claiming to be a friend of the dog owners’ has created a petition of support for Polar and Bear.
“My best friend’s dog was involved in an unfortunate accident yesterday where a little boy stuck his arm through a fence and he had a sock on his arm,” Nusz wrote in the petition. “Bear who was playing with what he thought was a toy he bit down too hard and didn’t see that there was a child on the other side of the fence. With him being a dog he thought it was a game of tug of war and he bit down too hard and took a lower portion of his arm. This situation is unfortunate on both sides.
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