A SECOND PERSON HAS COME FORWARD TO SAY HE WAS ATTACKED BY THE SAME PIT BULL - TANK - THAT WAS ONE OF THREE PIT BULLS THAT ATTACKED A 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL.
UPDATE: Sat - Feb 18, 2012 - A second person has come forward to say he was attacked by the same Pit bull that was one of three dogs to attack an Oak Harbor girl last week. The father of the 12-year-old girl attacked by 3 Pit Bulls on February 5 says that it is a "PARENT'S WORST NIGHTMARE." Merl Naumowicz is an active duty member of the Navy stationed in Nebraska. He took an emergency medical leave and flew to Whidbey after learning about the attack on his daughter.
The father says her right hand and forearm were most severely injured since she was using it to stop the dogs from biting her face. Her thumb was so damaged the doctors weren't sure they could save it and she still doesn't have feeling in the thumb. She was also bitten on her other hand and her feet, and serious scratch marks on her chest and her lip.
Naumowicz says that he has heard unconfirmed reports that the dogs have bitten on 3 previous occasions that weren't reported to police.....
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HE SAID THAT HIS DAUGHTER HAS BEEN AT THE HOME BEFORE AND THE DOGS KNEW HER.
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He says that his 19-year-old daughter drove his younger daughter to an apartment on Midway Blvd. to pick up a vacuum. He said a child inside the apartment opened the door and let the dogs out --all 3 dogs attacked the girl at the same time. He was told that the owner promised to have the dogs euthanized.
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MEANWHILE, OAK HARBOR RESIDENT CARLOS SMITH SAW THE STORY ABOUT THE GIRL'S ATTACK AND SAID SOMETHING SIMILAR HAPPENED TO HIM LAST NOVEMBER WHEN HE VISITED THE SAME APARTMENT.
"I GOT ATTACKED BY THE SAME DOG - THE MALE DOG - TANK."
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He said he went to the apartment to visit the boyfriend of the woman living there, who was a friend of his. Two of the dogs were in cages but Tank came running toward him from a back room and bit into his hand. He never called Police --- BECAUSE THE GUY WAS CRYING , 'DON'T CALL THE COPS ON ME', but he did go to the hospital. He received 13 stitches in his hand, but says he still suffers nerve damage and he's still paying off the $4,000 hospital bill. He says he lost his job because he can't extend 2 of his fingers.
AFTER READING ABOUT THE ATTACK ON THE GIRL, SMITH DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO ACT. "I'M GOING TO FILE A LAWSUIT," HE SAID.
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Thursday - Feb 16, 2012 - On Feb 5, a 12-year-old girl was seriously injured when 3 Pit Bulls attacked her outside an Oak Harbor apartment. Oak Harbaor Police chief Rick Wallace said the girl was driven to a residence on SE Midway Boulevard. The girl knew the 25-year-old woman and was there to pick up a vacuum......But when the woman opened the door, her 3 Pit Bulls charged out the door past the woman and attacked the girl in front of the doorway....
***THEY BIT HER ON THE FACE, HAND, CHEST AND FEET.***
The owner and a couple of other people rushed out and managed to get the dogs away from the girl and one of them was also bitten. The city's animal control officer, Terry Sampson, said the dogs were extremely aggressive and this attack could have been much worse than what it was.
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THE DOGS WERE SO AGGRESSIVE THAT THEY HAD TO BE TAKEN TO THE LARGER ANIMAL SHELTER IN COUPEVILLE WHERE THEY COULD BE MORE SAFELY HANDLED. THE SHELTER IS TAKING EXTREME PRECAUTIONS TO KEEP THE STAFF SAFE.
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The dogs are 2 unaltered males and a female - 2 PIT BULLS AND A PIT BULL MIX....It was reported by the owner that the female dog had been abused by a former owner. THE LARGE MALE NAMED "TANK" IS THE MOST AGGRESSIVE AND MAY HAVE INSTIGATED THE ATTACK. THE OWNER WANTS THEM OUT OF HER HOME......BECAUSE.........SHE.....
******** FEARS FOR HER SAFETY*********
(COMMENT: NOW THAT THE PIT BULLS HAVE ATTACKED A CHILD, SHE DECIDES SHE FEARS FOR HER SAFETY...IT'S A SHAME SHE COULDN'T HAVE FEARED FOR THE PUBLIC'S SAFETY AND NOT BROUGHT THE DOGS INTO AN APARTMENT COMPLEX !!!!!!!!!!)
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