Mother stabs to death pit bull that mauled her 1-year-old daughter

A canine assault in Pico Rivera late Sunday night time left a mom and her 1-year-old daughter injured, and the girl stabbed to demise one of many animals to avoid wasting her baby.

Deputies obtained a name at 10:18 p.m. reporting a canine chew within the 9600 block of Homebrook Road, in response to Los Angeles County sheriff’s spokesperson Miguel Meza.

Authorities stated a minimum of one of many canine — described as pit bulls — bit the toddler when she began crying. Different relations tried to drag the canine off, the toddler’s grandmother Margaret Ann Morales advised ABC-TV Channel 7.

“I walked into the kitchen, and that’s after I noticed my two daughters and my son on the ground attempting to get the canine off,” she advised the station.

The toddler’s mom, Jamie Morales, advised KTLA-TV Channel 5 that the canine had her daughter by the leg. Morales stated her face was bitten and her fingers lower open as she tried to free her daughter.

“I needed to stab the canine. ... I needed to,” she Morales advised the station. “It was both him or my daughter, and I selected my daughter.”

Each pit bulls have been stabbed throughout the assault, and considered one of them died on the scene, authorities stated.

The Southeast Space Animal Management Authority additionally responded to the scene and took the animals into custody, sheriff’s officers stated. Representatives from the company weren't accessible Monday morning for remark.

Pit bulls have been chargeable for 67% of all deadly assaults by canine between 2005 and 2020, regardless that they make up solely about 6% of the U.S. canine inhabitants, in response to the web site DogsBite.org. They have been additionally 48% extra doubtless than different breeds to assault with out provocation and are chargeable for a disproportionate toddler fatality fee, the group reviews.

Authorities stated that the mom and her daughter have been taken to Los Angeles County-USC Medical Heart after the assault. The woman is present process surgical procedure for accidents to her arm and higher shoulder, officers stated.