Toddler Attacked By Dog In Calgary Hospital With Bites To The Face, Body

The Canadian Press, 29 Jan, 2016 12:14 PM

CALGARY — An 18-month-old child has non-life threatening injuries after being bitten by a dog at a home southeast of Calgary.

Rocky View County fire crews responded to a dog attack on a child near the town of Langdon on Thursday morning.

EMS brought the child to Alberta Children’s Hospital with bites to the face and upper torso.

Rocky View officials say the child is not related to the dog’s owner and that the dog is now in quarantine.

The dog’s owners say they will have the animal euthanized when the quarantine period is over.

Bylaw services is investigating and will determine in the next few days if charges will be laid.

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