A Georgia Sheriff has stated that seven dogs fatally mauled a toddler Wednesday in her backyard. The attack went unnoticed by the toddler’s mother, Summer Laminack, and other adults who were inside the house located in North Bryan until it was too late.
Bryan County Sheriff Clyde Smith said:
“Apparently what happened is the child and the dogs were all in the house together and exited the house through the doggie door. The dogs apparently live in the house also … and they all went outside and at some point they started attacking the child, mauled her and drug her all over the yard. They tore her clothes off and scattered her clothes all over a pretty large back yard.”
Along with Summer Laminack; grandmother Michelle McIntyre, great-grandmother, Pat Asher, and two uncles, ages 14 and 12, were all at home at the time of the attack. The family claims to have arrived at the home after a trip to the store and that they were all taking a nap when the tragedy occurred.
“The grandmother to the child heard the dogs barking and making noise outside and said she got up, looked out the window and saw the dogs mauling the baby and yelled, ‘They’re killing Monica!’ The family rushed down the stairs and went out the yard and pulled the dogs off and the child’s mother … picked the child up and stated that she knew the child was dead at that time.”
The dogs involved in the attack were all either pit bulls or pit bull mixes. Animal Control euthanized all of the dogs following the attack on Wednesday evening. Smith added:
“All seven dogs were put down by Bryan County Animal Control at that time. They euthanized them at the scene, and I’m sure there will be some repercussions of that. But I take full responsibility for that myself.”
The Sheriff went on to state that the family claimed the toddler had played with the dogs on multiple previous occasions and that no prior complaints about the dogs had been registered with his department. At the time of the horrible attack there were nine dogs living in the home, the other two breeds – a settler and a beagle, were not involved in the mauling.
Sheriff Smith did indicate that charges are being considered but that none have been filed at this time.
