Bridge City infant critically injured in American Bully attack
Jefferson Parish officials said the 4-month-old suffered a fractured skull and severe lacerations before the dog was seized and euthanized.
Incident summary
Jefferson Parish deputies said a 4-month-old boy was in a carrier as family members entered a Bridge City home when a family member’s dog attacked him. The baby suffered multiple severe lacerations and a fractured skull and was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. Animal Control seized the two-year-old American Bully, which Jefferson Parish officials said was euthanized.
Animal Control seized the dog and Jefferson Parish officials said it was euthanized. No criminal charge was reported in the source reviewed.
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WDSU, citing Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joseph Lopinto and parish officials, reported that a 4-month-old boy suffered multiple severe lacerations and a fractured skull in an American Bully attack and that the dog was euthanized.
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