U.S. Postal Service worker dead in Florida after attack by multiple dogs
By: Just The News
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A U.S. Postal Service worker is dead in Florida after a group of dogs inflicted her with fatal injuries, local law enforcement said Wednesday.
Pamela Rock "died Monday evening at around 7:30 p.m.," the Putnam County Sheriff's Office said in a Wednesday statement.
Witnesses to the attack "heard a woman scream for help and when they went outside they saw [Rock] on the ground with five dogs attacking," the sheriff's office said in the statement.
"Witnesses said several neighbors rushed to help by attempting to pull the dogs off and one neighbor shot a rifle into the ground to scare the animals," the statement continues. Responding deputies provided first aid before Rock was transported to a local hospital; she "remained in critical condition until her death," the sheriff's office said.
The office said that local authorities have been called about the dogs in the past. It is unclear if charges are pending against the owner of the dogs.
"At this time we are unable to release details as it is part of our current investigation," the statement said.
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As far as I'm concerned, every one of those dogs should be euthanized.
And owners charged for the death.
I agree.
There absolutely should be charges against the owner. We had a similar story down here not long ago and the owner was charged with a second degree felony.
Is there a leash law in Texas?
No state law that I know of but I believe most municipalities have them.
Here we have Massachusetts general law: chapter 140, section 173, “ the leash law ” that requires an animal in public on a leash at all times.
I always wonder about a state like Texas, where everything is left to the men in the white Stetsons.
Having once owned a golf condo in Florida, I was never aware of the many hazards. I knew about the hurricanes, the alligators (crocodiles - don't know the difference), but not about the pythons or the dogs and their lethal owners.
I guess it would be a letter carrier who would be aware of it:
" Based on a report in the Washington Post , attacks against letter carriers and package handlers have been on the rise since 2013 – likely correlating with the promise of quick, on-time e-commerce deliveries.
Nationally, Houston and Los Angeles lead all cities in terms of dog attacks, with 71 and 67 incidents in 2017, respectively. To combat these trends, the Postal Service: