Compton, CA – Los Angeles officials have euthanized 13 dogs, including eight puppies, after a Compton dog breeder was fatally mauled last Friday. According to sources, city officials decided to euthanize the dogs and puppies “due to evidence linking them to the attack.”
The man who was killed has been identified as 35-year-old Dominic Cooper.
It has been reported that Cooper was bitten while trying to break up a fight between two dogs that were fighting while he was feeding them. According to a friend of his, he was not actually mauled, but an artery was severed from a bite, and he died in the kennel before help arrived.
Despite Cooper not actually being mauled, L.A. County Department of Animal Care and Control officials decided to put all of the dogs and puppies down by lethal injection.
“We are committed to conducting a thorough investigation to determine the facts and ensure the safety and well-being of both the community and the animals involved,” the department’s director Marcia Mayeda had said in a statement last weekend.
Don Belton, spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control, stated:
“Given the potential threat they posed to the community, this action was deemed necessary.”
Prior article about this incident here.
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