Opinion
Texas boy mauled by dog while coming home from school
WARNING: THIS STORY CONTAINS GRAPHIC PICTURES
A 7-year-old boy in Azle, Texas, is bouncing again from a canine assault final month that left him with cuts and bruises throughout his physique and required greater than three hours of surgical procedure to restore nerve injury.
The boy, recognized by the Parker County Sheriff’s Workplace as Conner Landers, had simply gotten off a faculty bus on Jan. 21 when a black brindle boxer and bull mastiff mixed-breed escaped a fenced yard and attacked him.
A neighbor noticed what was occurring after her canine began barking and sprang into motion.
“He had Connor, was taking him by means of the ditch to his yard,” the neighbor, Lorena Parker, informed FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Price. “Each time I obtained the canine off, he would flip and go proper again to Connor as a result of he was crying. It was horrible.”
Connor’s backpack and winter garments had been destroyed within the assault.
(FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Price)
Parker was ultimately in a position to free Connor by hitting the canine with a big stick.
“There was no thought, simply to do, get the canine off of him,” Parker informed the native information outlet.
Emergency medical personnel transferred Connor to an area hospital for remedy.
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Connor’s first reconstructive surgical procedure to his face lasted greater than three hours and he’ll want extra surgical procedures to restore nerve injury and his tear duct, his mom, Cassandra Ware, stated by means of the sheriff’s workplace.
The canine’s proprietor, 49-year-old Patti Jean Bell-Neveling, was arrested on Monday and charged with assault by canine inflicting severe bodily damage, a third-degree felony. She was launched on a $10,000 bond on Tuesday, based on jail data.
The canine that attacked Connor was humanely euthanized final week, based on the sheriff’s workplace.
Bell-Neveling didn’t instantly reply to a request for touch upon Wednesday.
Patti Jean Bell-Neveling, 49, was charged with assault by canine inflicting severe bodily damage.
(Parker County Sheriff’s Workplace)
The Sheriff’s Workplace credited Parker with saving Connor and gave her a $500 reward for her actions.
“We commend Conner’s neighbor for her bravery and fast actions in saving him,” Sheriff Russ Authier stated in a press release on Monday. “We’re praying for Conner to make a full restoration.”
Connor’s mother posted on Fb that her son is “getting stronger on a regular basis” and was cleared to return to high school final Friday.
