A “terrible family drama” after an “incomprehensible reaction” from the animal. Pierre Villar, the mayor of Cartelègue, a village in the north of the Gironde, still cannot explain what happened on Monday in his town.
As revealed South West on Tuesday, an Akita Inu dog allegedly attacked, for no apparent reason, a 79-year-old woman on Monday evening around 7:30 p.m. during a family reunion. “The dog would have growled, his owner told him to calm down, at that moment the victim came out of the doorstep and the dog jumped on him, tells 20 minutes Pierre Villar. The victim fell and the dog bit her in several places, mainly in the arm, and unfortunately also in the carotid artery. Death was almost instantaneous. The septuagenarian died at the home of her granddaughter, the owner of the dog, despite the intervention of firefighters and Samu.
Psychological support
“He was not a very easy dog, he growled from time to time, but you can’t say he was mean,” continues Pierre Villar. Everyone is aghast, especially since the attack happened in front of everyone in the family. “
Psychological support was offered to the family. The animal was placed in a kennel where it is under surveillance. “In consultation with the victim’s son-in-law, I issued an order prescribing the euthanasia of the animal, at the end of the legal observation period. “
An autopsy was ordered by the prosecution and the Blayais gendarmes were charged with an investigation.