Mauled Maltipoo owners still waiting for answers about attacking dog
It’s been two weeks since a Maltipoo died after being attacked by a bigger dog at Vancouver’s Second Beach, and the big dog’s owner still has not been identified.
The Vancouver Police Department and the city’s Animal Services are working together in the investigation to find the woman who fled the scene after the attack, which took place at Second Beach on Aug. 5 around 5:30 p.m.
Despite footage and pictures taken by the family and bystanders after the attack, animal control says there is no update in the investigation.
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AJ Tay, the late Maltipoo’s owner, tells CityNews it’s been a frustrating wait for updates.
“I would have thought that I would have been kept in the loop quite a bit,” said Tay.
The family started a social media campaign to gather information about the attack, trying to find the dog and its owner.
The news has shocked and raised concerns among dog owners in the city, particularly with the dangerous dog still at large.
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“It’s just very scary, and yesterday we saw a lady with a pit bull — a big, kind of similar to the one in the video; it was grey as well—and another dog. And she went into the dog park, and I took my dog out just because it made me nervous,” said one pet owner.
“It’s really concerning. I think there are so many dog owners around here. Unfortunately, the dog culture between dog owners in Vancouver I don’t find is very respectful. I run into a lot of people that have their dogs off-leash anywhere, and they just don’t really seem to care,” said another
Tay’s family says they want to see legal changes to protect other families from suffering the same way.
“There was nothing triggering. Nothing instigating. We were just standing there, just trying to decide our next move. Just innocently, just standing there, and all this went down. I never want another family to experience this. I mean, it’s been hard enough for all of us,” said Tay.
He’s asking anyone with information to reach out directly to police and animal control. The family is offering a reward for information that leads to the discovery of the dog and its owner.
