A 3-year-old girl in Taylor, Michigan, is currently receiving medical attention for serious injuries after a dog attack at Robbinwood Villa mobile home park. According to CBS News Detroit, the incident occurred yesterday morning when the child was at home with her mother, who was doing yard work at the time; the young girl wandered off and encountered a pitbull that subsequently attacked her.
The Taylor Police Department responded to the scene after receiving calls from the child's mother and again from hospital staff upon the girl's arrival at Corewell Health Taylor Hospital, where the injuries, described by the police as serious wounds to her face and leg, are being treated. Eddie Cooper, a neighbor who intervened to rescue the girl, told CBS News Detroit, "It was traumatic. I've never seen a baby's face being chewed by a pitbull before. I ran as fast as I could. It wouldn't stop. I had my tablet. I have a broken tablet because I beat it in the head until it let the baby's face go"
According to FOX 2 Detroit, Valorie Lyons, who lives with the pitbull responsible for the attack, indicated that the dog went straight after the little girl when she was running near the home.
Further investigations by the Taylor police suggest that the pitbull burst through a storm door to get to the child when she went to pet a husky nearby, as noted in an article by WXYZ.
The violence of the event could not only levy physical scars but also long-lasting psychological trauma, as Cooper emphasized in a CBS News Detroit report, "These folks have been warned before. They don't even have a signup. That baby is going to be scarred for life. Not only physically, but mentally and somebody should pay."
The community has expressed concerns about the dog before, with a resident named Tammy Johnston relating to WXYZ previous incidents involving the pitbull, "The dog has come after a lot of people in here that we've heard, been to the office multiple times with complaints. Last summer, the dog come through my yard, jumped up at my dogs, I have two small shih tzus, and the dog came running after them. I was able to grab one of my dogs. The other broke her tie out, took off running" The animal has since been euthanized and will undergo rabies testing at Michigan State University.
Despite the seriousness of the attack, it has been reported that her injuries are not life-threatening, and she is stable with plans for surgical procedures to address the injuries.
