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Mesa resident complains of mishandled pit-bull attack, asks city to improve animal-control response
Summary
At the June 16 meeting, a resident described a May 2 pit-bull attack in a Mesa RV park, said police and animal control failed to quarantine the dog or contact the owner, and asked the city to improve protocols and staffing; council indicated staff would follow up.
Eric Litvac told the Mesa City Council on June 16 that he was attacked by a pit bull on May 2 at a Mesa RV park and criticized the police department and animal-control response, saying the dog was not quarantined and the owner was not cited or located.
Litvac said the attack sent him to the emergency room and an ambulance and left him with “over a dozen bites and deep scratches on my body and face.” He said police and animal control did not properly quarantine the dog and that the owner and…
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