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Resident urges action after dog attack at Lions Park

Willow Springs Village Board · August 18, 2025
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A Willow Springs resident described a pre-dawn dog attack at Lions Park and urged the board and police to declare the animal dangerous and require muzzling, neutering and fencing; the board said it would investigate the complaint.

Ali Charles, a Willow Springs resident, told the village board she witnessed a dog attack at Lions Park on the morning of July 18, shortly before 6 a.m., and asked officials to take stronger animal-control action. "In a matter of seconds, [the dog] broke free from the stand ... and made a beeline through my dog's neck," Charles said, describing a traumatic confrontation that required her to…

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