Bay City, Michigan — March 31, 2012

Holly Shank, 41, has been ordered to Bay County District Court to state her case after her pit bull attacked and mauled a neighborhood boy at her home on Saturday. The mauling took place in the 400 block of 19th Street Saturday when the six-year old boy attempted to pet the dog.

The victim’s name was not given, but he suffered a a laceration across his right eye and through his tear duct in addition to several lacerations on his forehead. The victim had to have emergency plastic surgery on his eye at University of Michigan Health System.

According to Dogsbite.org, Victims of serious dog attacks often suffer acute damage, which may require $250,000 to one million dollars in specialized medical care treatment. Reconstructive surgery, such as skin grafting, tissue expansion and scar diminishment, often requires multiple procedures over a period of years.

 

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  • Lee Sheepman

    Holly Shank should be cited for whatever crime that was inflicted on the young child and for being an irresponsible dog owner. Don’t blame the breed, blame the idiot who allows a puppy, yes, one year old is still a pup, to interact with any one, (especially a young child) if the pup has not been properly socialized and, even more so, trained to follow simple voice commands like “off”. Owning a dog is more than feeding and giving it a name. Any “bully” breed needs at least an hour each day, rain, snow or sunny & hot, of exercise and not walking it out the door to poop. Every dog should have a good long daily walk and pit bulls need to run so unless you’re a runner, get a bike an attach the dog’s leash to the seat with about a 2 foot lead and peddle that bike around town for a minimum of 30 minutes every day & give the dog the exercise it needs or face facts, you’re too old or too lazy and irresponsible to care for any other living thing!