Police called the attack unprovoked; 1 dog was taken into custody by animal control.
LUDLOW - A 7-year-old girl visiting her grandmother on Lakeview Avenue was bitten at least twice in what police call an unprovoked attack by two loose dogs from a house across the street. Initially, the police report said the dogs were pit bulls. It was later determined that they were bull mastifs.
The girl, whose name was not released suffered a bite on her stomach and another on the buttocks, said Sgt. Daniel Valadas of the Ludlow police.
“She was traumatized,” he said. “It was unprovoked. There was no reason for it.”
The girl was playing in front of her grandmother’s house when the dogs ran across the street and attacked her, he said.
She was treated at the scene by Ludlow Fire Department paramedics but did not require a trip to the hospital, he said.
The town animal control officer has taken one of the dogs into custody, Valadas said. That dog was considered the more aggressive of the two. There was a question if the other dog participated in the attack, and it was allowed to remain with its owner, Bruno Fernandes of 190 Lakeview Ave., after Fernandez said he would keep it restrained, Valadas said.
The dog will have remain in custody for 10 days while the animal control officer conducts an investigation. A hearing will have to be scheduled with the Board of Selectmen to determine if the dog will be released back to the owner.