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Dogs Chew Off Baby's Testicles In Murrieta Home
(4/8/2010)
A mother whose 6-month-old son was mauled by dogs after she left him alone in a carrier on the floor may lose custody of the boy, after two other children were taken away from her in 2008, authorities said.
San Diego County Child Protective Services obtained a court order to take the baby away from Carrie McKinney of Point Loma, said Murrieta police Sgt. Jim Ganley.
Holly Crawford, spokeswoman for the county agency, said she could not comment on the situation and would not say why McKinney lost her other children.
Last Saturday, a pit bull and pit bull mix tore off the 6-month-old's diaper and bit his scrotum after his mother left the baby alone in a carrier on the floor at a friend's home in
Murrieta, police said.
The child was rushed to the hospital where he underwent surgery at Loma Linda University Medical Center. Police do not have an update on the child's condition and McKinney did not immediately return a call from The Associated Press.
Lance Brown, chief of pediatric emergency medicine at Loma Linda, was not familiar with the case, but told The Press Enterprise that if a child were castrated in an accident, he would require a lifetime of hormone-replacement therapy and perhaps reconstructive surgery.
"While such an injury is not life-threatening, it is massively life-altering," he said.
Police said McKinney told them she was in another room getting dressed and her friend was in the shower when the attack occurred. She told police she checked on the baby a few minutes after placing him in the carrier and he was fine. Several minutes later, she heard screaming and discovered her friend's 5-year-old female pit bull and an 8-month-old pit bull mix near the injured baby.
The dogs will be euthanized, animal control officials said.
Riverside County officials will help in the investigation because the attack occurred in Murrieta, said Sylvia Deporto, assistant director for the Children's Services Division in Riverside County.
She said all the circumstances should be considered.
"I think what we try to do is be reasonable. Because people make mistakes," Deporto said.
"This is an unfortunate incident that shouldn't have happened," she said. "I think it's a message for parents. Parents often take for granted that family pets are not a danger."
Dogs Chew Off Baby's Testicles In Murrieta Home
(4/8/2010)
A mother whose 6-month-old son was mauled by dogs after she left him alone in a carrier on the floor may lose custody of the boy, after two other children were taken away from her in 2008, authorities said.
San Diego County Child Protective Services obtained a court order to take the baby away from Carrie McKinney of Point Loma, said Murrieta police Sgt. Jim Ganley.
Holly Crawford, spokeswoman for the county agency, said she could not comment on the situation and would not say why McKinney lost her other children.
Last Saturday, a pit bull and pit bull mix tore off the 6-month-old's diaper and bit his scrotum after his mother left the baby alone in a carrier on the floor at a friend's home in
Murrieta, police said.
The child was rushed to the hospital where he underwent surgery at Loma Linda University Medical Center. Police do not have an update on the child's condition and McKinney did not immediately return a call from The Associated Press.
Lance Brown, chief of pediatric emergency medicine at Loma Linda, was not familiar with the case, but told The Press Enterprise that if a child were castrated in an accident, he would require a lifetime of hormone-replacement therapy and perhaps reconstructive surgery.
"While such an injury is not life-threatening, it is massively life-altering," he said.
Police said McKinney told them she was in another room getting dressed and her friend was in the shower when the attack occurred. She told police she checked on the baby a few minutes after placing him in the carrier and he was fine. Several minutes later, she heard screaming and discovered her friend's 5-year-old female pit bull and an 8-month-old pit bull mix near the injured baby.
The dogs will be euthanized, animal control officials said.
Riverside County officials will help in the investigation because the attack occurred in Murrieta, said Sylvia Deporto, assistant director for the Children's Services Division in Riverside County.
She said all the circumstances should be considered.
"I think what we try to do is be reasonable. Because people make mistakes," Deporto said.
"This is an unfortunate incident that shouldn't have happened," she said. "I think it's a message for parents. Parents often take for granted that family pets are not a danger."
