COLERAIN TOWNSHIP, Ohio — Police shot and killed one dog while responding to an attack in Colerain Township Wednesday afternoon — just days after two dogs mauled a woman, leaving her arms in casts.
The Colerain Township Police Department said officers went to Grasscreek Court at around 1 p.m. Wednesday after receiving a report of a man attacked by three large dogs. When they arrived, police found the injured man but said the dogs had already fled the area.
WCPO talked with Ed Brutz and, still covered in blood splatter with his arm wrapped in gauze, he described tending his garlic plants in his backyard, looking up and seeing three large dogs standing a few feet away from him.
He said one dog rushed him first.
"I'm on my knees, and he comes straight for here," gesturing to his neck, "so I put my arm up to protect myself," Brutz said.
He said he punched that dog off of him, and a second one charged him.
Brutz said he jumped onto his fence and used a rake to swat the dogs away.
"If it was one of my neighbors, the kids to someone of a lesser stature, they'd be done. I'm lucky that he didn't get this," again gesturing to his throat, "and I didn't get hit in an artery or something."
Less than two hours later, officers received a call reporting that three dogs had jumped a man's fence on Adams Road, killing his chickens and biting him.
We spoke to the victim there as well, who only wanted to be identified as Phillip.
He said the dogs killed two of his chickens and threw a third one into a nearby yard.
Officers responded to the home on Adams Road and tried to contain the dogs until the Hamilton County Dog Warden arrived.
Police said one of the dogs became aggressive, charging at an officer. The officer then shot and killed the dog, injuring another dog as well. When the dog warden arrived, Colerain police said they took the deceased dog and the third injured dog. The injured dog remained with its owners to receive medical attention.
Both men attacked are OK, police said. Brutz took himself to receive medical treatment while the second had minor injuries.
Still, Brutz called for immediate change to help protect people like himself from potentially dangerous animals roaming neighborhoods.
"Swiftly, quickly, now. Don't wait, put it on the desk so we can go to recess. Let's do something now," he said.
Anyone with information on the investigation is asked to call the Hamilton County Dog Warden at 513-541-7387.
This news comes just one day after Dog Warden Beth Ward spoke at the Colerain Township Board of Trustees meeting about an attack Friday that left one Colerain Township woman significantly injured. Community members and officials were upset the dogs were able to quarantine at their home just down the street from where the woman recovered.
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"I would like to see there is some sort of change when we have a situation like this," Colerain Police Chief Cordie said at the time. "That the dog is removed for the safety of not only the victim and the community but also the homeowners."
Officials said Tuesday they were able to remove the dogs from the home to quarantine with the dog warden.
Residents who attended the meeting also called on the township to reverse their decision to stop sending police to animal nuisance calls unless someone is in danger to prevent future attacks. Officials said they are planning on introducing legislation regarding dangerous animals.
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