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Article: Dogs put down after fatal attack in Latrobe
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- September 22, 2009
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Latrobe police shot two pit bull mixes Sunday night after they
attacked and killed a Shih Tzu in a neighbor's back yard, police
said.
Police Chief Charles Huska said that two officers responded to a
house on James Street at about 7 p.m. In the backyard, he said, the
officers found three dogs, all pit bull-boxer mixed breeds,
continuing to attack the dead Shih Tzu.
Trista Lawson, the owner of the Shih Tzu, said she had let her 10-
pound dog, Odie, outside to go to the bathroom. A few minutes later,
she heard choking noises and went to check on him.
"There were four dogs," she said. "One had his throat, one had
his belly -- they were just tearing him apart."
Lawson said she tried throwing ...