JOE:
SHE TOLD US SHE WAS REELING FROM
THE LOSS
OF HER 6 MONTH OLD BABY "KAMIKO"
... WHO
TODAY WE CHECKED WITH HONOLULU
POLICE AND
SOMEONE REPORTS IT.
SO WHAT KIND OF INFORMATION IS
GATHERED? AND IS IT ENOUGH?
BRIGETTE:
JOE...I'M TOLD NATION- WIDE
STATISTICS
BE THIS WAY... AND HAWAII COULD
BE THE
Doctor Joseph Edhlund with
Gentle Vets Pet Hospital says
dog attacks happen more often
than you think.
JOSEPH EDHLUND / VETERINARIAN:
"I started
really looking into it...there's
a real flurry of deaths. Any day
There are 5 attack calls in Los
Angeles today. This is not a
little problem. It's a big
problem."
Locally, Edhlund learned of an
attack in Waimanalo.
Little dog. Four big dogs, came
at him. Held his dog
above his head to protect him
and dog went for his legs and
Edhlund is dog bite
fatalities involve family dogs.
I checked with the Hawaiian
Humane Society.
the Humane Society says it
tracks dog bites on Oahu,
JOSEPH EDHLUND / VETERINARIAN:
"-- I would
certainly get behind to collect
the data. Because that data is
being poorly collected all over
the U-S. We could be a
I brought the vet's concerns to
emergency room physician
JOSH GREEN / SENATOR: "Dog bites
that cause serious
care of a guy, a dog bit off and
ate his ear. So when you
see these kinds of serious
things, you want people to be
INTO THE
ISSUE.
HE SAYS, THE STATE REPORTS ALL
INJURIES...
BUT TO HAVE A GOOD TRACKING
SYSTEM OF
RESOURCES.
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