California woman suffers more than 150 injuries after wild dog attack on trail
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Fellow residents say they’ve also seen stray dogs in the area, which is frequently used by kids and mothers with strollers, one said

A California mother is recovering from more than 150 lacerations and puncture wounds across her body after being attacked by a pack of stray dogs while out for a walk. Dorrie Reyes was walking along a levee in Stockton on April 23 when she was surrounded by seven to nine stray dogs, including German shepherds and mixed breeds, according to a GoFundMe organized by her family. Just moments before the scene turned violent, Reyes filmed the dogs on her phone while shouting for help. As the animals mauled her, a nearby couple heard her cries and rushed in, managing to drive the dogs away, her son Ronnie said. “The good Samaritan was, as far as I know, afraid of dogs, but he still came out to help my mom,” Ronnie Reyes told 9News, wiping away tears, adding his family is thankful to the couple because his mother’s injuries “could’ve been much worse.” Dorrie Reyes was rushed to the hospital with 150 to 200 lacerations and puncture wounds across her arms, legs, face, head and neck. She spent six hours in the operating theater and lost a significant amount of blood, according to the GoFundMe.

  • Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Don’t they have “village dogs” in the US ? Basically in very rural areas here (France) they will sometimes have stray dogs that roam around a village and that the inhabitants tolerate, usually at least providing water for them. I’ve never heard of any serious attack from them here but I’m sure they can happen.

    • MIDItheKID@lemmy.world
      5·
      2 days ago

      Never seen that in the USwith dogs, but I have seen it with cats. Sometimes an area will just have a cat that will bop around the neighborhood begging for food. A bar I frequented in my 20s had an outdoor seating area and I always enjoyed when the neighborhood cat swung by for a visit.

    • XeroxCool@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      Not in my experience. I think it’s a bit of an American TV trope from the 1950s, but I don’t know if those were really feral dogs or just free-roam farm dogs and such. I’ve always had neighborhood feral cats around though. Feral dogs are often captured in cities and suburbs and given to shelters. Or euthanized. I guess we’re afraid of getting attacked. Cats, on the other hand, aren’t such a risk to humans and are tolerated, despite being atrocious for local ecosystems.

      Meanwhile, I just had an encounter with an escaped husky and I was genuinely afraid. I’m not afraid of dogs, but I had to knock on its owner’s door and it started darting around, getting between me and the door, and staying quiet - not actually showing any signs of aggression in face/tail/voice. Eerie.