A court has ruled that King County had a “duty to protect the community” from dangerous animals living on a squatter property in Auburn when a woman was nearly mauled to death in 2022.
What happened
On Feb. 22, 2022, a 38-year-old woman was on a jog in her neighborhood when two dogs ran from the front yard of 28905 45th Place South and attacked her in the street.
The dogs dragged her body across the street, back toward the property.
Neighbors heard her screams and tried to help, but were unable to stop the attack due to the ferocity of the attack…