Neighborhood on edge after serial dog attacks reported in Marion County area

The Brief

  • Neighbors are afraid after they said several aggressive dogs have been attacking their pets.
  • One man said his 2-year-old spaniel was attacked by the dogs this week, and they killed another neighbor’s dog a few months ago.
  • Marion County Animal Control told FOX 35 they are looking into our request for additional details.

MARION COUNTY, Fla. Neighbors in a rural Silver Springs community say a pack of aggressive dogs has been attacking their pets.

Not such a warm welcome

What we know:

A medium-sized black Pit Bull mix without a collar barked as a FOX 35 crew pulled up to Norm Thayer’s Silver Springs home.

Thayer said the dog is one of five that have been terrorizing him and his neighbors over the last year.

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