Florida woman, neighbor mauled while saving dog from Pitbull attack

The Brief

  • A routine morning walk for Dawn Coffey and her dog, Kona, turned into a violent struggle when an unleashed Pitbull attacked them.
  • While Coffey was trying to fight the dog off, a neighbor rushed over to help.
  • Seminole County Animal Services responded, and it has the dog in quarantine.

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. A woman and her neighbor were injured after she said a loose dog attacked them during an afternoon walk in a Seminole County neighborhood.

The dog is being held in quarantine by Seminole County Animal Services.

How it started

The backstory:

Dawn Coffey and her dog, Kona, were on a walk in their Seminole County neighborhood when they spotted a black and white pitbull wandering without a leash.

Story continues

TRENDING NOW

LATEST LOCAL NEWS