Husky sought after vicious attack leaves Yorkie missing
By Felix Cortez
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SEASIDE, California (KSBW) — Animal control officers in Seaside are looking for a husky involved in a vicious dog attack that was caught on camera.
In the video, a small Yorkie is seen being bitten and grabbed by a husky. Officials want to find the husky before it attacks again.
Sophie, a 3-year-old Yorkie, is now missing after being snatched up by a large husky that was on the loose in a Seaside neighborhood.
“She was very cute. Everyone there loved her,” said a witness.
“Sophie’s a small dog. There’s no way she’s out running or outmaneuvering the dog. There’s nothing that she could have done,” said another witness.
Sophie was outside with her owner when the husky came running around another apartment. The husky caught up with Sophie and viciously shook her in its mouth. The owner felt helpless in the moment.
“She looked me in the eyes, as if waiting to be saved, but I was afraid the husky might attack me,” said the owner, who does not want to be identified. “When I went looking for a stick, the husky ran off with Sophie in its mouth.”
“We want her back. We want to find her, locate her. We just want to know for closure,” said a family member.
Animal control with Seaside PD is now involved and hoping neighbors near Francis and Canyon Del Rey, where the attack happened, will be on the lookout for the husky before it attacks again.
“This dog was clearly not hunting for the first time because it went right after Sophie, chased her, grabbed her, and shook her in its mouth as soon as it got her. It seems, sadly, that this husky has had experience with this kind of stuff before,” said an animal control officer.
The Seaside family is now resigned to the possibility that Sophie isn’t coming home.
“We all have already accepted the fact that she is most likely not with us anymore. And that hits pretty deep. I just hope it doesn’t happen to anyone else,” said a family member.
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