Police say a dog bite late Monday morning sent an elderly woman to the hospital because she was bleeding so badly.
According to Animal Control, a Bichon Frise mix on Dan’s Highway bit the victim’s lower left calf around 11:30 a.m. The woman had been visiting a friend here in New Canaan—the dog’s owner—got bit and reported the bite about 90 minutes later, police say.
Under state law, dogs that bite humans on their own property may under 14-day quarantines at home.
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Police on Monday fined a town resident $136 for having a cream-colored Labradoodle off-leash at the New Canaan Nature Center.
The fee is up from its previous $90 under a new state law that puts additional administrative processing fees (which go to Hartford) on some local ordinances.
Two people had phoned police to report the off-leash dog, Animal Control said.
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A 10-year-old German Shepherd dog that had been reported missing overnight was found deceased the following morning on a neighbor’s front deck, police said.
The animal, a well-loved pet, had been let out to relieve itself and went missing on Feb. 11, and was found around 8:17 a.m. the following morning, police said. The dog showed no signs that he had been struck by a car, Animal Control Officer Maryann Kleinschmitt said, and could possibly have suffered a heart attack as a result of exposure to extreme cold.
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An Irish setter on Feb. 11 attacked and killed a raccoon on its Weed Street property, police said. It happened around 5:42 p.m. The dog, which is up-to-date on its vaccinations, was not wounded. The raccoon tested negative for rabies, police said.