A dog that bit a 10-year-old boy Aug. 19 in Columbus was put to sleep earlier this week, Karen Johnwick, Columbus-Lowndes Humane Society director, said Saturday.
The dog was released to the Humane Society after it attacked a child at the intersection of 13th Avenue and Fourth Street South in Columbus, according to the Columbus Police Department.
Johnwick said she does not know whether the dog”s life ended Thursday or Friday.
The previous owners signed rights to the dog over to the Humane Society on Wednesday. Jason Nickles, humane society manager, said they could either adopt the dog out or put it to sleep, but it was “too dangerous to adopt out.”
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