Dog responsible for St. Albert attack put down

RCMP (file photo)

A dog that attacked a woman and her dog in St. Albert two weeks ago has been put down, the city said Thursday morning in a media release.

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The large black dog had bitten the woman and her golden retriever on Aug. 14 behind the neighbourhood of Alderwood along the transportation utility corridor of Anthony Henday Drive, the City of St. Albert said. Both the woman and her dog went to hospital, the woman needing surgery and the dog treatment to bites on its hind legs.

St. Albert RCMP found the offending dog a few days later. On Thursday, the city said the black dog’s owner “voluntarily euthanized” it.

No charges or fines have been issued, the city said last week. Its municipal enforcement arm “deemed the attacking dog ‘dangerous’” a week ago and placed restrictions on it.

The city said there will be “further steps in response to this incident.”