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Birdsview Grandmother Charged After Dog Bites Baby

On August 2, 2009, a 9-month old infant girl was rushed to a Seattle children's hospital with dog bite wounds on her face and a skull fracture following a Washington State dog attack. Shockingly the same infant girl had been attacked by the same dog just two days before the second incident. The little girl, Olivia DeZam, spend nine days in the hospital recovering from her dog bite wounds, which were located on her scalp, face, and eye.

Following the two dog attack incidents, Skagit County charged the grandmother of the little girl, the woman who owned the dangerous and aggressive dog, with criminal negligence. According to the grandmother, 49-year-old DeEtta DeZam of Kagit County, WA, and other family members, the dog bites injuries were not as serious as reported.

The aggressive dog, a three-year-old Rhodesian Ridgeback mix named Hercules, bit Olivia on the ear just days before the second dog attack - and Olivia sustained injuries that required her ear lobe to be stitched together. The dog is being held under quarantine at a local veterinarian's office, as per Washington State dog laws. If the dog is deemed dangerous, he could be put to sleep following the dog attacks. Skagit County Animal Control will determine whether or not the dog is dangerous.

Although the Skagit County Sheriff's Office claimed the dog bite wounds were life threatening, the family contends that the baby was not seriously hurt during the dog attack.  

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