2 pit bulls attack woman, kill poodle
Tustin police Wednesday were looking for the owner of two 80-pound pit bulls that attacked a woman on her front porch, killed her poodle and bit her hands savagely enough to require hospital treatment.
Nan Haacker, who says she's in her 70s, was stepping out her front door in the 17000 block of Vinewood Avenue about 6:30 a.m. to walk her small 4-year-old white poodle, Wolfgang, when she found herself staring down the snout of a large, snarling dog.
"The other one ran up," she said, "and I tried to protect Wolfie in my arms. They kept biting my hands until I let go. They pulled him out, took him to the lawn and killed him. I screamed and screamed and screamed. Then I staggered next door and they called the paramedics. It was a nightmare."
Haacker was taken to Western Medical Center-Santa Ana where she was treated for lacerations on both hands, bandaged and released.
Tustin police and Orange County animal control officers tracked the pit bulls several blocks where one of the animals was captured. After a daylong search, authorities captured the second dog about 5 p.m.
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