Four year old boy dies in Dog attack

Update 8-19-10: According to reports, the dogs were intentionally let loose by the boyfriend of the dog owners - someone who was also a Parish k-9 officer. The dogs were allowed to roam loose in what was essentially an unfenced yard and ended up leaving the yard an attacking the young boy. The dogs were confiscated by local animal control officers and euthanized.  Neither the dog's owner nor the 'caretaker' were prosecuted following the tragedy.

A four year old Morganza, LA boy is dead following an attack by three "Boxers" that occurred Friday morning.  The boy, Michael Landry, was in the yard playing while his mother was out gardening. The dogs belonged to a neighbor and were usually kept in what are described as well-maintained kennels. However, someone who was "caretaking" for the dogs and cleaning out their kennels allowed the dogs to get free and they ran over and attacked the young boy.

Morganza is a small town of just 600 people not far from Baton Rouge in southern Louisiana -- that like much of Louisiana right now, is suffering from high levels of unemployment and poverty (18% of the people in this community live below the poverty line).

This story has only been picked up by 3 local news sources.

Comments

[YesBiscuit!]

Oh what a sad Easter this must be for the boy's family. I read in another article there will be a news conference tomorrow morning. I hope we will learn more details about how the dogs made it through the barbed wire fencing.

[Lynn]

Yes, it was a very sad Easter for the family and friends of this beautiful boy as well as the rest of their lives. It's amazing how the article states that the dogs--BOXERS were in well maintained kennels and not to mention that the victims family are well liked and respected people loved by many. There has been no help for the poor victims family in their parish......it's a really sad and pathetic situation for this poor family. God bless and give them the strength to keep fighting for their baby's legacy.

[eula]

The caretaker who let the German Boxers out is the fiance of the dog owners.

He is also the Parish K-9 officer. He let the dogs out, gave them a dog biscuit and left them in the unfenced yard.

At this time the responsible parties have not even been charged with breaking the Parish leash law.