The tragedy occurred at a house in Torrance, LA County, California, with police saying they were called to a house with multiple mixed-breed animals inside
The tragedy occurred at a house in Torrance, LA County, California - with a family friend saying the family are "good people. They just didn't pay attention to what they should've paid attention to, which is really a tragedy." Police said they were called at at 12:34pm on Tuesday to reports of an animal bite incident.
The city fire department responded before discovering that the newborn baby had been bitten. The child was rushed to hospital but tragically died from her injuries.
Family friend Faye Tohidi said there were multiple dogs in the house, including a mastiff, a pit bull mix, and one other mixed breed dog, adding: "I'm a dog person myself, and I have a dog at home, but the matter is that you don't bring your infant to an atmosphere that has so many big dogs around. And it was wrong to begin with," reports abc7 eyewitness news.
All dogs from the household have been removed by Torrance Animal Control. Police also confirmed they had been called to the home before for non animal related incidents.
In a separate incident, a toddler and a teenager are currently recovering in Texas following a horrifying dog attack that lasted around two minutes, leaving them with significant injuries and psychological trauma, according to police reports.
Heather Rodriguez, aged 36, was taken into custody on Monday morning after initial investigations revealed that she had left her four XL American bullies unattended with a one year old boy she was babysitting and a 13 year old girl, as stated by Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar during a press conference.
Rodriguez had left her residence in Converse, Texas for reasons yet unknown, while the baby and the young girl remained in a bedroom to keep themselves safe from the dogs, which were known to be destructive, Salazar explained.
At some point, the dogs managed to break into the bedroom by destroying a bathroom door that was already damaged by them, the sheriff added. Once inside the room, the dogs started attacking the baby, said Salazar.
"The 13-year-old was able to maintain control of the baby, but at this point, and what's being described to me, it was almost a tug of war for the baby between at least one of the dogs and the little girl," according to the sheriff.
While this struggle was ongoing, more dogs entered the room and joined in the attack, according to Salazar. The 13 year old spent several minutes trying to fend off the dogs, getting bitten in the process, the sheriff further noted.