Dogs seized by Northern California deputies after woman hospitalized in attack
Northern California authorities have seized the pair of dogs blamed in a weekend attack that sent a Calpine woman to the hospital as well as a string of at least four other attacks on people and animals in the past year.
The dogs are now in quarantine at the Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe under the custody of the Sierra County Sheriff’s Office. They will remain there pending a formal vicious animal hearing or until their owner surrenders them.
“This incident marks a concerning escalation in behavior involving the same dogs,” the Sheriff’s Office said in a statement Monday, acknowledging heightened concern among Calpine residents following the latest incident. Calpine is located about 130 miles northeast of Sacramento.
The dogs were seized after the Saturday morning attack on Coates Avenue in Calpine that sent the woman to the hospital. A Sierra County deputy called to the scene learned the dogs’ owner left town before the deputy arrived. The deputy contacted a friend of the owner, the Sheriff’s Office said, and the two dogs were taken away.
Sheriff’s officials said its deputies have been called to four separate complaints related to the dogs, though the people affected declined to pursue charges in three of the incidents. A citizen’s arrest in a fourth incident led to allegations of a dog at large and an attack on another animal. Those allegations are scheduled to be heard this week in Sierra Superior Court, the Sheriff’s Office said.
Anyone with information that can help investigators is asked to call Sierra County Sheriff’s Office at 530-289-3700.
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