ERMA – On May 31 the Lower Township Police Communication Center received a 9-1-1 call from the Wagging Tail Pet Shop located on Route 9 in the township’s Erma Section.
The caller was reporting that the owner of the pet shop had been attacked by a Pit Bull dog in the back yard of the shop.
Lower Township Patrol Officers and the Lower Township Rescue Squad responded to the pet shop and advised that the owner of the store, a Patsy Nelson, had received very serious bite wounds to her arm and hip.
Police identified the owner of the three year old male Pit Bull, which was involved in the attack, as Donald Titus, age 26, who resides in an upstairs apartment at the pet shop.
Investigation on scene determined that Titus was helping to build a dog run in the back yard of the property when the attack occurred.
Nelson was transported to Cape Regional Medical Center by the Lower Township Rescue Squad for treatment of her injuries.
Lower Township Animal Control Officer, Donald Montgomery, issued local ordinance summonses to Titus for:
1. Failure to License his dog with the Township.
2. Owner’s dog causing serious injury to another person. 3. Potentially Dangerous Dog summons.
In the mean time the Pitt Bull was transported to the Cape May County Animal Shelter by Lower Township Animal Control Officers and must be quarantined for at least ten (10) days under the Potentially Dangerous Dog statute.
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