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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 44-year-old Jacksonville man was bitten by one of his dogs Tuesday while trying to break up a fight between two dogs in his fenced yard, according to a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office report.
The man’s daughter told police two of the family’s four dogs went after a squirrel that fell from a tree and began fighting. The man tried to separate them, and one dog, identified in the report as “Brutus,” bit him. His daughter got the dogs into the house, the report says.
The man had bite marks on his left cheek and arm and a lacerated left eyelid, according to the report. It does not say whether he was hospitalized or describe the injuries as requiring further treatment.
The dog was captured. Police advised the daughter to contact Animal Care and Protective Services about potentially surrendering the animal and routed a copy of the report to the agency.
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