A Jacksonville family is questioning how Animal Care and Protective Services handled a case after their dog was attacked by a neighbor\u2019s dog, leaving him so severely injured that he later had to have a leg amputated.<\/p>\n
Jerry Conley said the incident happened last December when a neighbor\u2019s German shepherd dug a hole under their shared fence and attacked his 30-pound mini-Aussie, Kobe.<\/p>\n
>>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<<<\/a><\/p>\n Conley said what began as a painful situation for his family became even more difficult as he tried to get answers about how the case was investigated, pointing to what he believes was a conflict of interest in the process.<\/p>\n Conley said shortly after the attack, he was approached by the neighbor\u2019s son, who told him he worked for ACPS.<\/p>\n He said he then questioned if the investigation could be handled fairly.<\/p>\n Conley also said he spent weeks trying to get updates and answers from officials but said he was repeatedly met with silence.<\/p>\n READ: \u2018Unacceptable\u2019: Jacksonville medical examiner leader reinstated after Trump death social post<\/a><\/p>\n He said that the lack of communication only added to his frustration as he tried to understand how the investigation was moving forward.<\/p>\n Conley said he also began reviewing the official report and believes there are inconsistencies in what was documented compared to what was observed at the scene.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s obvious that mine are not digging. How is it my fault? How is it my dog went in their yard?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n City leaders say they found no undue influence in the investigation and stand by the original findings.<\/p>\n Conley\u2019s neighbor responded to our request for comment, saying that her shepherds are emotional support animals, and that she has insisted on paying half of Kobe\u2019s vet bills.<\/p>\n Conley, though, said the impact of the attack has gone far beyond paperwork and investigations.<\/p>\n [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>] <\/p>\n He said Kobe can no longer do simple things he once enjoyed, and the home had to be modified to accommodate his recovery.<\/p>\n \u201cI will never walk my dog again. I will never be able to play fetch with my dog again. All the things that we\u2019ve done with my dog is done.\u201d<\/p>\n Conley is now calling for accountability, saying he wants to ensure no other family goes through a similar situation.<\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here<\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here<\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Jacksonville family is questioning how Animal Care and Protective Services handled a case after their dog was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188381,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[24237,1827,761,116,118,117,104802,24238],"class_list":["post-234940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-animal-care","tag-dog","tag-free-action-news-jax","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-jerry-conley","tag-protective-services"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234940\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}