SAN ANTONIO – A woman is recovering after being seriously injured in a dog attack Friday morning.
The attack happened around 10 a.m. near the 1700 block of Martinez Losoya Road.
According to the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office, a 49-year-old woman was attacked by a pit bull. The woman suffered multiple bites to the left side of her body and significant blood loss.
Witnesses told deputies the woman was being dragged during the attack.
She was transported to University Hospital, where she has since stabilized.
The dog’s owner left the scene with the animal before deputies arrived. Animal control officers later located both the dog and its owner.
The owner initially told the caller she had returned home and shot the dog, but investigators determined that claim was not true.
The owner was issued three citations, including dogs running free of restraint, failure to vaccinate for rabies, and a dangerous dog attack causing bodily injury.
Bexar County Animal Care Services took custody of the dog, which will undergo a mandatory 10-day quarantine.