Pit bull attacks toddlers mom in Memphis

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June 16, 2008

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Memphis, TN - Authorities said that a Midtown Memphis mom, Joanna Foster, was bitten while protecting her toddler from the pit bull on February 9.

According to the police report, Joanna Foster, her husband, daughter, and her dog, a German Shepherd, Bella, were walking in their Central Gardens neighborhood on February 9. When Mrs. Foster saw the pit bull was coming to attack her daughter, she veered her daughter’s stroller out of the pit bull's path.

The pit bull then clamped its jaws onto Foster’s left calf, tearing away a piece of flesh. At that point, Foster’s German Shepherd Bella jumped on the pit bull and saved them all.

Mrs. Foster was taken to hospital. She needed three stitches to cover the wound.

Memphis Animal Services removed the pit bull that attacked Foster from its owner’s home. Workers also took the owner's two other pit bulls.

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