Overview
- Police say a man reported a dog attacked him at Houghton’s Pond in Milton and that he then stabbed the animal.
- Massachusetts State Police, Milton police and Milton Animal Control responded to the scene on Blue Hill River Road and opened an investigation.
- State police said the dog was off leash in an area posted with signs that require dogs to be leashed.
- Police said both the man and the dog are expected to be OK, with the animal treated at a nearby veterinary clinic.
- Residents voiced safety concerns about off-leash dogs and about someone carrying a knife in a family park, renewing calls for stricter leash enforcement in the Blue Hills Reservation.