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Santa Fe Woman Loses Thumb in Pit Bull Attack After Defending Her Pet

The dog has been seized under a prosecutor-led investigation.

Overview

  • Minutes before midday Thursday, a pit bull attacked another dog on José Cibills 5100 in northern Santa Fe.
  • The second dog's owner intervened and suffered an amputation of the left thumb phalanx, confirmed at Hospital Iturraspe.
  • Due to the complexity of the injury, the woman was transferred to Hospital Cullen for specialized care.
  • Police, acting on orders from the Fiscalía, identified a man and a woman as the dog's owners, who were not detained.
  • The animal was seized and placed under safekeeping as the case proceeds, following a separate child mauling reported the previous day in the city.