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Six-Year-Old Girl Stable After Pit Bull Attack in Rosario

Doctors report a stable course with a likely near-term discharge.

Overview

  • The child, who was visiting a neighbor in Rosario’s north, was bitten Tuesday at a home on San Cayetano al 1400 and was rushed by car to the city’s pediatric hospital.
  • Witnesses intervened to free her, and one person struck the dog on the head to make it release her.
  • She remains under observation at Hospital de Niños Zona Norte, and relatives say she received stitches and could go home soon.
  • Police detained the dog’s owner in a preliminary case for injuries from a dog bite, and the city’s animal rescue brigade took the pit bull for veterinary evaluation.
  • The grandmother said the families often visited and described using a rope to free the child, a detail carried by local media but not included in official summaries.