This photo is from the flyer that police are circulating to locate owner of animal involved in brutal attack.
A driver for Meals on Wheels was delivering food on Long Swamp Road around 11 a.m. Thursday, when police said the driver was nipped by the dog, which police identified as a pit bull.
An 89-year-old woman, who was receiving the meal, helped the person back but then she was attacked by the dog. The worst of the damage was to her hands, where her bone is exposed.
"Severe hand bite, almost to near amputation," said Plainville Police Corporal Patrick Buden.
The woman was rushed to the hospital and remains in intensive care. Police said they have never seen a dog attack this brutal ever.
"It was until I went into the house and saw the victim and saw what the dog did to her hand, I was totally shocked. I've never seen anything like this in my life," said Plainville's Animal Control Officer Gabby Paciotti.
The dog, which police said was 10 pounds under weight, was too aggressive and had to be euthanized at a local vet.
Investigators believe that people often abandon their animals in the area of Long Swamp Road. It is an area where illegal dumping is happening all too often.
There was garbage in the area, and even a sofa on the side of the road. Animals are also being left there.
"I think a lot of people dump dogs because they can't afford them anymore or just no longer want them," Paciotti said.
She said she believes the 2-year-old pit bill was dumped in the area, which lies on the Plainville and New Britain town line.
"It kind of looked skinny and like it wasn't cared for for some time," Paciotti said.
Police continue to search for the owner of the dog. They have posted flyers in Plainville and New Britain. Anyone with any information on where the dog may have come from should contact Plainville police at (860)747-1616.
For those who can no longer keep a pet should drop it off at a local humane society or to a rescue agency.
He has been 'put down'.
Why are they afraid to simply state that he was killed? Who are they trying to protect with this type of word use? Who are they trying to protect by not showing the damage to the hands, as they didn't have to show her face. Real words and images would change the story and perhaps that isn't to their liking?