Stock image of an aggressive dog/Radio NL archives
The City of Kamloops has confirmed its Community Services Division is holding two dogs thought to be involved in an attack on a man in Valleyview last week that prompted warnings from three different organizations.
A notification from the City confirms the animals were seized at some point over the Labour Day long weekend.
While the City did not say where the animals and their owner were located, its likely they were found in the encampment they frequent along the South Thompson River in the Vicars Rd. and Kelly Douglas Rd. area.
“The City can confirm that, following continued efforts to locate the dogs involved in the September 2 incident and ongoing work with the victim, Community Services located and seized the dogs this past weekend,” said the City in a notification on its website.
The City has not elaborated on what may end up happening to the dogs, saying that it won’t be providing any further updates as it goes through “the appropriate process,” saying that it’s doing so as the “file remains active.”
It does confirm that the two dogs — described at the time by the City as ‘loose’ [unleashed] and ‘dark colored’ — are in the care and control of the Community Services Division of the City.
“This action was taken because of continued concerns for public safety if the dogs remained in the owner’s custody,” added the City in its statement.
Industrial area bordered by Kelly Douglas Rd. and Vicars Rd. where known encampments along the South Thompson River are known to be established/via Google Maps
The two dogs and their owner or owners became the subject of three separate public information releases were put out this past week after the victim — an employee at a business in the Kelly Douglas Rd. and Vicars Rd. area — came under attack while walking in the area at around noon on Wednesday, September 2nd.
The East Kamloops Business Improvement Association, which first put out information about the alleged attack on the following day, Thursday, September 3rd, in which the BIA described the dogs as an ongoing concern.
The City of Kamloops would later put out its own release to warn the public of the danger, while the Kamloops RCMP Detachment would also put out its own notification to the media about the incident.
The animals are said to have belonged to a couple who frequently stayed in the encampments which are dotted along the South Thompson River in the Valleyview area, with the man said to have been well known to local businesses in the area for his aggressive behavior.
It’s not clear if the City has intends to issue any fines or citations to the owner of the dogs, or whether there may be any RCMP involvement.
