Animal control officers have notified the owners of the dogs that attacked a 56-year-old healthcare worker in Plainfield, Connecticut on Wednesday morning that they plan to euthanize the animals, according to police.
Lynne Denning, 56, of Canterbury, was viciously attacked by two to four dogs at 379 Putnam Road, in the Wauregan Village, of Plainfield at 11 a.m. as she was caring for an elderly patient, according to police.
She suffered wounds to her face, chest, arms and legs and was in critical condition after the attack, but has been upgraded to fair condition.
Five Rottweilers and a Labrador that were in the Putnam Road home at the time of the attack have been quarantined at the Plainfield Animal Shelter.
Police said on Friday that they have notified the owners of the dogs and the victim's family of the intentions to euthanize all six dogs and the dogs' owners have until Dec. 19 day to put the dogs down or give permission to animal control to do so.
“The Denning family is very grateful for the overwhelming and heart-felt care and concern that their friends, neighbors, and others, have expressed for the, and they greatly appreciate the efforts of those who have offered assistance," the law office of Richard S. Cody in Mystic representing the family said in a statement. "At the present time, the family has its singular and immediate concern for Lynne, and the family is devoting all of its energies to Lynne’s medical care. The family members and close friends will not be making statements at this time, and they appreciate the understanding from their friends, family, and the community, of their inability at the present time to answer phone calls or call people back. They ask that you keep Lynne in your hopes and in your prayers."
The owners can also request a hearing before the state Department of Agriculture to request that the dogs not be euthanized.
"I was just in shock. I think all of us were in shock for a very long time," Brittany Allen, who owns one of the Rottweilers, said earlier this week.
Cody said that, according to the state Department of Agriculture, there's been "no appeal from the owner of the dogs to avoid their euthanasia as being pushed for by the Plainfield Police Department has been received by state officials at this time."
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The Plainfield Police Department and the Plainfield Animal Control are investigating and authorities said they have been called to the home at least four or five times in the past couple of years because dogs were fighting or roaming, police said.
A GoFundMe page has been set up to help pay for Denning's medical bills. So far. $2,660 has been donated.
