In a Texas animal shelter where they were quarantined after biting another person, a mother-of-two was mauled to death by her pit bull dogs. Johana Villafane, 33, was attacked on Saturday morning by her two dogs at the O’Connor Animal Hospital in Irving. The male and female pit bulls were quarantined in the animal shelter so that they could be tested for rabies after biting somebody earlier this week.
Villafane was feeding the dogs and walking them in an exercise area outside when they attacked her. Staff at the animal shelter found Villafane lying on the ground severely injured. Shelter staff had tried to rescue Villafane but called police and paramedics when the dogs wouldn’t let anyone close to her.
Police said they were forced to fatally shoot the two dogs because their ‘continued aggression’ was preventing them from getting Villafane medical attention.
Villafane was rushed to hospital with severe injuries but she later died.
Police said the animal shelter had allowed Villafane to visit her two dogs while they were in quarantine.
The dogs had gotten loose earlier in the week and bitten someone else.
Detectives and the department’s animal services division is investigating Villafane’s death.
