Hawaiʻi Island police and Animal Control are investigating a vicious dog attack involving multiple dogs that injured two men and critically injured an 85-year-old Puna woman on Saturday, August 14, 2021 in the Hawaiian Paradise Park subdivision on 12th Avenue.
The elderly woman was searching for her lost dog when two neighboring dogs attacked her. The two injured men, one 89 years old and the other 85 years old, tried to fend off the two dogs during the attack. The woman was bitten about the head, neck, and arms, receiving multiple puncture wounds and lacerations. She remains in critical condition.
The two men were bitten multiple times, and were treated for their injuries and released from the hospital while the two dogs were taken into custody and remain at a secured location in the custody of Animal Control. The dog owner is currently under investigation.
The property where the dogs came from has a partially fenced yard so the dogs were not secured, enabling them to leave. Prior to this incident authorities reported no history of previous reports or incidents involving the dogs being loose in the area where the attack occurred. It has not been determined at this time what provoked the dogs to attack the woman.
Police are asking anyone with information on this incident to call the police department’s non-emergency number at (808) 935-3311.