SAN ANTONIO – A woman was hospitalized after she was attacked by three dogs while walking in a far West Side neighborhood, according to San Antonio police.
According to Animal Care Services, the bite happened just before 9 a.m. Wednesday in the 10000 block of Prescott Drive, which is not far from Marbach Road.
An ACS spokesperson told KSAT that a woman was walking in her neighborhood when the three dogs “knocked her down” and bit her in the upper body.
In an email to KSAT, SAPD said the woman drove herself to a nearby hospital before officers arrived.
Officers contacted the woman at the hospital, and police said her injuries appeared to be non-life-threatening.
ACS investigators identified and cited the owner of the three dogs with 10 criminal citations in connection with Wednesday’s attack.
According to the agency, the owner is facing four counts of failure to show proof of valid rabies vaccinations and microchips for each dog, three counts of failing to prevent a bite, and three additional counts for the dogs roaming off the owner’s property.
ACS investigators also learned that one of the owner’s dogs “was recently quarantined and legally reclaimed” following a previous dog bite in March.
The agency said the owner has since relinquished custody of the animals to ACS and could face additional charges.
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