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Kaylee and Jenna Mears continue their recovery after a vicious dog attack on May 5, 2016 in the town of Vegreville, about 100 kilometres east of Edmonton. Last week, a judge ordered the dog to be destroyed.
“It was definitely a sense of relief that this dog was now deemed dangerous,” mother of twin girls Holly Mears said Saturday when asked what her first reaction to the decision was.
“They’re both doing very well,” Mears said of her daughters Saturday. “There’s some emotional problems yet and still some healing with the physical but all in all, kids are amazingly resilient and they’re doing tremendously well.”
A peace officer said the dog was captured by RCMP officers and put into quarantine before being returned to its owners in Edmonton.
On June 15, a judge ordered the dog to undergo a behavioural assessment by an independent dog handler.
The owners of the dog, Terry and Pattie Kisilevich, were charged under the Dangerous Dogs Act.
Mears said at a hearing that took place on Tuesday, a judge ruled the dog – named Jake – was dangerous and was to be put down within seven days.
According to Mears, the dog’s owners’ lawyer said the couple planned to appeal the decision but it wasn’t clear whether an appeal was even possible.
Agencies/Canadajournal
