WHITLEY COUNY, Ky. (LEX 18). — A toddler was seriously injured in a dog attack Monday morning in southern Kentucky. Now, the search is on for all the dogs that may have been involved.
Whitley County authorities said they first got word around 9:30 Monday morning. They say a pack of dogs was running loose around Johnny Hollow Road, near Whitley North Elementary School when at least one of them attacked a 2-year-old. That child had to be airlifted to the University of Tennessee Medical Center. From there, the search began.
"An alert was sent out via the alert system in the county, Facebook notification was made, fire department was activated and they started patrolling the area looking for dogs," said Jerry Rains, director of Whitley County Emergency Management.
Over the course of the day, searchers found four dogs running loose in the area.
"There's one more that we know of that was in that pack that we're trying to capture right now," Rains said.
Rains said one of the dogs bit him.
"I got bit three times, went to the doctor, got a tetanus shot, and I'm on the mend," he said.
Monday evening, there was no information available on the condition of the child. Rains said to report any aggressive dogs in the area to 911.
