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Santa Fe Pitbull Killing and Córdoba Mauling Trigger Police Probes

Investigators are treating the episodes as criminal matters with potential charges.

Overview

  • In Santa Fe’s barrio San José, police detained a 53-year-old man accused of fatally stabbing a neighbor’s pitbull during a dispute and also arrested his 47-year-old partner.
  • Officers seized a roughly 30-centimeter knife with a white handle that is alleged to have been used in the killing.
  • Prosecutors are preparing an imputation for animal mistreatment and cruelty for the main suspect, while his partner is implicated under Article 115 for aggression in a neighborhood conflict.
  • In Córdoba’s Parque República, a 76-year-old man suffered severe bites to his genitals, arms, legs, and face after two dogs escaped a neighbor’s property and remains hospitalized at Hospital Eva Perón.
  • Policía de Córdoba is investigating how the animals got out, with reports noting other recent dog attacks in the city, including an incident days earlier involving a 9-year-old boy in barrio Los Boulevares.