Overview
- On Friday a 2-year-old girl was mauled by two family-owned Dogo Argentino at her uncle’s home in Córdoba city; she suffered cardiac arrest during transfer, was reanimated, taken to surgery and died from uncontrollable bleeding.
- Hours later a 2-year-old boy in Alta Gracia was killed by a pitbull inside a house; police captured the dog and the owner was detained as prosecutors opened a homicide inquiry.
- Medical teams reported that both victims arrived in critical condition, emergency resuscitation and surgery could not stop massive hemorrhage in the Córdoba case, and hospitals and first responders required psychological support after the scenes.
- Local police and prosecutors have opened parallel investigations to establish how the attacks occurred and to assign responsibility while the animals remained linked to the households in question.
- The two deaths add to a string of at least 11 serious canine attacks in Córdoba this year and come as a high-profile 2023 Dogo trial nears sentencing, prompting calls for stricter enforcement of muzzles, short leashes, owner controls and liability measures.