Service dog attacked by pit bulls

Now to that horrific pit bull attack on the Upper West Side. Another dog fighting for its life

tonight following that violent incident. Fox 5 Meredith Gorman spoke with the owner of that dog

She joins us in the newsroom right now with more on this. And Meredith, that video is frightening. Arthur, it's a very scary and sad situation going on and some of the images you'll see ahead

might be disturbing. She is still really, really hurting. A dog is fighting for her life Sunday

night after the owners say this disturbing attack occurred on the Upper West Side and was caught on

camera. Penny, a 10-year-old chihuahua mixed who is a service dog, was on an evening walk on Saturday

night with one of her owners when they tell Fox 5 they encountered these two people with pit bulls

What you're looking at is video obtained by Penny's owners. They say the pit bulls unprovoked

attacked Penny. We are not showing the entire incident due to its graphic nature

As we passed these dogs, I think the woman from behind let go of one of the dogs and the

man turned around and led his other dog onto Penny and they started attacking

They picked her up from both sides like together as a team It seemed like they were led on to her and he did nothing to try to stop them

Once they were able to free her from the pit bull's jaws, Penny's owners say they rushed her to the animal hospital

It's still very much on the edge right now. I mean, it's a miracle that she survived it up to this point

she suffered substantial trauma and is injured all over her body. Now they hope and wait to see if she'll survive

Her owners tell me they've filed an animal bite report with the police

and they're now organizing complaints and are concerned other dogs in the neighborhood have gotten into incidents

with these dangerous dogs. Unfortunately, dogs are considered property. and because dogs are property, they're not subject to criminal prosecution

City Council member Gail Brewer says she's considering legislation. I've also gotten a lot of complaints about a similar situation in Central Park

different persons, same problem, and nobody is doing anything about it. Penny's owners tell me they're doing all they can to identify the owners of these pit bulls

who they say fled the scene. They're also asking the community to come forward with any information they may have

including any similar experiences for pet owners around the neighborhood. Arthur. Thank you very much, Meredith