Chihuahua attacks girl in Austin

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AUSTIN, Texas - The Housing Authority of the City of Austin (HACA) is evicting a tenant after their pit bull attacked a four-year-old girl. "She’s just a good little girl. She likes animals even though she was viciously attacked," said Makeba Lafleur-Davis, Sahirah’s grandmother. On May 20, four-year-old Sahirah was attacked by a pit bull mix at the Meadowbrook Apartments in South Austin. She now has to wear a bandage over her face as her wounds heal. "The bite went through her cheek, so there are stitches inside of her mouth as well," said Lafleur-Davis. Lafleur-Davis says Sahirah was playing outside under the watch of her mother when a woman walked by with a dog on a leash. Sahirah’s mother says her daughter loves dogs, so she asked if the dog was friendly and if Sahirah could pet it. The woman walking the dog said yes, and then the four-year-old continued to play. When Sahirah went back to the dog a second time, the dog attacked her, and the owner released the leash.

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