Pack of dogs attacks woman, damages police car in southwest San Antonio | San Antonio

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Michael Karlis

An Animal Welfare Service emergency vehicle is parked in front of the department’s headquarters on the western edge of town.

A pack of dogs attacked a woman and emergency vehicles Wednesday afternoon after escaping from a backyard in southwest San Antonio, according to police documents.

According to a preliminary report from San Antonio police, a 44-year-old woman was walking along West Southcross Boulevard near the intersection with Priscilla Street when “several dogs” ran out of the front yard of a home and bit her leg.

According to KSAT, the herd also attacked an Animal Care Services vehicle and ripped off the strobe light from a SAPD patrol car after city officers arrived on the scene.

City workers detained five dogs. But not all the animals were involved in the attack, ACS spokeswoman Lisa Norwood said. Current.

ACS issued tickets, but Norwood could not immediately say how many of his staff members had written about the attack.

A local business owner told KSAT that the dogs have been a problem in the area “for some time.” Norwood could not immediately confirm whether residents had previously filed complaints with ACS.

SAPD and ACS officials said the investigation is ongoing.

The attack came a week after ACS Interim Director Michael Shannon asked the City Council to approve a 13.6% budget increase for the troubled department in the upcoming budget cycle.

ACS received a 33 percent budget increase last year—the most of any city department. But Shannon revealed during the budget meeting that ACS has failed to meet key self-imposed goals and continues to respond to only 59 percent of critical calls.

According to Shannon’s presentation, the department failed to meet its spay and neuter quota, as well as its goals for the number of animals hauled away, the number of animals rescued and the number of adoptions.

This is an evolving story.

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