The fate of the dog that bit off a 4-year-old Layton boy’s hand has yet to be determined, but an online petition to save the animal’s life has gathered more than 85,000 signatures as of Wednesday morning.
On Sunday afternoon, the boy — who had a sock over his hand — reached under a solid, vinyl fence into the neighbors' yard. One of two huskies there bit the boy's arm with enough force to sever the arm above the wrist.
Jessica Nusz, who described herself as a “best friend” of the owner of the dogs, Polar and Bear, wrote that Bear “was playing with what he thought was a toy” and “didn’t see that there was a child on the other side of the fence” when he “bit down too hard.