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NAHANT, Mass. (WBZ NewsRadio) — Tucker, the dog whose fate was in the hands of Nahant's dog officer, will not be euthanized following a dangerousness hearing.
A Nahant woman was calling for Tucker, the two-year-old golden retriever, to be extradited back to Massachusetts to be euthanized after she says the dog attacked her. Emily Spinucci, of Nahant, said she was trying to help her neighbor, David Horrigan, get his dog back after it got loose when it happened.
She spotted Tucker squatting to do his "business" and she grabbed him by the collar. That's when she says he bit her over a dozen times resulting in her going to the hospital for treatment.
Nahant's dog officer said evidence shows that the dog did attack the woman and was not just acting in self defense from being in a vulnerable state when she caught him.
While Tucker is now considered a dangerous dog, he will not be sent back to Massachusetts to be euthanized. Horrigan sent the dog back to its breeder in Atlanta after the attack.
Nahant said the town has no authority to order him back to Massachusetts, but if he ever does return to Nahant, the owners must abide by the rules outlined in the decision, which include keeping him muzzled and behind a fence as well as several other orders.
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