Every time Dahlia Hoo sees the scars on her nine-year-old son's body she relives the trauma when he was attacked by her neighbour's mixed-breed dog.Her son Aiko was mauled last year by the same dog that attacked four-year-old Ezekiel Renne Cambridge on Tuesday night near his Block Five, Palmiste, home.Ezekiel, who was attacked by two dogs, remains in critical condition at the Intensive Care Unit of San Fernando General Hospital.In a telephone interview yesterday, Jamaican-born Hoo, who lives at Cinamon Court, a few houses from the dogs' owner Vidya Emrith, said her son spent five days at the San Fernando hospital."He was bitten on his legs, chest, back and neck...The doctors were concerned that the dog's teeth had cut his jugular, but it didn't," she said.Her son had gone to play with his friend when he was attacked on the street.
Despite Emrith's assurance that the dog would be properly secured, she said the animal continued to roam freely. Hoo and her husband, Raymond, also Jamaican-born, are calling on the police to intervene and ensure that the both dogs are euthanised."The police told us they could not get the dog put down because it was the first incident (attack)," Raymond said."I want to know if the police are waiting until someone is killed before they do something. The dog has already got blood. It is a bad and crazy dog." Raymond said it was not enough that Emrith had sent the dogs away because they were dangerous and could attack another person.Residents have spoken about signing a petition to have the dogs killed.