- Volunteer attacked and killed by “rescue” dog.
Published by -NAWA News Feed- in -Animal Welfare- · Monday 21 Feb 2022
After volunteer in Florida is attacked and killed by “rescue” dog, rescue center says the dog “is good with certain people, she is not good with others,.......We are working on that.”
A longtime volunteer at an Oakland Park (FL) animal rescue was killed Thursday in a dog attack and another volunteer was injured, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said. Friends and family of Pam Robb, who volunteered for 100+ Abandoned dogs of Everglades Florida, described her as a dedicated woman who did whatever she could for others. “She just had a love for those animals, she really did and they responded very well to her and this was just a fluke accident,” her wife, Angie Anobile, told reporters Thursday night. “She wasn’t just doing, she was being Pam Robb. A wonderful, wonderful, giving person.”
At 10:54 a.m. Thursday, deputies got a call reporting an animal bite at 345 E. Commercial Blvd., the Broward County Sheriff’s Office said in an email. According to investigators, Robb was with a large mixed-breed dog when it suddenly bit her. A second woman tried to help her and suffered minor injuries.
On Friday, BSO confirmed that the woman who died was Robb and the woman injured was Jan Halas-Stenger. BSO also said the dog’s name was Gladys. The rescue chronicled Gladys’ arrival and progress in a series of videos and posts on its website. “Slow and steady.. we have no idea what this poor girl is seen in her past, but it [has] definitely traumatized her and made her rehab difficult, but we are pressing on..” the organization said in a video posted Feb. 14. “Trying to teach her to be confident, and not to be afraid.”
In a Feb. 5 video, a rescuer explained that Gladys was found deep in the Everglades near alligator-infested waters. “She is good with certain people, she is not good with others,” the woman says. “We are working on that. We are also working on her fear. She has got tremendous, tremendous fear. ...We are trying to manage it.” READ MORE