An Indianapolis woman wants answers after a dog bit her in August by her home on Indy's West side.
Shelli Givens was transported to the hospital for her injuries, but nearly 6-months later she says she still hasn't received any help.
"Before I knew it like he just dashed over to me and just clamped down on my leg," she said."He was dragging me down the road basically. Everything I had in my pockets in my hands was all the way down the road. I have never felt that kind of power, it was crazy. It was very unprovoked.""I feel like my hospital bills should be paid. My ambulance bills that are coming every other day," Givens said.
"I thought that a police officer or animal control would come take a report so they could come get the dog," she said."I never heard a word from it, ever."IMPD told WRTV it was a animal control case and couldn't provide any information."The case involving Michelle Givens is still pending litigation and the city does not make comments on cases that are pending litigation.
Though the man said the dog, named Mike, wasn't his he texted Givens that he was one of the dogs owners and asked who could come pick him up.As for the dog lead on his front porch he tells WRTV,"It's been there."If you are bitten by a dog, the Cleveland clinic says:
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