A seven-year-old boy went out to play outside his RV on a property shared with a neighbor who had four dogs.
The Idaho boy was killed by the dogs on January 21 in a brutal bloody attack which injured his mother, who tried to save him.
A statement was released by the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes because the child and his mother were living on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation.
Officers from the Fort Hall Police Department responded to a 911 call about a young boy who had been viciously attacked by four dogs and was unresponsive.
The child was identified as Kellan Islas, 7. He and his mother, Emily Islas, 39, were brought to Portneuf Medical Center. The boy was severely injured and was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Kellan left the RV on Saturday evening to play, and after a short while, his mother went out to check on him.
She was shocked to find her son on the floor of the neighbors’ front porch, being attacked by the dogs. She tried to fight off the dogs but the four wild canines overwhelmed her. She put her body on top of her son’s body to shield him, but the dogs attacked her.
The dogs included two Rottweilers and two mixed-breed. When the police arrived, they shot all of the dogs, in compliance with the local animal control ordinance.
The dog owners were cited for 15 violations of the animal ordinance of the tribe, including not vaccinating the animals for rabies, vicious animal attack, and being over the allowed number of feline and canine pets.
Emily Islas suffered nerve damage and a ruptured artery in her right arm, as well as other injuries, and was in critical condition.
The dog owners, Benjamin and Juliana Wolfchild, could face federal charges. They were not at home at the time of the attack.