Toronto man sues neighbour, animal group after his dog was allegedly killed by pit bull
TORONTO — Jon Dunnill wants justice for April, his 12-year-old Havanese dog that was killed by a neighbour’s dog that he says was a pit bull — a breed banned in Ontario.
April died inside Dunnill’s downtown condominium on April 19, 2016.
His sister-in-law, Adelina Amaral, was standing in the hallway when another dog jumped at her, Dunnill said. As Amaral rushed to get inside the apartment, so did the male dog named Brownie, which belonged to a neighbour two doors down the hall, he said.
“I thought the intruding dog was simply going to sniff April, but before I knew it the pit bull had April in her jaws, head high, and proceeded to violently shake April side to side like a rag doll,” he said. “I heard an awful scream come from April.”