Three year old Mike Morgan of Bridgeport
was bitten on the leg by the stray dog
Tuesday that same day,
the dog bit Bridgeport City Police
Sergeant Jack Everett also.
But before the dog's head could be sent
to Austin for examination, the dog
died and the city dog catcher burned.
In Bridgeport, Police Chief Valdon
Hudson knew the dog was wild and he knew
two people had been bitten.
So we went to Bridgeport City Hall to
find out why the dog was burned
when the chief arrived.
We thought we might get some answers, but
he wasn't going to talk with us on
camera.
You can tell by the
fact that I can't
talk with this at all about the case of
the dog in the trial behind
closed doors and without our
action news cameras, Chief Hudson told
us this entire story has been blown
far out of proportion.
He admits that no one knew the medical
history of the dog.
And he argues that the city dog catcher
looked at the dead animal and concluded
no rabies.
There have been twenty seven confirmed
cases of rabies this year.
In Wise County alone, the parents
of the child bitten aren't taking any
chances.
No one knows that the dog did
indeed have rabies.
But according to doctors here in Wise
County, because no one knows the
true medical history of the animal,
rabies shots must begin immediately
on anyone who was bitten by the animal.
So for now, young Mike Morgan
has almost two dozen rabies
vaccinations coming.
And the Bridgeport City police officer
who was bitten by the same animal
is leaving his case to fate,
hoping he doesn't have this dreaded disease.