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Sandra Yi and Andrew Adams ReportingRobyn Hancock: "I don't know what would happen if they got hold of a kid. They were out for anything."
Two pitbulls attacked several animals in a North Ogden neighborhood and they're likely still on the loose. People spotted the dogs roaming their neighborhood yesterday. The dogs killed a cat and attacked a family pet.
Police say, there are no reports of the dogs hurting any people and they hope to find them before that can happen.
Robyn Hancock, Dog Owner: "I think if nobody would have been out here to stop it, they surely would have killed her."
A four-year old terrier is still wagging her tail, even after she was viciously attacked by a pitbull. Owner Robyn Hancock saw it happen.
Robyn Hancock: "It was just very scary. It had her down on the ground, and its teeth were in her stomach and just shaking its head."
The dog let go of its fierce grip only when Hancock threw a rock at it.
Robyn Hancock: "The dog that had my dog down, after I picked my dog up and started coming to my home, followed me home the whole way and he was growling and trying to get back at my dog again."
Hancock says the dog and its canine companion then set their sights on a horse and began to attack it next.
Robyn Hancock: "They had it running and then the horse stopped, and they were going at the horse's legs."
She says, when the horse began kicking, the dogs ran into a nearby shed and killed a kitten. By the time police arrived the dogs were gone. Several officers searched for hours and even cornered one pitbull in a field, but it got away.
That has neighbors concerned.
Becky Tesch: "It scares me cause I have twin boys that are one and a half, and obviously, if a dog that big was to come up to them, he could probably kill them if he was to attack them."
That's why police are desperately trying to find the dogs and their owner.
Chief Polo Afuvai, North Ogden Police Dept.: "We don't want them to be hurting anybody else or any animals in the area."
But Hank Greenwood says, there's a difference between animal aggression and human aggression.
Hank Greenwood, Dog Owner: "If they were the same, then all your hunting dogs would be potentially dangerous animals."
He also wants to debunk the stereotype that pit bulls are inherently dangerous to humans. He says they're trained to be that way. He owns a champion American Pit Bull Terrier, one of 2 dozen breeds considered to be a pit bull.
Hank Greenwood: "These dogs or any dog is only as dangerous as their owner allows them to be."
Hancock's dog has puncture wounds in its stomach and hind legs. She says the owner needs to be held accountable.
Robyn Hancock: "I think that if you're going to have those kinds of dogs, you have to have a facility where they're not going to get out and escape."
Hancock hopes the dogs will be put to sleep.
Police say they may know who the dogs' owner is and that person could face charges. They say, if you see the dogs, don't approach them and call police.
