Three Great Danes have been euthanized in El Paso County after being blamed for , authorities say.
Natalie Sosa, spokeswoman for the county sheriff’s office, confirmed to The Denver Post on Tuesday that the dogs were put down by animal control.
Three of the children attacked needed surgery.
The sheriff’s office issued a summons to the owner of the Great Danes. The man, whose name hasn’t been released, faces a misdemeanor charge of unlawful ownership of a dangerous dog.
The dogs attacked the children in Rush, a small town east of Colorado Springs, when a woman brought her five children with her to look at the dogs that belong to her boss.
When she came out, she heard screaming and found that four of her children had been mauled by three of the dogs, authorities say.
One of the children had been bitten around the head and torso, and possibly on their extremities.
Jesse Paul: 303-954-1733, jpaul@denverpost.com or @JesseAPaul
