A 5-year-old Spalding County girl remained hospitalized Friday after being attacked by her family’s dog earlier in the week.
Environmental health officials told authorities Friday that the animal involved in the attack tested negative for rabies, Capt. Dwayne Jones with Griffin police said.
Lilly Goodson was flown Wednesday afternoon to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston, where she is being treated for severe facial trauma after being attacked in the fenced-in backyard of her Ruth Street home, he said.
Police and animal control officials identified the dog as a pit bull. The dog was latched onto the child’s face when the officer arrived, Jones previously told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The child’s grandmother Kathy Goodson was trying to pull the dog off the girl, and the officer was forced to shoot the dog to prevent further injuries to the child, Jones said.
The dog’s remains were taken to the Spalding County Animal Shelter to be tested for rabies, he said.
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