CALIFORNIA BRIEFING / BELL GARDENS
An animal control officer lost half of her thumb Thursday when she was attacked by a pit bull.
Officer Martha Muro, 26, remained hospitalized Thursday evening.
Doctors were evaluating whether a recovered portion of the thumb could be reattached, said Capt. Aaron Reyes of the Southeast Area Animal Control Authority.
Muro was making a follow-up visit to a house on Live Oak Street when two dogs escaped and broke through a hole in a front gate and a male pit bull attacked.
-- Rich Connell
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