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in si de ha lto n. co m O ak vi lle B ea ve r | T hu rs da y, M ay 16 ,2 01 9 | 6 380 Sherin Drive, Oakville, Ontario 905.847.1413 www.vistamere.ca Retirement Living At Its Best Discover Your Choices Call today for your personal tour. We'd love to have you join us! • Large, Beautiful Patio Suites • Daily Maid & Laundry Services • Worry Free Lifestyle in a Community Setting • 3 Meals A Day & Planned Activities An Oakville woman wants desperately to find the owners of two large, white huskies whom she claims left her badly in- jured after a dog attack on a local trail. On Sunday, May 5 at around 12:48 p.m., the wom- an, who is in her mid-40s, was walking her dog along a trail in the area of Sum- mer Heights Trail and Kingsgrove Place when she passed a man and a woman who were walking two Hus- kies. The victim, who has asked not to be identified, said that while both Hus- kies were on leashes the owners were only holding onto one of these leashes. As a result, the dog that was free attacked her Shih Poo, Max. When the victim tried to break up the fight, she says, she lost her footing and fell into a nearby ra- vine. The woman let go of her dog's leash as she fell. She quickly realized she was injured and could not get up and called on the owners of the Huskies to get her dog and call 911. "The man said, 'Let's get out of here.' That breaks my heart because I never imagined people could be so cruel. They took off," said the woman. "I started yelling, 'help', 'help' hoping someone would hear me." The victim soon remem- bered she had her cell- phone in her pocket and called 911. She was also able to flag down two young girls who were riding their bikes in the area. The children stopped and one girl said she would get her mother. The girls' mothers soon arrived and helped direct first responders to the woman. The Oakville Fire De- partment, Halton police and Halton EMS attended the scene. The victim was evacuat- ed from the area and taken to Oakville Trafalgar Me- morial Hospital. A good Samaritan was able to locate the woman's dog, which had actually found his way back home. He was uninjured. "He crossed three roads and made his way right back to my front porch," said the woman. "They checked him out and he looked fine. This nice family told me, 'Don't worry we'll keep him until you figure things out.'" The woman was diag- nosed with a fractured pel- vic socket. She has since been re- leased from hospital but will returned in a few days to determine if surgery is needed to repair her injury. Even if surgery is not re- quired, she said much of her summer will be spent recovering. "For somebody who is very active in the fitness centre, loves gardening and being active in the summer this is so disheart- ening," she said. While the woman is deeply thankful to the peo- ple who came to her aid, calling them 'angels on Earth' she is deeply dis- turbed by the actions of the Husky owners. "This woman looked me in the eye...and then left me there," she said. "I asked her to call 911 and she left." Halton police say they are not investigating this incident. The victim says she has filed a complaint with the Oakville & Milton Humane Society. "I want to find them be- cause they need to take re- sponsibility. They need to make sure this never hap- pens again," said the vic- tim. "I was lucky. The para- medics said, 'Look at all the rocks here. You could have hit your head.' Sure, I'm badly injured but it could have been so much worse." WOMAN TAKEN TO HOSPITAL FOLLOWING DOG ATTACK ON OAKVILLE TRAIL DAVID LEA dlea@metroland.com NEWS POLICE SAID OWNERS OF DOGS RAN AWAY, LEAVING VICTIM BEHIND