Initial media about attacking are not always correct

The news just broke into the show I was watching with a BREAKING NEWS ALERT.  Two pit bulls are on the loose in San Jose after attacking a 20 month old baby and then the grandmother who tried to save the child.

Check this out...last night television shows were interrupted to alert viewers that two pit bulls that attacked were on the loose.  I thought it was strange when on the news today they kept calling it a dog attack as opposed to a pit bull attack.  Well that is because if you read down to the middle of the article its because they were boxer mixes..not pit bulls.

http://www.ktvu.com/news/14951082/detail.html

Grandmother, Toddler Mauled In San Jose Dog Attack


POSTED: 7:08 am PST December 31, 2007
UPDATED: 12:14 pm PST December 31, 2007


SAN JOSE, Calif. -- A toddler and her grandmother were hospitalized with mauling injuries after they were attacked by a dog while visiting a relative in San Jose.  Fire Capt Barry Stallard said San Jose dispatchers received calls reporting the attack at 7:23 p.m. Sunday.

Responding units found Elizabeth Cinco, 48, and Ana Leigh Cinco, 20-months, in a parking lot at the corner of Tully Road and Capitol Expressway. Apparently the dogs first attacked Ana Leigh and Elizabeth Cinco intervened, saving Ana Leigh's life, Stallard said. "The little girl was visiting with her grandmother (at her great aunt's home)," Stallard told KTVU. "We don't know exactly what happened…There were two dogs involved -- both were boxer mixes.

One of the dogs got excited and started barking… The dog attacked." Ana Leigh suffered injuries to her chin and lost her lower lip. Elizabeth Cinco had bites on her ear and neck, and chunks taken out of her right leg. Both were taken to Valley Medical Center. Elizabeth Cinco was released early Monday; the toddler was transferred to San Francisco General for further treatment.

The attack happened at a home at 3811 Quimby Road, Stallard said. After the attack Elizabeth Cinco tried to drive to the hospital, but due to the seriousness of her injuries had stopped in the parking lot. The dogs belonged to Elizabeth Cinco's sister. The dog that attacked the pair was to be euthanized Monday morning.