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Autopsy results suggest aggressive dogs killed an animal rescuer visiting a Manitoba community to pick up puppies from a home earlier in July, the First Nation says.
A post-mortem examination showed injuries suffered by the 37-year-old woman were consistent with a dog attack, the Tuesday news release from Sandy Bay Ojibway First Nation said.
“We extend our condolences to [her] family and loved ones,” the release states.
CBC News is not naming the woman at this time out of respect for her family’s wishes.
She was found dead on July 17 after an extensive search by Manitoba First Nations Police Service officers in Sandy Bay. The community is located on the western shore of Lake Manitoba, about 70 kilometres northwest of Portage la Prairie.
The woman travelled to Sandy Bay on July 16 on behalf of K9 Advocacy Manitoba to pick up several puppies from the home of someone who lives in the community.
The woman visited the home alone when the homeowner wasn’t there, the news release said, and it’s suspected she encountered the occupant’s “protective and aggressive” dogs.
A friend of the woman was worried about her and called police shortly before 1 a.m. on July 17.
A ground and aerial search ensued, and the woman’s body was found by a community maintenance worker outside the home later that morning.
Sandy Bay Ojibway First Nation band ordered that two male dogs be destroyed, while K9 Advocacy Manitoba rescued a female dog and several puppies, the news release says.
