Aggressive dogs tear up car to get to cat, causing $3,000 in damage
Video shows the neighbor’s cat jump behind the car's engine shortly before the dogs begin clawing their way into the vehicle. A Florida neighborhood is on alert after two dogs were caught on video clawing their way into a car to reach a cat hiding behind its engine. The damage, estimated at up to $3,000, was caused by aggressive behavior from the dogs, which caused the car to be towed away. Christie Barr, who has lived in the area for 35 years, found the damage after calling the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office and reviewing security video. The dogs managed to reach the cat, which survived. Neighbors are unsure about the dogs' whereabouts and are concerned for their safety.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (WFOX/WJAX) - A Florida neighborhood is on alert after two dogs were caught on video clawing their way into a car to get to a cat hiding behind its engine.
Christie Barr woke up Sunday morning to find extensive damage, estimated at up to $3,000, had been done to her car in the driveway. The insurance company towed it away.
“I thought somebody had maybe taken a BB gun and shot my car,” she said.
It wasn’t until Barr called the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office and investigators went through security video that she found out the damage wasn’t caused by a person but two dogs.
“If they can do that to metal on a car, they’d tear a human being up,” Barr said.
Video taken around 3 a.m. shows the neighbor’s cat jump behind the engine of Barr’s car shortly before the dogs go after her, clawing their way into the vehicle. They tore up the front bumper, front fender and two tires.
Still, the dogs never managed to reach the cat, which Barr says survived.
“There’s no doubt in my mind if they’d gotten that cat, she wouldn’t be here today,” she said.
Barr adds she wouldn’t believe what happened to her car if weren’t for the security camera footage.
“No one believed it was dogs until after they saw the video,” she said.
Neighbors don’t know where the dogs belong nor where they are now, and they are concerned for their safety. Barr, who has lived in the area for 35 years, says she reached out to animal control, but no one has responded so far.
Meanwhile, she has this message for pet owners: “You need to take care of them. Don’t let them be out running the streets during the middle of the night.”