The owner of the dog who attacked and killed a deer at the Erie Zoo Monday morning is now facing charges.
Erie Zoo President Scott Mitchell said that staff members were making their rounds during the morning when they came upon a Husky-type dog standing over the deer in the Safari Land section of the zoo.
Zoo employees called animal control when the dog would not allow them to get close. Two more patrol officers were called to the scene, and that's when the dog was shot.
Mitchell says it's the first time in his 25 years it has happened.
Neighbors in the area say people let their dogs run free at J C Martin Gold Course next to the zoo almost on a daily basis.
Mitchell says strays dogs and dogs that run on the greens of the course have never been an issue in the past.
The dog was wearing tags, and the owner is facing charges of failure to control.
Mitchell said they are now looking into how the dog entered the area, so this does not happen again.
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