After daughter attacked by dogs, Alberta mother calls on First Nation for regulations

The Alberta mother of a five-year-old who was attacked by dogs and says she wants First Nations communities to put regulations in place to prevent similar incidents from happening.

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The mother of a five-year-old girl is calling for regulations to be put in place by a First Nations community in Alberta after her daughter was attacked by dogs.

Ashley Jong says her daughter, Camila Hallett, was attacked on Oct. 14 and remains in hospital receiving treatment.

“I thought she was dying, I really thought she was dying. I thought she was dead,” she told Global News of the horrific attack.

Jong said the family was out in the front yard that day while they were cleaning up the home on Sucker Creek First Nation.

She said she briefly went indoors to use the washroom and had asked her 10-year-old daughter to keep an eye on Camila, who is autistic and nonverbal.

She said seven minutes later, when she returned outside, Camila was missing, setting off a scramble to find the young girl.

Jong and her 10-year-old went in separate directions to search. She told Global News that when her older daughter found Camila, there were three dogs “standing over her.”