By Marcy Axness, TME

Last week we reported that on Friday morning, Jan. 3, a Frazier Park woman was badly bitten by what she believes to be a wolf or wolf hybrid dog owned by her neighbor.

We learned that the bite victim is Belinda Woerter. Her daughter Sara, coincidentally, is an animal welfare officer in Oklahoma (and, full disclosure, was an intern for The Mountain Enterprise as a high-school student).

After firing off an email to Kern County Animal Services, Sara Woerter flew home to help her mother, who was hospitalized for three days. She needed surgery, with 14 staples, will require physical therapy and…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

Photo captions:

Eric Futrell’s ‘Daisy’

Right: The stitches and drains the dog Karma required; Below: Belinda Woerter’s injuries required surgery and 14 staples to close. She was diagnosed with PTSD six days later.

Above and right: These photos of Daisy—which bite victim Belinda Woerter believes is a wolf dog hybrid—were taken five days before Daisy attacked Woerter and her dogs. Woerter says that before the attack, Daisy was pacing back and forth, “stalking us.”

Daisy on December 29, roaming freely in the neighborhood

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