BY ROSE ADAMS
The off-leash hours at Fort
Greene Park typically draw
dozens of tail-wagging pups
who play as their owners exchange
niceties — but on Saturday,
the park’s neighborly
ambiance disappeared when
one dog owner knifed a pooch
seemingly out of nowhere,
according to several eyewitnesses.
“I was telling a bunch of people,
this is the craziest thing
that happened,” said Clinton
Hill resident Noah Harlan,
who was walking his dog at the
time of the attack. “It was a dog
stabbing.”
Bandit, a 3-year-old Great
Dane and Bernese Mountain
Dog mix, was trotting around
the park with his owner just
before 9 am when they came
across a couple and their medium
sized Basenji, according
to Bandit’s owner, who asked
to remain anonymous citing
fear of reprisal.
The Basenji’s owners, who
also frequent the park, had
asked that Bandit stay away
from their dog before. The two
have snarled at each other, but
they’ve never gotten violent,
Bandit’s owner said.
“They’ve never harmed
each other, but have growled
and postured and gotten territorial,”
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said the Clinton Hill
resident, who has walked Bandit
in the park with his fi ancé
since his pup was 12 weeks old.
“Bandit has never bitten or
harmed a dog or human.”
Bandit’s owner motioned
to the couple that he would restrain
Bandit, he said. But as
he approached Bandit, who
was nearing the couple and
their Basenji, the Basenji’s
male owner allegedly took out
an object and stuck it into Bandit’s
side, according to Bandit’s
owner and three other witnesses.
“There was no tussle between
the dogs when he bent
down and stabbed Bandit in
the side.” Bandit’s owner said.
“It was not in self defense at
all. It was not provoked … That
guy could have removed his
dog and walked away.”
Bandit’s owner grabbed the
arm of the man, who yelled,
“I’m going fo f—ing kill your
dog,” while blood spouted from
a wound on the side of Bandit’s
chest, two witnesses said.
“It was crazy,” said Rachel
Poston, who was walking her
black Labrador mix when the
stabbing occurred. “I walked
over, and Bandit’s owner had
his hand over his chest, and
there was a ton of blood coming
out.”
A man (above) walking his dog allegedly stabbed a 3-year-old dog named
Bandit in Fort Greene Park. Noah Harlan
Poston and other dog owners
gathered around to help
Bandit’s owner cover the
wound by applying antiseptic
wipes and making a tourniquet
out of a plastic bag. Poston
called her husband to drive
Bandit to the animal hospital,
and others called the police
and fl agged down Parks Department
employees. Harlan,
meanwhile, snapped photos of
the couple as they quietly exited
the park.
Bandit was transported
to a pet hospital in Gowanus,
where an X-ray revealed that
the knife had not reached his
chest cavity. The pooch was allowed
to go home after seven
hours, but problems with his
health have persisted.
“We’ve been taking him
to the vet every day because
there’s a different incident
with his body,” said his owner.
Harlan added that he heard
that police have identifi ed the
Basenji’s female owner, but a
police spokesperson said that
no arrests have been made
and the investigation remains
ongoing. If convicted of animal
cruelty, the Basenji owner
could face a prison sentence of
up to two years.
‘I’M GOING TO KILL
YOUR F—ING DOG’
Dog stabbing shocks Fort Greene Park
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