BRISTOL -- There were two adult pit bulls inside Kelly Andrade's Metacom Avenue home last Monday afternoon.
The smaller dog, a 60-pound female named Henny, jumped through a window screen and attacked two neighbors and a police officer, before being shot to death. Andrade was not home.
The larger canine, Tyson, a four-year-old male roughly twice Henny's size, desperately tried to follow the smaller dog through the window, according to witnesses. But he couldn't fit.
A three-member panel earlier in the week ruled that Tyson -- Andrade's only remaining adult dog -- is vicious for its part in last week's attack and a separate incident in which he bit two police officers during a raid on the house.
The panel will allow the dog to live, but only if Andrade follows several strict conditions:
Tyson, which Andrade was using for breeding, must be neutered.
He must be tattooed and have a microchip implanted under his skin for identification and tracking purposes.
Andrade must purchase a $100,000 insurance policy for the animal.
Warning signs have to be placed on the property.
If Tyson escapes from the 744 Metacom Ave. home, the authorities must be notified immediately.
Should Andrade move to another town, she must notify Bristol authorities and officials in the new municipality.
The dog cannot be given away or sold.
And Tyson must be kept within a six-sided enclosure -- something he can't jump over or dig under, such as the home or a cage -- at all times.
"It can't be taken out for walks. It can get its exercise in the house or in the kennel," said Bristol police Lt. Nicholas Guercia, who sat on the three-member vicious dog panel along with a Providence police animal control officer, and a member of the state Society for the Prevention and Cruelty of Animals.
Andrade has 30 days to fulfill the requirements imposed by the panel, Guercia said. Should she fail to comply, the dog would be euthanized.
Tyson is the last of three adult pit bulls kept under Andrade's care at the Metacom Avenue home since she moved in roughly a year ago.
The first dog, a six-month-old named Cane, was ruled vicious and killed earlier in the summer after biting a neighbor -- one of the same men bitten in last week's attack.
Andrade maintains that Henny was a friend's pet, staying with her for breeding purposes. Henny leaped through Andrade's window last week, bit two neighbors and lunged at a police officer, before being shot three times.
Several witnesses testified at this week's hearing for Tyson, including neighbors and a motorist who had stopped during the attack, pulling one of the elderly bite victims into his car for protection.
"The witnesses were very aware there was a second dog doing its best to get out of the open window very aggressively," Guercia said. "That became the focus of attention after the first dog was put down until the animal control officer showed up."
Tyson also bit two police officers in December, when the police raided the home for a separate matter, Guercia said.
It is unclear whether Andrade can and will follow the stipulations outlined by the panel. Attempts to reach her yesterday were unsuccessful.
In an interview last week, Andrade said she treats her animals well. Tyson sleeps on her bed every night.
"I don't raise my dogs to be vicious," she said. "I don't raise them to attack people."
Guercia said that Andrade doesn't have any more adult dogs, but there are other animals at 744 Metacom Ave.
"She still has a handful of young [pit bull] pups in the house," he said.
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