Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, August 3, 1994 TAG: 9408030056
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV1 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: KATHY LOAN STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: BLACKSBURG LENGTH: Short
Steve Andersen, 25, a Virginia Tech architecture graduate student, was on his bike near the Tech tennis courts July 23 when two cream-colored Samoyeds approached him. He moved out of their path so they could pass by, but "one of the dogs jumped at me and bit me on the ankle," Andersen said.
Andersen said he at first wasn't too concerned about the bite because it wasn't a deep wound and wasn't bleeding.
"It was like a scratch you get hiking around," he said.
But when he called out to the dog's owners, who were playing tennis, they left their tennis balls, called for their dogs and left in a black Nissan pickup truck. Andersen described the couple as likely being either graduate students or in their 30s.
Andersen reported the bite to the Virginia Tech Police Department and has spent the last week trying to track down information on his own about the dog or its owners. He said he's called veterinarians and pet supply stores, hoping a description of the two dogs and the truck will ring a bell with someone.
Because it isn't known whether the dog has been vaccinated against rabies, Andersen is undergoing a series of anti-rabies shots at the Tech infirmary. He got his first shot Tuesday, and will have to receive five more unless he learns that the dog has been vaccinated.
Anyone with information should call the Virginia Tech Police Department.|
by CNB