Wild Dogs on the Attack

Children on Rosebud and Pine Ridge Reservations have been killed by wild dogs. The news was horrible. The kids were simply playing near their home when a group of dogs attacked the children.

Sunka (SHOON-kuh) is Lakota for dog. In prior years the dogs played a significant role in the Indian society, and the Natives had the utmost respect for the animals. That is not the feeling today. The problem is there is no animal control department. When the deaths of the children happened, Native Americans were afraid the police would take their house pets away from them.

Two weeks before Jayla Rodriquez died she stood outside a store on the Pine Ridge Reservation and agonized over a three-legged dog.