'Penny's law': NYC dog attack inspires legislation to hold owners accountable | Elizabeth Vargas Reports

Ken Philipps, known arsenic "the canine wound attorney," joins NewsNation to measurement successful connected a canine onslaught that’s sparked nationalist outrage. In New York City, a 16-pound Chihuahua named Penny was mauled by 2 pit bulls successful an onslaught caught connected camera. Bystanders rushed successful to help, but Penny suffered superior injuries, including aggregate puncture wounds and 2 six-inch gashes. Her owners accidental it's a occurrence she survived. Police told them they couldn’t instrumentality enactment because, nether New York law, dogs are considered property, making the incidental a civilian matter. Now, authorities lawmakers are proposing "Penny's Law," which would criminalize negligent canine handling and penalize owners who fly the country of an attack.