Dog that killed his owner in Ariz. will be put down

Brittany Elena Morris | The Arizona Republic

Show Caption Hide Caption Couple's pets attack Ariz. ex-mayor, husband The former mayor of Bullhead City, Ariz., was hospitalized and her husband died after the couple was attacked by their pet dogs, according to the current mayor.

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A former mayor of Bullhead City, Ariz., injured extensively after a fight broke out among her dogs, will leave a Las Vegas hospital in the next few days, officials said.

The former mayor, Diane Vick, and her husband, Thomas Vick Sr., were attempting to break up the fight between their 40-pound boxer and their smaller cocker spaniel when the couple's four other dogs joined in, said Tad Appleby with the Bullhead City Police Department.

Thomas Vick, 64, died Sunday from injuries he sustained trying to stop the fight. The couple's cocker spaniel also died.

Diane Vick, 65, who had been elected mayor of Bullhead City in 1999, was continuing to recover Monday, Appleby said. Both had been flown to Las Vegas, about 85 miles away by air, for medical treatment. Bullhead City is on the Colorado River, which forms part of the border between Arizona and Nevada, and is about 200 miles northwest of Phoenix.

Personnel with Bullhead City Animal Control and Bullhead City Fire Department responded to the Vicks' home 5:45 p.m MT Saturday after they received a call that Thomas Vick was suffering from a dog bite.

Thomas Vick, who taught social studies at Mohave High School in Bullhead City, died from severe bites from one of his boxers, named Dempsey, Appleby said.

The city's Animal Control Department is holding the five remaining dogs in a 10-day quarantine. Afterward, they all will be euthanized, according to a request from the Vick family, he said.