Crime & Safety
New Canaan Dog Under Quarantine After Biting Person
The dog ran outside of a home after a gust of wind opened a door.

NEW CANAAN, CT- A dog on South Avenue is under mandatory quarantine after it bit someone who was trying to get him home.
Police got a report of the bite on Feb. 20, according to the New Canaanite. Wind blew open a South Avenue home door and the dog left.
A passerby tried getting the dog back inside, but it bit him in the calf.
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The dog is under two-week quarantine per state law.
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