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Stories by RACHEL STONE | Portraits by DANNY FULGENCIO

Bullet to the knee

ZIGGY CAME INTO HER LIFE, SEVERELY INJURED, THROUGH VOLUNTEER WORK dog attack in Rosemary Monterrosa’s West Oak Cliff neighborhood inspired her to get involved with Dallas’ pet problem.

She and other family members had called 311 several times to report a neighbor’s unneutered shepherd mix that regularly escaped a fenced yard. The dog had threatened Monterrosa’s mom and frightened neighbors.

“Nothing was really done,” Monterrosa says.

Then one day in 2016, the aggressive dog got hold of her Chihuahua, Link. The little dog’s injuries were so severe that he had to be put down.

Monterrosa felt called after that to help solve the problem of aggressive dogs in Dallas.