Horror hybrid beasts mauled mum to death after she kept them as pets

Sandra L Piovesan’s body was discovered by her own daughter at her home

A mother from Pennsylvania in the US endured a horrific end when she was savagely killed by eight hybrid creatures she kept as pets.

Sandra L Piovesan’s lifeless form was found by her daughter at their Salem Township residence, having been viciously attacked by her own wolf-dog hybrids.

The 50-year-old met her demise at the jaws of her pet wolfdogs, an unpredictable crossbreed resulting from mating a domestic dog with various types of wolves to create a volatile mix.

Her body was tragically discovered on Monday April 30, 2012, by her daughter within the confines of the electrically secured pen Sandra had constructed for the animals, reports Tribe Live.

An autopsy showed Sandra had succumbed to blood loss after rearing the dogs^[1], which then turned on her, as stated by the Westmoreland County Coroner’s Office. Yet, in a strange twist, it seemed the attack had abruptly ceased, reports the Mirror US^[2].

Dr. Cyril H. Wecht noted the most severe wounds were to her scalp and legs, remarking, “It appears they (the wolves) stopped their attack,” he said. “It’s curious.”

Wecht surmised that Piovesan likely perished just minutes into the onslaught. Echoing prior warnings, Westmoreland County Humane Agent Elaine Gower reiterated the peril of keeping hybrid wolves as pets, recalling how she had cautioned Sandra that the capricious beasts could turn on her at any moment.

The post-mortem put to rest theories that Sandra may have collapsed in the enclosure with her dogs, suggesting they only turned on her after she had already died or been motionless for some time.

“There is no evidence, in my opinion, of a heart attack, stroke, or any other condition involving a natural death that would have rendered her unconscious or cause her to become incapacitated,” Wecht said.

Other wildlife specialists back Gower’s view that wolf-dog crosses present a heightened threat to people compared to pure wolves, as these hybrids are more prone to aggressive behaviour.

Gower revealed a friend of Sandra’s was mauled by one of the animals roughly two years earlier, though the victim never filed a formal report.

“We were all scared that someday, somehow, those wolves would escape that pen and hurt some child or someone,” Gower said.

Sandra had managed to register the creatures with the county treasurer’s office as crossbreed dogs, official records show.

“With Sandra, the problem we had was when we were looking into something, she identified them as dogs. But when she sold the pups, they were identified as wolves,” Gower said.

Gower admitted she’s unaware of how many offspring Sandra flogged or who purchased them.

Sandra’s eight dogs were put down so officials could recover her remains from the enclosure. “They had to be killed. There was no way of knowing which one killed her,” Gower explained.

The two adult Rottweilers, belonging to Piovesan and housed indoors, were seized and are set to be rehomed in an animal sanctuary, added Gower. It was clarified by officials that these Rottweilers were not the ones crossbred with wolves to create the hybrid canines.