Dog rips ear off W. Phila. woman having seizure

A pit bull attacked a 19-year-old woman Wednesday morning in the Wynnefield section of Philadelphia, severing her right ear, police said.

The victim, who was not identified, was having a seizure when she was attacked by the family's dog in a home on the 5200 block of Arlington Street, police said.

The woman was reportedly in stable condition at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. A police spokeswoman said officers recovered the ear, put it on ice, and took it to the hospital.

The dog was taken to the Pennsylvania SPCA, where it was quarantined Wednesday.

- Staff report