{"id":2243692,"date":"2024-05-13T17:33:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T21:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tragedy-just-before-mothers-day-mom-found-mauled-to-death-children-injured\/"},"modified":"2024-05-13T17:36:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T21:36:07","slug":"tragedy-just-before-mothers-day-mom-found-mauled-to-death-children-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tragedy-just-before-mothers-day-mom-found-mauled-to-death-children-injured\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother&#8217;s Day Tragedy: Mom Fatally Attacked, Children Hurt"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftragedy-just-before-mothers-day-mom-found-mauled-to-death-children-injured%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2243692&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In an unfortunate incident just before Mother&#8217;s Day, a Georgia mother lost her life in\u2062 a brutal dog attack, with\u200d one child also injured. The tragedy unfolded at\u200c a bus stop near Brooks\u2063 County Middle School in Quitman. Authorities \u200care investigating the devastating event that \u200bhas shocked the community. The heartbreaking event just before Mother&#8217;s Day in Georgia saw a mother tragically killed in\u2063 a vicious dog \u200cattack, leaving one child injured. The incident occurred at a Quitman\u200b bus stop near Brooks \u2063County Middle School. Authorities are currently probing the shocking incident\u200c that has deeply affected the local community.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/ajose\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/ajose\/%20\"><span>Andrew Jose<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 13, 2024 at 1:48pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>A horrific dog attack on Thursday \u2014 just three days before Mother\u2019s Day \u2014 left a Georgia mother dead and at least one of her children wounded.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred afternoon at a bus stop behind the Brooks County Middle School in the town of Quitman, about 17 miles west of Valdosta, according to a news release from the <a href=\"https:\/\/gbi.georgia.gov\/press-releases\/2024-05-12\/gbi-investigates-death-quitman-ga\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Georgia Bureau of Investigation<\/a> and reporting from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/georgia-mother-fatally-mauled-dogs-attacked-children-days-mothers-day-rcna151865\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The deceased was identified as 35-year-old Courtney Williams.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A Georgia mother was fatally mauled by dogs who attacked her and her children Thursday, just days before Mother\u2019s Day. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wNxHcn1x6j\">https:\/\/t.co\/wNxHcn1x6j<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBC News (@NBCNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCNews\/status\/1789754972378124416?\">May 12, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Deputies from the Brooks County Sheriff\u2019s Office arrived at the scene around 4:45 p.m. following reports of several minors being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mom-loses-legs-mauled-pack-dogs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attacked by a dog<\/a> near the 2000 block of Webster Road, the GBI said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen deputies arrived, they encountered several aggressive dogs on the property. It was determined that an individual had already taken several minors to a local hospital,\u201d the agency said in the news release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDeputies subsequently located Williams\u2019 body in the yard of the home,\u201d the GBI said.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities were carrying out an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-coroners-autopsy-report-reveals-matthew-perrys-cause-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">autopsy<\/a> as part of the ongoing investigation of the incident.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Should counties and cities be more proactive against wild dogs?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>According to NBC News, Williams\u2019 sister-in-law said in a Facebook post that three of Williams\u2019 children were attacked by dogs belonging to a neighbor.<\/p>\n<p>She wrote that \u201cone of Williams\u2019 sons pushed his sister out of harm\u2019s way and suffered several lacerations that required staples,\u201d the outlet reported. \u201cThe other two children were fine but \u2018shook up and still processing things.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201dI do feel for the family and for the kids because now they are going to have to celebrate Mother\u2019s Day without their mother,\u201d an unidentified neighbor told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walb.com\/2024\/05\/10\/kids-injured-brooks-county-dog-attack-mother-found-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WALB-TV<\/a> in nearby Albany, Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>Other residents speaking to the outlet stressed the need for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cow-still-at-large-after-breaking-free-from-slaughter-spotted-abiding-traffic-laws\/\" title=\"Cow Still At Large After Breaking Free From Slaughter, Spotted Abiding Traffic Laws\">animal control<\/a> in the area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople dump dogs all over the county, and no one can get help with them because there\u2019s no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-found-dead-in-house-surrounded-by-124-snakes-its-definitely-scary\/\" title=\"Man Found Dead in House Surrounded by 124 Snakes: 'It's Definitely Scary'\">county animal control<\/a>,\u201d one person said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPraying for this woman\u2019s family. This is so sad,\u201d the resident added.<\/p>\n<p>The nation has been experiencing a surge in the abandonment of pets, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-01-07\/stray-dogs-in-us-animal-shelters-rise-adoptions-fall-from-rising-costs-rto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bloomberg<\/a> reported in January.<\/p>\n<p>The number of stray <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/10-year-old-mauled-saving-siblings-vicious-dog-attack-dying-tell-everyone-love\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dogs<\/a> sent to shelters spiked by 6 percent between January and November 2023 compared with 2022, according to Shelter Animals Count.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShelters are quite literally at crisis and some of them are making the decision to close their doors or reduce hours of operation or reduce the kind of animals that they bring in,\u201d Stephanie Filer, the organization\u2019s executive director, told Bloomberg.<\/p>\n<p>Animal adoptions declined and pet abandonment increased because of financial troubles and rental restrictions, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Former Lt. 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Follow Andrew on Twitter: @RealAndrewJose <\/p>\n<p>  Education <\/p>\n<p>  Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  Washington, District of Columbia <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English, Spanish, Tamil, Hindi, French, Russian <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  International Politics, National Security, U.S. Politics <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A tragic dog attack days before Mother&#8217;s Day in Georgia resulted in a mother&#8217;s death and injuries to one child. 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