HER DOG IS KILLED, AND THE LAW DOES NOTHING

When one pooch attacks another, the owner isn’t responsible in NYC

Jamie Johns was traumatized enough watching her little Chihuahua terrier mix be ripped apart by a Brooklyn neighbor’s dog — but the true horror came hours later when she learned no one would be held responsible for the grisly attack.

Johns, 32, said she was walking her pooch Anna Wintour down N. Henry St. on July 24 when her neighbor, strolling past on Nassau Ave. with two Cane Corso dogs, struck up a conversation.

Anna had been attacked before, so Johns was already wary, and one Cane Corso dog quickly got too close for comfort, she said.

“Her dog starts pulling her towards me, and I’m like, no, no, no, and I’m trying to get away,” Johns recalled about the 7:45 p.m. attack outside Msgr. McGolrick Park in Greenpoint. “It happened so fast. (Her) dog just grabbed my dog in its mouth and shook it.

“My dog was completely ripped open. Her organs were hanging out. I was screaming for help. The woman was just standing there with her dogs saying, ‘Oh god, these dogs are so stupid,’” Johns told the Daily News.

A man from the block drove a panicked Johns and her mortally-wounded pup to the closest emergency vet in Downtown Brooklyn, but doctors were unable to save her precious pet.

The second blow came hours later when NYPD cops at the scene told Johns her neighbor wouldn’t face criminal charges.

Instead, under New York law, her only recourse was a lawsuit to recoup the value of her rescue pup — about $400 — and any cremation costs.

That’s because dogs are considered property in New

York.

“I can only be compensated the same way if my dog was a refrigerator or an A/C unit or a car that they hit,” she said. “It has no other value, which is so insane to me.”

The thought of treating her closest companion for the last seven years like a piece of furniture was unfathomable to Johns.

“I’ve been in quarantine, I live by myself and my dog has been with me every day. They mean a lot more than what you pay for them,” said Johns, who works as strategic client director for a tech company.

When asked about the incident, NYPD spokeswoman Detective Sophia Mason confirmed it was a civil matter and referred the Daily News to the state’s Agriculture and Markets Law.

The statute, which experts say is among the most antiquated in the country, makes it immensely difficult for victims to see justice if they’re attacked — and even more so if their dog is the victim.

“In New York, if a dog attacks a person, it doesn’t matter if that dog bit the person’s face off — the owner of the dog is not responsible for any of the damage unless the dog has a history of attacking or being vicious,” said Glen De