A Nesquehoning woman is hoping her story of loss will help a few dogs in the future.

Last week, Andie Yurchak approached Nesquehoning Borough Council to ask the board to look into creating an animal control ordinance after her beloved pet Yorkshire terrier was attacked and killed by another dog on the streets a few weeks earlier.

“I am assuming most of you have dogs,” she said. “You feed them, play with them, walk them. I walked my dog the other day. When we got to the corner away from my mom’s house, stop sign to stop sign made the whole difference.”

Yurchak said that as she and her 5 pound pup got onto the sidewalk, she noticed a girl holding the leash of a pit bull and her grandmother on a porch. Seconds later, the dog was on her Yorkie and had it by its neck.

“It took three guys to get it off of him,” she told council, choking back tears as she held the bloodied shirt she was wearing during the attack as well as an iPad with her dog’s picture on it. “It snapped his neck and tore his throat open.

“He was just a little guy. He means everything to me, everything to my family. He means something to every dog in this town that it could have happened to. I would never tell someone to get rid of a dog or ban a dog, but I just think something should be done. ... A muzzle would have changed the whole thing.”

The borough does not have a dog ordinance. Yurchak asked council if a dog control ordinance could be implemented to help residents who own dogs.

“There are so many terrible things happening in this world right now, if you can prevent just one, then why not try,” Yurchak said.

Attorney Robert Yurchak, borough solicitor, said that the dog is in quarantine and borough police are investigating and charges may happen for the incident under the state dog law.

He added that the person of the home where the dog came out of said that it wasn’t their dog and the person who was designated as the owner said they had given the dog away.

“I am hoping you could figure out something to do,” Andie Yurchak said. “People walking their dogs each day shouldn’t be afraid.”

Council members sympathized with Yurchak and voiced their concerns.

They voted to authorize the solicitor to look into creating an animal control ordinance.