A GoFundMe campaign created for the family of Ryan Hazel, a 14-year-old boy who was mauled to death while caring for a pack of dogs in Dighton, surpassed $27,000 on Saturday. Jane Danek of Kingston, New Jersey, launched the crowdfunding campaign on Friday for the family. She told MassLive her dog has trained under the Hazels. The couple, who run Wolf Plain Brooks Kennel in Rehoboth, was in New York on Thursday with Danek’s dog and several others for American Kennel Club field trials when Ryan was killed. Ryan Hazel would help take care of the dogs at trainer Scott Dunmore’s property in Dighton while he was away. Dunmore was in Boston Thursday night when Hazel was mauled by at least one dog. A neighbor found his body after Hazel’s grandmother realized he was taking longer than usual to complete the chores. The GoFundMe campaign has garnered hundreds of donations and comments from dog trainers, friends and classmates of Hazel, a freshman at Bristol-Plymouth Regional Technical School. “My son sat next to Ryan on the bus every day and was so sorry to hear the news,” wrote Karen Alves. “You are in our thoughts and prayers.” “His kindness, sense of humor and list of attributes too numerous to post will be his legacy,” Tammy Tilton wrote. Others posted pictures of Ryan Hazel playing sports and posing with friends and family members. Ryan Hazel played on the freshman football team. “When we heard this, (we thought) what could we do?” said Danek, who launched the campaign. “I put up the GoFundMe page and we shared it around with the local field trailers and it went off. Now the community is using it."<doc-sep>Family and friends are mourning the loss of Rehoboth, Massachusetts teen Ryan Hazel. Hazel was killed in a savage dog attack on the evening of Thursday, May 9. On Friday, classmates began posting memories of Hazel on the 14-year-old freshman’s locker at Bristol-Plymouth Regional Technical School. Hazel’s classmates have decided to honor their friend by wearing his favorite color, green, on Monday, May 13. A very somber day…Students at Bristol Plymouth Regional Technical HS reacting to their classmates death. Freshman Ryan Hazel was mauled to death last night by dogs. Students today, posted memories of Ryan on his locker. @NBC10Boston @NECN pic.twitter.com/RvW8645xk4 — Kathryn Sotnik NBC10 Boston (@KatNBCBoston) May 10, 2019 Hazel was enrolled in the technical school’s community health program. Outside of the classroom he played freshman football and was on the school’s track team. Hazel’s School Is Providing Crisis Response Workers A crisis response team has been dispatched to Bristol-Plymout Regional Technical School to help students and staff as they come to grips with Hazel’s death. “The loss is sure to raise many emotions, questions and concerns for our entire school, especially our students, and we are making every resource we have available to assist those in need,” Bristol-Plymouth Regional Technical School Superintendent-Director Alexandre Megalhaes said in a written statement posted on the school’s website. “We are saddened by this loss in our school community, and as we come together, our leadership team will make every effort to provide assistance to our students, families and fellow employees as needed,” he added. Ryan Was Caring for a Neighbor’s 11 Large Dogs When he was Attacked According to authorities, at approximately 6 p.m. on May 9, Hazel’s grandmother dropped him off at a North Dighton home to take care of several dogs and other animals on the property. The property and several of the dogs belong to Scott Dunmore, 49, who was away in Boston. Dunmore is a dog trainer who owns a business called 3 Dogs Running. Dunmore is considered a skilled trainer with over twenty years of experience and is known for his expertise in training dogs for a variety of competitions. He is highly regarded in “Schutzhund,” a competitve sport for protection dogs. A Neighbor Discovered Hazel With Severe Injuries & Four Dogs Runnng Loose https://twitter.com/wpro/status/1126900412668436481/photo/1 Hazel’s grandmother waited in the car for her grandson to complete his chores, which usually took about 45 minutes but she became concerned after an hour had passed and he had not returned to the car. The grandmother was able to call Hazel’s parents, who were in New York, and they, in turn, contacted a neighbor to go in the Denmore’s house to check on the boy. Teen mauled to death by dogs https://t.co/ApSZKGXZsy pic.twitter.com/IMpQG78qO5 — WCVB-TV Boston (@WCVB) May 10, 2019 The neighbor discovered Hazel lying on the ground in the back of the property with severe injuries all over his body. The neighbor contact 911 and administered CPR at the scene, however, Hazel succumbed to his injuries. A tough day at Bristol Plymouth Regional Technical HS. A freshman, Ryan Hazel, was mauled to death by dogs last night, Dighton police say. @BristolDA says he regularly cared for the dogs. Coverage tonight starting at 5 @nbc10_brian @NBC10 https://t.co/Y5TdGjrnKM — Ashley Cullinane (@AshCullinane) May 10, 2019 The neighbor also found four dogs, three Dutch shepherds and a Belgian Malinois in the yard and was able to secure them in Dunmore’s basement. All are large-breed dogs often used for security and police work. Seven other dogs were caged on the property. All 11 dogs were confiscated by animal control and the four dogs found with Hazel have been placed in a 10-day quarantine.<doc-sep>Police are investigating the mauling death of a 14-year-old Massachusetts boy by dogs he was caring for. Ryan Hazel died after the attack by a group of dogs in Dighton, about an hour south of Boston, NBC Boston reported. The incident happened Thursday evening after the boy’s grandmother drove Ryan to the property to help the homeowner take care of multiple dogs kept there, something the boy had been doing for about a year. When the grandmother noticed he was taking longer than usual, she asked a neighbor for help. The neighbor found Ryan on the ground with traumatic injuries and called 911 after unsuccessfully performing CPR on the boy, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn III said. The owner, who was reported to be a dog trainer, was in Boston at the time of the incident, the TV station reported. Download the NBC News app for breaking news and politics "This is clearly a tragedy for the victim, his family, his friends and the town. My heart goes out to all of them," said Quinn. Police officers found four dogs in the yard and seven other in cages, most of them Dutch shepherds. The dogs were set to be quarantined by animal control for up to 10 days. An autopsy is scheduled to be conducted on Ryan’s body as part of the investigation. The owner of the dogs, identified as 49-year-old Scott Dunmore, has been cooperating with the investigation. No criminal charges had been filed as of Friday night, according to Quinn, NBC Boston reported. Ryan, who lived in nearby Rehoboth, was a freshman at Bristol-Plymouth Regional Technical School in East Taunton, where he was on the football team. “Everyone liked him. He had a lot of friends. He would do a lot of sports. He was wicked athletic,” a friend of Ryan's, Connor Thibert, told NBC Boston. “I just can’t believe he’s gone." “It’s just so sad to hear that he passed … It’s just so heartbreaking,” another friend, Aaron Avila, said.<doc-sep>A 14-year-old high school freshman was mauled to death by four dogs in Dighton Thursday night, plunging a community into mourning in what authorities called a “terrible tragedy.” Ryan Hazel of Rehoboth studied community health at Bristol-Plymouth Regional Technical School in Taunton. He was helping care for dogs on a Dighton property as part of a regular arrangement with property owner Scott Dunmore while the 49-year-old was away in Boston, Bristol District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III said. “This was clearly a terrible tragedy for the victim, his family and his friends, and the town,” Quinn said. “My heart goes out to all of them.” Hazel was dropped off at the Maple Swamp Road property by his grandmother about 6 p.m. Thursday to tend to the animals there. When the teen took more than an hour to do tasks that normally took him “30 to 45 minutes,” Quinn said, the grandmother, who had remained in the car, called the boy’s parents, who were away in New York. Quinn said the parents immediately called a neighbor on Maple Swamp Road, who found Hazel on the ground “suffering from traumatic injuries” and four dogs loose in the yard – Dutch shepherds and Belgian malinois. Another seven dogs on the property were caged at the time, authorities said. That neighbor called police about 8 p.m. to report “a pack of dogs attacking a human,” Dighton police Chief Robert MacDonald said. The neighbor attempted CPR, but Hazel’s injuries were “too severe” and he was pronounced dead at the scene, Quinn said. Dunmore returned from Boston Thursday night and has been cooperating with the ongoing investigation. The dogs were taken into custody of animal control and quarantined. It is up to the town to decide whether the dogs will be put down. “It does not appear that any foul play is suspected at this time,” Quinn said. Dawn Parks, who lives a few houses away from Dunmore, said he has lived in Dighton, a small town of fewer than 8,000 residents near Taunton, for two or three years. “We can’t sleep at night with the windows open because of the barking,” said Parks, 59. But nothing prepared her for the news that a boy had been mauled to death by his dogs. “It’s terrible,” Parks said. “We were shocked.” Another neighbor of Dunmore’s said her four children knew the victim, who was from a “super, super family. He was a very nice kid. He was an excellent athlete. He played baseball.” “I can’t even imagine” him dying that way, she said. “It’s just shocking. The more I think about it, the more sick I feel because there are kids up and down this road all the time. The cross-country team from Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School runs this road, and there are four baseball fields and a softball field just down the road … I hope they find some solution or something.” Students at Bristol-Plymouth Regional Technical School said the mood on the Taunton campus was somber Friday. “It was really sad,” said sophomore Isabella Sanabria. “Everybody was upset, even if you didn’t know him.” Classmate Emily Tripp said, “I don’t even know how to process it. It’s not something you would think would happen around here … especially to a person that young.” Hazel was on the track and freshmen football teams, the school said. Superintendent Alexandre Magalhaes said Hazel was “a loved member of our student body.” The school has provided counselors through its Crisis Response Team. Students are asked to wear green, Hazel’s favorite color, in his honor on Monday.<doc-sep>
A Massachusetts teen died Thursday night after police say he was mauled to death by a “pack of dogs.” Ryan Hazel, 14, was pronounced dead on the scene after suffering “traumatic injuries to various areas of his body” from an apparent dog attack, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn said at a press conference on Friday. According to authorities, Ryan was dropped off by his grandmother at 2477 Maple Swamp Rd. in Dighton, Mass., some 46 miles south of Boston, around 6 p.m. CALIFORNIA DOG WALKER, 5 DOGS KILLED AFTER CAR IS STRUCK BY MOTORIST IN POLICE CHASE Quinn said that the young teen had an “arrangement” with the property owner, who was later identified as 49-year-old Scott Dunmore, to tend to his animals when he was out of town. “He was going there to take care of several animals on the property while the homeowner was in Boston,” he said. “The victim took care of the homeowners dogs and other animals on a regular basis.” Ryan’s grandmother told police that she would normally wait for him to finish, a process that took between 30 and 45 minutes, but this time she grew concerned when the teen hadn’t returned after an hour. She contacted Ryan’s parents who were in New York at the time and they contacted a neighbor to check on the boy. When the neighbor arrived on the property, which was described as a large lot with several buildings on it, he saw the victim lying in the yard surrounded by dogs, suffering from “traumatic injuries to various areas of his body,” Quinn said. The neighbor attempted to perform CPR but Ryan was pronounced dead once first responders arrived on the scene. TOURIST, 24, DOES FROM RABIES AFTER HELPING STRAY IN THE PHILIPPINES Quinn declined to comment further on the victim’s condition or the manner in which the dogs were found. He did say that dogs did not appear to be “malnourished.” There were four loose dogs in the yard, a Belgian Malinois and several Dutch Shepherds. Seven other dogs were caged at the time of the attack. The eleven dogs were taken into “custody” by local animal control where they will be quarantined for 10 days as the law requires. “It does not appear that any foul play is suspected at this time. This was clearly a terrible tragedy for the victim his family and his friends and the town. My heart goes out to all of them,” Quinn said. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP He added that the homeowner has cooperated with authorities but that his dogs were not licensed in the county. The majority of the dogs belonged to the homeowner but he was also watching several dogs that did not belong to him. Police said there have never been any calls about the property in the past other than a reported house fire in February.