(PENSACOLA) --- Since dog attack victim Theresa Cavnar came forward, another victim says they, too, have been ignored by county officials.
While Escambia County District Commissioner Steven Barry, Escambia County Public Information Officer Kaycee Lagarde, Assemblywoman Michelle Salzman and her Legislative Aide Anna Grace Michael, and WEAR all ignore Cavnar's dog attack in either this report or the next, another dog attack victim has come forward.
After the other two reports were published, which proved Lagarde's promise to answer questions about the attack and then failed to do so, I emailed Salzman and her aide, as shown below.
(Photo: Email to Assemblywoman Michelle Salzman regarding Theresa Cavnar dog attack)
(Photo: Angela Underwood LinkedIn message)
Not only did I not receive a response from any of them yet, but I also found this in my email on Saturday regarding another victim, Terri Bozeman, like Cavnar, who almost lost her life to a dangerous dog, and nothing has been done about it.
To Bozeman's horrific surprise, not only did the Hollands not abide by the law, but Brianna Dawson purchased another pit bull-type dog, putting others in harm's way.
"I've seen some of the comments on one of the neighborhood watches about a, a loose dog and she's chimed 'oh, that's my baby and it keeps getting out,'" Terri said.
Terri said the blame goes beyond Escambia County, noting the 2005 law by Governor Ron DeSantis that is not being enforced.
"So nothing's been done as far as repercussions for her, and I'm certain that, you know, Governor DeSantis signed into law a year ago that if you were the owner of a vicious breed dog, you've got to have a $100,000 liability insurance," Terri said. "Well, that's not being done; I mean, who's following up on that?"
(Photo: Governor Ron DeSantis 2025 AI overview of attack dog law)
Apparently not DeSantis or Escambia County, since the Bozeman's have had to pay $60K in insurance for her injuries, not to mention the impact on the flight attendant at work.
She explained that she can only work on the rear end of the plane due to her PTSD when larger dogs are brought on the plane to travel. She notes that her flight attendant's emergency skills provided her with immediate aid after the bite.
"I did a tourniquet on my own leg until the ambulance got there," she said.
Looking back, Terri notes that, to this day, the only assistance she received was from the EMS crew who took her from the scene.
"Not one single contact from either party," Terri said regarding the owners and Escambia County.
Even attorneys have ignored her.
"They deemed that there was no money there to be gotten," Terri said, adding that a friend of hers helped her draft a verifiable complaint to file. "That would be just a day in court, and the best that we could probably do is get a judgment against them."
But like Cavnar, Terri wants more, adding, in her case, that the Florida statute states the property owner is liable.
She wants to see laws changed to protect others, specifically children, as Cavnar noted from her attack.
"It's interesting what you said because a week after our attack, John was driving that way and he saw a young mother with a little tiny dog on a leash and she had a baby in a papoose and all he thought about was what if the dog attacked them," Terri said.
What if?
Based on the attack report below, there would be little chance an infant would survive.
(Photo: Terri Bozeman’s attack report)
"We are praying that action will be taken to bring closure and changes to prevent future vicious dog attacks and hold the owners accountable," Terri said. "If a business owner allows dogs,they too should be accountable."
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