Two pit bulls that got loose Nov. 11 and killed Lancelot, a 12-year-old Labrador in East Lawrence, will be destroyed, a Lawrence city official said Wednesday.

âÂÂThe owners have signed a consent form to have both dogs euthanized,â said Jerry Little, chief city prosecutor.

Little said the pit bulls, Lucius and Attila, are to be euthanized today at the Lawrence Humane SocietyâÂÂs Ise Memorial Shelter as the result of an agreement with the owners, Claudia Sims and Alan Toshavick Sr., 1534 Cadet Ave.

Sims and Toshavick each have been charged with two counts of allowing a dog at large and one count of damage to property. The maximum fine for the dog-at-large charge for each animal is a fine of up to $100. The maximum penalty for the damage to property is $500 and/or up to 10 days in jail, Little said.

Little said Sims and Toshavick were to have their first appearance on the charges Dec. 18 in Lawrence Municipal Court.

Their two pit bulls were picked up by Lawrence Police animal control officers Nov. 11 after they mauled Lancelot, the longtime pet of Rebecca Goodin and her four children.

The dogs got loose from Sims and ToshavickâÂÂs home on Cadet Avenue, ran east across Memorial Park Cemetery and jumped a fence into the Goodinsâ back yard at 1615 Harper St.

They attacked Lancelot, the familyâÂÂs protector, who was tied to his dog house. Neighbors chased Lucius and Attila away, but not before Lancelot suffered fatal injuries. The older dog died in a veterinary hospital three hours later.

Midge Grinstead, executive director of the Lawrence Humane Society, said the pit bulls would be euthanized about 11:30 a.m. today.

âÂÂItâÂÂs a sad, sad process,â Grinstead said. âÂÂWeâÂÂre in the business of saving their lives rather than putting them to death. So itâÂÂs always hard when itâÂÂs a perfectly healthy animal.âÂÂ

Grinstead said euthanizing a dog was done humanely: A staff member holds the animal close, talking to the dog and petting it.

âÂÂThen the vet injects a solution into their foreleg. And it takes about a second,â she said. âÂÂThen the vet checks them and makes sure theyâÂÂre dead.âÂÂ

She said Attila was about 1 1/2 years old and Lucius was about 2 1/2.

She said there was no chance either dog could be adopted because they had attacked another dog.

Grinstead said the incident had led her to believe that LawrenceâÂÂs dangerous dog law needed to be strengthened. Animal control officers, she said, need to be able to go onto an ownerâÂÂs property and pick up aggressive animals.

âÂÂThere ought to be a way to knock on their door and say âÂÂ’Turn it over, or youâÂÂre going to jail,âÂÂâ she said.