WALTON COUNTY GA - A LARGE DOG ATTACKED A 3-YEAR-OLD CHILD - LIFE FLIGHTED TO CHOA - EGLESTON

A 3-year-old child suffered serious injuries Monday night after being attacked by a dog said to be a   MASTIFF.  Battalion Chief Craig League of Walton County Fire and Rescue said they responded to a dog attack on Gratis Road in Monroe last night at 6:30.  The child was life flighted to CHOA- Egleston.  The adult who rescued the child was also injured by the dog.  Details to follow.

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HIALEAH FL - A PIT BULL MIX INVADED AN ELDERLY COUPLE'S HOME TRYING TO KILL THEIR CAT - THEY FOUGHT IT WITH THEIR HANDS AND A PILLOW THEN A KNIFE !!!!!

"IT WAS LIKE AN ATOMIC BOMB...IT WAS SO FAST... SO FAST...I TRIED TO PULL HIM OFF OF HER AND I HIT HIM WITH MY HAND.  SHE HIT HIM WITH A PILLOW AND STARTED PULLING HIM BY THE NECK.  HE WOULDN'T STOP.  I GOT SO NERVOUS. I COULDN'T THINK HOW TO REACT. I WAS TRYING TO SAVE MY CAT AND MY HUSBAND. I DECIDED TO LOOK FOR SOMETHING..AN OLD KNIFE.  I NEVER WANTED TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM." 



On Monday night a strange dog wandered up to 68 year old Lucio Molina's home and being friendly people, he and his wife offered the dog, who at first seemed like a friendly visitor, water.  The  PIT BULL MIX  suddenly lunged at their 6-year-old cat and pursued it into their home. All efforts of the elderly couple to get the dog to stop the attack failed and the man thought of a knife he had in the kitchen ---

 AND A BLOODY MESS WAS MADE IN THEIR HOME !!!! AND ONE MORE TIME I SAY THE WORDS......"IT'S A WONDER THAT POOR MAN DID NOT HAVE A HEART ATTACK."

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CHICAGO IL - A NEIGHBOR'S PIT BULL JUMPED A FENCE AND ATTACKED A 9-YEAR-OLD BOY SERIOUSLY INJURING HIM

"IF YOU HAVE PIT BULLS AND HAVE THOSE DANGEROUS DOGS AROUND LITTLE KIDS, PUT A CHAIN ON IT, GET A HIGHER FENCE, GET A GATE."

GLENDALE MILLER, 9, was playing basketball  Sunday night with his uncle when the neighbor's  PIT BULL jumped over the fence and caught the boy.  The uncle says it just came out of nowhere and began biting Glendale first on the hand, then his wrist, then his legs.  He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn and underwent 7 hours of surgery.

His family says this isn't the first time the neighbor's Pit Bull has got loose and come onto their property.  They say they were always afraid of it and would walk out of their way to avoid it. As far as they know this was the first time it attacked someone.

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE OWNER OF THE PIT BULL CAME OUT AFTER IT HAD ATTACKED GLENDALE AND STRANGLED IT !!!


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REEDLEY CA - 5 STRAY DOGS - AT LEAST 3 PIT BULLS AND 1 GERMAN SHEPHERD - BROKE INTO CAGES AT A HIGH SCHOOL FARM AND KILLED OVER 70 ANIMALS - THEY DIDN'T EAT THEM, THEY JUST KILLED THEM!!!

About 6am Friday Reedley police were called to a pack of 5 dogs attacking animals in their cages.  Officers put the school on lock-down for an hour as the dogs tore through the cages and the area looked like a war zone with carcasses everywhere.  Teachers believe the dogs, at least 3 of them being  PIT BULLS, and one a GERMAN SHEPHERD,  dug under a fence, bit through chicken wire and chewed through wood to kill 54 chickens, 23 rabbits, and injured one pig so bad it had to be put down.

TEACHERS SAY THERE IS ONE THING TO BE TAKEN AWAY FROM THIS TRAGEDY.  AT ONE POINT THIS CAN HAPPEN TO ANIMALS, BUT IT CAN ALSO HAPPEN TO A LITTLE KID.

One dog was captured and euthanized, but police say if they can find who owns the dogs, the teachers, students and parents would like to seek restitution for their losses.

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SANTE FE NM - 2 PIT BULLS CROSSED 2 INVISIBLE FENCES AND ENTERED A FENCED PEN THE FIRST TIME KILLING A PET GOAT AND INJURING A WELSH PONY - THEN THEY CAME BACK A WEEK LATER AND FINISHED THE PONY OFF !!!

Manolo and Jessica Victor surprised their son with a Welsh pony on his 4th birthday.  Then they bought a goat to keep the pony company and they were kept together in one pen....but all they have left today is a .....

TRAIL OF BLOOD AFTER 2 PIT BULLS CROSSED 2 INVISIBLE FENCES AND GOT INTO THE PEN AND FINALLY FINISHED OFF THE LITTLE PONY......THEY HAD KILLED THE GOAT LAST WEEKEND AND INJURED THE PONY AND IT HAD BEEN ON PAIN KILLERS AND ANTIBIOTICS ALL WEEK....AND THEY CAME BACK IN THE NIGHT AND FINISHED THE MURDEROUS JOB !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MANOLO VICTOR MANAGED TO SHOOT AND KILL 1 OF THE PIT BULLS.

Animal control came and impounded 2 dogs from the neighbor's home and are looking for another one. The Victor's question why the dogs weren't taken after the first attack. Santa Fe Animal Control says the second attack made the dogs a public safety threat.  A judge will decide the dogs' fate.

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NEW JERSEY - WOMAN ATTACKED BY 2 PIT BULLS - WHERE ARE THE RESPONSIBLE MEN OWNERS AND THE RESCUE ANGELS TO GET CONTROL OF THEIR NANNY DOGS ??? POLICE SHOT BOTH OF THEM !!!!!

UPDATE:  FINALLY AN ARTICLE EXPLAINING THE ATTACK AND WHAT NAME THEY ARE GOING TO CALL THE BIG UGLY MONSTERS - THIS TIME IT'S DOGO ARGENTINOS



WOMAN ATTACKED BY 2 PIT BULLS IN NEW JERSEY !!!!!

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IT IS BEYOND MY COMPREHENSION THAT PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO OWN THESE MONSTERS IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD....AND YET, WHEN THEY ARE ATTACKING AND KILLING SOMEONE.....A GROWN MAN  IS  AFRAID TO TOUCH IT WITH A 10-FOOT-POLE AND WOMEN CAN'T  PUT LEASHES ON THEM AND DRAG THEM AWAY.......

WHAT IN THE HELL IS GOING ON IN OUR SOCIETY ??????????

BENLLECH, WALES ENGLAND - 2 AMERICAN BULLDOGS TAKE DOWN A PRIZED BULL "HERCULES" A FARMER HAD RAISED WITH HIS GRANDCHILDREN - THEY ATE HIS EARS OFF AND ATE OUT ITS UNDERBELLY - BRINGING IT DOWN TO ITS KNEES IN A BLOODY MESS

         OWNER OF THE 2 DOGS  FOUND GUILTY

A STUNNED FARMER SAYS THE MOMENT HE FOUND 2 AMERICAN BULLDOGS SAVAGING HIS PRIZE BULL, IT WAS LIKE SEEING 'LIONS ATTACKING A ZEBRA'.



HEFIN THOMAS told the court he found the 2 AMERICAN BULLDOGS that belonged to LEANNE MEREDITH foaming at the mouth as they attacked his bull in its pen.  They had climbed over into the pen onto the bull's back and torn its ears off and ripped into its underbelly REDUCING IT TO A BLOODY MESS ON ITS KNEES. IT WAS IN SUCH A TERRIBLE STATE. IT WAS A PEDIGREE ANIMAL WORTH A LOT OF MONEY AND IT SURVIVED ON MEDICATION FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, BUT EVENTUALLY IT HAD TO BE  PUT DOWN.





IT WAS LIKE THE HOUNDS OF BASKERVILLES.  THE NEIGHBOURS HEARD THE SOUND OF THE DOGS AND ONE FARM WORKER TOLD THE COURT AT HOLYHEAD HE FEARED FOR HIS LIFE WHEN THE DOGS, NAMED MURPHY AND MILEY, ATTACKED THE 3-YEAR-OLD BULL NAMED HERCULES AT TYNYGONGL FARM, NEAR BENLLECH, LAST JULY.  HEFIN THOMAS HAD RAISED THE BULL FROM A BABY AND IT WAS A FAVORITE OF HIS GRANDCHILDREN.  THEY HAD NAMED IT HERCULES.

The nutjob - Leanne Meredith - told the judge that the attack took place after the bull had strayed on to her property and the dogs were defending themselves and that prosecution witnesses were lying.  District Judge Andrew Shaw rejected her claims.  After a 2-day trial she was found guilty of allowing the dogs to worry livestock and a charge under the Dangerous Dogs Act of allowing the dogs to enter a place where they were not permitted to be.

After a separate trial she was also found guilty of charges relating to another dog in which 9 sheep died. Nia Lloyd, prosecuting, said there will be applications for destruction of the dogs, compensation, disqualification from keeping dogs, and court costs, and also huge kennel fees.

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DOUGLAS COUNTY GA - A FAMILY WAS TAKING A WALK IN A SUBDIVISION AND THEY WERE ATTACKED BY 2 DOGS

UPDATE:  THE ATTACK HAPPENED ON SATURDAY BETWEEN 12:30 AND 1:00PM WHEN LAURO QUEZADA WAS WALKING WITH HIS 2 BOYS AGES 3 AND 5.  A BOXER AND A STAFFORDSHIRE TERRIER PUSHED OUT A STORM DOOR THAT HAD BEEN LEFT UNLOCKED BY A TEENAGER AND RUSHED AT THE CHILDREN ATTACKING THEM. THE 3-YEAR-OLD HAD WOUNDS TO HIS FACE AND BACK AND THE BACK OF HIS HEAD.  THE 5-YEAR-OLD HAD WOUNDS TO HIS BACK.  THE FATHER ALSO WAS BITTEN TRYING TO SAVE HIS 2 CHILDREN BUT HE WAITED TO GET MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL HIS CHILDREN WERE TAKEN CARE OF.

A family was taking a walk today  in a Douglas County Subdivision when 2 dogs attacked them. They were walking down Greenbrook Drive in the Willows North Subdivision when a  BULLDOG  and a  BOSTON TERRIER ran out into the road and attacked them  Douglas County Sheriff's officials said.  Two children, ages 2 and 4, were taken to Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston.  Their father was also taken to the hospital.  More information to come later.....

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HOLLY HILL Fl - 2 PIT BULLS ESCAPE A BACKYARD AND GO ON AN ATTACKING SPREE - 3 DIFFERENT MEN INJURED IN 3 DIFFERENT ATTACKS BY THE SAME DOGS !!!

There were 3 attacks on people by the same  PIT BULLS  on Ridgewood Avenue in Holly Hill early Friday morning:

   *  The first attack occurred at 3:35am when Billy Boles, 42, reported to police that he was walking in the area of Walker and State and 2 PIT BULL type dogs attacked him.  He suffered severe bites to his lower leg and was taken to Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach where he underwent surgery.  Officers went searching for the dogs but could not find them.

  *   Then at 5:28am police were called to a second attack.  Frank Andrsano said he was walking to work when 2 MIXED PIT BULL DOGS  attacked him.  He suffered bites to his arms and legs.  He was also transported to Halifax Health Medical Center for treatment.

  *  As Holly Hill officers worked the 2 cases they got a call from the Medical Center personnel at 6:15am that a 3rd victim was at the hospital after being attacked by 2 PIT BULLS.

Investigating officers located the dogs at a home on State Avenue and identified the owners as Anthony and Michael Berkert.  The 2 Pit Bulls had escaped their yard through an unsecured gate. Animal Control seized the dogs for quarantine.  They found information on  1 dog-on-dog attack that had occurred at that address.

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NEWTON GROVE , SAMPSON COUNTY NC - A 7-MONTH OLD PIT BULL ATTACKED A 3-YEAR-OLD CHILD LEAVING HIM WITH SEVERE INJURIES

A 3-year-old boy, WILL BAGGETT, suffered severe injuries to his face, neck and legs after being mauled by a  PIT BULL on Thursday afternoon.  He was listed in critical condition and could be in the hospital for a week.  His mother, Ginger Baggett was making a trip to the grocery store and left him with her cousin, Brooke Weeks,  who had a dog that belonged to her boyfriend Justin Strickland..........

        THE DOG WAS A 7-MONTH OLD PIT BULL !!!

The cousin put the Pit Bull up in a room but the door  "SOMEHOW" came open and the dog got to the boy.


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The mother in this case praises her cousin for saving her son's life, saying:

"IF IT WERE NOT FOR HER, HE'D BE DEAD.  SHE JUMPED ON THE DOG.....SHE BIT HIM....SHE BIT THE DOG TO TRY TO GET HIM OFF OF HIM."

I'M HAVING A HARD TIME WITH HUMANS HAVING TO BITE PIT BULLS TO STOP ATTACKS.  THIS IS THE 2ND STORY THIS MONTH WHERE THIS HAS HAPPENED.  IT'S LIKE THE PHRASE - MY PIT BULL WILL LICK YOU TO DEATH -  I DON'T BELIEVE THIS NONSENSE !!!! I DON'T BELIEVE A HUMAN HAS THE STRENGTH IN THEIR MOUTH TO BITE A PIT BULL TO STOP AN ATTACK.  I DON'T THINK ANY BITE FROM A HUMAN WOULD EVEN PHASE A PIT IN A FULL-ON ATTACK MODE !!!! BUT THAT'S JUST ME.

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CHICAGO IL - A PIT BULL RUNS LOOSE AND ATTACKED A MAN DRAGGING HIM TO THE GROUND AND BITING HIS LEGS - THEN ATTACKED A TEENAGE BOY - POLICE SHOT IT !!!

A PIT BULL was shot and killed by a Chicago police officer as it was attacking a teen.  The officer is being credited with saving the boy's life.  It was the dog's second attack of the morning.  The 7th District Police were first alerted  after the same Pit Bull attacked a man and they were actively looking for the dog. .A Police Sergeant set off in search of the animal and found him still in the area.......

IN THE MIDDLE OF MAULING 16-YEAR-OLD TYRELL HENRY WHO HAD BEEN WALKING TO SCHOOL AT URBAN PREP.  HE SAYS THE VICIOUS DOG CAME OUT OF NOWHERE. HE WAS LEFT  WITH 19 STAPLES IN HIS LEG.

For 63-year-old Gerald Myers, it was a relentless attack near 60th and South Eggleston earlier in the day, which left him with 11 stitches.  The 90-pound Pit Bull pulled him to the ground and dragged him down the street.  Gerald did everything he could think off  to fight the dog off.

"HE SWITCHED LEGS AND GOT ON MY RIGHT LEG AND THAT'S WHEN I  STUCK MY FINGERS IN THE EYES AND HE LET GO."



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KIRKHAM ENGLAND - JAMIE CUTLER AGE 14 IS A HERO - HE CAME TO THE AID OF A WOMAN WHOSE 3 DOGS WERE BEING ATTACKED BY A PIT BULL

A 14-year-old boy saved the lives of 3 dogs after they were attacked by a  PIT BULL.  JAMIE CUTLER, or Kirkham, was walking in Wesham when he intervened to stop a woman's 3 dogs from being attacked by a loose Pit Bull.  Despite being in danger himself, Jamie calmly used one of the other dogs leashes to restrain the Pit Bull and then took the woman and her dogs to a nearby garden.....

THE PIT BULL WAS FOUND TO BE A BANNED BREED AND DESTROYED.

Jamie's mum, Julie Cutler, sdaid:  "I am so proud of my brave son, I didn't realise just what a fantastic joab Jamie did that night because he came in and just said, "I've helped a lady today who was being attacked by a dog."   PCSO Angela Slater said:  "People are very quick to criticise the youth of today, I feel that Jamie is a shining example and he was very courageous.

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LONGVIEW WA - 2 LOOSE PIT BULLS INVADED A HOME AND KILLED A FAMILY CAT

KELLY ANDERSON, 26, kept the glass door on his parents' back deck open in order to enjoy the warm air on May 6.  He was watching TV when  2 PIT BULLS  came in and jumped on him.  He shooed the dogs away, then his 11-year-old tabby cat made a noise and the Pits pounced. Anderson tried to beat the dogs away from the little cat with a curtain rod but they managed to kill his cat.....

THE DOGS CAUSED SUCH A MESS AT THE HOME, IT COST THE ANDERSON FAMILY MORE THAN $1,000 TO HAVE BLOOD REMOVED FROM THE CARPETS !!!

The Humane Society was called shortly after the incident and the dogs were returned to their owner about 2 1/2 blocks away.  The owner was issued a ticket for $771 dollars and notified that their dogs were declared dangerous, which requires owners to register the dogs for a $250 fee and to post "Dangerous Dog" signs around their home.  The owner was said to be devastated by the incident and intended to compensate the Anderson family for their loss. ......... HOWEVER, THE DAILY NEWS NOTED THAT THE PIT BULLS' HOME WAS NEAR A LOCAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.


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WILLIAMSON COUNTY IL - ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER ED BARWICK ATTACKED BY A PIT BULL - HERO - RANDY LAZORCHAK CAME TO HIS AID WITH A GUN !!!

Officer Barwick says that he was about to go to church when he was called into work for a dog that he'd dealt with before.  The dog had chased some children into their homes and they were afraid.  The owner of the dog, Lee Ann Murray of :Johnston City,  refused to give up the dog so he left.  But another complaint came in so he returned to the house to find the dog on the porch......

WITHOUT ANY REAL WARNING THE DOG JUST CAME FOR HIM.  IT GOT HIM ON THE ARM AND  WRESTLED HIM DOWN.  MURRAY TRIED TO SUBDUE HER DOG AND IT BIT HER ON THE HAND. THE PIT BULL THEN TOOK BARWICK TO THE GROUND FOR A SECOND TIME LATCHING ON TO HIS INNER THIGH.  MOMENTS LATER A NEIGHBOR  RANDY LAZORCHAK  CAME TO HIS AID WITH A GUN AND SHOT THE DOG MULTIPLE TIMES.   OFFICER BARWICK SAYS HE OWES HIS LIFE TO HIM.

Lee Ann Murray has a history of drug problems and was arrested on unrelated charges. She said she would be getting another dog to protect herself.

Another nearby neighbor caught the attack on video

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PHILADELPHIA PA - A WOMAN WAS ATTACKED BY HER OWN PIT BULL - OFFICERS FIRED SEVERAL SHOTS TO STOP THE ATTACK FINALLY KILLING THE DOG

A woman, age 21,  is in the hospital after police say she was attacked by her pet  PIT BULL  at her home on the 4200 block of Ogden Street in West Philadelphia on Wednesday.  The woman's  PIT BULL  had puppies and the woman was trying to move the puppies when the mother Pit Bull attacked her, biting her on her arms and chest.  When officers arrived they had to fire 8 shots at the dog before finally killing it.  The victim was taken to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania with severe lacerations.

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HAMILTON COUNTY INDIANA - A RESCUED PIT BULL FROM THE HUMANE SOCIETY THAT WAS "TESTED" AND ADOPTED OUT FLEXED HIS DNA AND KILLED 2 BELOVED PETS IN 5 MINUTES - RIPPING A DACHSHUND OUT OF A MARINE VETERAN'S ARMS AS HE STOOD HELPLESS !!!

FORMER MARINE - TONY YEARY - LOVED HIS 6-MONTH-OLD DACHSHUND VERY MUCH.  HE HAD NO CHILDREN SO HE NAMED HIS PET "JUNIOR".......



A RESCUED  PIT BULL FROM THE HUMANE SOCIETY FOR HAMILTON COUNTY NAMED APOLLO  PASSED ALL OF THE SHELTER'S TESTS AND WAS ADOPTED OUT.  IT WAS ALLOWED AT THE APARTMENT COMPLEX  BECAUSE IT MET "ALL REQUIREMENTS" ??!! THEN IT .......

      FAILED ITS REAL WORLD TEST !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IT GOT LOOSE AND KILLED 2 BELOVED SMALL PETS WITHIN 5 MINUTES !!!!!!!!!!!!

TONY YEARY, WHO SPENT 10 YEARS IN THE MARINE CORPS,  SAYS HE HAS NEVER FELT LOSS LIKE THIS.  THE PIT BULL RIPPED LITTLE JUNIOR RIGHT OUT OF HIS ARMS AND RIPPED HIM APART RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM.  HE DRAGGED HIM TO THE SIDE OF THE LAKE AND MAULED HIM RELENTLESSLY SHAKING AND BITING HIM.  WITNESSES SAID THE LITTLE DOG SCREAMED THIS BLOOD-CURTLING DEATH SCREAM AND THE DESPERATION ON YEARY'S FACE TO GET HIS PET OUT OF THE PIT'S MOUTH WAS UNREAL.

YEARY SAYS:  "THEY KNEW WHAT THAT DOG WAS AND THEY PUT THAT DOG HERE.  IT HAD BLOOD IN ITS MOUTH AND KNEW EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS AFTER.  IT'S A VICIOUS ANIMAL. IT IS NOT GOING TO BE REHABBED, IN MY MIND."

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BRICK NJ - A RECENTLY ADOPTED ENGLISH MASTIFF ATTACKED ITS NEW OWNER - SEVERE INJURIES TO ARM

An ENGLISH MASTIFF dog bit its owner on the arm at a home in Brick NJ just after 6pm Tuesday.  The owner was flown by helicopter to a hospital.  The  "RECENTLY ADOPTED DOG"  was taken to an animal shelter in the township after the attack.  The attack is under investigation.  Police say that it appears this could have been......

    A FOOD-AGGRESSION ISSUE   ???!!!???

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PALATKA FL - A ROTTWEILER ATTACKED ITS OWNER SCALPING HIM - A PASSERBY WITNESSED THE VICTIM ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD

911 CALL - "THERE'S A MAN ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE TOP OF HIS HEAD IS MISSING."

The Putnam County Sheriff's Office responded Monday to 131 East Towles Road in reference to the report of a person being severely mauled by a dog.  Police say a 911 caller found Bennett slumped over on the side of the road and that he appeared to be trying to flag her down.  She stayed with the victim until rescue units arrived but was afraid to get out of  her car.  The Victim was transported by ground to Putnam Coimmunity Medical Center and then taken by helicopter to UF & Shands Hospitgal in Gainesville with severe injuries to his head and scalp.

Shortly thereafter the Sheriff's Deputies and Animal Control Officers captured a Rottweiler roaming loose.  Family members say the dog belongs to Bennett.  The dog was euthanized this morning.

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HARLEYVILLE SC - 4 LOOSE DOGS ATTACKED AN 80-YEAR-OLD MAN - CARLTON FREEMAN - RIDING IN HIS WHEELCHAIR- HE DIED FROM THE INJURIES

"ALL HE WANTED WAS FOR THEM TO CATCH THOSE DOGS BEFORE THEY HURT ANYONE ELSE."



VIDEO:  FAMILY MEMBERS SAY THE DOGS WERE PIT BULLS AND SEVERAL OF THEM ACTUALLY SAW THE DOGS.  THREE OF THE  DOGS ALSO BELONG  TO A FAMILY MEMBER THAT LIVES NEARBY.

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An 80-year-old resident of Harleyville SC, CARLTON FREEMAN, has lost his life to a dog attack.  He had worked for the railroad many years and was a diabetic and had lost his legs several years back.  He was driving his motorized wheelchair on May 8 on the side of the road near his home and was attacked by  4 PIT BULLS.  He was pulled from the wheel chair by his knees and clothes and the dogs attempted to pull him into the woods.  He was bitten all over. Witnesses say they don't know how he lived on as long as he did.

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A PERSON KILLED BY A DOG EVERY  8.86  DAYS (124 DAYS) IF JAMES HARDIN'S DEATH IS COUNTED, IT IS 8.27 DAYS

PIT BULL TYPE - 13       GERMAN SHEPHERD - 1

1. 1-8 - Betty Todd - 65 - Greenwood SC - familys pit bull

2.  1-19 - Christian Gormanous - 4 - Conroe TX - neighbors pit bull

3.  2-8  - Elsie Grace - 92 - Hemet CA - sons 2 pit bulls

4.  2 -16  - Isaiah Aguilar - 2 - Sabinal TX - neighbors pit bull

5.   3-2  - Ryan Maxwell - 7 - Galesburg IL - friends pit bull

6.   3-6  - Daxton Borchardt - 14 mos - Walworth WI - babysitters 2 pit bulls

7.   3-26  - Monica Laminack- 21 mos - Bryan Co GA - familys 7 pit bulls/mixes

8.   4-7  - Tyler Jett - 7 - Callaway FL - neighbors 2 pit bull mixes

9.   4 -11 - Claudia Gallardo - 38 - Stockton CA - acquaintances  pit bull

10.  4-23 -  Jordyn Arndt - 4 - Prairie City IA - babysitters American Staffordshire Terrier

11.   4-24 - Beau Rutledge - 2 - Fulton Co GA - familys pit bull

12.    5-4  Rachel Honabarger - 35 - Coshocton OH - familys german shepherd

13.   5-9  - Pamela Maria Devitt - 63 - Littlerock CA - 4 loose pit bulls

14.   5-12  - Carlton Freeman - 80 - Harleyville SC - 4 loose dogs including pit bulls


NON - BITE FATALITY

1.  2-22 - James Hardin - 62 -  Baltimore MD - He was walking on the street when 2 pit bulls began chasing him and he ran terrified into the street and was hit by a car and killed.

WINSTED CT - A PIT BULL ADOPTED FROM A SHELTER 2 MONTHS AGO WENT TO GREAT LENGTHS TO INVADE A HOME AND ATTACK A SMALL PET

Nancy Reynolds of 138 Rockwell Street said she was in her living room around 5:45 pm last Tuesday when a neighborhood dog adopted from the Torrington Animal Shelter about 2 months ago burst into the room and went after her 20 pound Shih Tzu/Yorkshire Terrier Mix named Nelson.  The  PIT BULL  jumped a fence to get onto her property and then jumped a gate on her porch before pushing open a sliding screen door that had been left ajar to get into the house.  The Pit Bull has been euthanized.

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VALENCIA PARK, SAN DIEGO CA - 2 PIT BULLS ATTACKED AND KILLED A BELOVED PUG "SUKI" - IT'S THE 2ND PET THEY'VE KILLED AND THE 4TH TIME THEY'VE BEEN IMPOUNDED - BUT ALWAYS GIVEN BACK TO THEIR OWNERS - THEY ARE DEAD NOW !!!!!

****3RD PIT BULL ATTACK IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IN 2 DAYS ****

At about 11am Friday  2 PIT BULLS attacked and killed Maria McKay's  daughter's  little pug "Suki". The attack occurred in front of a daycare run by Deborah Kirby and across the street from an elementary school.  Kirby said that her own children were almost attacked by the same Pit Bulls about 2 months ago while they were walking home from school.

Another neighbor, Nancy Marquez, said she lives only a couple of doors away from the Pit Bulls and they ...

KILLED HER CHIHUAHUA SEVERAL YEARS AGO IN HER OWN BACKYARD.

Lieutenant Dan DeSouza of San Diego County Department of Animal Services said that both Pit Bulls have been impounded 4 times while running loose and each time they were returned to the owners. He says, "A dangerous dog is a dog that has attacked or bitten people and I don't think there has been any allegations of that with these dogs."   But residents told News10 that they are afraid a child will be attacked next.

ON SUNDAY LT.  DESOUZA  SAID THAT THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ANIMAL SERVICES LOCATED RECORDS THAT CONFIRMED THAT THESE 2 PIT BULLS KILLED ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD DOG IN 2009.  THE OWNERS ARE NOW FACING CRIMINAL CHARGES DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE DOGS WERE EUTHANIZED.  THEY HAVE CIVIL RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE DAMAGE THEIR DOGS DID.  THEY ARE NOW FACING 4 MISDEMEANOR CHARGES INCLUDING LEASH LAW VIOLATIONS AND UP TO $1,000 FINE.

* THIS ATTACK OCCURRED 1 DAY AFTER 63-YEAR-OLD PAMELA MARIE DEVITT  WAS KILLED BY 4 PIT BULLS WHILE JOGGING NEAR HER HOME IN LITTLEROCK CA, IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY.

* ON THIS SAME DAY A NEIGHBOR'S PIT BULL RIPPED OFF THE EAR OF A 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL, ALEX CUEVA, AS SHE TRIED TO SAVE HER SHIH TZU , COCO, DURING AN ATTACK WHILE SHE WAS WALKING HER DOG IN CORONA  CA.


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BIG LAKE, ALASKA - A TETHERED SLED DOG BROKE FREE AND ATTACKED A 2-YEAR-OLD TODDLER TWICE INJURING HER VAGUS NERVE AND JUGULAR VEIN

"WIZARD" ON RIGHT, AND HIS BROTHER "BANDIT" ON THE LEFT


UPDATE:  THE ATTACKING DOG WAS A 1-YEAR-OLD ALASKAN HUSKY NAMED WIZARD.  THE KENNEL OWNER PLANS TO FIGHT FOR WIZARD'S LIFE EVEN THOUGH ANIMAL CONTROL HAS RECOMMENDED HE BE PUT TO DEATH.

On Friday a 2-year-old girl,  ELIN SHUCK, was attacked twice by a dog at a Big Lake Kennel.  The father, Brody Shuck, said that his wife and their 3 children had come to the kennel to visit because the family pays to board several of their sled dogs there.  He said his wife had been walking out of the dog yard with their 1-year-old daughter in a carrier on her back......

FOLLOWED BY ELIN AND THE COUPLE'S 4-YEAR-OLD SON...THE MOTHER TURNED AROUND AND SAW THE ATTACK.  HER SON WAS SCREAMING ELIN'S NAME. SHE WAS ABLE TO GET THE DOG OFF THE CHILD, BUT THE DOG THEN ATTACKED HER FOR THE SECOND TIME !!!!!  THE MOTHER HAD THE SON REMOVE HIS SHIRT AND SHE USED IT TO ATTEMPT TO STOP THE BLEEDING.  THE TODDLER WAS UNRESPONSIVE WHEN MEDICS ARRIVED ACCORDING TO TROOPERS.  SHE WAS FLOWN BY HELICOPTER TO PROVIDENCE ALASKA MEDICAL CENTER.  HER NECK HAD BEEN ATTACKED DAMAGING HER VAGUS NERVE AND A JUGULAR VEIN.

The dog had broken the "S-hook" that kept it tethered.  It was removed from the property and will be held in quarantine for 10 days.  The father believes the dog should be euthanized.

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GLOVERTOWN NL CANADA - 2 PIT BULLS ATTACKED A 70-YEAR-OLD MAN WALKING IN HIS YARD

The RCMP said that a 70-year-old man was attacked and bitten by  2 PIT BULL DOGS  Saturday afternoon. The man was walking in his yard when he was knocked over from behind and bitten twice by the dogs.  The dogs had been in a fenced yard but had dug a hole underneath and escaped. A third dog, a black Labrador Retriever, was with the Pit Bull dogs but did not attack the man.

A passerby witnessed  the attack and was also challenged by the dogs, but when he stood his ground the dogs left the area.  The victim was taken by ambulance to a local hospital.  The owners of the dogs were contacted and they made arrangements to have the.....

                TWO PIT BULLS EUTHANIZED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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TULSA OK - A NEIGHBOR'S PIT BULL CLIMBS OVER A FENCE AND ATTACKED ANGIE YOUNG BITING DOWN ON HER CALF - PIECES OF FAT AND CHUNKS WERE COMING FROM HER LEG AS THE PIT TUGGED !!!

ANGIE YOUNG  was in her back yard on Friday when her neighbor's  PIT BULL suddenly climbed the fence and came right for her. She says it was one of the most terrifying moments of her life and she thought she was going to die.  The PIT BULL clamped down on her leg and she says she could feel it tugging harder and harder......

THERE WASN'T EVEN ENOUGH SKIN LEFT ON HER CALF TO SEW UP HER WOUND.  SHE WILL HAVE TO GET PLASTIC SURGERY INCLUDING SKIN GRAFTS.

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WHAT MAKES IT SO MUCH WORSE IS THE FACT THAT HER HUSBAND HAS KIDNEY CANCER AND WAS ONLY OUT OF THE HOSPITAL FOR 2 DAYS WHEN ANGIE WAS ATTACKED BY THE PIT BULL AND PUT IN THE HOSPITAL !!!!!

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Angie keeps thinking about what would have happened if the dog had got one of her grandkids.  She keeps having bad dreams that the dog is attacking her again or one of her grandchildren.  The Pit Bull is quarantined for 10 days and after that the owner could get the dog back after paying fines.  The investigation is still going on.

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BROOKE COUNTY WV - 2 LOOSE PIT BULLS ATTACKED AND KILLED A COLLIE MIX BEING WALKED ON A LEASH BY ITS OWNER - THE PITS WERE SHOT AND KILLED

A man was walking his Collie Mix dog about 6:30am on Sunday on Oak Alley when 2 loose  PIT BULLS  attacked the Collie.  As the man attempted to break up the dogs, he was bitten.  Wellsburg Police responded along with the Brooke County Sheriff's Office.  Officers shot and killed the Pit Bulls.  The  Collie died from its injuries.

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KNOX COUNTY TN - NEIGHBOR'S 2 PIT BULLS RUN LOOSE AND TRY TO GET INTO ANGELA GARRETT'S FENCED DOGS - THEN ONE OF THEM ATTACKED HER

A Knox County woman was attacked by a neighbor's  PIT BULL  Saturday afternoon.  ANGELA GARRETT  says she first noticed her neighbors   2 PIT BULLS   loose  in her  front yard  around 3:30pm.  She says they were trying to get to her 2 dogs by getting under her fence.  She shooed them away.  Then about 10 minutes later she heard a commotion and went out and the dogs' owner,  J.J. POWERS, was trying to take the dogs back home.  Her own dogs were upset and as she tried to calm them down, one of the  PIT BULLS  lunged at her.  Before the owner could pull it off it bit into Garrett's left hand and leg twice, pinning her against her own car in the driveway.

Her leg wounds were 2 1/2 inches deep nearly to the bone.  Her hand may need surgery.  She received many stitches at the hospital.  BUT SHE SAYS MORE THAN THE PHYSICAL ATTACK THE EMOTIONAL TRAUMA IS BY FAR THE WORST.  SHE IS AFRAID TO BE OUTSIDE AND IS ALWAYS LOOKING OVER HER SHOULDER.  SHE SAYS THAT EVERYTIME SHE SEES A DOG NOW, SHE IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE SCARED.

 Animal Control removed the 2 PIT BULLS for evaluation as the investigation continues.

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WAUSAW , MARATHON COUNTY WI - NEIGHBOR'S PIT BULL ATTACKED A CHILD

A child was injured Sunday afternoon after a neighbor's dog bit her in the face.  Police were notified just before 5pm of the attack on the child which happened in the 1000 block of Fifth Street.  The child was transported to Aspirus Wausau Hospital.  The child's age and name were not released yet.  The dog,  a  PIT BULL,  was taken to the Marathon County Humane Society and placed in quarantine.

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EDGARTOWN MA - A MINIATURE HORSE WAS KILLED AND ITS PADDOCK MATE INJURED BY ADOPTED PIT BULL TYPE DOG

Two miniature horses were attacked at the Meetinghouse Way Farm owned by Ellen Harley sometime Saturday afternoon,  Magik, Ms. Harley's horse, was killed, while Chance owned by Kirsten Davey, was injured and recovering Sunday.

Ms. Prada said a tip led the Edgartown Police Department to the dog owned by Adam Mahoney of Island Grove. The Mahoneys confirmed that their dog Mugsy, a 3-year-old neutered American Staffordshire /Bulldog Cross, had been on the loose Saturday and had returned home bloody and muddy and covered with scratches.

Evidence shows that the Staffordshire jumped a 4-foot fence and went right for the jugular to kill the little horse.  IT ALSO HAD MOST OF ITS FACE RIPPED OFF !!!

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LOWELL SUN - EDITORIAL - OPINION - PULLING OUR CHAIN WITH PIT-PULL CHARM CHARADE - SHOULD LAWMAKERS BE PROTECTING THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF DOGS OVER THE PUBLIC SAFETY OF HUMANS?

LowellSun.com  5/7/13

One group's campaign to portray pit bulls as just another lovable pet took its dog-without-pony show to Lowell on Sunday, hoping to charm citizens of a city who apparently know better.

BSL Awareness Walks, an organization that touts itself as "responsible pit-bull owners," hoped that a 90-minute stroll through Lowell with their tethered animals would convince people to shed those unwarranted  "stereotypes" associated with that breed.  By the way, the "BSL" in the group"s name stands for "breed-specific legislation."

That's something our state Legislature struck down in 2012, which voided Lowell's 2011 initiative designed to do just that.  A city ordinance had required pit bull owners to spay or neuter their dog, register it with the city clerk's office, keep the dog on a leash when off the owner's property, and require the wearing of a muzzle or be secured in a temporary enclosure.

The council's initiative was in reaction to a series of pit bull attacks and the concern of overpopulation.

However, our state lawmakers opted to .........

PROTECT THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF DOGS OVER THE PUBLIC SAFETY OF HUMANS, APPARENTLY ASSUMING THAT PIT BULLS INDEED WERE GETTING A BAD RAP.

But the truth serves as a viable defense against libel or slander --  something the BSLers and Statehouse gang apparently didn't consider.

A series of findings, compiled by DogsBite.org, a national dog-bite-victims' group, should lead any level-headed individual to an obvious conclusion:

* From 2005 to 2012, two dog breeds accounted for 73 percent of the dog attacks that resulted in deaths: pit bulls and rottweilers.

* More than 600 U.S. cities have adopted breed-specific laws since the mid- 1980s, coinciding with the popularity of pit bulls as pets.

* Several countries, including Great Britain, regulate dangerous dog breeds with breed-specific laws.  One of the four breeds specifically mentioned in Great Britain's Dangerous Dogs Act of 1991 is the pit bull terrier.

So, aside from personal experience, there's plenty of evidence to suggest why the average citizen would feel threatened by this particular dog  breed.

And it's going to take more than   A PITBULLS-ON-PARADE ROAD SHOW AND MISGUIDED POLITICIANS ON BEACON HILL TO CHANGE THAT PERCEPTION.

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