SRINAGAR KASHMIR- OVER A DOZEN DOGS MAUL A 3-YEAR-OLD GIRL'S FACE AS SHE WAS COMING HOME FROM SCHOOL!!!

"THE STATE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN DEFENDING THE CASE OF DOGS SAYING "RIGHTS OF ANIMALS NEED TO BE UPHELD COME WHAT MAY."



"PUTTING DOGS IN IMPORTANCE ABOVE HUMANS"

Sat - Mar 31, 2012 - Just last week 3-year-old   Dua Me'raj,  parents had admitted her in a school at Hyderpora.  But on Friday afternoon she was attacked by scores of dogs near her residence while coming back home.

BATTLE CREEK MI - PIT BULL RUNNING LOOSE LATCHES ON TO A CHOW THROUGH A FENCE AND WOULD NOT LET GO - PIT SHOT BY OFFICER !!!

THE PIT NUTTER BECAME "DISORDERLY"  AND WAS ARRESTED !!!

Sat - Mar 31, 2012 -  Battle Creek Police said they shot and killed an aggressive dog Thursday night and then arrested the animal's owner for being disorderly.  Police were called about 6:45 pm to James Street after a resident said a stray dog had attempted to attack her dog inside a fence.

Police found a  PIT BULL  running loose on Vale Street and followed it until the dog stopped outside a fence in the 300 block of Cliff Street.  It bit the chow through the fence and held onto its face.  Police said the Pit Bull refused to release the Chow even though owners of the chow began kicking at the Pit bull.  The Chow was finally able to break free and an officer shot and killed the Pit Bull.

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       ENTERS THE PIT NUTTER.............

* A woman, 26, arrived and began yelling, "WHY DID YOU SHOOT MY DOG?"

* Then she began yelling profanities.

* Then she refused to leave.

* Then she was arrested for being disorderly.

WILDOMAR CA - PIT BULL INVADES A BACKYARD AND KILLS A FAMILY'S BELOVED 1-YEAR-OLD CHIHUAHUA "JERSEY" - DONALD MASON SHOT IT TO DEATH AND NOW HE IS ON A MISSION !!!!!!!

"I'M NOT EVEN MESSING AROUND WITH THIS.  IT'S A MISSION.  MY DAUGHTER CALLS IT  'JUSTICE FOR JERSEY'.  I SHOULD NOT, IN FRONT OF MY FAMILY, HAVE TO EXECUTE A DOG IN MY BACKYARD."

Mar 31, 2012 - DONALD MASON  pumped a  PIT BULL  full last week after it slipped into his backyard and killed his family's Chihuahua.

"I DEFINITELY WAS NOT GOING TO LET IT OFF OF THIS PROPERTY.  I GOT MY 9MM,"  SAID THE MILITARY POLICE OFFICER WITH THE CALIFORNIA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD AND FORMER U.S. MARINE.

Mason, 48, said roaming Pit Bulls have become a problem at The Farm, a sprawling neighborhood off Bundy Canyon Road.  Mason said he believes the Pit Bull he shot Tuesday was tshe same one that attacked a woman and her dog elsewhere in the neighborhood in recent weeks.  On Wednesday night, Mason said he saw another Pit Bull running loose on his street.

Patricia Mason said she was washing her car in the driveway Tuesday when she noticed a white streak pass by out of the corner of her eye.  She didn't give it a second thought, until she heard the sound of her 11-year-old daughrer's Chihuahua, Jersey, being attacked in the backyard.  By the time Donald Mason could make it out, the Pit Bull had dropped the Chihuahua and was looking through the door at his wife.

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HE RETRIEVED HIS GUN AND FIRED TWO SHOTS AT THE DOG........

         BUT IT DIDN'T SEEM TO FASE IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THE DOG WAS LARGER THAN A TYPICAL PIT BULL... APPEARED TO BE PART MASTIFF.

       IT TOOK AT LEAST 6 SHOTS TO FELL THE DOG !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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JERSEY died before they could make it out of the neighborhood.  Donald Mason said his daughter had begged for a Chihuahua for a year and Jersey was her first dog.  That was her dream com true.  Jersay would have turned ONE on April 2 and they were planning a birthday party. Jersey was the nicest, sweetest animal you can imagine.

       "ALL IT EVER DID WAS LOVE EVERYBODY IN THE HOUSE."

Animal Control Officers have not identified the owner of the Pit Bull. Meanwhile, Mason has been researching Pit Bull attacks.  He has written a letter he plans to send to state legislators.  He thinks that California needs more stringent laws regarding Pit Bulls.  "I'm not even messing around with this.  It's my mission."

MUSKEGON MI - A PIT BULL NAMED "SATAN" ESCAPED ITS PEN AND CHARGED A POLICE OFFICER - HE SHOT IT !!!

Sat - Mar 31, 2012 - A Muskegon Police Officer was charged by an agitated   PIT BULL   in an alley on Wednesday shortly before 8 am   He was forced to shoot and kill the dog, and the act was caught on his police cruiser video.


Police Officer Steve Stout was responding to the area of Terrace Street and Holbrook Ave on a call of a  PIT BULL running loose.   The tan, 3-year-old dog named  "SATAN"  was located.  The officer spoke to a resident who the dog appeared to know.  The resident went to grab the dog and at that point the dog lunged at the policeman.  He pulled his service weapon and shot the dog as it lunged on him at the front of his patrol car.

*****According to the City of Muskegon's Animal Ordinance, A PIT BULL IS CONSIDERED A DANGEROUS ANIMAL AND HAS TO BE PROPERLY SECURED OR THE OWNER COULD BE CITED.  iN THIS CASE, THE DOG'S OWNER RECEIVED 3 CITATIONS:

* HAVING A DANGEROUS DOG WITH NO LEASH OR MUZZLE

* HAVING NO SIGN POSTED THAT THERE IS A DANGEROUS DOG ON THE PROPERTY

* NOT HAVING INSURANCE FOR OWNING OR POSSESSING A DANGEROUS DOG.

SALT SPRINGS FL - PIT BULL BITES A 9-YEAR-OLD BOY IN THE FACE - AUTHORITIES FIND IT HAD PREVIOUSLY BITTEN ANOTHER PERSON IN THE FACE

UPDATE:  DOG TO BE EUTHANIZED AFTER BITING 2 PEOPLE

Sat - Mar 31, 2012 - A 9-year-old boy is recovering in the Hospital after being bitten in the face by a dog Friday night.  A spokesperson at Shands at the University of Florida in Gainesville said Saturday that the victim was in good condition.

A deputy went to the 24800 block of E. County Road 316 at 11:23 pm Friday and talked with a woman who said she has been babysitting three juveniles, ages 7, 9, and 10 years old, for approximately six months and:

***HAS NOT SEEN THE CHILDREN'S MOTHER IN ABOUT 3 DAYS***

The woman said the little boy went outside, and shortly after she heard crying.  When she went outside, she said she saw a bite mark on the little boy's face.  She said it was probably the  PIT BULL chained outside because the boy likes to play with the dog.  The Department of Children and Families and the county's animal control were notified about the incident.

REX, CLAYTON COUNTY GA - A PIT BULL ATTACKED 2 CHILDREN ON THEIR WAY HOME FROM SCHOOL - VICIOUS ATTACK SENDS BOTH GIRLS TO HOSPITAL

UPDATE: NEIGHBORS SAID THEY HAD TO TAKE DRASTIC MEASURES TO SAVE TWO GIRLS WHO WERE BEING ATTACKED BY A PIT BULL.  THEY GRABBED ANYTHING THEY COULD FIND TO FEND OFF THE DOG FRIDAY AFTERNOON.  THE DOG WAS DRAGGING THE LITTLE GIRL.  SOMEONE GRABBED A TIRE IRON FROM THEIR CAR.  THEY STARTED BEATING THE DOG WITH IT.  SOMEONE GOT IN THEIR CAR AND HIT THE DOG TWICE, BUT IT WAS STILL IN ATTACK MODE. 



Sat - Mar 31, 2012 - Two children ages 10 and 5  were bitten by a  PIT BULL  on Valdez Drive in Rex Ga on Friday.   The children were taken to the Hospital with non life-threatening injuries.  The Pit Bull was impounded by Clayton County Animal Control and will be in quarantine for 10 days.

STATEN ISLAND NY - SILIVE.COM EDITORIAL - A BREED APART - PIT BULLS ARE ESTIMATED TO CAUSE OVER ONE QUARTER OF ALL DOG BITES IN THE CITY - FAR MORE THAN ANY OTHER BREED

"SOMETIMES NO AMOUNT OF SOCIALIZATION CAN OVERCOME ANIMAL INSTINCTS. FOR SAFETY'S SAKE, PLEASE BE WARY OF THEIR AGGRESSIVE INSTINCTS."

Sat - Mar 31, 2012 - Editorial from silive.com - It was a horrowing attack that ought to raise a red flag yet again over the potential for violence in  PIT BULLS . A Probation Officer shot and killed one of her 2 Pit Bulls after the pet attacked her inside her Mariners Harbor home. She was trying to stop the dogs from fighting.

Capable of being fierce and volatile, Pit Bulls are estimated to cause over one quarter of all dog bites in the city, far more than any other breed.  Several hundred bites by Pit Bulls are commonly reported every year. This has created a furor over whether the dogs ought to be tolerated as usually docile and loyal pets or perhaps be forced off our streets as a public menace.

PIT BULLS are banned in more than 100 cities and towns across the country, including Miami and Denver.  They are prohibited by New York City's public housing system. According to the Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Pit Bulls killed 66 people nationwide from 1979 to 1998, leading all dog breeds in causing fatalities.

On Staten Island, the case of a 90-YEAR-OLD WORLD WAR II VET HENRY PIOTROWSKI  MAULED TO DEATH IN 2008 BY 2 PIT BULLS   became a flashpoint in the longstanding debate over the breed.  A co-owner of those dogs was sentenced to three years in jail.

More recently, the Island co-owner of a  PIT BULL  THAT HAD MAULED 2 FEMALE VICTIMS IN SEPARATE ATTACKS   was sentenced in November to spend three years in jail.
(And another article not in this editorial)


          ARCHIVAL RECORD OF FATAL PIT BULL ATTACKS

                      STATE PIT BULL FATALITY MAPS  

                    READ THIS ENTIRE EDITORIAL HERE

ROCKFORD IL - NEIGHBOR'S PIT BULL DIGS UNDER AN 8-FOOT FENCE AND ATTEMPTED TO ATTACK A PREGNANT PUG "DAISY" - LISA JACKSON SAVED HER BELOVED PUG BUT GOT MAULED HERSELF

Fri - Mar 30, 2012  -  A week after being mauled by her neighbor's  PIT BULL  Lisa Jackson, 38, is recovering from:

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2 BROKEN ANKLES, LONG DEEP SCRATCH MARKS ON HER LEGS AND STOMACH, 20 STITCHES IN HER LEFT ARM, AND BRUISES ALL OVER HER BODY.
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Jackson's 3-year-old pug, Daisy, was in the backyard and she was unaware of a freshly dug hole.  Suddenly she found her neighbor's Pit Bull in her yard attempting to attack Daily.  DAISY IS PREGNANT !!!  SO JACKSON THREW HERSELF ON TOP OF HER.  SHE WAS ABLE TO SAVE DAISY BUT THE PIT BULL SANK ITS TEETH INTO  HER LEFT ANKLE.  WHEN SHE TURNED TO FLEE, SHE STEPPED INTO A DIVOT AND INJURED HER OTHER ANKLE.

AS SHE WAS BEING MAULED ON THE GROUND, SHE MANAGED TO GET A STICK AND FORCED IT INTO THE DOG'S MOUTH....TRYING TO STICK IT INTO HIS THROAT TO MAKE IT CHOKE AND RELEASE ITS GRIP."   SHE SAYS:

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                    "I   TRIED   TO    KILL    IT !!!"

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No one from the home of the Pit Bull came to her assistance.  She was finally able to get into her front yard and her neighbor on the opposite side helped her.  She is employed at McDonalds and hasn't been able to work. SHE DOES NOT HAVE INSURANCE !!!  The medical bills are mounting up. She has not received an apology from her neighbor. The case is still being invesstigated and it will be up to a judge to decide if the dog is destroyed.

MEANWHILE, JACKSON HAS HIRED A PERSONAL ATTORNEY.  "THIS DOG IS DANGEROUS AND I JUST WANT WHAT'S OWED TO ME," SHE SAID.

BENTON COUNTY TN - POLICE CHIEF SAVES GRANDDAUGHTER FROM VIOLENT ATTACK BY HIS DAUGHTER'S PIT BULL - THE CHIEF IS SEVERELY MAULED - 3 SURGERIES IN 4 DAYS !!!!!

!!!!!!!THE STEWART FAMILY SAYS THEY ARE AT A LOSS AT WHY CHANCE, THE FAMILY'S 50-POUND PIT BULL,  SUDDENLY BECAME VICIOUS. IT JUST SNAPPED !!!!!!????????????


Fri - Mar 30, 2012 -  A Tennessee Police chief and Grandfather was released from the hospital on Thursday following   A  BRUTAL  ATTACK BY THE FAMILY'S  50 - POUND PIT BULL that happened this past weekend in Benton County, about 100 miles west of Nashville.


Chief   RONNIE STEWART was at his daughter's home on Sunday playing with his 2-year-old granddaughter, Abigail Grace,  when the violent incident occurred. His daughter's 50-pound PIT BULL, CHANCE, came around the corner growling, snarling and showing his teeth as:

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HE WAS COMING STRAIGHT TOWARDS THE YOUNG CHILD!!!!!!!

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"I COULD TELL THINGS WERE NOT RIGHT, IT WAS GROWLING LIKE A DEATH GROWL.  I THREW MY GRANDDAUGHTER ON A NEARBY TRAMPOLINE AND THEN I FELT THE TEETH GO .........*********THROUGH MY HAND**********!!!!!!!!"

"THE DOG DRUG ME ON THE GROUND AND IT ATE MY ARM UP, TEARING, SNAPPING BONES AND STUFF.  I GOT HIM IN A CHOKE HOLD AND CHOKED HIM OUT."

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The Police Chief  said his 15-year-old daughter immediately called 911.  Benton County deputies were forced to shoot the animal after he threatened them upon their arrival to the scene.  The Stewart Family said they are at a  loss at why Chance suddenly became vicious.

"WE HAVE BEEN THERE MANY, MANY TIMES AND THE DOG NEVER BOTHERED US,"  LISA STEWART, RONNIE'S WIFE SAID FROM HER HUSBAND'S HOSPITAL ROOM."

                        "SOMETHING SNAPPED."

"HE HAD ABBY IN HIS SIGHTS AND HE HEADED RIGHT FOR HER.  RONNIE THREW HER SO HARD UP ON THE TRAMPOLINE.....IT THREW ONE OF HER SHOES OFF !!!!!"

Following the incident, chief Stewart was airlifted to Vanderbilt University Medical Center where he underwent three surgeries in four days.  He is still recovering from ....A  BROKEN  BONE  IN  HIS  HAND  AND  MUSCLE  AND  TISSUE  DAMAGE   IN  HIS  ARM   AND  SHOULDER.

HOLLAND MI - MAN HEARD SCREAMING FROM INSIDE HIS 6-FOOT PRIVACY FENCE - HIS 3 PIT BULLS HAD TURNED ON HIM !!!!!

"IF YOU HAVE GOT 3 PIT BULLS TURNING ON THEIR OWNER, THAT'S A PROBLEM !!!"

Thurs - Mar 29, 2012 - A 26-year-old Holland man might face penalties for violations of the city's pet ordinance after he was attacked by his own   3 PIT BULLS  Sunday.

Holland Public Safety Police Capt. Rick Walters said, "He had 3 Pit Bulls or Pit Bull-Mix dogs, and 1 of them was stuck in the fence in his backyard, and another dog then attacked that one.  A fight ensued between these 2 dogs and when the owner tried to intervene, they turned on him as well.  The man was taken to Holland Hospital.

One of the dogs was taken to a vet and the other 2 were  taken in by police before being turned over to Harbor Humane Society.  The case remains open and under investigation:

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THE CITY OF HOLLAND LIMITS RESIDENTS TO 2 DOGS PER HOUSEHOLD.  DOGS ALSO ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE ANNUAL VACCINATIONS AND BE LICENSED.

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Neighbor Tom Payton said he heard the man screaming for help during the attack but:

NEIGHBORS FOUND IT IMPOSSIBLE TO GET PAST THE 6-FOOT PRIVACY FENCE TO HELP.  ONE MAN THREW A BAT OVER THE FENCE TO HELP THE MAN WARD OFF HIS DOGS.

"IF YOU'VE GOT 3 PIT BULLS TURNING ON THEIR OWNER, THAT'S A PROBLEM.  A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND HERE WERE WONDERING IF THE DOGS WERE GOING TO BE PUT DOWN.  A LOT OF NEIGHBORS DON'T WANT THEM BACK."

OTTER ROCK OR - 1 YEAR AGO - 3-YEAR-OLD AMERICAN BULLDOG ATTACKED A 2-YEAR-OLD GIRL

Mon - Apr 4, 2011 - A Toddler is facing Life-Threatening Injuries to her head and neck after she was attacked by a dog Monday morning in Otter Rock, said Lincoln County Sgt. Mark Meister.

Eden Bailey, who turns 2 on Tuesday, was at a home in the community north of Newport when the 3-year-old American Bulldog attacked her.  Her mother, Kari Wallace, also received less serious injuries while saving Eden from the dog. Both were taken to the Samaritan Pacific Communities hospital in Newport.

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THE CHILD IS SCHEDULED TO BE TAKEN BY EMERGENCY TRANSPORT OUT OF THE AREA FOR ADDITIONAL CARE

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The dog belonged to the owners of the home where Eden and her mother were staying, Meister said.  They were not home at the time of the attack.

UPDATE:  CONDITION UPGRADED TO STABLE

TIDEWATER AREA - LINCOLN COUNTY OR - CHILD ATTACKED BY PIT BULL/ LAB MIX - INJURIES TO THE FACE

UPDATE:  AUTHORITIES SAY THE DOG THAT ATTACKED THE CHILD WAS A PIT BULL/LAB MIX.  A 3-year-old child was attacked in a backyard  of a residence Wednesday suffering a bite wound to the face.  The child and its mother recently moved in with friends.  At the time of the attack the owners were not at the premises.

Thurs - Mar 29, 2012 - Sheriff's Deputies say thety are investigating a dog attack on a 3-year-old child at its home in the 400 block of East Evans in the Tidewater area off Highway 34.  The child was said to have been attacked possibly by a brown and white bulldog-looking dog.

 The child is being transported by its parents and are enroute to PCH.  The child was described to be in and out of consciousness.

FRIENDSWOOD TX - NEIGHBOR'S 2 DOGS - GERMAN SHEPHERD AND DOBERMAN - CHARGE AFTER A 10-YEAR-OLD GIRL GOING TO THE MAILBOX - THE GERMAN SHEPHERD KNOCKED HER DOWN AND SEVERELY BIT HER !!!

HERO:  NEIGHBOR AND FORMER MARINE, JASON HUFF, HEARD THE CHILD SCREAMING AND RAN TO RESCUE HER.  INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE HIS QUICK INTERVENTION PROBABLY SAVED THE GIRL FROM MORE SERIOUS OR LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES.

Thurs - Mar 29, 2012 - Officers were called to the 500 block of Meadow Bend Drive around 7:30 pm where they found a 10-year-old girl:

COVERED IN BLOOD WITH NOTICEABLE BITE MARKS ON HER ARMS, LEGS AND BUTTOCKS.

The child appeared to be in shock and she was rushed to the hospital.  The dogs, a GERMAN SHEPHERD AND A DOBERMAN PINSCHER , belonged to 23-year-old Shannon Berg and they are normally kept in Berg's backyard.  They apparently escaped confinement Wednesday.

Neighbor and former Marine Jason Huff, said blood was everywhere and that he had to hold his ground against the dogs after he got the girl free.  "THEY WERE GOING TO COME GET ME TOO."

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THE LITTLE GIRL'S PARENTS SAID SHE WAS JUST WALKING TO THE MAILBOX WHEN SHE WAS ATTACKED.

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Both dogs were seized by animal Control Wednesday and were being held in quarantine

ABBOTSFORD BC CANADA - A PIT BULL BITES A 19-MONTH-OLD TODDLER ON THE FACE AT A SCHOOL PLAYGROUND

Weds - Mar 28, 2012 -  Abbotsford Police are on the hunt for a  PIT BULL and its owner after a toddler was bitten on the face at a playground Friday.  A woman and her 19-month-old daughter were at the Playground area at Jackson Elementary School on Friday evening.  A man and a brown coloured  unleashed Pit Bull with a white head were also there.

After a short time and unprovoked - AND WITHOUT WARNING  !!!!!  the dog lunged at the girl's head and leg.  The mother and the man pulled the dog off the child who was bleeding from her nose.  BUT, RATHER THAN ASSIST THEM, THE MAN INVOLVED TOLD THE MOTHER HE HOPED THAT THE LITTLE GIRL WAS ALRIGHT ....AND THEN HE JUST TOOK OFF !!!!!

"HE COULD HAVE AT LEAST PHONED 911 OR AN AMBULANCE...OR ---

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EVEN TRANSPORTED THEM TO THE HOSPITAL !!!!!!!!!  INSTEAD THE WOMAN, WHO DIDN'T HAVE A CAR HAD TO WALK WITH HER CHILD TO THE ABBOTSFORD REGIONAL HOSPITAL A COUPLE OF KILOMETRES AWAY.

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Constable Ian Macdonald said this:  "Dogs are not permitted on Elementary school grounds and it is reckless to have any dog off-leash where young children are present.  A PIT BULL UNCONTROLLED IN A PLAYGROUND ??  IT IS NOT A WISE OR SAFE COURSE OF ACTION."

TORONTA KS -BOXER BITES 10-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN FACE - IT IS EUTHANIZED EVEN WITHOUT PRIORS !!!

March 2012 - A ten-year-old Wichita girl is in critical condition after a dog bit her in the face. It happened in Toronto Kansas.  The dog, a  BOXER,  was put down but did not have any prior incidents.  According to Woodson County Sheriff, the girl asked permission to pet the Boxer.  The Sheriff says it was just a bad accident.

GRAPEVINE TX - WFAA REPORTER JANET ST.JAMES WAS BITTEN BY A NEIGHBOR'S PIT BULL AND HER BELOVED PET "EMMY" WAS MAULED - PIT OWNER/NUTTER IS A "RESCUE AND FOSTER FUR MOMMIE"

Weds - Mar 28, 2012 -  MUST SEE VIDEO - Janet St. James was walking her 14-year-old pet Border Collie over the weekend when a neighbor's   PIT BULL  came charging at them.  Her dog was grabbed by the neck and brutally mauled and she got bit.


Other neighbors say that this is not the first time this dog has attacked.  Two months ago it attacked another neighbor's dog.  Another neighbor reported that she and her family were in their yard building a snowman and all 3 of the large dogs came charging at them.

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THE DOGS ARE KEPT/OWNED ??? BY A WOMAN WHO " RESCUES AND FOSTERS" LARGE DOGS.
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This Pit Bull has been declared dangerous.  If the owner gets it back she will have to abide by very strick regulations.  This article says that she plans to appeal the dangerous dog ruling.

ST. JAMES SAYS SHE IS VERY ANGRY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

UPPER DARBY PA - 2 BLUE PIT BULLS ATTACKED AND KILLED A BELOVED CAVALIER KING CHARLES SPANIEL NAMED "ZOEY" IN THE BACKYARD OF A HOME IN HIGHLAND PARK

Weds - Mar 28, 2012 - Police officers responded to an animal complaint from the home on the 100 block of Ardsley Road around 5:30 pm on Monday.  Officers found --- A WOMAN CRYING  WITH A SMALL, WHITE DOG LYING MOTIONLESS IN THE DRIVEWAY AND COVERED WITH BLOOD ----THEN    2 PIT BULLS   CHARGED TOWARD THE OFFICER WHO DREW HIS GUN AND FIRED A SHOT TOWARD THE ANIMALS,  CAUSING THEM TO RUN AWAY.

The Spaniel, Zoey, was taken to the Hospital and died from bite wounds.

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THE RESPONSIBLE PIT BULL OWNERS  WERE NOT HOME DURING THE ATTACK.

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The BLUE PIT BULLS were later captured and taken to the keystone animal hospital for a 10-day-quarantine, according to a Health Department Officer.  The owners of the Pit Bulls will receive a citation for violating the state's vicious animal ordinance.  Police are also considering lodging additional reckless endangerment charges against them.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY MD - 2 PIT BULLS ATTACKED TWO TEENAGERS - BOTH TEENS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL

UPDATE:  THE BOY SUFFERED ARM AND LEG WOUNDS AND THE GIRL SUFFERED ARM, LEG, AND NECK WOUNDS

Weds - Mar 28, 2012 - Two teenagers were injured on Tuesday night when they were bitten by 2 LOOSE PIT BULLS.   Montgomery County Police officials say the attack happened in the 20400 block of Boulder Ridge Terrace.  Attempts to subdue one of the dogs with a taser failed, so an officer was forced to shoot and kill it.

The other dog involved in the attack was subdued by the taser, police say.

Both teens, a 15-year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl,  were taken to an area hospital with dog-bite injuries.  One of the owners of the dogs came to collect the surviving Pit Bull, while police are still searching for the owner of the other dog.

DOUGHERTY COUNTY GA - A PIT BULL AND A ROTTWEILER BROKE THROUGH A SCREEN DOOR AND KILLED JESSICA FROST'S PET RABBIT - THEY CAME BACK THE 2ND TIME AND TRIED TO ATTACK HER BELOVED SCHNAUZER PRINCESS

Tues - Mar 27, 2012 - Jessica Frost says she is fed up with 2 dogs that have been terrorizing her family for the past year at their home on Harvey Drive. She had her pet rabbit on her screened deck  and   A PIT BULL AND A ROTTWEILER  broke through her screen door and killed her pet rabbit.

On Monday, the dogs came back and attacked her pet Schnauzer named Princess.  The little dog was able to get away from them.

"I'VE CALLED ANIMAL CONTROL 10 TO 12 TIMES.  I'VE CALLED THE POLICE AT LEAST TWICE AND THEY'RE NOT GETTING RID OF THE ANIMALS.  MY HUSBAND TOLD ME NOT TO EVEN LET THE KIDS COME OUT, "  SAID FROST.

Now she fears for her children and the other children in the neighborhood.  There is also a preschool in the neighborhood.

Dougherty County Police chief, Don Cheek, said that calls to animal control were up 37 percent in 2011 compared to 2010.

STATEN ISLAND NY - 2 "LOVING AND WELL-CARED-FOR - IT'S ALL IN HOW THEIR RAISED" PIT BULLS GOT IN A FIGHT AND OWNER/OFF-DUTY PROBATION OFFICER SHOT AND KILLED ONE WHEN IT LATCHED ON TO HER ARM !!!!!

Tues - Mar 27, 2012 -  An off-duty probation officer shot and killed her   PIT BULL  yesterday morning, according to police.  The incident happened shortly before 9 am on South Avenue not far from Forest Avenue in the home of  BERNICE CATES,  50,  who works for the city  Department of Probation.

According to authorities, Ms. Cates was trying to stop two of her  PIT BULLS from fighting when one attacked her.  She fired at the dog with her service weapon, killing it.

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Shortly after the incident, Ms. Cates was seen being treated in a Richmond University Medical Center ambulance.   Ryan Dodge, a spokesman for the city Department of Probation  yesterday offered a brief statement on the incident:

"Probation Officer Cates has been with DOP for 18 years.  DOP is investigating the incident and has retrieved her firearm, in accordance with agency protocol."

No one answered the door at Mx. Cates' home last night.  A sticker affixed to the door reads, "ASPCA member.  We are their voice."

One neighbor referred to Ms. Bates as an "animal lover."  As for the  Pit Bulls, he said, she walks them often, and  "they're not mean doggies."

ANSONIA CT - PIT BULL DRAMA OF THE MONTH - POLICE GET 911 CALL THAT A WHITE PIT BULL HAD SERIOUSLY ATTACKED SOMEONE AT A CERTAIN ADDRESS AND IS ROAMING.....WHERE ARE THOSE RESPONSIBLE PIT BULL OWNERS ???????

OFFICERS ARRIVE AND SEE WHAT THEY BELIEVE TO BE AN AGGRESSIVE WHITE PIT BULL AT THE ADDRESS......THEY SHOOT IT.....BUT NO !!!!!

The white PIT BULL NAMED "ICE"  WAS NOT THE DOG THAT ATTACKED THE MAN IN THE HOUSE....THAT DOG -- NAMED  "ZEUS" -- WAS STILL INSIDE THE HOUSE AT THE ADDRESS WHERE THE ATTACK TOOK PLACE.......

On March 4, 2012, The Ansonia  Police Department received a call from an area resident who stated that there was a  PIT BULL  roaming in the area and had already attacked someone inside a house.

On arriving  at the address the officers were told an adult  male had been attacked and had already left to go to a hospital for treatment.  A white PIT BULL was running back and forth frantically on the hill behind the residence.  When they attempted to approach the dog to snare it, it growled and barked aggressively.  The decision was made to dispatch it in the front yard  where there was a safe back stop to discharge the pistol.

WHERE ARE THOSE RESPONSIBLE PIT BULL OWNERS ??????????

Then a call was received from the victim - Steed Kaliszewski - saying that he was  ------

       "WATCHING THE PITS FOR THEIR RESPONSIBLE OWNERS"

WHILE THEY ARE IN NEW JERSEY PICKING UP MORE RESCUE PITS.......HE WAS NOT ATTACKED BY THE WHITE PIT BULL THAT WAS SHOT.....HE WAS ATTACKED BY ---

       "THE GREY PIT WITH THE WHITE FACE AND THE BLUE EYES"

Officers then went to the hospital to speak to the victim, and he told them that his sister RACQUEL TRAPP  and her husband  PAUL TRAPP  OWNED THE DOGS.


AAAHHHH - THE RESPONSIBLE PIT BULL OWNERS ARE NOW IDENTIFIED !!!!!!!!


But they are not home taking care of their 2 pit bulls....they are in New Jersey to.......

PICK UP ANOTHER RESCUE PIT.  THEY RESCUE PIT BULLS THAT ARE GOING TO BE EUTHANIZED, THE VICTIM TOLD THE POLICE !!!!!!!!!!!!.......BUT WAIT......THERE'S MORE THAN 2 ADULT PIT BULLS.............THERE ARE 5 ADULT PIT BULLS AND ABOUT 15 PUPPIES IN THE HOUSE,  THE VICTIM TELLS THE POLICE.

The victim told the police that he had taken the white PIT BULL "ICE" for a walk and had brought it back. Then he took the gray PIT BULL "ZEUS" for a walk.  When they returned, Zeus turned on him and attacked him biting him on both forearms.  He had to back away from him and leave the house because he continued to attack ........AND .........HE MUST HAVE LEFT IN A BIG HURRY BECAUSE HE LEFT THE DOOR OPEN ALLOWING  THE WHITE PIT BULL, ICE,  TO ESCAPE......AND.....

* ANOTHER ADULT PIT LOOSE IN THE HOUSE WAS "CURTIS"

* THE 2 FEMALE ADULT PITS ARE "HOLLIE" AND "ANNIE MAE"  AND ARE SECURED IN THE BASEMENT WITH ALL THEIR 15 PIT PUPPIES

*  WAIT...THERE'S MORE....THE VICTIM'S MOTHER WAS IN THE HOSPITAL ROOM WITH HIM AND TOLD POLICE THAT "ZEUS" HAD BITTEN HER IN DECEMBER AND SHE NEEDED 8 STITCHES.....BUT SHE DIDN'T REPORT IT!!!!!!!!

* AND....THE VICTIM BELIEVES THAT THE RESCUED "ZEUS" HAD  BEEN TRAINED AS A GUARD DOG BY ITS PREVIOUS OWNER.

PAUL TRAPP SHOWED UP AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT LATER WITH PAPERWORK SHOWING THE PIT BULLS HAD HAD THEIR RABIES SHOTS, BUT NONE WERE REGISTERED WITH THE CITY OF ANSONIA......HE STATED THAT THEY ARE.....

****JUST PROVIDING TEMPORARY FOSTER CARE FOR THE DOGS UNTIL THEY COULD BE ADOPTED OUT **********????????????????????????????????

COMMENT:  NOW I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THIS PIT BULL FIASCO COST THE TAX PAYER OF ANSONIA ?........SURE SOUNDS LIKE A PIT BREEDING OPERATION TO ME.  ICE IS DEAD AND PROBABLY ZEUS IS GOING TO BE DEAD SOON....HOW MANY OF THE  FEMALES AND PUPPIES WILL EVER MAKE IT TO A   "FOREVER HOME"  ???????!!!!!!!!!!

VICTORIA TX - NEIGHBOR'S PIT BULL MAULS 4-YEAR-OLD KYLAR JOHNSON TO DEATH

CHILDREN'S PLAY EQUIPMENT LOCATED NEAR CHAINED PIT BULLS !!!!?????


UPDATE:  MANNY GARCIA'S YARD WAS SEARCHED BY SHERIFF O'CONNOR HIMSELF ABOUT 11:30 PM SUNDAY BUT NOTHING WAS FOUND

"HE LOVED PUPPIES AND GOT MAULED TO DEATH BY DOGS - GOOD GOD !!! IT'S A NIGHTMARE !!!



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UPDATE:  THE NEIGHBOR LEGALLY OWNS AS MANY AS 10 PIT BULLS

Mon - Mar 26, 2012 -   A 4-year-old Victoria, Texas, boy was reported missing on Sunday afternoon from his front yard.  KYLAR  JOHNSON  reportedly wandered off when his father was cleaning out his car.  Police were called immediately which prompted a search by K9 dogs, search teams, and family who scoured the area just south of Houston.  Heavy fog reduced their visibility significantly.

This morning about 10:40,  the child's lifeless body was found in a bordering neighborhood by a neighbor.

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THE AREA IS KNOWN FOR ITS AGGRESSIVE DOGS MOSTLY PIT BULLS AND ROTTWEILERS

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Although family members have confirmed Kylar was mauled to death by by a neighbor's PIT BULL, Police have not confirmed the cause of death.

OXNARD CA - PIT BULL ATTACKS 2-YEAR-OLD BOY - SIGNIFICANT INJURIES TO HIS FACE

UPDATE:  DOG THAT ATTACKED OXNARD BOY HAS BEEN FOUND AND QUARANTINED

UPDATE:  OXNARD TODDLER RECOVERY FROM SURGERY AFTER A YOUNG MALE PIT BULL BITES HIM IN THE FACE AND NECK


Sun - Mar 25, 2012 - "A 2-year-old boy has suffered major facial injuries this afternoon after a  PIT BULL  attacked him,"   said Oxnard Fire Battalion Chief John Colamarino. "THE CAPTAIN ON THE SCENE TOLD ME IT WAS THE WORST HE HAD EVER SEEN."

The incident occurred about 1:35 pm in the 1200 block of South J Street.    The boy was taken to Ventura County Medical Center with significant injuries to his face.

The boy was visiting a friend's house and apparently had food in his hand when the dog attacked him.

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THE OWNER THEN THREW THE DOG OUT OF THE HOUSE AND IT RAN AWAY. ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE BUT DID NOT FIND THE DOG.  HE WAS CITED WITH SEVERAL ANIMAL CONTROL VIOLATIONS.

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CHINCOTEAGUE ISLAND VA - 2009 - PIT BULL ATTACKED THE GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER OF ACCOMACK COUNTY SUPERVISOR - WANDA THORNTON

June 1, 2009 - Accomack County Council Meeting - Supervisor Wanda Thornton addressed the Council -

"Saturday afternoon people and 4 dogs were trespassing on my property.  A  PIT BULL attacked my great-granddaughter as she was getting out of the car.

****THE ATTACK CAME SO FAST THAT THERE WAS NO TIME TO STOP IT .  I THINK THEY WOULD HAVE KILLED HER.*********

Fortunately a number of people were in the vicinity of the attack and they pulled the dog off the 6-year-old girl.    She was bleeding profusely and was in shock.  The dog got on her and -----WENT FOR HER FACE!!!!!!!

She put her arm up to protect her face and the dog bit her arm.

THE DOG HAS ATTACKED OTHERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN AT LEAST 2 OCCASIONS.

I contacted Accomack County Animal Control, but it takes about 45 minutes for the agency to respond to calls from Chincoteague.  The dog has been destroyed and the remains sent to a lab.  I am requesting the town look into constructing a "holding pen" to keep such animals until the county's Animal Control can get here to pick up the animal.

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ACCOMACK COUNTY  SUPERVISOR ENDED BY PRAISING  CHINCOTEAGUE POLICE OFFICER ---KENNY REESE --- "OFFICER REESE WAS WONDERFUL,"  SHE SAID!!!!!

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CHINCOTEAGUE ISLAND VA - A PIT BULL NAMED "BULLET" CORNERED A MAN AND HIS SON IN A BARN

"IT NEVER BACKED DOWN.  I JUST DIDN'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF TIME TO REACT."

A town police officer, Cpl. Kenneth Reese,  shot and wounded a  PIT BULL  that he felt was trying to attack him. The 1-year-old dog was running at large with another dog and had cornered a nearby resident and his son in a barn when police arrived.  The gunshot hit the dog in the jaw and chest.

THE 2 PIT BULLS WHICH WERE BROTHERS WERE COMING DOWN THE LANE AND ONE OF THEM GROWLED AT THE OFFICER.  OFFICER REESE REPORTED THAT IT NEVER BACKED DOWN.

             **********ENTERS THE PIT NUTTER***********

AMY MCDONALD ---who was visiting her father when the incident happened-----the Pit Bulls were off her father's property when the shooting happened:

* Why did he use his gun when he could have used his taser or stick....or call animal control.

* My dogs are playful.

* My dogs were so scared and ran all the way back to the house.

* My dogs wouldn't have hurt the officer.

* THEY ARE THE BIGGEST SISSIES YOU HAVE EVER SEEN IN YOUR LIFE.

* My daughter is traumatized.She doesn't want me to let the dogs go outside.

Police chief Eddie Lewis said  THIS:

THEY MAY VERY WELL BE PLAYFUL WITH HER , BUT  DOG ATTACKS IN RECENT YEARS ON CHINCOTEAGUE INCLUDING THE:


            MAULING OF A PROMINENT PUBLIC OFFICIALS
                         GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER


CPL. REESE WAS AWARE OF THE DAMAGE A PIT BULL WILL DO IF THEY GET AHOLD OF YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




COMMENT:  WHEN I LOOK AT THIS, ALL I CAN THINK IS - I AM SO GLAD THIS BLOOD BELONGS TO THIS DOG AND NOT T0 A PERSON THAT'S JUST BEEN ATTACKED !!!

SOCORRO NM - A PIT BULL KILLED PLAJERES ZAMORA'S BELOVED TERRIER CHICITO -WHILE SHE AND HER NIECE WERE PLAYING AT GRANADA PARK

A BROWN AND WHITE PIT BULL WEARING A BLACK AND WHITE SPIKED COLLAR ATTACKED AND KILLED A 10-YEAR-OLD  TERRIER AT GRANADA PARK ON FRIDAY, MARCH 16

Sat - Mar 24, 2012 - On Friday, March 16, Plajeres Zamora had just bought a bicycle for her 8-year-old niece who was visiting her for spring break.  The two decided to ride to nearby Granada Park and let Zamora's  little dog, CHICITO, come along with them.

There was another boy playing in the park, also, when  2 PIT BULLS  showed up.  They first approached her neice and she immediately came closer to Zamora.  Then the boy and one of the dogs left the park, and the other PIT BULL came over to the playground equipment where Zamora and her niece were sitting.  Their little dog Chicito came out from under the slide and....

           ********** THE PIT BULL ATTACKED !!!!!!! **********

It picked up the little terrier in the air by his stomach, then slammed him to the ground many times.

Two City workers were pulling up in a truck and saw what was going on and ran toward them holding shovels. The Pit Bull let go of the little dog.  It was already dead !!!  The Pit Bull acted like it was going  to walk away, but then turned and came back toward Zamora and her niece.  They began climbing higher on the equipment to get to safety.

Zamora said a Police Officer showed up and took a report, but no one from Animal Control showed up or followed up with her. She was told that the only animal control officer, Frank Marquez, was busy with other duties Friday and was never called by the dispatcher.

HOWEVER, A NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENT SAID SHE'S BEEN CALLING ANIMAL CONTROL ABOUT TWO PIT BULLS RUNNING LOOSE IN THE AREA FOR MONTHS !!!

"I CALLED THEM THURSDAY BEFORE IT HAPPENED BECAUSE THEY WERE CHASING MY CATS,"  SHE SAID.

So Zamora went to City Hall on Tuesday, March 20, to talk with City Clerk Pat Salome.  He said that the:

*****PRIMARY PURPOSE OF HAVING ANIMAL CONTROL IS TO WORK ON SITUATIONS LIKE THIS, WHEN THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF RESIDENTS MAY BE IN JEOPARDY.  SALOME ALSO SAID THAT ANIMAL SHELTER DIRECTOR, ALFREDO JOJOLA, HAD SOME KNOWLEDGE OF THE AREA AND SOME KNOWLEDGE OF THE DOGS, AND DID TALK TO PEOPLE IN THE AREA THIS WEEK.

"THIS IS SOMETHING WE TAKE SERIOUSLY, AND SOMETHING THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO BE AWARE OF.  THEE'S A DOG OUT THERE THAT IS OBVIOUSLY AGGRESSIVE THAT WE NEED TO DO OUR BEST TO FIND.  WE WANT TO GET THE RIGHT ANIMAL,"   SALOME SAID.  "THE IDEA IS TO DO THE RIGHT THING, GET THE RIGHT ONE."

On Friday, March 23, at about 11 am, Jojola, accompanied by two  Socorro Police Officers, went to the spring Street home of Leroy Saavedra, the owner of a Pit Bull Jojola believes to have been involved in the attack..   SAAVEDRA was cited, but the dog was not impounded because it was penned up, Jojola said.

SAAVEDRA is due to appear in court on March 27

Even if he's got the right dog, the only thing he can charge the owner with, per the existing city ordinanace, is letting it run loose, Jojola.  The ordinance gives animal control  officers the responsibility of destroying any dog they find in the act of pursuing or wounding livestock or wounding and killing poultry or attacking humans.

     "WE DIDN'T CATCH THIS DOG IN THE ACT."
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ANSONIA CT - PIT BULL BITES 3-YEAR-OLD BOY - PIT NUTTER IS AN ESCAPE ARTIST

Sat - Mar 24, 2012 - A 3-year-old boy was bitten by a   PIT BULL  after 6 pm Thursday, Lt. Andrew Cota said in an e-mail Friday.

Police were called to investigate a report of a 3-year-old boy being bitten by a Pit Bull while at Nolan Field, the release said. Officers found that the boy had received bite wounds to the chest and leg.  The owner of the dog:

          ********  FLED THE AREA  ********

The child was with his mother near the entrance to the playground at Nolan Field.  The child's mother brought him to be checked out at a medical facility.

The white Pit Bull was last seen being led south on a leash by a black male.  The police said they do not know what caused  the dog to bite the child, but  SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN THERE.

DOGS ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE PARK TO BEGIN WITH, OR ANY CITY PARKS!!!

BERNALILLO NM - 2 PIT BULLS ATTACKED CECILIA TRUJILLO'S BELOVED GOATS - ONE DIED IMMEDIATELY - THE OTHER WAS NEAR DEATH !!!

THE MAULING HAPPENED RIGHT  IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL BUS STOP,  JUST BEFORE KIDS WERE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE.  NEIGHBORS ARE SCARED THE  PIT BULLS  WILL COME BACK.

Fri - Mar 23, 2012 - Just before 8 am on Friday morning, Cecilia Trujillo got a call from a neighbor and rushed home.  Her two pet goats had just been mauled by 2 stray dogs.  The neighbor witnessed it all.  He said  2 PIT BULL DOGS,  BOTH BROWN, ONE WITH LONG HAIR AND ONE WITH SHORT HAIR, ATTACKED THE GOATS  AND THEN STARTED TEARING AT THEIR FLESH.

All of it happened right in front of the school bus stop, just before kids were expected to arrive.  Neighbors are scared the dogs will come back. One of the goats died immediately and  she called both Police and animal Control hoping they would put the other one to sleep.  She has been unable to put it out of its misery.

Animal control can only euthanize household pets, and police can't shoot unless there is an immediate threat.  A town ordinance also prevents Trujillo from shooting the animal herself.  It's illegal to fire a weapon with in the town.

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TRUJILLO IS ELDERLY AND HAS PARKINSONS.  SHE COULD NOT AFFORD TO HAVE THE DYING GOAT PUT TO SLEEP.  KRQE NEWS 13 CALLED VETS  ONE FROM ALGODONES AGREED TO HELP TRUJILLO FOR FREE.

ANOTHER VET TOLD THEM THAT THE NEIGHBORS NEED TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THE DOGS BECAUSE STRAYS THAT ATTACK LIVESTOCK USUALLY RETURN TO FINISH OFF THE ANIMALS THEY'VE ATTACKED.
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WILLOWS CA - 2 PIT BULLS CORNER A WOMAN IN HER BACKYARD - HERO - POLICEMAN RISKS POSSIBLE INJURY AS HE POSITIONS HIMSELF BETWEEN THE DOGS AND THE WOMAN AND WAS FORCED TO SHOOT THEM

"HE DIDN'T GO THERE INTENDING TO USE HIS GUN.  HE TRIED TO DISSUADE THE DOGS FROM THEIR ATTACK, BUT THEY WOULDN'T GO."

Fri - Mar 23, 2012 - Sgt. Carl Walter, a veteran of the willows Police department, is being hailed as a  HERO for risking possible injury Thursday to help a woman who was being attacked by  2 LARGE PIT BULLS.

When neighbor Penny Thompson made the call to 911, Sgt. Walter arrived to find Tamera Hanni, 48,  in her backyard pinned against the fence.  She was trying to defend herself with a shovel and she was terrified and screaming as the dogs were aggressively and viciously trying to attack her.  As she continued to try and push the dogs away, they continued to lunge and bite at her and the shovel.

Walter first pulled his baton and yelled at the dogs to try to draw them away from Hanni and toward him. The dogs finally turned loose of the shovel and moved a few feet away and continued to growl at both of them.  Walter attempted to move Hanni behind him, but she stayed frozen in her position next to the fence.  When the dogs squared off and turned as if to attack Walter, he moved between Hanni and the dogs, and when he felt he had a clear shot, he pulled his gun and fired.

One of the dogs was shot multiple times and died immediately.  The second dog was wounded and fled to a nearby residenace, where it was captured by Glenn County Animal  Control.

The  Pit Bull belong to Edvarda Nararro, the female Pit Bull-Bulldog mix  was owned by Victoria Hogan. One of the dogs had a prior history of aggression.

KNOX COUNTY TN - UNCLE'S PIT BULL NAMED "DEMON" ATTACKED AN 11-YEAR-OLD GIRL

Fri - Mar 23, 2012 - Shortly before 11 am Deputies responded to Old Andersonville Pike in North Knox County after a   PIT BULL   attacked an 11-year-old girl.  The child was transported by Rural Metro to UT Medical Center for non-life-threatening injuries.

The girl was playing outside on a relative's deck when the relative's Pit Bull, kept on a 15-foot chain, walked up to her and bit her two to three times on the left thigh.  The dog was surrendered by its the victim's uncle, Doyle Nicely Jr., and taken to the Young Williams Animal Center, according to a report, for a 10-day rabies observation.

ANOTHER ARTICLE

RACINE WI - 2 PIT BULLS CHARGED OFFICERS RESPONDING TO A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE - THEY WERE FORCED TO SHOOT THEM

Thurs- Mar 22, 2012 - On Wednesday at about 10:35 pm, Officers responded to a report of two men fighting inside an apartment.  On arriving, officers could hear yelling and things being thrown around in an apartment in the building.  They also observed  2 PIT BULLS  inside the apartment jumping and barking.

An officer gained the attention of one man in the apartment and told him to remain inside the apartment and....

                    "KEEP THE APARTMENT DOOR CLOSED."

Officers entered the lower common hallway when the 2 PIT BULLS WERE RELEASED  FROM THE APARTMENT.  THE DOGS CHARGED DOWN THE NARROW  STAIRWELL TOWARDS THE OFFICERS.  FEARING FOR THEIR SAFETY, TWO OFFICERS DISCHARGED THEIR HANDGUNS AT THE AGGRESSIVE PIT BULLS.  ONE PIT BULL WAS STRUCK SEVERAL TIMES AND RETREATED FROM THE STAIRS AND BACK TO THE APARTMENT.  THE OTHER PIT BULL WAS STRUCK SEVERAL TIMES AND COLLAPSED, STILL ALIVE, AT THE ENTRANCE DOOR OF THE BUILDING:

AN OFFICER WAS ATTEMPTING TO RETREAT OUT OF THE DOOR WHEN THIS PIT BULL ----

     !!!!!   LUNGED AND BIT HIS LOWER LEG   !!!!!

ANOTHER OFFICER DISCHARGED HIS HANDGUN AND KILLED THE PIT BULL.

The two men were arrested and transported to jail and the Humane Society took possession of the severely injured Pit Bull.

GRAND JUNCTION CO - PIT BULL ATTACKED 9-YEAR-OLD BOY

Thurs - Mar 22, 2012 - A 911 call came in from 419 1/2 Bear Dance drive shortly after 3 pm stating a boy had been attacked by a   PIT BULL.

One witness who helped save the child said, "The dog was actually attacking a 9-year-old boy, so I ran over there and tried to get the dog off of the kid.  As it was holding on the his ankle, another guy came over and helped me get the kid loose."

One rescuer said the boy received puncture wounds from the dog's teeth on his foot and lower leg.

Grand Junction Police and Mesa County animal Services responded to the call and apprehended the dog. The boy was taken to the hospital to be evaluated but was not transported by ambulance.

The dog was taken into custody by Mesa County Animal Services and witnesses say the dog's owners were not home during the attack.

EAST LONDON ENG - A PIT BULL TYPE DOG NAMED "POISON" ATTACKED AND SERIOUSLY INJURED FIVE POLICE OFFICERS

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Thurs - Mar 22, 2012 -  VIDEO-  STORY  -  Five Police Officers have been taken to the hospital after being mauled by a pit bull-type dog while attempting to arrest a man in East London  A dog unit and fire arms officer were called to the scene before the dog was shot dead.  One officer is facing skin grafts and three others are understood to be in a serious condition after chaos ensued during a morning swoop in Albert Square, Newham.

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WATERBURY CT - 2 PIT BULLS ATTACKED 88-YEAR-OLD LENA POIDOMANI IN HER YARD - DRAGGING HER AND MAULING HER ARMS AND LEGS RIGHT DOWN TO THE BONE !!!!!!!

VICTIM'S SON AND ALDERMAN,  PAUL POIDOMANI,  SPEAKS:  "SHE CARRIED ON LIFE AS IF SHE WAS IN HER FIFTIES.  I'M SURE THIS WILL BE THE BEGINNING OF THE END FOR HER.  SHE'S BAD.  HER RIGHT ARM IS ALL TORN UP, HER TWO LEGS, RIGHT DOWN TO THE BONE.  THEY'RE WORTHLESS DOGS AND PREDATORS."



Thurs - Mar 22, 2012 - An elderly woman has been attacked in her own backyard on Tuesday evening about 5 pm.  Police shot and killed the NEIGHBOR'S 2 PIT BULLS.

Lena Poidomani, 88, was dragged by the Pit Bulls, then attacked.  While looking at a picture of his mother, Paul Poidomani, still in shock from the attack that his mother had to endure,  said she carried on life as if she was only in her fifties.  Being attacked by the Pit Bulls has taken that away.


"She trims these bushes and rakes the yard, and you can't do that with a walker, and that's absolutely going to kill her. I'm sure this will be the beginning of her end."

Paul Poidomani was furious when he learned from police that the dogs' owners are no where to be found.  According to police, the dogs escaped from their cage.  Police had no choice, but to shoot them.

Alderman Ernest Brunelli doesn't want to ban Pit Bulls completely, but he does want owners to understand the responsibilities of having Pit Bulls as pets.

"It's something that happened here sclose to me, so I'm just trying to push further legislation,"  said Brunelli.  "Our problem is are these dogs vaccinated?  Are these people insured?  We have no idea.  I want to stiffen the penalties, and make sure every dog is vaccinated and insured."

Brunelli will bring his lproposed cshanges before the Aldermen sometime in April.  He is hoping for a public hearing.

HEROS RUSHED TO HELP SAVE HER       ANOTHER ARTICLE

WATERTOWN NY - 2 PIT BULL MIXES ATTACKED IN EVA MARINO'S BACKYARD MAULING HER BOXER AND BITING HER FINGER ALMOST OFF- THE MAIN BITER WAS A "RESCUE DOG" FROM MARYLAND!!!!

MRS. MARINO DID NOT KNOW 2 MIXED PIT BULLS WERE LIVING ACROSS THE STREET IN AN APARTMENT .  SHE BELIEVES THE BREED SHOULD BE BANNED.  MANY COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING DADE COUNTY IN FLORIDA,  AND DENVER CO,  BANS THEM.  FORT DRUM BANS THEM ON POST.

Thurs - Mar 22, 2012 - Eva Marino, 66,  and her daughter Carol Miller, 46, were attacked about 2 pm  on March 14 by   2   PIT BULLS .  Her daughter was outside with their pet dog  when the 2 PIT BULLS ran into the backyard and started attacking the boxer.  Her daughter attempted to stop the attack. Then she saw what was happening and tried to come to the rescue. The Pit Bull Mix  had such a tight grip on their family pet that both women were afraid it was going to pick the 90-pound boxer up in its mouth and shake it to death !!!  At one point, she looked down and realized her hand was bitten and the first knuckle on her index finger was just hanging.

Her Boxer, Roc, sustained 27 puncture wounds and her daughter was also injured. Fortunately, Samaritan Medical Center surgeons were able to reattach her finger.

But Mrs. Marino wonders about the emotional scars the attack will leave:

      "IT WAS TRAUMATIZING,"  SHE SAID.

This attack happened just 3 days before a Nellis Street man had to kill another  PIT BULL that had gotten into his home and attacked his miniature dachshund.   And,  last August, a 2-year-old boy was mauled while with his mother at the Watertown farmers market.

JULIE R. BEAUVAIS  the dogs owner, says her 2-year-old daughter  "MISTAKENLY"  let the Pit Bull Mixes  out of the apartment building and they ran across the road to Mrs. Marino's house.  By the time she got there, the attack was well under way:

"I PRIED HIM WAY AND BROUGHT HIM HOME,"  SHE SAID.

She was ticketed by the Jefferson County Dog Control Office for: having dogs off a leash and not having dog licenses.

         
    ************  ENTERS THE PIT NUTTER *************

* MY 2 YEAR OLD "SOMEHOW" MISTAKENLY LET THEM OUT

* IT'S THE 1ST TIME HE'S BITTEN ANYONE

* HE'S A FAMILY PET AND I HAVE NO QUALMS ABOUT MY DAUGHTER BEING AROUND HIM

* MY DAUGHTER FEEDS CONNOR.  HER DOGS ARE HER BEST FRIENDS.

* I DON'T KNOW WHAT TOUCHED OFF THE ATTACK.  I FEEL TERRIBLE

* I'M GOING TO GET HIM SOME INTENSIVE TRAINING TO CORRECT ANY BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!* HE WAS A "RESCUE DOG"......FROM A MARYLAND COUPLE WHO WAS DIVORCING......SO.......I DON'T KNOW ALL OF HIS HISTORY..............................

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HE'S  HAD OTHER HOMES AND ITS'S LIKE HE HAS BEEN THROUGH THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM
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MYRTLE BEACH SC - WOMAN ATTACKED BY HER OWN PIT BULL WHEN SHE ATTEMPTS TO BREAK UP FIGHT BETWEEN HER "IN HEAT" PIT BULL AND ANOTHER PIT BULL

Thurs - Mar 22, 2012 - Officers were called about 5:30 Wednesday to 7003 N. Ocean Blvd where a 35-year-old woman was bitten by her own PIT BULL .

A 53-year-old man told police his stepdaughter, that lives with him,  had been bitten by her own dog when she returned from walking the 3-YEAR-OLD PIT BULL.  He said he owns a 2-YEAR-OLD PIT BULL  and when she returned from walking her dog, the dogs growled and started to fight with each other because:

**********THE VICTIM'S DOG WAS IN HEAT************

The woman was bitten when she tried to stop the dogs from fighting.  She suffered deep lacerations to her left arm, hand and finger and smaller cuts to her right arm.The man said his dog was current on its shots, but he was unsure about his stepdaughter's dog.  Neither dog had been vicious before and they had been living there for a couple of months.

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POLICE NOTED THE INCIDENT WAS   "NOT VICIOUS"   AND NOTHING CRIMINAL OCCURRED,  BUT THEY ASKED ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS TO FOLLOW-UP WITH THE VICTIM AND THE MAN.  OFFICERS ALSO TOLD THEM TO  KEEP THE DOGS AWAY FROM PEOPLE AND OTHER ANIMALS UNTIL THE  INVESTIGATION WAS COMPLETE

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RINGGOLD GA - PIT BULL ATTACKED 7-YEAR-OLD BOY - PARENTS SAY IT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED IF ANIMAL CONTROL HAD DEALT WITH THE DOG EARLIER - THEY HAVE FILED AN OPEN RECORDS REQUEST WITH CATOOSA COUNTY

VICTIM'S FATHER SPEAKS:  "I FELT LIKE MY SON DIDN'T MATTER.  THAT DOG IS MORE IMPORTANT.  THAT DOG ATTACKED A KID.  NOT ONE KID, BUT SEVERAL KIDS."

Weds - Mar 22, 2012 - Tanner Eaves was playing fetch with the dog at a friend's  house on Sparks Street in Ringgold.  Tanner chased down the ball and the dog was not far behind him:

I GOT THERE FIRST AND THEN THE DOG HEAD BUTTED ME KNOCKING ME DOWN.  IT THEN BIT MY FACE, SIDE AND GROIN."

He had to have surgery and spent the night in the hospital......BUT THE PIT BULL  GOT TO STAY AT HOME UNDER A 10-DAY QUARANTINE!!!

Gerald Eaves believes that with this serious of an injury, the dog should've been picked up at the pound and held at the pound.  He has found out that the dog has attacked before.

"WHEN WE WENT TO CATOOSA COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AT 3:45 FOR A COPY OF THE INCIDENT REPORT AS WELL AS TO FIND OUT WHY THE DOG WASN'T TAKEN INTO CUSTODY, THEY TOLD US TO FILE AN OPEN RECORDS REQUEST."

The Eaves family received a phone call at 4:09 pm from animal control telling them the dog is now at the shelter.

"IF THEY HAD DONE THAT IN THE FIRST PLACE, I WOULD NOT BE ANGRY.  I FELT LIKE MY SON DIDN'T MATTER.  THAT, THAT DOG IS MORE IMPORTANT.  THAT DOG ATTACKED A KID.  NOT ONE KID, BUT SEVERAL KIDS."

Mr. Eaves says that they filed an open records request with Catoosa County to get the incident report and any previous records on the dog.  They told us the woman who normally handles those requests is  out of the office.  So we'll have to wait to get the records until the proper personnel returns to work.

FORT PAYNE AL -RAINSVILLE AL -DEKALB CO AL- PUBLISHER/ PRESIDENT OF TIMES-JOURNAL - "IN A PERFECT WORLD PEOPLE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE ENOUGH IN PET OWNERSHIP TO ENSURE THEIR ANIMALS ARE SAFE TO THEMSELVES AND TO OTHERS - WE DON'T HAVE THAT PERFECT WORLD"

"IT'S A SHAME THAT MARY KATHERINE CARROLL COULDN'T GO FOR A RUN IN RAINSVILLE WITHOUT BEING BRUTALLY ATTACKED BY DOGS.  IT IS A SHAME THAT MY WIFE AND I CAN'T TAKE OUR DOG FOR HER EVENING CONSTITUTIONAL WITHOUT HAVING DOGS EITHER NOT PENNED IN OR NOT ADEQUATELY PENNED IN ATTACK HER."


BY:  DAVID CLEMONS - TIMES-JOURNAL PRESIDENT AND PUBLISHER

"WHEN WE MOVED TO FORT PAYNE, WE MADE A CONSCIOUS DECISION TO FIND A HOME IN THE MIDDLE OF TOWN, WHERE WE COULD WALK OUR DOG THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD.  WE DO SO RESPONSIBLY, KEEPING HER ON A LEASH AT ALL TIMES.

AS WE WERE WALKING OUR DOG  2 DOGS RAN OUT OF A YARD TO CHECK OUT OUR BOSTON TERRIER/COCKER SPANIEL MIX....THEN A THIRD ONE, A BIG BROWN ONE CAME OUT AND ATTACKED PENNY.  NOW OUR DOG IS LEFT WITH A CHUNK BITTEN OUT OF IT AND I GOT BITTEN.

FOR MUCH OF LAST SUMMER, FORT PAYNE'S LEADERS DEBATED A COMPREHENSIVE ANIMAL CONTROL ORDINANCE.  IT NEVER TOOK EFFECT, LARGELY BECAUSE SOME OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS THOUGHT THE PROPOSAL WAS TOO THOROUGH AND MIGHT HAVE BEEN TOO FAR-REACHING FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN RURAL AREAS OF TOWN.

MAYBE THAT LAW WASN'T THE RIGHT ONE, BUT IT'S CLEAR THAT SOMETHING MUST BE DONE, IN FORT PAYNE, RAINSVILLE AND UNINCORPORATED PARTS OF DEKALB COUNTY......NOW !!!!!

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RAINSVILLE, DEKALB COUNTY AL - 5 PIT BULLS ATTACKED MARY KATHERINE CARROLL WHILE SHE WAS OUT JOGGING

VICTIM SPEAKS:  "CITIES NEED LAWS.  IF THIS HAD HAPPENED TO A CHILD, THE CHILD WOULD BE DEAD.  I'M AN ANIMAL LOVER, BUT IT'S TAKEN THIS FOR ME TO REALIZE THAT THE RIGHTS OF MY DOG ARE LESS THAN THE RIGHTS OF MY NEIGHBORS."



Mary Katherine Carroll was out jogging last Thursday when she noticed a  PIT BULL  coming toward her.

"I'M FAMILIAR WITH DOGS AND USUALLY, IF YOU SPEAK TO THEM IN AN AUTHORITATIVE VOICE, THEY'LL GO ON."

The dogs did not go on. One bit her on the back of her leg, and then.......4 MORE DOGS JUMPED HER.

She was able to stay upright and was trying to make her way to a front porch so she could get help.  Then she remembered her cell phone, but before she could make a call, one of the dogs jumped up and bit her bicep and pulled her to the ground. She got back up but all the while the dogs were tearing and biting the flesh and muscle on her legs, groin and arms.

Suddenly a woman familiar with the dogs came up and began to yell at them.  She told Carroll to put her arms around her neck, and the lady put her arms around Carroll's waist to hold her up.  Then a man in a pickup truck stopped and the dogs ran away..  The woman took her to the Dekalb Regional Medical Center where she:

UNDERWENT ABOUT 5 HOURS OF SURGERY BECAUSE:

*  BOTH HER CALF MUSCLES AND HER LEFT BICEP WERE HANGING FROM HER BODY

*  SHE HAD LACERATIONS ALL OVER HER ARMS, LEGS, AND GROIN

*  SEVERAL OF THE WOUNDS WERE MERE CENTIMETERS AWAY FROM MAJOR ARTERIES

*  ALTOGETHER SHE HAD 100 CENTIMETERS OF LACERATIONS WITH SEVERAL OF THEM BEING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE BONE.

The owner of the PIT BULLS,  Steven Nance, was arrested and charged with ---------

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WINSTON-SALEM NC - HELP SUPPORT "JACKSON'S LAW" - THEY CAN'T SPEAK SO WE HAVE TO BE THEIR VOICE

On Easter, April 25, 2011, Jackson, a 5 pound Morkie terrier had been for a walk with its Dad, Dr. Jon Epstein.  They were returning and was at the door about to enter their home when a neighbor's door opened and an attack ensued on Jon by one of their dogs and the owners had a third dog,  A LARGE PIT BULL, THAT WAS NOT ON A LEASH, AND WAS IN VIOLATION OF THE CONDOMINIUM'S BYLAWS

Jon was attacked and little Jackson was in the jaws of the large PIT BULL.  Jackson died on the way to the emergency vet.  His skull had been crushed by the jaws of the pit bull and he lost almost 1/2 of his body weight in blood.


Jackson was not just a pet, or a dog, he was a member of our family, a trusted companion and best friend.  Jackson's Law was created so no other family will ever have to endure such a tragedy.

JACKSON'S LAW

GUILFORD COUNTY NC - PIT BULLS HAVE ATTACKED AND KILLED 3 PETS OF THE JOHNSON FAMILY

IN NOVEMBER, GUILFORD COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL ISSUED THE OWNERS A "VERBAL" WARNING.  CURRENT NORTH CAROLINA LAW SAYS ANIMAL CONTROL DOESN'T HAVE TO REMOVE AN ANIMAL IF IT KILLS ANOTHER ANIMAL........

   "IT'S UP TO EACH OFFICER TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT VERBAL WARNINGS"
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WATCH THIS HEART-BREAKING VIDEO  -  Tues - Mar 20, 2012 -  Andrea Johnson's beloved pets have all been mauled to death by a neighbor's  PIT BULLS.  Several of her neighbors have witnessed the attacks:

* Her first dog, a Lab Mix - PeeDee - was found dead in her back yard last June

* Her second dog, a Doberman named Sugar,  was mauled to death on November 21.

* The last attack happen on Monday when her little dog Riddick was killed in her backyard.

THEY JUMP 2 FENCES TO GET INTO HER YARD TO KILL HER DOGS !!!

JOHNSON WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF BUILDING A LARGER FENCE TO KEEP THE PIT BULLS OUT WHEN THIS LAST ATTACK HAPPENED.  NOW IT'S TOO LATE !!!

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A Winston-Salem couple, Kim Thore and Jon Epstein, is pushing for "JACKSON'S LAW", which would require dogs that kill other pets to be removed from the property and evaluated.  The law is named after the couple's pet, which was killed by a neighbor's dog.

                       VIDEO 

BIRMINGHAM AL - 2001 - A ROTTWEILER ATTACKED AND KILLED 3-YEAR-OLD BOY

Dec 3, 2001 - TIMES DAILY - A 3-year-old boy, TRISTEN GAMBREL,  died after being mauled by 3 ROTTWEILERS  in the back yard of a Birmingham residence.

Police said Tristen Gambrel's body was found Saturday morning by his mother.  Kristy Gambrel, 32, of Gardendale.  She and her son had spent the night at an East Birmingham home. The mother said Tristen had been up and down all night, occasionally going to tell his mother - "I love you, momma."   At some point, she fixed him a glass of tea and he went back to bed.

Unable to find him in his room when she awoke, his mother discovered her son lying outside, bitten on the inner thigh and head.  Tristen was unresponsive when paramedics arrived.  The coroner's office said the child died at 9:29 am at the hospital.

3 Rottweilers were taken by Animal Control Officers.

LEBANON PA - PIT BULL INVADES GARY WINDLE'S BACKYARD BITING HIM ON THE LEG

Tues - Mar 20, 2012 -  Last Thursday, Gary Windle, 59, of South Londonderry Township was knocked to the ground by a  PIT BULL that bit his leg. The incident happened at his residence on Franklin Street  He was transported to a hospital for treatment.

Chris Neal, 42, of Harrison Street was charged with failing to control a dangerous dog and failing to register and restrain the dog,  Jag, after it entered Windles's back yard at 5 pm Thursday, Police said.  The Humane Society of Lebanon County took possession of the dog and will retain custody pending the outcome of charges, Police said.

WATERTOWN NY - A PIT BULL INVADES BRIAN KING'S HOME GOING AFTER HIS BELOVED MINI DACHSHUND - HE STABBED IT WITH A KITCHEN KNIFE !!!!

UPDATE:  KIMBERLY N. LASHURE HAS A HISTORY OF DRUG ARRESTS

Tues - Mar 20, 2012 -  The Pit Bull went on quite a rampage......attempting to get to two other pets before he chased Brian King's pet in his house.



About 7 am Saturday morning, a neighbor that lives nearby on Brainard Street said a cinnamon-colored PIT BULL was trying to get under her fence where her own goldendoodle was.  But when she called the police, they said they wouldn't come just for a stray dog.....and dog-control officials weren't on duty yet. She began poking it away with her daughter's ski.

Another woman was walking a dog up Brainard  Street and the PIT BULL turned and ran up to the woman and her little dog.  She snatched her dog up and the other neighbor ran over with the ski and the Pit Bull turned away from her.

Mr. King, who had seen none of this, was fastening one of his dogs  to a run in his yard, when the women shouted to him warning him that a PIT BULL was on the loose.  He grabbed Mac, his dachshund, as the dog approached.  The Pit then chased Mr. King around his pickup truck.  He then made a run for the front door but tripped on the threshold:

THE PIT BULL GOT INTO HIS HOUSE AND WAS BITING MAC ON HIS  HIND QUARTERS.  MR. KING IS A CIVILIAN POLICE OFFICER ON FORT DRUM...............!!!!!........AND

             HE DID NOT HESITATE TO ACT !!!!!!!!!!!

HE GRABBED A KITCHEN KNIFE FROM A NEARBY TABLE AND STABBED THE DOG.  WHEN THAT DIDN'T STOP THE DOG, HE BEGAN TO HIT IT WITH A GOLF CLUB.

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THE DACHSHUND WAS STILL CLAMPED IN THE  PIT BULL'S JAWS WHEN IT DIED AND HE FELT NO REMORSE ABOUT KILLING IT....."THIS DOG WOULD NOT LET US GO.THE NEXT ATTACK COULD BE ON A CHILD OR AN ELDERLY COUPLE "

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                  ENTERS THE PIT NUTTER !!!!!!!!!!!!

Kimberly N. Lashure said:

* "SOMEHOW"  Roscoe got loose.

*He was a family pet and he played fine with her children.

*It wasn't in his nature to attack.

*He had never been aggressive before.

*Why did he have to be killed?

EUCLID OH - FAMILY'S PIT BULL ATTACKED THEIR 4-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER - HOSPITALIZED WITH SERIOUS INJURIES

Tues - Mar 20, 2012 - Police in euclid said a 4-year-old girl was severely bitten by her family's  PIT BULL.  The incident happened Sunday in the 21000 block of Westport Avenue.

Authorities said the girl's injuries are serious and she remains in the hospital.  The dog was taken and will remain in quarantine for 10 days, then it will likely be euthanized.  Police continue to investigate.

NEWARK DE - FAMILY'S PIT BULL ATTACKED 10-MONTH-OLD BABY AND ITS MOTHER - BREAKING HER WRIST !!!

Tues- Mar 20, 2012 - A baby boy and his mother are in the hospital after the two were attacked by a dog. It happened on the 1600 block of Old Baltimore Pike in Newark, Delaware.  Police say a Grey and white male PIT BULL  attacked the owner's girlfriend and her 10-month-old son.

The dog's owner,  Sean Krop, said that the dog bit their son and the mother tried to hit the Pit Bull off and he then bit her.  She could not get him off her and she started screaming for me and I got it off her and we called the ambulance.

The woman suffered broken bones in the attack.  Both the woman and the boy were taken to the hospital where their conditions are unknown at this time.  The Pit Bull has been turned over to Delaware Animal Care and Control.

LAKE CORMORANT MS - NEIGHBOR'S PIT BULLS RUN OUT ON MARK WORRELL TWICE - ONCE BITING HIS YORKIE AND THE SECOND TIME INJURING HIS ANKLE

VICTIM SPEAKS:  "I'M DISABLE AND MY DOCTORS SAY I HAVE TO WALK EVERY DAY FOR HEALTH REASONS.THE POLICE OFFICER SUGGESTED I CARRY A BIG KNIFE WITH ME AND STAB THE DOG, BUT THESE DOGS WEIGH 70 OR 80 POUNDS.  THEY ARE PIT BULLS AND I DON'T THINK I CAN DO THAT."

On Thursday, March 15, Mark Worrell had another encounter with a neighborhood PIT BULL.  He is now walking with a limp and his ankle is swollen.  Last week, he says it was another PIT BULL that ran from the same neighbor's yard biting his Yorkie.

"MY GRANDKIDS ARE TWO YEARS OLD.  THEY LIKE PLAYING OUTSIDE WITH ME AND MY DAUGHTER WON'T BRING THEM OVER HERE BECAUSE SHE IS SCARED OF THE PIT BULLS."

Worrell called police and animal control both times.  The first time the owner was warned.  Yesterday, one of the dogs was taken.  The dog is now in county custody, tranquilized and considered vicious by the law.

Desoto County Animal Control Director Larry Houston says, "If bites somebody, running at large in the street off its property."

Since the dog has been deemed vicious, the owner will now have to go to court and a judge will have to decide what happens next.

"Whatever the judge wants us to do with it, he can give it back to the owner and the owner can get $100,000 insurance for bodily harm and he will have to get him a special kennel,"  explained Houston. "If the owner complies, the Pit Bull can come home in ten days.

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WORRELL BELIEVES IF THE DOG BROKE HIS SKIN, IT SHOULD BE PUT DOWN AND NOT ALLOWED TO TERRORIZE HIS OR HIS FAMILY ANY LONGER.

"THE POLICE OFFICER SUGGESTED I CARRY A BIG KNIFE WITH ME AND STAB THE DOG, BUT THESE DOGS WEIGH 70 OR 80 POUNDS.  THEY ARE PIT BULLS AND I DON'T THINK I CAN DO THAT."
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The owner will likely be in court at the beginning of next week.  If he does not comply with the judge's orders the dog could be put down.

SAN ANTONIO TX - NEIGHBOR'S PIT BULL ATTACKED A 9-YEAR-OLD GIRL - ARIANNA VELASQUEZ - TEARING HER LEG TO THE BONE

VICTIM SPEAKS - VIDEO - IF THEIR FRIENDS OR SOMEBODY HAS A PIT BULL AND THEY WANT TO GO TO THEIR HOUSE, DON'T GO THERE, BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW, YOU MIGHT GET THIS ACCIDENT, LIKE ME.  I DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN TO OTHER KIDS."

Mon - Mar 19, 2012 - Arianna Velasquez is still recovering today at University Hospital, but she is still in shock:


"I WAS THINKING THAT I WASN'T GOING TO BE ALIVE.  I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE."

Last Thursday she went to a neighbor's to play with another little girl.  The girl told her the dog was tied up in the fence, so they began to play a game called "cops and robbers".  Then moments later the dog got out and started to bark and growl.  Arianna began to back up to get close to the gate and she tripped and fell and the dog attacked her tearing at her right leg and backside.

SHE SCREAMED FOR HELP AND CURLED UP IN A BALL SO THE PIT BULL WOULD NOT GET HER NECK.  THE OWNER FINALLY CAME OUT AND HIT THE DOG ON THE NOSE UNTIL IT LET GO.

Her Mother said her daughter's injuries are severe and the Pit Bull chewed at her --  TO THE BONE.

VIDEO SHOWING HER LEG BITTEN TO THE BONE

JEMISON AL - 2006 - A POLICE OFFICER WAS MAULED BY 2 PIT BULLS

May 20, 2006 - A Jemison Police Officer was seriously injured Saturday when he was attacked by   2 PIT BULLS   while on duty.

Jemison Police Chief Brian Stilwell says the officer,  Jeff Manasco, was hospitalized at Baptist Shelby following the 8:30 am incident at a home on Highway 191.

Manasco, who shot and killed the 2 dogs to escape, had gone to the home in response to an animal complaint. The officer had multiple bites and serious injury to his right arm. He had to draw his firearm with his left hand because the dogs were clamped down on his right arm.  If he had not been a police officer or had not had a firearm:

        "THEY PROBABLY WOULD HAVE KILLED HIM.!!!!!"

The dogs have been taken to a veterinary clinic for tests.  Stilwell says the dog owner, whose name was not immediately availabale, could be charged with possession of a vicious animal and allowing it to run loose in violation of the city ordinance. Due to the severity of Manasco's bite injuries, the charges could be elevated to a felony.

The dogs were later destroyed by a veterinarian.  Manasco, who was treated and released from a hospital, was later re-hospitalized because of an infection from the wound and will likely undergo surgery.

Jemison passed a tougher leash law in its May First  council meeting.

YORK PA - PIT BULL ATTACKED 3 PEOPLE - INCLUDING A SMALL CHILD

UPDATE:   Mon - Mar 19, 2012 - CHILD STILL HOSPITALIZED AFTER BEING BIT BY A DOG

Sun - Mar 18, 2012 - According to Police a  PIT  BULL  bit 3 people today, including a small child who was injured.  The incident occurred in the 600 block of Salem Avenue about 1:40 pm.  Police and Animal Control are investigating the incident.

SPRINGFIELD OH - NEIGHBOR'S PIT BULL JUMPED THE FENCE AND SHREDDED A POODLE KILLING IT !!!

On Tuesday, March 13, a  PIT BULL  jumped the fence into a neighbor's yard at 717 Geron Drive attacking a smaller dog and killing it.

Lt. Dustin White, with the Sheriff's office said the dog was a Pit Bull and that it bit it's owner's hands as the owner tried to stop it from attacking.

"PEOPLE SAY THEY'RE NICE DOGS, BUT IT'S JUST IN THEIR BLOOD," WHITE SAID AT THE SCENE.  "THEY ALMOST CAN'T HELP IT.  ITS'S LIKE A CAT THAT  YOU LET OUT IN YOUR HOME.  IT'S GOING TO FIND MICE AND KILL THEM."

White said the owner gave permission for the Pit Bull to be contained by the Humane Society, who held it in a cage Tuesday afternoon.  The dog will be euthanized, White said.

CLEARLAKE OAKS CA - 2 PIT BULLS ATTACKED AN ELDERLY MAN AND HIS PET AS THEY WERE GOING FOR A WALK - $4,000 VET BILL - PIT NUTTER IS AN ESCAPE ARTIST !!!

HIS LITTLE POMERANIAN WAS MAULED - BROKEN JAW, BROKEN LEG, PUNCTURED LUNG, MULTIPLE BITES ALL OVER HER BODY.

Family members say an elderly man and his beloved Pomeranian were attacked by   2 PIT BULLS earlier this week and Animal Control officials are trying to confirm if the dogs have had rabies vaccinations in an effort to protect the health of the victims.

They were walking near the intersection of Island Drive and Highway 20 in Clearlake Oaks when, without warning, the 2 Pit Bulls charged them, biting him and knocking  him to the ground.  His little dog was mauled, receiving injuries including a broken jaw, broken leg, punctured lung and multiple bite wounds over her body.  She is being treated at Wasson Memorial Veterinary Clinic in Lakeport:

   *****WHERE THE BILL IS CURRENTLY ABOUT $4,000 *****

The Pit Bulls were both black in color, each weighing about 40 pounds, according to the available description:

A MEDIUM BUILD, APPROXIMATELY 5 FEET 10 INCHES TALL AND IN HIS LATE 30S OR EARLY 40S, WHITE MALE SUBJECT RETRIEVED THE DOGS AND GAVE THE VICTIM A FALSE NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION, AND LEFT IN A MITSUBISHI MONTERO SUV WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN GREEN, WITH LICENSE PLATE:  5BGV640.

If you have any information on the dogs or their owner, please notify Lake County Animal Care and Control.  To assist  with the Vet bill, contact Jim Young at 707-350-4867   or  Leah Young at 707-245-3049.

PITTSBURGH PA - PIT BULL/LAB MIX RUNS LOOSE AND ATTACKS A CHILD - THEN BITES SECURITY GUARD AND A POLICEMAN

UPDATE: THIS ARTICLE GIVES MORE INFORMATION AND SAYS THE DOG WAS A PIT BULL - NO MENTION OF IT BEING PART LAB !!!!!THE DOG WAS A REPEAT OFFENDER ACCORDING TO THIS STORY.

Sat - Mar 17, 2012 - Three people were hurt Friday evening  in a dog attack in Pittsburgh's Crafton heights neighborhood.  It happened at the Mountain View Apartments on Crucible Street.


A 6-year-old boy was bitten by a PIT BULL/LAB MIX named Cola.  The security guard for the apartment complex and a Pittsburgh Police Officer were also bitten. The young boy was taken to Children's Hospital and will likely need stitches.

A Pittsburgh Police Officer even used a taser on the dog and shot it 3 times according to witnesses.

The owner of the dog was distraught over the way the officer killed the dog.

"SHE WAS RUNNING AROUND BARKING BECAUSE THERE'S LIKE 5 COPS THERE AND THEY START TASING HER AND THEN AFTER THEY TASED HER A COUPLE OF TIMES, THEY DECIDED TO SHOOT HER,."

The owner did admit the dog was running free.  Police said the owner will probably face a citation for violating the city's leash law.

NEW CASTLE PA - 2011 - NEIGHBOR'S 3 PIT BULLS ATTACKED A 91-YEAR-OLD WOMAN - JUDGE HAS RULED AFTER OWNER PLEADS GUILTY

Fri - Mar 16, 2012 - A Lawrence County Judge has ruled that Janet Karnes of New Castle must forfeit her  3  PIT  BULLS  and pay $8,100 to an animal shelter where they have been quarantined since the attack on a  91-YEAR-OLD-WOMAN.  She was also sentenced to 1 year probation.

On April 10, 2011,  Janet Karnes told authorities that she had told her son to let the dogs out a rear door then they heard neighbors screaming moments later that the elderly woman was being attacked.

Police were called to the 1900 block of Morris Street about 4:15 pm April 10, 2011, because of a dog attack.  The severely injured woman was transported to Jameson, then to Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh.  The elderly woman,  VIRGINIA  JASKILKA  said she was hanging up clothes when the 3 PIT BULLS attacked her  and bit her arm.

Officers learned that Karnes and her 3 sons owned 3 PIT BULLS - A 3-year-old female  Nunu,  a 2-year-old male Champ, and a 4-month-old Apache.  A dog officer took Nunu,  identified as the dog that had bitten the woman,  into custody.  The family transported the other 2 dogs.

JANET KARNES  INITIALLY  FACED 21 CHARGES AND A DOZEN MISDEMEANORS AND 9 SUMMARY OFFENSES:

* 3 COUNTS EACH OF DOG ATTACK CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY

* FAILURE TO CONFINE A DOG WITHIN THE PREMISES OF THE OWNER

* FAILURE TO CONFINE AND CONTAIN A DOG BY FIRMLY SECURING IT BY COLLAR OR CHAIN

* FAILURE TO KEEP DOGS CONFINED AND UNDER CONTROL

* HARBORING A DANGEROUS DOG THAT INFLICTED SEVERE INJURIES ON A HUMAN BEING WITHOUT PROVOCATION ON PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PROPERTY

* HARBORING A DANGEROUS DOG THAT WITHOUT PROVOCATION ATTACKED A HUMAN

* FAILING TO HAVE A DOG VACCINATION AGAINST RABIES

LAGRANGE ME - 2010 - AMERICAN BULLDOG MIX ATTACKED WOMAN TAKING A WALK - RIPPED HER APART - AMPUTATED ARM

Nov 15, 2010 - KAREN STEWART, 41, of the Mattawamkeag area  was ripped apart by a large American Bulldog Mix..  She was taken from Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor and Airlifted to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.  She was placed in a drug-induced coma for her pain, according to her friend Vaughn Adams of LaGrange.

Adams said Stewart, who is disabled, had been staying a few days at his Forest Street home when she decided to go for a walk alone Friday night and was attacked by a neighbor's dog.

***SOMEHOW SHE MANAGED TO DRAG HERSELF BACK TO HIS HOME, HE SAID.***

"SHE WAS COVERED HEAD TO TOE IN BLOOD AND MUD.  THE DOG TOOK HER ELBOW OUT, CHEWED HER WHOLE FOREARM SO THERE WAS JUST SKIN AND BONE LEFT,  HER RIGHT ARM HAD ABOUT A 3-INCH-DEEP BY A 4-INCH-WIDE BITE TAKEN OUT, AND SHE HAD SOME BITES ON HER HEAD, NECK AND FACE.  MOST HER CLOTHES HAD BEEN RIPPED OFF.

Adams grabbed anything he could to cover her wounds - jackets, curtains - to stop the bleeding.

The Maine State Police, who earlier reported that the dog was an AMERICAN BULLDOG, have charged the animal's owner, Adam Bemis, 28, with keeping a dangerous dog. Additional charges are possible as the investigation continues.   The dog was taken to the Bangor Humane Society, where it has been placed under quarantine for at least 10 days.

Adams said that Bemis has had this large, solidly built dog for several months and has always let it roam unrestricted.

MARINA CA - 2 PIT BULLS ATTACKED A MAN AND HIS BLACK LAB "YOGI " WHILE THEY WERE OUT WALKING

 Tues - Mar 13, 2012 -  A man was attacked by    2 PIT BULLS   on Thursday.   He was walking with his black lab Yogi through their neighborhood off Hillcrest Ave as they do everyday.  Last week, the routine walk took a terrible turn.

"I SAW A PIT BULL COMING FULL SPEED AHEAD LIKE HE SAW A PIECE OF MEAT.  HE WAS COMING FOR ME AND YOGI."

The Pit Bull latched on to Yogi and wouldn't let go.  Bob said he tried to rescue his dog, but was knocked down and bit in the chaos.  He took Yogi to the Monterey Peninsula Veterinary Emergency Center off Highway 68.

"IT COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT WORSE FOR BOTH OF US.  I COULD HAVE BEEN IN AN AMBULANCE.  YOGI  COULD HAVE HAD TO BE PUT DOWN."

Marina Police said officers gave the Pit Bull's owners a ticket for failing to restrain the dog.

But that's not a lot of comfort for this victim.  He went out and bought bear spray.

"I WON'T LET MY WIFE TAKE YOGI OUT BY HERSELF ANYMORE, EITHER."

COCOA FL - 2004 - MOM SAVES BABY IN PIT BULL ATTACK BY TOSSING BOY OVER FENCE

Tues - May 11, 2004 - Amanda Ibraham, 18, was out on her side yard  with her baby trimming her trees, when a   PIT BULL   came out of nowhere and lunged for the woman's small child.  After neighbors and rescuers fought the dog off of them and got them to safety, both the mother and her child were treated for LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES.

One-year-old Keyshawn Ibraham was gnawed deep into the side.  His mother was bit on the face, chest, arms and legs.

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THE MOTHER PROBABLY SAVED HER SON'S LIFE BY THROWING HIM OVER THE FENCE AFTER HE WAS ATTACKED BUT THEN THE PIT BULL WENT AFTER HER !!!!

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Neighbor Bob Stupp said his wife was in the backyard and heard this woman screaming for help. Stupp showed up with a  baseball bat  and he hit the dog over the head twice to let loose of the lady.  It let loose...but then it came right back and tried to get her again.

Ibraham managed to get to a neighbor's nearby screened -in front porch....BUT THE PIT BULL WASN'T ABOUT TO LET UP.......IT POSITIONED  ITSELF SO POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS COULD NOT GET TO THE WOMAN......POLICE TRIED TO TASER IT TO FREE IBRAHAM ...BUT IT LUNGED AT THEM AND AN OFFICER FIRED ONE SHOT, WOUNDING IT.  THE PIT BULL THEN RAN AROUND A CORNER OF ANOTHER HOME WHERE IT WAS PUT DOWN.

POLICE ARE NOT SURE WHERE IT CAME FROM AND NO ONE HAS YET CLAIMED ANY OWNERSHIP.............HOWEVER.....

THERE WAS ANOTHER PIT BULL ATTACK AT THIS SAME HOME TWO YEARS AGO.  ANOTHER WOMAN WHO LIVED THERE AT THE TIME WAS ATTACKED ALONG WITH HER DOG.  SHE ALSO:

     *****PUT HER DOG OVER THE FENCE TO SAVE IT *****

ALBANY GA - A PIT BULL ATTACKED JOE MCCAFFREY'S BELOVED SHIH TZU "CODY"- BREAKING ITS UPPER AND LOWER JAWS AND BITING ITS TEETH OUT - $1,500 VET BILL !!!

EMOTIONAL VICTIM SPEAKS:  "THE DOG JUST CAME OUT OF NOWHERE.  HE GRABBED MY 7-YEAR-OLD SHIH TZU BY THE HEAD AND SHOOK IT AND I  JUST JUMPED ON THE DOG TO TRY TO OPEN HIS MOUTH."

Thurs - Mar 15, 2012 - Joe McCaffrey was walking his two dogs Saturday afternoon outside of his apartment off of North Slappey  when a   PIT BULL   came out from nowhere and grabbed his beloved pet by the head.McCaffrey was left with a $1,500 vet bill and his dog Cody was at the vet's office until today.

"HIS UPPER JAW IS BROKEN IN 5 SPOTS AND THEY HAD TO WIRE THAT.  hIS LOWER JAW WAS BROKEN IN 2 SPOTS.  THEY HAD TO WIRE THAT AND HE'S MISSING ALL OF HIS TEETH ON ONE SIDE."



Georgia State Representatives have passed a bill- HOUSE BILL 685 --VOTED IN BY A VOTE OF:

                                 170  TO  0

-- that will make it tougher to own a vicious dog and supporters say it is in the -----BEST INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC !!!!!!!!!!!  Under the new bill vicious dog owners must have a microchip inserted in it and carry $50,000 in insurance.

MARTHA ANN COE FROM TERRELL COUNTY SAYS " WELL WE ARE ALREADY AHEAD OF THAT BILL."   LAST MONTH TERRELL COUNTY PASSED AN ORDINANCE THAT BANS DOG OWNERS FROM CHAINING OR TETHERING THEIR DOG.   INSTEAD THEY MUST BE IN A PEN OR KENNEL.  OWENERS OF DOGS LISTED AS DANGEROUS MUST CARRY $100,000 IN INSURANCE AND HAVE A MICROCHIP INSERTED IN THE PET.

COE ALSO SAYS, "WE ARE RIGHT NOW ON THE VERGE OF SUMMER.  SCHOOL WILL BE OUT AND YOU HAVE CHILDREN PLAYING IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS ALL DOY LONG.  YOU'RE PTTING THOSE CHILDREN AT RISK."

JOE MCCAFFREY HOPES THIS NEW STATEWIDE BILL WILL SAVE ANYONE FROM GOING THROUGH WHAT HE WENT THROUGH BECAUSE --

"IT'S JUST SOMETHING NOBODY SHOULD HAVE TO WITNESS.  IT'S HORRIBLE."