EAST BARNET ENGLAND - A STAFFORDSHIRE BULL TERRIER CRUNCHED ON A PRESCIOUS CAVALIER KING CHARLES SPANIEL "RUBY" KILLING HER - 2ND KILL FOR THE STAFFIE - THE NUT JOB OWNER SAYS "MY DOG IS NOT VICIOUS BUT "I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH HIM"

Esther Shortt was walking her Cavalier King Charles Spaniel 'RUBY' when a  STAFFORDSHIRE BULL TERRIER BIT INTO IT, INFLICTING FATAL INJURIES.  She regularly walked Ruby and her other dog in the park and would wait in the car until Dale had passed with his larger dog.

THIS REPORTER GIVES MORE SPACE TO THE NUTTER THAN THE POOR FAMILY OF THE VICTIM  --- AS USUAL ---I HOPE TO SEE ANOTHER STORY WHERE THE VICTIM'S FAMILY GETS A WORD IN EDGEWISE - BUT WHAT A NUT JOB  THIS NUTTER  IS !!!!!!

PIT NUTTER SPEAK:

*  THIS MAKES ME FEEL SICK JUST THINKING ABOUT IT.

*  HE'S NOT VICIOUS.

*  I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH HIM.

*  IF HE CONSTANTLY WENT AFTER OTHER DOGS THEN FINE, BUT HE DOESN'T.

*  HE JUST PICKED IT UP IN HIS MOUTH, HE DIDN'T' REALLY ATTACK IT.

* HE CHASES SQUIRRELS AND RATS AND I THINK HE MUST HAVE THOUGHT SHE WAS A SQUIRREL.

* WE'VE HAD HIM FOR 4 YEARS AND HE'S LIKE A FAMILY MEMBER.

* I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO AND MY GIRLFRIEND IS DEVASTATED.

* IT WASN'T LIKE HE RIPPED HER TO PIECES, HE PICKED IT UP IN ITS MOUTH BUT HE'S OBVIOUSLY SO STRONG -- IT WASN'T A VICIOUS ATTACK.

*  IT IS UNFORTUNATE BUT IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN.

* THERE'S A STEREOTYPE  WITH THESE DOGS -- I GET LOOKS ALL THE TIME

* IF HE'S LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE, I WILL KEEP HIM ON A LEAD IN THE FUTURE AND HE WILL CERTAINLY BE MUZZLED.

 * I TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY AS HE'S MY DIG BUT HE REALLY ISN'T A VICIOUS ANIMAL.

 -  LYING PIT NUTTERS - LYING PIT NUTTERS - LYING PIT NUTTERS -

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COCOA FL - 2 PIT BULLS ATTACKED A BOY WHEN A GIRL WAS ATTEMPTING TO TIE THEM UP OUTSIDE AND THEY GOT AWAY FROM HER - OWNERS LAUGHED AND CURSED AT VICTIMS - SHOWED NO SYMPATHY

A 10-year-old Brevard County boy is recovering after he was attacked by  2 PIT BULLS  Saturday afternoon at the Sunrise Village Mobile Home Park in Cocoa.  The victim said he was walking with a friend before the incident and they saw another child was attempting to tie up the dogs but........

            THEY OVERPOWERED HER !!!!!

"ONE GOT AWAY AND STARTED ATTACKING ME.  SHE TRIED TO GET THE OTHER ONE, BUT THEN IT PULLED HER AND STARTED ATTACKING ME TOO."

The victim's mom said she was overwhelmed when she heard the news and just wanted to see her son. She also said that the owners of the dogs didn't seem to care about the vicious attack that sent her son to the hospital.

"THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY SYMPATHY.   THEY LAUGHED AT ME.  THEY CURSED AT ME.  THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY SYMPATHY FOR MY SON AT ALL."

Both dogs were taken away and authorities have not said what will happen to them.

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WALLKILL NY - A WOMAN WORKING AT "THE PET CAMP" - A HIGH-END KENNEL - WAS ATTACKED BY A BULLMASTIFF MIX - SHE MAY LOSE HER ARM

A worker at a high-end Orange County dog kennel is in critical condition and could  ...........

 LOSE HER LEFT ARM AFTER BEING MAULED BY A BULL MASTIFF FRIDAY MORNING.

The worker at  "THE PET CAMP" , who was not identified by  police, was undergoing surgery at Regional Medical Center in Middletown.  She suffered multiple bites that resulted in severe lacerations to her head and arms.

The worker was exercizing the 13-month-old   MIXED BULL MASTIFF  when it turned on her.

"RIGHT NOW WE ARE LOOKING FOR AN ORDER TO EUTHANIZE THE DOG," SAID POLICE LT. ANTONINO SPANO.  THE INCIDENT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION AND NO CRIMINAL CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED.

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SANTA MARIA CA - LETTER TO THE EDITOR/OPINION - SANTA MARIA TIMES - HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE AND VICIOUS DOGS

It is my understanding all insurance companies have a  VICIOUS DOG LIST.   Prior to buying a dog, it would be to your readers advantage to find out what breeds are on the list.

If you should buy a dog on that list and that dog should maim or kill a person or pet, your homeowner's or renter's policy  WILL NOT COVER YOU.

Due to the increase in vicious dog attacks, some counties are now requiring landlords, who rent to people owning  PIT BULLS, etc, to buy a special insurance policy to cover these breeds prior to renting.

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I HAVE NOTICED THAT RECENT PHOTOGRAPHS OF DOGS IN NEWSPAPERS AND ON TV WHO NEED A HOME ARE OFTEN CALLED LAB MIXES, INSTEAD OF PIT BULLS.  THIS IS MORE THAN DECEITFUL, IT COULD WELL BE CRIMINAL -- IF THE PERSON KNOWINGLY LIED IN THE AD AND THE DOG LATER CAUSED BODILY HARM OR DEATH.

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RECENTLY, SOME COUNTY SHELTERS AND HUMANE SOCIETIES HAVE BEEN SUED FOR SUCH DECEPTIONS.  THE HIGHEST SETTLEMENT SO FAR IS $7 MILLION.

HAZEL MORTENSEN

SOLVANG

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STREATOR, LASALLE COUNTY IL - A PIT BULL MIX ATTACKED AND KILLED AN OLDER TOY POODLE AND BIT A HUMAN - IT WAS EUTHANIZED

A  PIT BULL TERRIER MIX  was euthanized Thursday in Streater after it attacked and killed an older toy poodle.  According to Gary Wind, LaSalle County Animal Control officer, the incident happened around 9 am at the James Street Recreation Area.  Wind said tissue samples were sent for testing as the Pit Bull also bit a human.  No further information was available at this time.

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OKLAHOMA CITY OK - CECIL ELLIOT WAS ATTACKED BY A PIT BULL 2 YEARS AGO AND HE WANTS LAWS CHANGED AFTER THE DEATH OF NELLIE DAVIS BY HER GRANDDAUGHTER'S PIT BULL TO MAKE SURE THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN

CECIL ELLIOT WAS ATTACKED BY A   PIT BULL  2 years ago and has come forward to share his story after hearing of the  PIT BULL MAULING  DEATH OF NELLIE DAVIS.  He hopes his story helps change state law. He wants to make sure it never happens again!!!

Elliot was walking through his neighborhood  when he was attacked.  Nellie Davis' death has brought back memories of his experience. He says the Pit Bull hit him like a "FOOTBALL TACKLE" KNOCKING HIM DOWN AND THE PIT'S FANGS RIPPED TISSUE AND LEFT LIFE -LONG SCARS  AND EXPERIENCING A PIT BULL ATTACK FIRST HAND CHANGES YOU FOREVER.   He thinks Pit Bull owners should have a special license to own one and he believes there should be tougher punishments for people who let their Pit Bulls run loose.

" I THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE A RIGHT TO OWN A PIT BULL DOG.  I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOU DON'T,  BUT THE DOG HAS A PROPENSITY TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE BY NATURE."

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ENTERS THE PIT NUTTER (MALE RESCUE ANGEL??) WITH HIS USUAL PIT NUTTER SPEAK !!!!!!

* PIT BULLS ARE NOT NATURALLY AGGRESSIVE TO HUMANS.

* IT JUST BREAKS MY HEART THAT WE GOT A BLACK EYE...THAT SOMEONE DIED.

* THE IDEA THAT THEY'RE JUST BAD IS WRONG.

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MY COMMENT:  I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO READ MORE ABOUT YOUR ATTACK MR. ELLIOT BUT INSTEAD WE GOT TO HEAR ABOUT A THUNDER STORM CAUSED THE PIT TO ATTACK AND KILL NELLIE DAVIS AND HOW MUCH THE MALE RESCUE ANGEL LOVES HIS PITS. I GOOGLED IT BUT COULD NOT FIND ANY MORE INFORMATION ON YOUR ATTACK. NOW I WOULD LIKE FOR SOMEONE TO EXPLAIN TO ME HOW HAVING A SPECIAL LICENSE  AND TOUGHER PUNISHMENTS FOR PEOPLE WHO LET THEIR PIT BULLS RUN LOOSE WOULD HAVE SAVED NELLIE DAVIS ????!!!!!  OR SAVED MOST OF THESE  HUMAN BEINGS -------

1.  JAN 14 - MONTGOMERY CO TX - JACE PAUL VALDEZ - 16-MO-OLD - ATTACKED AND KILLED WHILE IN THE HOME OF HIS GRANDPARENTS BY A "FAMILY PIT BULL" - DON'T THINK THERE WAS  A THUNDERSTORM HAPPENING AT THE TIME !!!

2.  JAN 30 - OAK GROVE KY - UNIDENTIFIED - 6-YEAR-OLD BOY -  KILLED BY A "THERAPY DOG" THAT HE WAS PLAYING WITH IN THE BACK YARD -  A GERMAN SHEPHERD -  AT A FAMILY FRIEND'S HOUSE WITH HIS PARENTS AND FRIENDS AROUND.

3.  FEB 16 - MCKEESPORT PA - 2 DAY OLD BABY- HOWARD NICHOLSON -  LEFT IN A BABY CARRIER ON THE FLOOR IN A HOUSE WHERE MAMA WAS A "RESCUE ANGEL"  - 2 OF HER DOGS A PIT BULL AND A HUSKY WERE LOOSE - THE HUSKY GOT BLAMED --IT WAS SUCH A DRAMA...WHO KNOWS ?????  RESCUE  DOLLARS SAVED THE HUSKY'S LIFE  AND I BELIEVE THE PIT GOT RETURNED TO THE RESCUE ANGEL...---- NO MONEY WAS USED TO HELP SAVE THE NEWBORN BEFORE ALL THIS HAPPENED!!!!

4.  MAR 4 - ESCONDIDO CA - 59-YEAR-OLD MAIL CARRIER  - DIANE JANSEN - DIED FROM COMPLICATIONS FROM A PIT BULL THAT CHARGED OUT A GARAGE DOOR AND CHEWED ON HER LEGS - LICENSES AND TOUGHER LAWS ON LOOSE DOGS WOULD NOT HAVE HELPED HERE BECAUSE IT WAS "NOBOBY'S FAULT THAT PIT GOT OUT THE DOOR AND RUSHED OUT ON THIS MAIL CARRIER - IT WAS AN ACCIDENT!!!!"   SHE WAS JUST FINE AND DOING A DAY'S WORK 5 MINUTES BEFORE THE ATTACK.....AFTER THE ATTACK...SHE HAD A POSSIBLE STROKE   SO  HER LEGS BEING CHEW ALL UP WAS -----"JUST A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR"!!!!!!!!!!!!?????

5.  MAR 9 - JACKSONVILLE FL - 17-MO-OLD BOY - DYLAN ANDRES - THE TODDLER'S MOTHER WAS GETTING GROCERIES IN FROM A CAR AND HE RAN FROM HER SIGHT AND THE ROTTWEILER-----CHAINED IN THE FRONT YARD NEXT DOOR!!!!!! CHOMPED DOWN ON HIS NECK AND HEAD AND IN SECONDS HE WAS DEAD ----- NO ONE THOUGHT TO SAVE THIS CHILD BEFORE THIS HAPPENED BY BANNING DOGS FROM BEING CHAINED IN THE FRONT YARD TO PROTECT LITTLE CHILDREN AND  PASSERSBY!!!.

6.  MAR 26 -  VICTORIA TX - 4-YEAR-OLD BOY - KYLAR JOHNSON - WAS ALLOWED TO PLAY MANY TIMES OUTSIDE ON A RURAL PROPERTY AND HE WENT MISSING AND WAS FOUND THE NEXT DAY DEAD BESIDE A NEIGHBOR'S CHAINED PIT BULL - ONE OF 10 PIT BULLS CHAINED UP JUST FEET FROM ONE ANOTHER.----NO SAFE PLACE FOR LITTLE BOYS TO RUN AND PLAY ANYMORE !!!!!!

7.  APR 9 - MEAD OK - 92-YEAR-OLD - JAMES HURST - ATTACKED AND KILLED BY HIS NEIGHBOR'S 2 PIT BULLS AS HE WAS WORKING IN HIS YARD CLOSE TO HIS FRONT PORCH -- COULD IT BE THAT THESE  "RESPONSIBLE PIT BULL OWNERS" WOULD BUY A SPECIAL LICENSE AND PAY THE FINE FOR  THEIR DOGS RUNNING LOOSE - BUT THAT STILL WOULD NOT HAVE STOPPED THESE DOGS FROM GETTING LOOSE AND MAULING THIS POOR MAN'S FEET  NEARLY OFF KILLING HIM.

8. APR 20 - SUMMERVILLE SC -  2 MO-OLD BOY - AIDEN MCGREW - LEFT SITTING IN A BABY SWING IN THE CARE OF HIS FATHER AND LEFT IN THE ROOM WITH A RECENTLY ACQUIRED DOG SAID TO BE A  - GOLDEN RETRIEVER MIX - BUT NO "DOG EXPERT" WOULD SAY EXACTLY WHAT  THE OTHER BREED MIGHT HAVE BEEN ?????? EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE PICTURES OF THIS DOG.....LOTS OF DRAMA SURROUNDING THESE PARENTS.....BUT RESCUE ANGELS WILL SHOW YOU VIDEOS THAT SHOW YOUNG PARENTS PUTTING THEIR BABIES STRADDLE OF THESE DOGS - LETTING THEM RIDE THEIR BACKS ---PROVING THAT THEY ARE NOT HUMAN AGGRESSIVE AND SAFE AROUND INFANTS, BABIES, TODDLERS, CHILDREN AND ON UP TO THE ELDERLY !!!

9.  APR 28 - HENDERSON NV - EXACTLY 1 YEAR OLD BOY - JEREMIAH ESKEW-SHAHAN - IN THE CARE OF HIS GRANDMOTHER AND WITH HIS FATHER UPSTAIRS -  AND JUST A FEW MINUTES AFTER HIS 1-YEAR-OLD BIRTHDAY PARTY - THE FAMILY'S 120-POUND MASTIFF/RHODESIAN RIDGEBACK MIX NAMED "ONION"  THAT HAD KNOWN AND BEEN WITH THE BABY "ALL HIS LIFE"  CHOMPED ON HIS HEAD SMASHING IT OFF - HE WAS DEAD!!!- RESCUE ANGELS COME FROM FAR AWAY STATES AND PUT UP TENS OF "$1000's  - SAVING THIS BIG OLD MONSTER'S LIFE - NOT ONE DOLLAR DID THEY SPEND TO SAVE THIS CHILD'S LIFE BEFORE IT DIED !!!!!!!!

10. MAY 2 - SANTE FE  NM - 74-YEAR-OLD MAN - CLIFFORD D. WRIGHT - WAS A BLOODY MESS AFTER HIS SON'S PIT BULL SHREDDED HIM - HE HAD CARED FOR THE SWEET FAMILY PET ALL ITS LIFE BEFORE IT TURNED ON HIM - IT WAS NOT OUT RUNNING LOOSE AND PROBABLY HAD ALL ITS LICENSES.

11.  MAY 8 - LAS CRUCES NM - 15-MO-OLD GIRL - JASILYN MESA - WAS IN THE CARE OF HER GRANDMOTHER IN THE YARD WHEN THE FAMILY'S "NOT-HUMAN-AGGRESSIVE PIT" KILLED HER IN SECONDS.  DON'T THINK THERE WAS A THUNDERSTORM OR LOUD NOISE OF ANY KIND HAPPENING AT THE TIME -----BUT THIS  NOISE-SENSITIVE PIT MIGHT NOT HAVE LIKED THE LITTLE GIRL'S VOICE SO HE CHOMPED ON HER HEAD TOO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

12.  MAY 12 - SURPRISE AZ - 73-YEAR-OLD WOMAN - MARYANN HUNULA - SHE WAS SITTING IN HER FRONT YARD WHEN HER NEW NEIGHBOR'S 2 PIT BULLS TRIED TO SHRED HER BODY INTO LITTLE PIECES  ON OCTOBER 10, 2011 - HER NEIGHBOR'S TRIED TO HELP HER BUT THE "SWEET BABIES NOT-AGGRESSIVE-TO HUMANS"  TURNED ON THEM - THESE 2 MONSTERS WERE FINALLY SHOT AND KILLED BY AN OFF-DUTY OFFICER BUT NOT BEFORE THEY HAD JUST ABOUT TORN OFF HER FOOT AND BOTH OF HER ARMS WERE RIPPED TO PIECES AND SHE WAS BITTEN  ****ALL OVER HER BODY*** - MARYANN TRIED TO LIVE.........FOR MANY MORE MONTHS......BUT SHE NEVER DID RECOVER AND THE "RESPONSBLE PIT OWNER" MOVED OUT RIGHT AFTER THE ATTACK AND NOONE WAS EVER HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS MURDEROUS CARNAGE!!!!!!!!!!  I WONDER IF IT WAS THUNDERING IN THE AREA AT THE TIME?????

13.  MAY 17 - ALLEN CO OH - 3-DAY-OLD INFANT - MAKAYLA DARNELL - THE BABY WAS IN THE SWING IN THE LIVING ROOM AND THE MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER WAS IN THE KITCHEN JUST FEET AWAY WHEN THE FAMILY PIT BULL MIX ABOUT 4 YEARS OLD ATTACKED AND KILLED IT - THEY NEVER HEARD A SOUND FROM THE DOG OR THE BABY - ***********IT WAS THE SILENCE ......THE SILENCE WAS TOO MUCH FOR THE SENSITIVE NOT-AGGRESSIVE-TO-HUMANS PIT TO HANDLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!

14. MAY 24 - ROXBORO NC - 65-YEAR-OLD MAN - EUGENE CAMERON - HE WENT TO CHECK ON A FRIEND'S HOUSE THAT WAS OUT OF TOWN AND WAS LATER FOUND DEAD UNDER THE CARPORT WITH MASSIVE INJURIES TO HIS BODY ESPECIALLY ONE ARM - HE BLED TO DEATH - A NEIGHBOR'S PIT BULL WAS FOUND TO BE RESPONSIBLE WITH DNA TESTS -----LORDY, LORDY, IT MUST HAVE BEEN COMING A BAD STORM, OR A LOUD TRAIN WENT BY, OR A LOUD CAR, OR SOMEONE WAS TALKING TOO LOUD....IT HAD TO HAVE BEEN A NOISE THAT MADE THE PIT DO IT !!!!!  OR IT COULD HAVE BEEN DEADLY SILENCE !!!!!!!

15. MAY 27 - MT. PLEASANT SC - 2-YEAR OLD BOY - JA'MARR TILLER - DIED AFTER BEING ATTACKED BY 2 DOGS  THAT RAN AROUND OUTSIDE THE HOME HE WAS LIVING IN - THEY WERE SAID TO BE A FEMALE BLACK LAB/SHEPHERD MIX AND ANOTHER BRINDLE FEMALE LAB/SHEPHERD MIX BELONGING TO AN EXTENDED FAMILY MEMBER - THE BOY'S MOTHER LEFT THE HOUSE AND THOUGHT HE WAS SLEEPING AND IT IS THOUGHT HE GOT UP AND WENT OUTSIDE ON HIS OWN AND HE WAS FOUND LATER AND ATTEMPTS TO REVIVE HIM FAILED -   I GUESS MIXED BREEDS ARE SENSITIVE TO NOISES ALSO !!!

16.  JUNE 13 - ST. MARYS  PLEASANTS CO WV - 2-YEAR-OLD BOY - JACK REDIN - THE CHILD HAD BEEN ENJOYING THE WARM DAYS OF SUMMER WITH HIS SIBLINGS AND OTHER FRIENDS AND HIS PARENTS WHEN HE SUDDENLY WENT MISSING - JUST MINUTES LATER HIS FATHER FOUND HIM DEAD IN THE NEIGHBOR'S YARD MAULED TO DEATH BY 2 PIT BULL MIXES THAT WERE  CONTAINED  BY AN INVISIBLE FENCE BURIED BENEATH THE GROUND  WITH NO BARRIER TO KEEP THE TODDLER FROM WANDERING INTO THE DOG'S YARD - WHERE ARE ALL THE  $1000's FROM ADVOCATES EVERYWHERE COMING IN TO WEST VIRGINIA FIGHTING AGAINST THE USE OF INVISIBLE FENCES FOR ANY BREED OF DOG CAPABLE OF DOING THIS TO A CHILD - OUR CHILDREN SHOULD BE PROTECTED AGAINST THIS HAPPENING TO THEM---BUT WAIT - PITS ARE NOT HUMAN AGGRESSIVE - SO IT MUST HAVE BEEN THE WEATHER THAT MADE THEM DO IT !!!!!! BUT WAIT--THEY ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HUMAN AGGRESSIVE ?????

17.  JUNE 14 - LEMON GROVE CA - 8-MO-OLD BOY - TYZHEL LATELLA MCWILIAMS - THE CHILD WAS ON THE FLOOR CRAWLING AROUND NEAR HIS MOTHER AND HER ROOM MATE WHEN THE DOG POUNCED ON HIM KILLING HIM WITH IN SECONDS - THERE WERE 3 PIT BULLS IN THE HOME AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT ONLY 1 HAD ACCESS TO THE CHILD AT THE TIME - THERE WERE PICTURES OF THIS BABY SITTING RIGHT UP AGAINST THIS DOG AND THE DOG HAD KNOWN THE BABY SINCE HE WAS BORN  - MUST HAVE BEEN THE WEATHER BECAUSE PIT BULLS " ARE NOT HUMAN AGGRESSIVE".

18. JULY 11 - AVONDALE CINCINATTI OH - 40-YEAR-OLD MAN - RONNEL BROWN - HE WAS KILLED BY HIS OWN PIT BULL TYPE DOG INSIDE HIS APARTMENT - HE WAS ABLE TO CALL 911 AND TOLD THEM HIS DOG HAD ATTACKED HIM AND HE BELIEVED HE WAS GOING TO PASS OUT - HE WAS DEAD WHEN HELP ARRIVED AND HIS LARGE DOG, AN ALAPAHA BLUE-BLOOD BULLDOG (OLD SOUTHERN WHITE BULLDOG/PIT BULL TERRIER CROSS) HAD TO BE SHOT SO FIREFIGHTERS COULD GET TO HIM - THESE DOGS ARE NORMALLY TOTALLY  LOYAL TO THEIR OWNERS - SOMETHING, LIKE THE WEATHER, SPOOKED HIM AND MADE HIM DO IT.

19.  AUG 15 - CHICAGO IL - 44-YEAR-OLD MAN - CHARLES HAGERMAN - WAS KILLED BY ONE OR BOTH OF HIS 2 PIT BULLS - HIS WIFE ARRIVED HOME ABOUT 8:15 PM TO FIND HIM ON THE FLOOR WITH ONE OF THE DOGS STILL BITING ON HIS NECK - HE WAS ALREADY DEAD - THEY MUST HAVE HAD A LOUD STORM IN THE AREA THAT NIGHT!

20. AUG 11 - DECATUR DEKALB CO GA - 23-YEAR-OLD WOMAN - REBECCA CAREY- A VOLUNTEER WITH RESCUE NETWORKS AND ANIMAL SHELTERS SHE HAD 5 DOGS LIVING WITH HER AT THE TIME OF THE ATTACK - 2 PIT BULLS, 1 PIT BULL/BOXER MIX, 2 PRESA CANARIOS (ONE ARTICLE REPORTS SHE HAD A MUCH SMALLER DOG ALSO)- THE DOGS WERE ALL TAKEN AND EUTHANIZED BEFORE IT COULD BE DETERMINED WHICH DOG OR DOGS KILLED HER - SOME FRIENDS REPORTED IN STORIES THAT SHE MAY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO BREAK UP A DOG FIGHT WHEN THE DOGS TURNED ON HER - BUT ALL THESE DOGS WERE BRED TO NOT BE HUMAN AGGRESSIVE SO THEY MUST HAVE HAD A LOUD STORM IN THE AREA THAT NIGHT WITH LOTS OF THUNDERING AND LIGHTENING THAT MADE THEM ATTACK HER.

21. SEPT 1 - TROTWOOD OH - 75-YEAR-OLD WOMAN - DAWN JUERGENS - SHE WAS FOUND DEAD IN HER YARD BY HER HUSBAND AT HER HOME - IT IS BELIEVED SHE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUT THE FAMILY DOGS,  SAID TO BE  2 CANE CORSOS THAT SHE LIVED FOR,  BACK IN THEIR KENNELS AND THE DOGS WENT INTO A FRENZY - SHE AND HER HUSBAND RAISED THE DOGS FROM BABIES AND THEY WERE 2 1/2 YEARS OLD - A CORONER DID AN AUTOPSY AND RULED THAT HER DOGS KILLED HER - NONE OF THE ARTICLES MENTIONED ANYTHING ABOUT A STORM IN THE AREA.

22. SEPT 7 - JEFFERSON CO AR - 45-YEAR-OLD WOMAN - DEBRA RENEE WILSON-ROBERTS -  SHE OWNED 2 PIT BULLS AND IT IS BELIEVED THE MALE ZEUS WEIGHING ABOUT 100 POUNDS KILLED HER - HER HUSBAND CAME HOME FROM A NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE TO FIND THE PIT BULL PACING BY HIS WIFE'S BODY WITH HIS MOUTH, PAWS, AND NECK BLOODY - THE DOG LUNGED AT THE POLICE AND WAS SHOT - SHE HAD SEVERE INJURIES TO HER LEGS WITH POSSIBLY A SEVERED ARTERY AND MAY HAVE BLED TO DEATH - SHE HAD BEEN ATTACKED BY HER PIT BULLS PREVIOUSLY AND HAD TO GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM FOR TREATMENT.

23. SEPT 11 - HERTFORD NC - 10-MO-OLD BOY - JAMES HUDSON - THE BABY WAS KILLED BY THE FAMILY'S PIT BULL MIX WHILE IN THE CARE OF HIS GRANDMOTHER - IT WAS REPORTED THAT HE WAS PLAYING IN A BEDROOM ON THE BED WITH OTHER CHILDREN WHEN THE DOG ATTACKED HIM AND WOULD NOT LET GO - THE GRANDMOTHER ATTEMPTED TO GET THE DOG OFF HIM BUT COULD NOT - THE DOG HAD PREVIOUSLY BITTEN AN OLDER CHILD IN THE HOME AND HAD ACTED AGGRESSIVELY TO NEIGHBORS.

24. SEPT 20 - LEEDS AL - 83-YEAR-OLD MAN - DONALD THOMAS - A KOREAN WAR VETERAN - HE WAS WALKING TO HIS MAILBOX TO GET THE MAIL AND WAS KILLED BY NEIGHBOR'S 2 LARGE ROTTWEILERS THAT WERE OFTEN SEEN RUNNING LOOSE - HIS WIFE CAME HOME FROM THE GROCERY STORE AND FOUND HIM AND ATTEMPTED TO WARD OFF THE DOGS BUT COULD NOT AND SHE HAD TO LEAVE HIM TO GO INSIDE THE HOME TO CALL FOR HELP - OVER 30 ROTTWEILER-TYPE DOGS WERE TAKEN FROM THE NEIGHBOR'S BACKYARD.


25.SEPT 24 - BURLESON TX - 3-MO-OLD BABY - RAYDEN BRUCE - POLICE WERE ALREADY AT THE HOUSE IN CONNECTION WITH A DOMESTIC DISPUTE BETWEEN THE BABY'S PARENTS WHEN THE MAULING TOOK PLACE - THE BABY FELL ASLEEP AND THE GRANDFATHER TOOK IT TO A ROOM AND PLACED IT ON A BED AND THEN MUST HAVE LEFT THAT ROOM AND THEN HEARD A NOISE AND WENT TO CHECK AND FOUND THE BABY ON THE FLOOR IN THE DOG'S MOUTH - IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE BABY'S FATHER HAD 2 PIT BULLS AT THE HOME AND THE MOTHER HAD RECENTLY HAD RECENTLY SEPARATED FROM THE FATHER - SHE HAD JUST TOLD ANOTHER NEIGHBOR THAT THE REASON WAS THE AGGRESSIVENESS OF THE PIT BULLS AND SHE WAS AFRAID FOR HER BABY.


26. SEPT 26 - OKLAHOMA CITY OK - 60-YEAR-OLD WOMAN - NELLIE DAVIS - SHE WAS LIVING WITH HER GRANDDAUGHTER WHO OWNED 2 PIT BULLS - THE GRANDDAUGHTER RETURNED HOME TO FIND ONE OF THE DOGS HAD BROKEN THE LOCK ON ITS CRATE AND ATTACKED AND KILLED HER GRANDMOTHER - AN OFFICER SHOT THE DOG WHEN IT COULD NOT BE CONTAINED.

PHILADELPHIA PA - WOMAN USES CHANGE.ORG TO PETITION FOR SAFER PARKS AFTER ATTACKS ON 2 SMALL PETS

RINGO AFTER  SURGERY

BY:  SUSAN TEEARS

A pet Yorkie was attacked and killed this past weekend by a loose PIT BULL at the american Legion Playground located on Torresdale Avenue.  My dog and I were attacked 3 years ago by an unleashed dog and suffered many injuries.  The only sign that is currently posted is the law for a fine for failure to clean up after your dog.

This american Legion Playground, as well as many others, is not a dog park.  As it is the Parks goal to provide a safe clean and ready to use facility with various activities and programs for all ages, this is a potential recipe for disaster, should it involve a child.

This is currently not a facility that I feel comfortable exposing my pet to, let alone children.  I have written to the Parks and Recreation Leader and the Assistant with no response.  As a concerned citizen of Philadelphia and a resident of Tacony, I wonder what can be done to ensure that these local playgrounds are enforcing the law?

Please help me to get Michawl DiBerardinis, Commissioner of Parks and Recreation actively involved in helping us to have this law enforced and protect our pets and children from such attacks.

Thank you for your support!

SUSAN TEEARS

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BAYSIDE NY - A LEASHED PIT BULL GETS AWAY FROM ITS OWNER AND BITES AN 85-YEAR-OLD WOMAN JUST TAKING HER USUAL WALK

ANN INFRANCA , 85, WAS WALKING ALONE TO A FRIEND'S HOUSE IN LITTLE BAY PARK TOWARD FORT TOTTEN WHEN SHE NOTICED A LARGE, CREAM-COLORED PIT BULL STANDING NEAR ITS OWNER.   BEFORE  SHE COULD REALIZE WHAT WAS HAPPENING, THE PIT BULL CHARGED HER RUNNING INTO HER AND BITING HER ARM AND NEARLY KNOCKING HER OVER.

"THERE WAS SALIVA ALL OVER ME.  I TOOK MY ARM OUT OF MY SLEEVE AND THEN I SAW BLOOD."

AFTER THE SUDDEN ATTACK INFRANCA  SAW A WOMAN PULL THE DOG AWAY BY ITS LEASH AND BEGIN WALKING AWAY.  SHE ONLY YELLED OVER, "ARE YOU O.K.?"......AND  THEN THE OWNER WWWAS OUT OF SIGHT WITHOUT EXCHANGING NAMES OR ANYTHING.  THERE WAS NO ONE AROUND TO HELP HER.

HER DAUGHTER SAID SHE GREW UP NEAR LIITLE BAY PARK AND HER MOTHER FREQUENTLY STROLLED THROUGH THE AREA AS MANY AS THREE TIMES A WEEK.   "NOW WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT HER WALKING AROUND ALONE."

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MAMARONECK NY - A PIT BULL ATTACKED 75-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WALKING HER DOG - HER BELOVED "ANE" WAS KILLED !!!

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JUDGES ORDERS:  THE PIT BULL WILL EITHER BE CONFINED FOR LIFE OR HUMANELY PUT DOWN.

UPDATE:  THE PIT BULL HAD ATTACKED ANOTHER DOG PREVIOUSLY 


A 75-year-old woman, JOSEPHINE CATALFAMO, was walking her 11-pound French breed dog "Ane"  on Florence Street on Wednesday, Sept. 26 about 9 am when an unleashed  PIT BULL  began to attack her dog.   As she attempted to get the Pit  off her dog she  suffered several puncture wounds on her hands and the.....

  LOSS OF ONE OF HER FINGERTIPS !!!




The Pit Bull's owner has been charged under the Agriculture and Market Law with one count of a dangerous dog attack on a domestic animal..

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THE OWNER OF THE PIT BULL WAS NOT CHARGED IN CONNECTION TO THE ATTACK ON THE WOMAN BECAUSE THE WOMAN WAS BIT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RESCUE HER DOG.

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A neighbor said she ran outside after hearing piercing screams and witnessed the owner pulling his pit bull off the victim who was on the ground with her dog, while he was kicking and punching his Pit Bull.  The Pit Bull's residence borders both Florence Park, and is a walking  distance of Daniel Warren Elementary School.  "This could have been us.  We are petrified to walk our dog now.  I really want to know why this dangerous Pit Bull lis still at it's residence and not impounded or taken away...

I FEEL VIOLATED IN MY OWN NEIGHBORHOOD--I NO LONGER HAVE THE FREEDOM TO FEEL SAFE ON MY OWN  STREET."

Residents have circulated a petition to have the pit bull removed from the neighborhood.

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MESA AZ - A MAN WITH HIS PIT BULL WALKS INTO TARGET WEARING ONLY SWIM TRUNKS AND SOCKS - THE PIT BITES 2 OFFICERS

Mesa  police had to use a stun gun on an unruly man wearing only swim trunks and black socks...WHOSE  PIT BULL MIX  bit 2 officers in a Target store Monday evening.

The store manager called police for help in escorting the man from the store at Southern Avenue and Longmore.  "IT WENT DOWNHILL FROM THERE,"  DETECTIVE STEVE BERRY SAID.  The dog lunged at and bit 2 officers.  One officer fired his service revolver, wounding the dog and causing it to run away.

Officers then used a Taser to subdue the man and take him into custody.  He was identified as SAMKEITH JAHVEH JURDEN, 25.  Berry said that Jurden, dressed only in the trunks and socsks, walked into the store with his dog and refused to leave.  Store personnel thought he was under the influence.  He was booked on suspicion of two counts of aggravated assault, resisting arrest, assault by a vicious animal, disorderly conduct and criminal trespass.

Officers followed the trail the dog had left and reported it had died of the gunshot.

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ARARAT ARMENIA - FAMILY'S PIT BULL TERRIER ATTACKED THE MOTHER AND HER DAUGHTER-IN-LAW - BOTH HOSPITALIZED IN SERIOUS CONDITION

The Armenian Ministry of Emergency Situations received an alarm at 7 am on Wednesday that a dog had attacked 2 women and rescuers were required.

A  PIT BULL TERRIER  attacked 2 women - RUZAN  GRIGORYANS AND RAISA GRIGORYANS, in Norabats Village in Armenia's Ararat region.  The victims were hospitalized with serious injuries.  The 44 year old was in serious condition while her 29-year-old daughter-in-law is in satisfactory condition, Dr. Nikolay Dallakyon told Armenian News.  The dog belonged to the Grigoryans, the victims, thus the dog attacked its owners.

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OKLAHOMA CITY OK - FAMILY PIT BULL KILLS 60-YEAR-OLD GRANDMOTHER

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POLICE BELIEVE DAVIS WAS ALIVE FOR MOST OF THE ATTACK

VICTIM HAD HAD A HEART TRANSPLANT

NELLIE DAVIS, 60,  DIED AFTER A PIT BULL TERRIER  BROKE  OUT OF A CAGE AND ATTACKED HER ABOUT 11:30 PM WEDNESDAY AT THE HIGHLAND APARTMENTS.  AN OFFICER SHOT THE DOG WHEN IT CONTINUED ITS ATTACK.  A YOUNG WOMAN  RETURNED HOME TO FIND ONE OF TWO LARGE PIT BULLS HAD BROKEN OUT OF ITS CRATE, ATTACKED AND KILLED HER GRANDMOTHER, ACCORDING TO A STATEMENT FROM POLICE.  THE INCIDENT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION

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MONROE NC - STRAY PIT BULL COMES INTO FAMILYS YARD AND ATTACKS THEIR DAUGHTER WALKING THEIR PET

TAYLOR PONDS, 17, HAD TO FIGHT OFF A PIT BULL TO SAVE HER BELOVED PET THIS WEEKEND AND SHE GOT ATTACKED.  NO ONE  KNOWS WHERE THE PIT BULL CAME FROM.  IT SHOWED UP AT  THEIR BACK DOOR  THE DAY BEFORE THE ATTACK AND THE FAMILY MADE A PICTURE OF IT.

TAYLOR HAD TAKEN HER DOG BAXTER OUTSIDE ON SATURDAY WHEN SUDDENLY THE PIT BULL CAME TOWARD THEM.  SHE PICKED UP BAXTER AND THE PIT BULL BEGAN JUMPING ON HER BACK.  THEN IT GRABBED HER ARM.  THEN HE LETS GO OF HER ARM AND GRABS HER DOG'S FACE AND BEGAN PULLING BAXTER'S FACE TOWARDS THE GROUND.

BLEEDING FROM BITE MARKS ON HER ARM, SHE TRIED TO PUT BAXTER IN THE BED OF A PICKUP TRUCK......

THE PIT BULL CLIMBED INTO THE BED OF THE TRUCK AFTER BAXTER !!!

SO SHE GRABBED BAXTER AND RAN INTO A NEIGHBOR'S GARAGE AND GRABBED A DUST MOP AND STARTED HITTING THE PIT BULL OVER THE HEAD WITH THE DUSTER.  BY THEN HER FATHER WAS THERE AND HELPED CLOSE THE DOOR TO THE GARAGE WITH THE DOG INSIDE, WHERE IT REMAINED UNTIL ANIMAL CONTROL ARRIVED TO TAKE IT AWAY.

TAYLOR'S MOM, LAURA, SAID SHE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHO THE OWNERS OF THE PIT ARE,  IF ONLY TO FIND OUT IF THE DOG- WHICH IS BEING TESTED FOR RABIES --DID HAVE ALL ITS SHOTS.  SHE ALSO MARVELS AT THE BRAVERY OF HER DAUGHTER.

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NAMPA ID - 2 LARGE PIT BULL MIXES CHARGE OUT ON POLICE AS THEY WERE MAKING A WELFARE CHECK AT A HOME - ONE DOG WAS SHOT AND KILLED

Officials in Nampa Idaho have released video of a dog attacking a police office during a welfare check at a home on Monday afternoon.  An anonymous caller asked that the welfare of children be checked at an address.  When police arrived they found the side door of the home partially open and were soon attacked by 2 large dogs.   WATCH THE VIDEO......

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PASCO FL - 2 PIT BULL MIXES ATTACKED AND KILLED A 5-POUND POODLE BEING WALKED BY A FAMILY MEMBER AT AN RV PARK - COWARD PIT NUTTERS TAKE THEIR DOGS AND DRIVE AWAY

On September 2, Dawn Long's son, Bradley was walking their 5-POUND POODLE "PEPPIE"  at a Hudson recreational vehicle park when  2 PIT BULL MIXES attacked them.  Bradley tried to save the little pet and the dogs bit him and KILLED PEPPIE !!!

"I SAID MA'AM, CAN YOU NOT GET MY DOG OUT OF YOUR DOG'S MOUTH? AND THE WOMAN THAT WAS WITH THE PIT MIXES JUST STOOD THERE SMILING."

 They contacted a deputy and the deputy instructed the family to contact Animal Services the next business day, since that Monday was Labor Day.  The deputy's report classifies the case a civil matter saying the Pit Bull Mixes - BERTHA AND MILK SHAKE - BROKE LOOSE.....

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WHICH IS NOT THE FAULT OF THEIR OWNERS??!! - LISTED IN THE REPORT AS ROBIN CROWE AND CHARLES COOK FROM KENTUCKY

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Mark Long says that it seemed as if the Sheriff's office did not take the matter seriously.  Animal Control did not even get notified until the Longs called them !!!!!!!!!  THE PIT NUTTERS PACKED UP AND DROVE AWAY FROM THE RV PARK BACK TO KENTUCKY AND BRADLEY HAD TO TAKE THE RABIES SHOTS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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MILLVILLE DE - PIT BULL RUNS FROM ACROSS THE STREET AND ATTACKED CHRISTINE SALB AND KILLED HER BELOVED MINIATURE SCHNAUZER

Christine Salb said she was walking down the ramp of her home on the 36000 block of Dover Street when the neighbor's Pit Bull from across the street ran toward her house.  She picked up her dog and started walking toward the stairs, but the Pit got to her and grabbed her arm....then grabbed her dog...then grabbed her arm again and then just killed her little dog. She needed stitches on her right arm.

The Kent County SPCA which also handles dog-related incidents in Sussex county, said the dog has had no previous incidents in its records.  However, Salb and her neighbor Mary Ann Mancini say there have been several incidences.  The incident is still under investigation.

ENTERS ANOTHER CLUELESS PIT NUTTER......

* It just seems to be that one woman (Salb) who he barks at.  I don't understand.

* I'm just a total wreck  thinking about her being without her dog and I'm just so sorry.

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CORINTH MS - 2 PIT BULLS INVADE A BARN AND KILL A MINIATURE PONY

Jerry "Bud" Mitchell and his wife Bonnie have been raising miniature ponies for 6 years. Their barn is 110 feet from the couple's home.  Two 4-month-old stud colts were being kept in the barn after being weaned from their mothers.  Bud Mitchell said he found the dead horse with a  PIT BULL  STILL IN THE STALL. He left to go get a gun and when he got back that dog was gone.  It was brown and had a white face.  HE ALSO FOUND A DEAD  PIT BULL  IN THE BARN.  EVIDENTLY, THE PONY KICKED HARD ENOUGH TO KILL ONE OF THE PIT BULLS.

"MY CONCERN IS FOR THE ONE DOG THAT IS STILL LOOSE.  I'M AFRAID TO GO IN THE BACKYARD NOW.  I WANT THE PUBLIC TO BE AWARE THERE IS A DOG THAT KILLED AND IS NOW ON THE LOOSE.  IT COULD BE A CHILD NEXT TIME,"  SAYS BONNIE MITCHELL.

    "YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT THOSE KIND OF DOGS WILL DO."

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LAWNDALE NC - DAUGHTER-IN-LAW'S PIT BULL MIX MAULED HER 73-YEAR-OLD MOTHER-IN-LAW - PATRECE OGLE - LEAVING HER FACE BLOODIED AND HER FEATURES NEARLY UNRECOGNIZABLE

UPDATE:  VICTIM IS ON LIFE-SUPPORT AND THE PROGNOSIS IS NOT GOOD.

THE PIT THEY HAD RAISED FROM A PUP ATTACKED FOR THE SECOND TIME THAT DAY AS THE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW WAS HAVING SEIZURES

THIS HORRIFIC ATTACK CAME JUST HOURS AFTER ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS WERE CALLED OUT TO THE HOUSE FOR THIS SAME DOG. A SHERIFF'S DEPUTY CALLED ANIMAL CONTROL ABOUT 6:45 AM AND SAID THE PIT BULL MIX HAD JUMPED ON OGLE AND KNOCKED HER DOWN.  THE WOMAN WASN'T INJURED OR BITTEN AND TOLD THE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER THAT SHE DIDN'T WANT THE DOG TAKEN AWAY.

Both Ogle and her daughter-in-law, Lisa Ogle, who is listed as the owner of the dog and also lives at the house, were adamant that the animal stay.  They were advised to take the Pit Bull Mix to the vet for rabies vaccines and to get treatment for what appeared to be mange. And There was another dog there also, a hound mix.

Animal Control Supervisor Tripp Bowling said, "THE DOG WAS VERY FRIENDLY.  IT DIDN'T SHOW ANY AGGRESSION."

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AT 5:15 PM ANIMAL CONTROL AGAIN GOT A CALL - THIS TIME FROM EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.  "IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE WORST DOG BITES I'VE EVER SEEN," SAYS BOWLING THIS TIME OF THE VERY FRIENDLY SHOW NO AGGRESSION PIT MIX !!!  THAT DOG TORE HER FACE OFF !!!!!  I GUESS THIS COULD BE CONSIDERED THE PIT BULL DRAMA FOR THE WEEK - CAUSE THE DAUGHTER-IN- LAW BEGAN HAVING SEIZURES AND WAS ALSO TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH THE MOTHER-IN-LAW.

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AND EVERYBODY WILL BE GLAD TO KNOW THAT BOWLING SAID THE DOGS WILL  NOT BE ALLOWED TO BE ADOPTED.

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CANANDAIGUA NY - THERE ARE HEROS AMONG US !!!! DAVID BLISS - SCHOOL BUS DRIVER - SAW A WOMAN, A BABY AND A DOG BEING ATTACKED BY 2 VICIOUS PIT BULLS - AND HE RUSHED TO THEIR AID

"I AM A DOG LOVER.  I HAVE 2 OF MY OWN.  THESE PIT BULLS HAVE NO PLACE IN THIS WORLD, BEING VICIOUS LIKE THEY ARE BECAUSE THEY SERVE NO PURPOSE."

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VIDEO:  THEY WERE DRAGGING THEIR OWNER

David Bliss was at the end of his last bus run when he saw a woman, a baby, and a dog being attacked by 2 PIT BULLS.  He pulled his bus up and jumped out landing on the dogs and started beating on them and trying to pull them apart.



"THE PIT BULLS WERE BEYOND MEAN!  TOTALLY VICIOUS AND TO SEE THAT KIND OF RAW ANGER IN A DOG IS QUITE AMAZING."





He says he does not know why they let go but they did.....but not before they turned on him.  He has puncture wounds back and front and stitches back and front.

The next day he was back at work and he just had to check on Cynthia Devaney and her dog, Jordan.

She says the Pit Bull attack was a total shock. "IT WAS AWFUL...REALLY SCARY. NOTHING LIKE I'VE EVER GONE THROUGH IN MY LIFE."  She also says that David Bliss was amazing and she is so thankful he came along.  SO VERY THANKFUL !!!.

She was treated for her bites and her grandson is fine and Jordan survived.

David Bliss says the Pit Bulls had Jordan by each side of the neck and they were just tearing.  He still marvels at the "PURE VICIOUSNESS OF THE ATTACKS."

"THESE DOGS DON'T HAVE A PLACE IN THIS WORLD, BEING LIKE THEY ARE BECAUSE THEY SERVE NO PURPOSE.  IT ENDED A WHOLE LOT BETTER THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD.  BECAUSE WHEN YOU JUMP INTO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, AND YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT IT.  YOU JUST DO IT."

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HURRICANE UT - SALEENA WICKWARD - 5-YEARS-OLD - A LOOK BACK - ATTACKED BY NEIGHBOR'S PIT BULL IN 2010

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APRIL 2010 - SALEENA WICKWARD, 5,  is now recovering from reconstructive facial surgery....swelling, over 900 stitches and staples consume her innocent face.  It happened Monday night in Hurricane around 5:30.  The child wandered to the next yard over to catch a caterpillar.  The Pit Bull was on a chain but he grabbed and  .....DIDN'T LET GO !!!!!

THE OWNER HAD TO PRY THE JAWS OFF OF SALEENA'S HEAD.

Neighbors called 911 and Saleena stayed conscious while waiting for an ambulance.

"WE GOT A TOWEL AND PUSHED THE SKIN UP AGAINST HER, AND JUST WRAPPED IT AROUND AND HELD IT THERE UNTIL 911 GOT THERE, AND JUST ROCKED HER AND TRIED TO COMFORT HER THE BEST WE COULD,"  HER MOTHER SAID.

At Dixie Regional Medical Center, the little girl had 6 and 1/2  hours of reconstructive surgery.  Two plastic surgeons helped put Saleena's face back together.   Stitches go from the middle of her lip, to her nose and cheek, then around her ear.  A PLATE AND SCREW ARE STABILIZING HER FRACTURED CHEEK.  DOCTORS WILL HAVE TO WAIT TO SEE IF THERE IS ANY NERVE DAMAGE !!!

Saleena's mother thanks everyone and says she is so glad the Pit Bull's family was home to 'PRY THE PITS JAWS  OFF HER CHILD."  SHE SAYS SHE WOULD NEVER HAVE GOT THAT DOG OFF OF SALEENA BY HERSELF.  IN CLASSIC PIT NUTTER FASHION.......THE NUTS SAY THAT VICTIMS, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN, MUST HAVE PROVOKED THE AGGRESSIVE DOG.


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CHAPARRAL NM - PACK OF 5 GERMAN SHEPHERDS ATTACKED A 12-YEAR-OLD BOY

A Chaparral boy remains in the hospital after being attacked by a pack of  5 German Shepherds as he walked home from his friend's  house. One of the dogs remains on the loose.  The 12-year-old was bitten.....

             AT LEAST  50  TIMES.

Residents came to his aid about 9 pm Sunday in the 700 block of Moon View Road.   Witnesses told Dona Ana County Sheriff's Deputies that the boy was crying for help.  Investigators with the Sheriff's Animal Cruelty Task Force say the dogs were running loose when the attack happened.  The owners of the dogs were located and notified of the attack.  Investigators say the owners have not produced any proof of vaccinations for any of the dogs.

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BURLESON TX - A 3-MONTH-OLD BOY HAS DIED FROM A DOG ATTACK

THE POLICE WERE AT THE HOME AND THE YOUNG MOTHER HAD JUST TOLD A NEIGHBOR THAT SHE DIDN'T WANT HER BABY AROUND THE PIT BULLS BECAUSE SHE WAS AFRAID OF THEM - THEN THE PIT KILLED THE 3-MONTH-OLD PRACTICALLY IN FRONT OF THEM ALL!!!!!!!





HERE'S THE UNNEUTERED MALE DOG THAT KILLED THE 3 MONTH OLD BABY - OWNED BY THE FATHER BARNETT BRUCE -  THE INFANT WAS LEFT ON THE BED BY A RELATIVE, ONE REPORT STATES IT WAS THE GRANDFATHER,  IN A BEDROOM WHERE THE DOG GOT TO IT. THE RELATIVE FOUND THE BABY ON THE FLOOR IN THE MOUTH OF THIS DOG.

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PARENTS AND GRANDFATHER NAMED HERE

VIDEO:  A NEIGHBOR SAYS THE MOTHER TOLD HER THAT HER MAIN CONCERN WAS HER BABY BEING IN THE HOUSE WITH THE PIT BULLS.

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UPDATE:  THE  PIT BULL  HAS BEEN QUARANTINED BY BURLESON ANIMAL CONTROL

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An infant mauled by a dog Monday night in a Burleson home has died, the Tarrant County medical examiner's office reported on its website on Tuesday.  The victim was identified as RAYDEN BRUCE, 3 months old.  He was pronounced dead at 8:29 pm at Cook Children's Medical Center in Fort Worth.

The infant was attacked as Burleson police were at a home in the 200 block of Linda Drive.  The police had been called to the scene of a domestic dispute at about 6:45 pm Monday.  As officers talked to people at the residence, an adult sat the boy down and the dog attacked.  No further details have been released about the incident of the dog.

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ANOTHER "UNFORTUNATE  ACCIDENT" BY HIS FATHER'S PIT BULL

LINDENHURST NY - A PIT BULL ATTACKED A MAN AS HE WAS GETTING OUT OF HIS CAR AT A FRIEND'S HOME - THE PIT WAS A REPEAT OFFENDER

ROBERT FAVUZZI says he went to a friend's house for bible study in August and as he got out of his car, he was attacked by a white and brown  PIT BULL.  The dog charged at him from the house next door.  Favuzzi was bitten on the hand breaking 2 of his fingers. .....

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HE SAYS A MIRACLE KEPT HIM FROM BEING INJURED FURTHER.  A ROPE AROUND THE PIT BULL'S NECK CAUGHT ON FAVUZZI'S CAR TIRE.

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He took the dog's owner,  JAMES FOSTER, to court for damages, where he discovered he's the 3rd person to be bitten by the same dog.  Favuzzi's lawyer says the Town of Babylon should've at least informed neighbors of the dog attacks.

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ESCAMBIA COUNTY FL - NEIGHBOR'S PIT BULL GETS LOOSE AND MAULED A PET KILLING IT - OFFICERS GO TO NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE AND DISCOVER MORE PITS AND MARIJUANA PLANTS

Sheriff's deputies were called to a residence off of Highway 29 to investigate a complaint of an aggressive  PIT BULL.  At about 8:45 am a vicious  PIT BULL was loose in a yard and had attacked and killed  a woman's pet dog.  Deputies contained the Pit Bull in the yard and notified Animal Control, but then used a shot gun to stop the dog when it attempted to attack two officers.

Deputies then went to  a neighboring residence on Highway 29 to contact the owner of the Pit Bull.  They discovered several Pit Bulls in various stages of distress.  Animal Control took possession of the animals for further investigation.  They then discovered approximately 4 marijuana plants that were being cultivated in the backyard.  The Narcotics Division responded and took over the investigation of the drugs, and then Code enforcement responded and opened a separate investigation for various code violations.

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PLEASANTVILLE NJ - A PIT BULL WAS ATTEMPTING TO BITE A WOMAN AND HER CHILD WHEN A "HERO" CAME TO THEIR AID AND HE WAS BITTEN TWICE

Authorities say that a good samaritan sacrificed his own safety to save a mother and child from being attacked by a  PIT BULL.  The man was driving by in the area of South Chester Avenue and the Black Horse Pike around 8:20 Monday morning when police say he saw the loose dog attempting to bite the 7-year-old girl and her mother.  He came to their aid and was bitten twice, once on the elbow and once on the calf.  Police arrived on the scene and the dog charged an officer who then shot the dog killing it.

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KIMBERLY ID - A PIT BULL ATTACKED A MAN THAT WAS TRYING TO PROTECT A YOUNG GIRL FROM AN ATTACK

On September 17  DAN BLACKWOOD  was working near a trench in the 400 block of Monroe Street West in Kimberly when he heard growling that he thought might be 2 dogs fighting.  When he looked up he saw a  PIT BULL  running toward a young girl who was playing with a cat or rabbit in a nearby dead-end alley .

"I JUMPED OUT OF THE TRENCH AND TOLD HER TO RUN.  SHE JUST KIND OF STOOD THERE.  I TURNED AROUND AND THE DOG BIT MY LEFT LEG AND PUSHED ME INTO THE TRENCH AND BIT MY RIGHT LEG.  I WAS BIT ALL OVER MY LEGS, THIGHS, AND GROIN AREA.  I TRIED TO KICK THE DOG BUT IT KEPT COMING BACK AND CONTINUED ITS ATTACK.  I PICKED UP MY SHOVEL AND HIT THE DOG AND HE WAS BLEEDING PRETTY GOOD AND I THOUGHT IT WAS DEAD AND I DROVE MYSELF TO THE HOSPITAL."

He later called police and said he filed a report Friday.  When police searched the area, they couldn't find the dog.  Now Blackwood will need to be tested for rabies.  If the dog's owner is found they could be charged with 'HARBORING A VICIOUS DOG'.  Blackwood described the Pit Bull as being brown with black marbling.

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TEMPLE HILLS MD - 2 AMERICAN BULLDOGS BIT A 12-YEAR-OLD BOY

A 12-year-old Temple Hills boy is recovering from injuries suffered in an attack by 2 dogs about 7 pm Saturday night.  Police haven't detailed how the attack happened but say the boy suffered bites to his ear and leg.  The owner of  2 AMERICAN BULLDOGS  voluntarily handed over the dogs.  The attacked happened about a block away from the home.  The dogs will be put down and tested for rabies.  Animal Control said that because the dogs were involved in a biting incident they are not suitable for adoption and will be euthanized.

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MANSFIELD, RICHLAND COUNTY OH - A MAN WAS ATTACKED BY HIS DAUGHTER'S PIT BULL

Mansfield police shot a  PIT BULL  early Saturday morning after the dog attacked Marvin J. Ward, 45, at 106 S. Glenn Avenue.  The dog, which  belonged to Ward's daughter, bit him in the arm, shoulder and groin around 2:50 am.   Apparently Ward was arguing with his girlfriend and the dog started to attack.  Ward and his girlfriend retreated to a bedroom to hide while the PIT BULL remained in the hall.  When police arrived the dog would not let them in the room to treat Ward leaving them no other option.  The dog was shot with a shotgun.  The victim was transported to MedCentral/Mansfield Hospital.

Ward's daughter, Leteea Jones, 22, the owner of the dog was not present.  The Richland County Dog Warden's Office said they would file charges on the dog's owner.

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JASPER COUNTY TX - 1 PIT BULL AND 4 MIXED BREED DOGS CHASE MAN WITH HIS 6-MONTH-OLD CHILD - HE CLIMBS ON A PIPELINE GUARD WITH HIS CHILD BUT THE CHILD IS STILL BITTEN !!!

JASPER COUNTY SHERIFF MITCHEL NEWMAN SAID HE AND HIS DEPUTIES WERE CALLED TO COUNTY ROAD 601A, SOUTH OF KIRBYVILLE, SHORTLY BEFORE 7:00, ON TUESDAY EVENING, WHEN IT WAS REPORTED THAT SEVERAL DOGS HAD ATTACKED A MAN AS HE WALKED DOWN THE ROAD WITH HIS SON IN HIS ARMS.

NEIGHBORS SAID JESSIE MADDOX, 28, HELD THE 6 MONTH OLD BOY IN HIS ARMS AND.........

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CLIMBED ON TOP OF A PIPELINE  GUARD IN AN ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE FROM THE DOGS. HOWEVER THE DOGS WERE ABLE TO JUMP AND BITE MADDOX AND THE YOUNG CHILD'S LEG, CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY TO THE BOY.

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THE CHILD WAS TAKEN TO A HOUSTON AREA HOSPITAL, WHERE HE WAS AT LAST WORD, STILL UNDERGOING TREATMENT AND MADDOX WAS TREATED FOR WHAT WAS SAID TO BE MINOR INJURIES.  SHERIFF NEWMAN SAID THE DOGS WHICH CONSISTED OF ONE PIT BULL AND 4 MIX BREEDS WERE TAKEN TO THE CITY OF JASPER'S ANIMAL SHELTER, WHERE THEY ARE BEING HELD AS THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE INCIDENT CONTINUES.

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CLINTON, DEWITT COUNTY IL - 2 PIT BULLS ATTACKED A HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE IN AUGUST - BOTH DOGS ATTACKED BUT ONE GETS TO LIVE AND ONE GETS TO DIE !!!???

Two PIT BULLS   attacked a county highway department employee on August 13 while he was working on county Highway 8 near Farmer City.  The dogs came out of their yard 50 feet off the road and basically attacked the worker.  The same dogs were involved in an altercation with another dog earlier this year.  One dog grabbed the worker's pant leg with his teeth, and when the worker fell to the ground, both dogs attacked.  The worker received injuries to his arms, upper and lower back and left thigh.

Animal Control Officer Tamara McFeeters said she impounded both dogs at the shelter.  THE OWNER HAS ASKED FOR ONLY ONE DOG BACK !!!!!?????  STATE'S ATTORNEY RICHARD KORITZ TOLD HER THE DECISION WAS HERS ON WHAT ACTION SHOULD TAKE PLACE.

* MCFEETERS DECLARED BOTH ANIMALS DANGEROUS.

* MCFEETERS REQUIRED THE DOG RETURNED TO THE OWNER TO BE SPAYED AND MICROCHIPED.

* SHE REQUIRED THE OWNER TO PROVIDE PROOF OF HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE OF NO LESS THAN $50,000.

The owner complied with those requests......AND SHE RETURNED THE DOG TO HIM !!!!!!!!! MCFEETERS  SAID SHE TOLD THE OWNER THAT IF SUCH AN INCIDENT WERE TO OCCUR AGAIN, SHE WOULD HAVE THE SECOND DOG EUTHANIZED.

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DALTON GA - A NEIGHBOR'S CHOW/LAB MIX ATTACKED A CHILD AND AN ELDERLY WOMAN WITHIN MINUTES OF EACH OTHER

The attacks happened on Wednesday evening on Birch Street then on Conway Street.   Neighbors say the  CHOW/LAB MIX that  had never seemed aggressive before first attacked a boy.  His injuries aren't as severe, but the woman, BOBBIE GOSWICK, 75,  has flesh tears from head to toe. She has a chunk out of her ear, scratches to her face, both arms, legs and missing flesh from her stomach.

She was walking out of her home when she says the Chow/Lab Mix from next door suddenly came at her.  It first knocked her down on the sidewalk, then dragged her out on the road.

"I WAS JUST SCREAMING FOR SOMEBODY TO GET THAT DOG OFF OF ME, THAT IT WAS TAKING MY LEG OFF OF ME."

Neighbors say the dog got out of the yard next door, possibly through a burnt spot in the wooden fence.  The owner was trying to get him back in when it went after her.  Police heard her screams and ran to help....

THEY WERE ALREADY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ANSWERING A CALL THAT THE SAME  DOG BIT A 12-YEAR-OLD BOY ON THE LEG WHILE HE WAS PLAYING BASKETBALL.  MS. GOSWICK SAYS SHE'S THANKFUL IT  DIDN'T ATTACK THAT BOY OR ANY OTHER KIDS THE WAY IT DID HER.

The owner has already signed papers for the dog to be put down.

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CARTHAGE TX - ANOTHER PIT BULL HOME INVASION !!! JUDY HOOKER WAS WALKING HER PET WHEN THE 2 PITS ATTACKED AND IT CONTINUED BACK TO THE INSIDE OF HER HOME

"LATER,  LOOKING AT THE  BLOODY SCENE, I REALIZED HOW VERY VICIOUS THE WHOLE ATTACK WAS."

Judy Hooker and her pet terrier, Percy, were out for their morning walk at 8 am when they were attacked by a tan PIT BULL and a brindle PIT BULL.  Hooker immediately let her dog out of its halter so that it could escape by running  for their home only a block away.  But the attacking Pit Bulls followed and when Hooker got there the 2 Pit Bulls had Percy cornered.  She was able to get to her door to let Percy in but the tan Pit Bull attacked her ankle.....WHICH.....

       HAS A TITANIUM PLATE IN IT!!!!!

The Pit Bull for some reason let Percy go - she thinks maybe he bit down on the titanium plate in her ankle --Percy made it into their house......BUT

BEFORE SHE COULD CLOSE THE DOOR THE PIT BULLS CAME INSIDE HER HOME!!! MS. HOOKER WAS ABLE TO BARRICADE HERSELF IN A CORNER WHILE SHE CALLED 911 FOR HELP. SHE THEN THREW A WOODEN TRAY AT THE PIT BULL THAT HAD PERCY ONCE  AGAIN  MAKING IT DROP HER DOG.  WHEN THE CARTHAGE POLICEMAN  ARRIVED HE USED A LOUD SPEAKER TO LET HER KNOW HE WAS THERE AND SHE THINKS THAT SCARED THE DOGS OUT OF THE HOUSE.  OFFICER CHRIS HARDY QUICKLY ASSESSED THE SITUATION AND ASKED HER IF SHE HAD BEEN ATTACKED AND SHE SAID "YES"......ABOUT THAT TIME THE DOGS - WITH BLOOD ON THEM - CHARGED HARDY AND ANOTHER MAN WHO HAD COME TO HELP.   HARDY PUT ONE OF THE DOGS DOWN AND THE OTHER WAS CAPTURED.

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"LATER,  LOOKING AT THE BLOODY SCENE, I REALIZED HOW VERY VICIOUS THE WHOLE ATTACK WAS.  THE PIT BULLS WERE RUNNING FREE WITH NO COLLARS.  IT IS A CONCERN THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF OLDER PEOPLE THAT DO WALK OUTSIDE EVERY DAY.  PERCY HAD STITCHES ON HIS HEAD AND PUNCTURE WOUNDS ALL OVER HIS BODY."

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AKRON OH - A PIT BULL GOES BERSERKING IN THE STREET SERIOUSLY BITING A 6-YEAR-OLD AND 2 FAMILY MEMBERS

UPDATE:  THE CITY OF AKRON PLANS TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE WAY ANIMAL WARDENS RESPOND TO EMERGENCY CALLS AFTER A 6-YEAR-OLD BOY WAS SEVERELY BITTEN BY A PIT BULL.

UTTER CHAOS BROKE OUT WEDNESDAY MORNING AFTER 8 PM WHEN A PIT BULL GOT LOOSE.  AUTHORITIES SAY A GROUP OF CHILDREN WERE PLAYING OUTSIDE AND MOST OF THEM JUMPED ON TOP OF CARS TO AVOID THE DOG  BUT A 6-YEAR-OLD SUFFERED SERIOUS BITES TO HIS HEAD, LEG AND BUTTOCKS.  DISPATCHERS RECEIVED NUMEROUS 911 CALLS ABOUT THE ATTACK....SOME CALLERS GETTING MORE AND MORE ANGRY AS THE BERSERKING WENT ON AND ON.

ONE CALLER SAID,  "THE DOG OWNERS ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET AND IF THEY DON'T GET HIT BY TRAFFIC, OR THE PEDESTRIANS DON'T BEAT THE HELL OUT OF THEM, THEN THE DOGS ARE GONNA KILL THEM WHILE THEY'RE FIGHTING."

THE 14-YEAR-OLD SON OF THE DOG OWNER WAS BITTEN BY THE DOG AS WELL AS THE 35-YEAR-OLD GIRLFRIEND AS THEY TRIED TO HOLD THE DOG DOWN UNTIL ITS OWNER, ANDRE BROWN ARRIVED.

BROWN WAS CITED FOR LETTING HIS DOG RUN LOOSE........AND.........

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ROCK HILL SC - A PIT BULL RUSHED OUT A DOOR AND BIT A 7-YEAR-OLD BOY THAT WAS WALKING UP ON THE FRONT PORCH

A Rock Hill Family is trying to make sure a  PIT BULL MIX  that attacked their son Monday doesn't do it again.  Seven-year-old Trystian McFarland was walking up to a friend's door on Silverstream Drive when the front door opened and the dog ran out and jumped on him.

His father was waiting in the car and at first didn't realize his son was bitten until he turned around and he saw blood coming down his face.  The child had to have 7 stitches in his cheek, he had a bloody nose and several scratches.

NOW HIS FATHER IS VERY UPSET BECAUSE ANIMAL CONTROL DID NOT SEIZE THE DOG FROM THE HOME BECAUSE THERE IS NO RECORD OF THE DOG ATTACKING ANYONE BEFORE AND THIS BITE HAPPENED ON THE DOG'S PROPERTY SO IT IS CONSIDERED.....

                    "A PROVOKED ATTACK"

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BUT  RANDY MCFARLAND  SAID THERE'S ANOTHER ISSUE THAT HE BELIEVES SHOWS THE DOG THAT BIT TRYSTIAN IS DANGEROUS.  HE TOLD POLICE THAT HE SPOKE WITH THE OWNERS AFTER THE ATTACK ON HIS SON.  THEY TOLD HIM THAT THEIR OWN CHILDREN WERE ALWAYS SUPPOSED TO KNOCK ON THE DOOR BEFORE COMING INSIDE, SO SOMEONE IN THE HOUSE CAN PUT THE DOG AWAY BEFORE OPENING THE DOOR.  ON THIS OCCASION, THE CHILDREN FORGOT TO DO THAT.  MCFARLAND SAYS....

            "THAT TELLS YOU A LOT ABOUT THE DOG."

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MUSKOGEE OK - FAMILY'S PIT BULL ATTACKED THEIR 3-YEAR-OLD CHILD

POLICE ARREST PARENTS OF 3-YEAR-OLD ATTACKED BY PIT BULL



Both parents were arrested Friday - CHELSEA RICHARDSON, 22, was arrested on outstanding warrants and also charged with child endangerment.  The child's father, JAMES RICHARDSON, 33, was arrested for outstanding warrants, not connected with the Pit Bull Mauling incident.



INJURIES SAID TO BE LIFE-THREATENING

A 3-year-old Muskogee child is being treated at a Tulsa hospital after a  PIT BULL  attack.  Muskigee police say the family's dog attacked the child and the child appeared to have multiple bites.  Investigators say the child was taken to Tulsa by helicopter for treatment.  Animal control took the dog into custody for rabies testing.  No arrests have been made at this time.

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LEEDS AL - NEIGHBOR'S ROTTWEILERS KILL AN ELDERLY MAN AS HE WENT OUT TO GET HIS MAIL

THE VICTIMS PASTOR SAYS HE WAS A GREAT PERSON AND A GREAT HUSBAND.  THE LAST TIME HE SAW THOMAS WAS AT CHURCH THE SAME DAY OF THE ATTACK.




UPDATE:  "HE LOOKED UP AT ME AND HE KNEW I WAS THERE WITH HIM."



"WE DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A BREEDING OPERATION BUT ALL THE DOGS APPEAR TO BE VICIOUS AND THEIR CAGES ARE NOT SUBSTANTIAL ENOUGH TO HOLD THEM."

UPDATE:  82-YEAR-OLD WILLIAM DONALD THOMAS WAS KILLED  BY 2 LARGE "ROTTWEILER TYPE" DOGS WEIGHING MORE THAN 100 POUNDS.  HIS WIFE WAS UNABLE TO FIGHT THE DOGS OFF !!!


ONE PERSON IS DEAD AFTER BEING MAULED BY AT LEAST 2 DOGS IN A LEEDS NEIGHBORHOOD THURSDAY AFTERNOON.  POLICE CHIEF BYRON JACKSON SAYS THE ATTACK TOOK PLACE ON WEAVER AVENUE.

THE VICTIM IS AN ELDERLY MAN BELIEVED IN HIS 80'S WHO WAS CHECKING HIS MAIL. BOTH OF THE DOGS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS ROTTWEILERS.  THEY WERE SHOT WHEN A RESPONDING OFFICER ARRIVED ON THE SCENE AND WAS CHARGED BY THE PAIR.

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UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, OFFICERS FOUND 26-35 DOGS BEHIND A HOME ON WEAVER AVENUE.  ALL OF THE DOGS ARE IDENTIFIED AS ROTTWEILERS OR

           ??????ROTTWEILER MIXES??????

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THE OWNERS OF THE DOGS ARE COOPERATING WITH THE INVESTIGATION.  THEY ARE ANSWERING QUESTIONS AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS.

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MUCH MORE INFO:  DogsBite.org

DogsBite.org - Fatal Rottweiler Attacks

ANOTHER VETERAN KILLED BY PIT BULLS - HENRY PIOTROWSKI

ANOTHER VETERAN KILLED BY PIT BULLS - ROY MCSWEENEY

ANOTHER VETERAN KILLED BY PIT BULLS - HULON T. BARBOUR

ANOTHER VETERAN KILLED BY PIT BULLS - JERRY YATES

CEDAR RAPIDS IA - A PIT BULL ATTACKED A MAN WALKING HIS DOG - SEVERE BITE TO ARM !

Roger Johnson, 57, was walking his dog around 8 am Saturday morning when he was attacked by a loose PIT BULL.  Johnson says he usually avoids the intersection of Ellis Blvd NW and Penn Avenue NW because he knows a house in the area has more than one PIT BULL and the dogs are often not on a leash.

The Pit Bull chased him to a nearby abandoned house and a neighbor came to his aid and knocked the dog off with a 2x4 plank.  The Pit Bull was lunging at him and he was bitten on his arm.

Officers arrived shortly after the attack and drove Johnson to St. Luke's Hospital for his injuries.  Doctors told him that if the bite to his right bicep was any deeper, he would have lost his arm.

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FAIRBURN GA - ARE COYOTES EVOLVING INTO A NATURAL PREDATOR OF PIT BULLS ???

Residents in Fairburn are worried about coyotes attacking their pets.  Lewis Dunn snapped a photograph of 2 coyotes near his backyard that have mauled - ONE PIT BULL AND KILLED ANOTHER.

Experts say it's extremely unusual for a coyote to attack something as potentially vicious as a Pit Bull.   But there are a couple of other unusual things about the coyotes seen in the photo.  First, there are 2 of them.  coyotes are not usually seen together, wildlife experts say.  Second, the sun is shining.  Coyotes are rarely seen in the daytime.

Lewis Dunn says that if you see animals out like that, they might have distemper or parvo or early stages of rabies.  Officials believe that coyotes are feeding on pets and wildlife on the edge of the population and living in a vast area of woodlands in south Fulton County.

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HOUSTON TX - 2 PIT BULLS COME THROUGH A DOGGIE DOOR TO INVADE HOME AND KILLED 2 SMALL PETS - ACROSS TOWN ANOTHER PIT BULL JUMPS FENCE AND KILLS ANOTHER SMALL DOG !!!!!!!

UPDATE:  LUCY DIED IN THE HOME AND JACKSON DIED AT AN ANIMAL HOSPITAL AND ACROSS TOWN ANOTHER PIT BULL JUMPED A FENCE AND ATTACKED ANOTHER NEIGHBOR'S PET  KILLING IT.


Deputies are looking for the owners of  2 PIT BULLS  that broke into a home and brutally attacked a pair of Jack Russell Terriers that lived there.  The dogs came through a fence and got into the home through the doggie door and then attacked the 2 smaller dogs there.....

         ONE OF THE JACK RUSSELL TERRIERS DIED IN THE HOME !!!

Deputies managed to get the Pit Bulls into a vehicle with food and they are expected to be taken to animal control.  Investigators are looking for the owners of the Pit Bulls.

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HOUSTON - THE TRAHAN'S 1ST PIT BULL HOME INVASION

HOUSTON -THE TRAHAN'S 2ND PIT BULL HOME INVASION

ONE OF THE MANY PET DEATHS BY PITS INVADING A HOME THROUGH A DOGGIE DOOR

RAE DRIGGS WENT GROCERY SHOPPING AND CAME HOME TO FIND 2 PIT BULL MIXES HAD JUMPED HER 6 FOOT FENCE AND COME IN HER DOGGIE DOOR AND KILLED ALL 5 OF HER BELOVED CATS ALL THROUGH HER HOME.  SHE'S NOT BEEN THE SAME SINCE.

OLYPHANT PA - LOOSE PIT BULL ATTACKED A SMALL DOG BEING WALKED ON A LEASH AND KILLED IT

VICTIM SPEAKS GIVING AN EMOTIONAL ACCOUNT OF THE ATTACK

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Jackie Blazek was walking her mother's small dog in the 400 block of Gravity Street at about 9:50am when a loose  PIT BULL   attacked the small dog killing it. Ms. Blazek was also bitten.   A neighbor heard the commotion and came outside with a handgun and shot the pit bull to death.  The Pit Bull belonged to Gerald Curcerello and it is likely he will be cited by the state Dog Law Enforcement Office for allowing his Pit bull to run loose.

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FISHER, CANBERRA AU - 2 STAFFORDSHIRE/GERMAN SHEPHERD CROSSES LOSE THEIR REIGN OF TERROR AFTER A TRIBUNAL RULES THE KILLER CANINES POSED TOO GREAT A RISK TO CHILDREN AND ANIMALS

Two dogs' reign of terror in a southside suburb appear to be over  but the owners did not give up easily as they threatened to:

"BURN DOWN THE HOUSES AND SMASH THE CARS OF THE PEOPLE WHO SPOKE OUT ABOUT MY DOGS."

A decision was made last week  not to issue Mira and Aaron Sarlija  dangerous dog licenses for their two - 7-year-old Staffordshire/German Shepherd Crosses.

These dogs were linked to the deaths of 4 animals - 3 cats and a dog in a 3 month period. - All killed in their own back yards.  It is likely they were involved in many other attacks in the Fisher area. Domestic Animal Services deemed the pair dangerous dogs and refused to grant licences to keep them.  The Sarlijas fought the decision in the tribunal, arguing they would take steps to secure their yard so the dogs could not escape.

In September a follow-up inspection found the dog owners had taken steps to dog-proof the yard, but MORE WORK NEEDED TO BE DONE.  In the tribunal hearings the Sarlija's painted a picture of the strong bond between them and the dogs.  The tribunal wrote back, "THIS IS NOT A TEST OF HOW MUCH THE DOGS ARE LOVED."

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AFTER MIRA SARLIJA LAUNCHED INTO AN ABUSIVE TIRADE, THREATENING TO BURN DOWN THE HOUSES AND SMASH THE CARS OF THE PEOPLE WHO COMPLAINED, SHE WAS TOLD THAT HER OUTBURST WAS UNACCEPTABLE AND....

"SERVED ONLY TO UNDERLINE AND CONFIRM THE TRIBUNAL'S ASSESSMENT OF HER RELIABILITY."

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GARLAND COUNTY AR - THE QUORUM COURT IS FORMING A NEW COMMITTEE SPECIALIZING IN VICIOUS DOGS AFTER A STRING OF VIOLENT ATTACKS BY DOGS

THE ANIMAL COMMITTEE IS MADE UP OF LAW ENFORCEMENT,  ANIMAL CONTROL AND LOCAL OFFICIALS TASKED WITH DRAFTING A NEW ORDINANCE TO ADDRESS WHAT'S CONSIDERED A GROWING PROBLEM OF ROAMING VICIOUS DOGS.

GREG  MCCABE'S 13-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WAS ONE OF THE TWO JUVENILES ATTACKED LAST MONTH.HE SAYS AS HE POINTS TO HIS DAUGHTER....

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THESE ARE WHO PIT BULLS ARE BITING AND IT'S NOT THE BURGLAR IN THE HOUSE. ONE BITE AND IT SHOULD BE EUTHANIZED.


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HE IS ONE OF THE PEOPLE DEMANDING TOUGHER LAWS AGAINST PIT BULLS AND OTHER BREEDS CSONSIDERED VICIOUS DOGS IN A COUNTY WITHOUT EVEN A LEASH LAW. MANY WHO WENT TO MONDAY NIGHT'S PUBLIC HEARING ON VICIOUS DOGS WENT WITH A SPECIFIC BREED IN MIND:

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JONESBORO AR - A PIT BULL ATTACKED AN 8-YEAR-OLD BOY- SEVERE LACERATION AND MUSCLE TEAR TO LEG

Police say a boy was playing on the porch of a home on Woodrow Street when the  PIT BULL  bit him injuring the lower part of his left leg.  Several children were on the porch when the dog...

              GOT STARTLED.........AND ATTACKED THE BOY !!!!!

ACCORDING TO POLICE THIS WAS THE 3RD TIME THE DOG HAS BITTEN SOMEONE. THE OWNER CHOSE TO SURRENDER HER PIT BULL TO ANIMAL CONTROL AND IT HAS BEEN EUTHANIZED.

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WOONSOCKET RI - A RECENTLY ACQUIRED PIT BULL ATTACKED 3 FAMILY MEMBERS

MORE INFORMATION

A Pit Bull that the family had just gotten from a friend a couple of days earlier got into a fight with some other dogs and when family members tried to break it up, they became the target.  Officers had to use a stun gun twice on the dog to stop.  The  mother and her two teenage children were injured and all three were taken to the hospital.  Police say the dog will be euthanized.

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CAPE TOWN SOUTH AFRICA - A PIT BULL MAULED A TEENAGE BOY WHILE HE WAS SWIMMIMG WHEN THE OWNER THREW THE UNLEASED PIT INTO THE WATER

Felicity Bergman, Keanu Bergman's mother, says he was swimming with his cousin on Sunday afternoon.  They were at a spot where they could dive from a set of old boats.  Many people were at the beach but the boys were the only two in the water when the owner of the Pit Bull took the leash of it and threw the dog into the water.

 The cousin managed to get out of the water but Keanu did not make it and the dog grabbed on to his leg.  Bystanders helped  --   PRY THE PIT OFF................

"THEY HAD TO PULL THE DOG'S JAW OPEN, IT WAS LOCKED ON HIS LEG."

Medics attended to Keanu but because of the severity of the bite they called an ambulance.  The boy was taken to Victoria Hospital where he received 40 stitches in his leg.  The teen was supposed to start exams on Monday and he is a DANCER AND IS WORRIED HOW THIS WILL IMPACT ON THAT.

THE OWNER TOOK HIS DOG AND LEFT AFTER THE ATTACK..  FELICITY BERGMAN SAYS SHE KNOWS THE OWNER OF THE DOG AND HAD VISITED HIS FAMILY ON SUNDAY. SHE SAYS THIS COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE... KEANU COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. " PARENTS SHOULD BE MORE INVOLVED IN THEIR CHILDREN'S LIVES, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO OWNING A DOG LIKE THAT."

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SAN ANTONIO - 2 PIT BULLS ATTACKED A MOM GETTING OUT OF CAR IN FRONT OF HER 2-YEAR-OLD CHILD

SUZANNA ALDAPE, 31, was stopping by her aunt's house in the 2000 block of Jerome on Monday morning..........

WITH HER 2-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER BY HER SIDE  AND SHE WAS ATTACKED BY 2 PIT BULLS AS SHE GOT OUT OF THE CAR !!!!!

One dog was biting her and she was fighting it off with an umbrella and the second dog charged at her. Police were called to the scene and shot and killed one of the Pit Bulls.  The other was taken by Animal Care Services.  The victim is  recovering from bite wounds to both arms and one leg. She was treated with 14 rabies shots following the attack but could not receive stitches because of risk of infection.

 The dog owners received 6 citations from the city.  A spokesperson from Animal Care Services said felony charges punishable by jail time could follow if the owners are convicted.

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MIAMI BEACH FL - A CANE CORSO ATTACKED A WAITRESS'S FACE AS SHE BENT DOWN TO GIVE HIM WATER - 300 STITCHES !!!

A waitress on Miami Beach's famously dog-friendly Lincoln Road is recovering after being mauled by a large  CANE CORSA.  Police say AMY CALANDRELLA  was bitten in the face as she bent down with a bowl of water.  A Miami-Dade Animal Services report says Calandrella received more than.......

                     300 STITCHES !!!!!

Calandrella's attorney says that the Van Dyke Cafe waitress needed more than 7 hours of surgery to repair the wound.  No charges were filed and the animal was allowed to stay with its owner.

Van Dyke Cafe managers say police could not do anything more about the Labor Day weekend attack because dogs are allowed on Lincoln Road.  Restaurants along the popular pedestrian thoroughfare regularly offer bowls of water to dogs seated with their owners.

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ASHTABULA OH - A PIT BULL ATTACKED A MAN WALKING DOWN THE SIDEWALK

PIT BULL'S  RESPONSIBLE  OWNER

A man was walking down the sidewalk about noon Friday when a brindle  PIT BULL charged him from a  back yard.  The Pit bit him on his left hand, left forearm and biceps area.  The victim was very shaken and was treated by Community Care ambulance personnel.

POLICE DISCOVERED THE OWNER IS DEANDRE PLATT, WHO IS SERVING TIME IN JAIL ON VANDALISM AND WEAPONS CHARGES.

Platt's father, Mark Platt who is responsible for the dog,  then secured the Pit Bull inside his house.  He accused the victim of taunting the Pit Bull saying  he struck the dog in the head with a pipe while the dog was biting him and showed the police a gash over the dog's left eye.  He did not know if the dog was up-to-date on its shots.

Platt was issued a summons for animal at large and possession of a vicious dog.  As the officer  was driving away from the scene, a neighbor flagged him down and reported she witnessed Platt's dog...........

RUN ACROSS SPENCER AVENUE FROM BEHIND ITS OWNER'S HOUSE, CHARGE THE VICTIM AND BITE HIM.

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MADISON WI - PIT BULL BREAKS FREE FROM LEASH AND ATTACKED A 4-YEAR-OLD BOY

Saturday afternoon a 4-year-old boy suffered multiple puncture  wounds to his head, hands, back and buttocks in an attack by an  ---11-MONTH-OLD PIT BULL.  The boy's mother came to her son's aid and the owner of the Pit Bull came to get his loose dog.  The 46-year-old man said.......

HE HAD PLACED HIS PIT BULL OUTSIDE ON ITS LEASH IN ORDER FOR IT TO GO TO THE BATHROOM.  HE SAID IT HAD NO HISTORY OF AGGRESSION OR VIOLENCE.

The owner voluntarily surrendered the dog to Dane County Animal Control.

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SEATTLE WA - A PIT BULL ATTACKED A BELOVED WHITE WESTIE "OSCAR" IN APRIL - OWNER HAD SIGNIFICANT INJURY TO HAND AS SHE ATTEMPED TO BREAK IT UP !!

Seattle Animal Control investigated a PIT BULL attack on a dog being walked on Broadway last April 13, 2012.  Witnesses saw a woman who they thought had been attacked by a Pit Bull.  Officers arrived to discover the woman's white small dog had been attacked.

The owner of the white WESTIE , Mandy, told her story:

"I was walking my dog in front of SCCC on Broadway Wednesday night around 10:15 when my 8-year-old Westie was mauled by a  PIT BULL.  The owner tried to get her dog under control, but.....

                "THE PIT WOULD NOT LET GO!!!"

My dog OSCAR suffered extensive injuries and underwent surgery at ACCES in Lake City.  Police were then alerted to another injured woman in the area inside a nearby business.  There they found the Pit Bull's owner who had suffered a significant injury to her hand when she tried to stop the Pit Bull from attacking.

Mandy says she has told animal control investigators about the incident and that Oscar is expected to recover even though he has a rough few days ahead of him.

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SAN DIEGO CA - ATTACKING PIT BULL KILLED BY MAN WALKING HIS DOG - MAN TOOK OUT HIS KNIFE!!!

A man walking his dog in City Heights Sunday night stabbed and killed a  PIT BULL that attacked them.  The man and his dog were on 37th Street near Dwight Street about 7:50 pm and the aggressive animal approached  and began the assault.

The man took out a knife and stabbed the animal and it returned to its home. It was taken to a vet where it died.  The victim and his dog suffered minor bites in the attack.

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JACKSON MS - A PIT BULL ATTACKED 2 SISTERS IN A MOTEL STAIRWELL

Two sisters, Bianca Cage and Yolanda Handford, say that a  PIT BULL  attacked them in the stairwell of Extended Stay Deluxe on Beasley Road in Jackson.

"HE IMMEDIATELY JUST STARTED JUMPING ON ME AND HE GRABBED A HOLD OF MY ARM,"  RECALLS CAGE.

Handford turned to run when she saw the attack.  The Jackson woman says the dog quickly caught up to her, biting her arm.

"AFTER HE ATTACKED ME, SHE HEARD ME SCREAMING -- "OH MY GOD, HE'S BITING ME! HE'S BITING ME."   AND SHE CAME BACK DOWN FOR ME."

Soon afterward, Cage found herself being attacked once again.

"AS I TURNED TO GO GET HER THE DOG CAME BACK AROUND AND WHEN I TRIED TO TURN AROUND AND RUN HE GRABBED A HOLD OF MY ANKLE, AND HE STARTED PULLING MY ANKLE AND I FELL AND I WAS JUST KICKING HIM OFF AND KICKING HIM OFF,"  SAID CAGE.

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PHILADELPHIA PA - A PIT BULL BROKE OUT OF ITS FENCE AND INTO THE YARD OF A NEIGHBOR AND KILLED A BELOVED YORKIE

Neighbors on Iseminger Street in South Philadelphia say they want a  PIT BULL removed from the neighborhood.  Last week, the Pit Bull broke out of its backyard and broke through the gate of Jean DeRose's backyard  and attacked and killed her YORKIE

"IT HAD HER WHOLE BODY IN ITS JAW AND SHE WAS JUST LOOKING AT ME AS IF TO SAY 'SAVE ME, SAVE ME,'" DEROSE SAID.

DeRose is angry authorities did not have the Pit Bull put down and allowed the owner to keep it after the attack.  She started a petition, signed by other neighbors, to get the Pit Bull removed before another animal or person gets hurt.

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FORT WORTH TX - A PIT BULL WAS USED AS WEAPON ALONG WITH A SHOTGUN TO ROB A MAN

A 30-year-old man told police that he was waiting for his ride on Thursday on the 1600 block of Hemphill Street near a 7-Eleven convenience store when three men approached him.  One came walking up with his  PIT BULL  and another was armed with a  SHOTGUN.   The PIT BULL bit the man while the other mugger struck him with the SHOTGUN. Then they fled the scene.  An undisclosed amount of cash was stolen during the holdup.  The victim was taken to John Peter Smith Hospital suffering from a dog bite and bruises.

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BEXAR COUNTY TX - A PIT BULL MIX CHARGES TOWARD A FAMILY GETTING OUT OF A SUV AND KNOCKED A BABY OUT OF CARRIER AND BITES ITS FACE !!!

UPDATE:  10-WEEK-OLD BABY OUT OF HOSPITAL AFTER BEING ATTACKED BY PIT BULL

Around 6:30 Saturday night on the 3700 block of Candlewind Lane a grandmother had just pulled up in her SUV with her kids and grandson in the car.  As they were getting out of the vehicle a  PIT BULL MIX ran towards them growling.  It caught up with them and knocked the baby out of a baby carrier.

"MY GRANDBABY FELL OUT OF THE SEAT, FELL IN THE STREET, THE DOG TURNED FROM MY DAUGHTER AND JUMPED ON TOP OF MY GRAND BABY."

The baby was bit on the face and was rushed to University Hospital.  The dog is now in the care of animal protective services.  The family is working with officers to get more information as to whom the dog belongs to and whether the dog has had its rabies shots.

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WHEATLAND CA - 2 PIT BULLS INVADE A FENCED BACKYARD AND KILL A BELOVED FAMILY MEMBER - 5 YEAR OLD YELLOW LAB "WILLOW"

LETTER TO  APPEAL-DEMOCRAT:

WE WERE GONE FOR AN HOUR AND 15 MINUTES.  WE LEFT WILLOW, OUR 5-YEAR-OLD YELLOW LAB IN OUR BACKYARD........

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WHILE WE WERE GONE  SOMEONE FLAGGED DOWN A POLICE CAR AND POINTED OUT A RUCKUS IN OUR YARD.  THE TWO OFFICERS LOOKED THROUGH THE FENCE AND SAW OUR..........................

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OUR NEIGHBOR'S 2 PIT BULLS ATTACKING WILLOW.  BY THE TIME WE GOT HOME WILLOW WAS DEAD.

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The Pit Bulls are in quarantine for 10 days but that's not much consolation.  The neighbor's say they are sorry it happened......BUT THEY OWN PIT BULLS !!!!!

"WE LOST A FAMILY MEMBER.  SHE WAS A SWEET, INTELLIGENT, LOVING FRIEND."

                   
             "WE HAVE LIVED IN WHEATLAND FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS.
              TONIGHT WE HAD A FAMILY MEETING AND DECIDED TO
              LEAVE.  IT WILL TAKE A WHILE TO SELL THE HOUSE AND
              FIND A NEW, HOPEFULLY SAFER PLACE."

LARRY KLEINECKE


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ST. CLOUD, OSCEOLA COUNTY FL - PIT BULL ATTACKED BOY - HE WAS AIRLIFTED TO ARNOLD PALMER HOSPITAL

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THE CHILD WAS FLOWN DUE TO THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE INJURIES AND THE BLOOD LOSS

A 4-year-old boy was airlifted to Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children after he was attacked by a  PIT BULL  Saturday night.  Osceola County rescuers responded to a home on the 4200 block of LaSalle Avenue in St. Cloud at about 7:20 pm to check on the boy.

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NEWPORT RI - A LOOSE PIT BULL BITES OFF THE TIP OF MAN'S NOSE

A 52-year-old man was walking on Wheatland Boulevard last Saturday coming back from  Ben's Chili Dogs  and had hot dogs in his hands when a  PIT BULL ATTACKED HIM.  He described the dog as a "LARGE BRINDLE COLORED PIT BULL" weighing between 60 to 80 pounds.  He said the dog suddenly appeared and he could tell it wanted his food.  Before he could react the dog lunged at him and bit him in the face and took the food.  The  tip of his nose was bitten off.  The man was bleeding profusely and was transported to the emergency room.

Police were approached by a man on Kingston Avenue who said he had found the tip of the man's nose.  It was transported to the hospital where the man was receiving specialized treatment for his nose.

Surrounding residents and businesses were advised of the attack and were asked to report any loose Pit Bulls to the Newport  Police department.

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BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY KY - SHIRLEY STURGEON IS RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL AFTER A PIT BULL ATTACKED HER ON AUGUST 27

Shirley still has months of healing and rehabilitation, but surgeons are 95 percent sure that can save her hand and arm.  Her brother told reporters on September 1 that the  PIT BULL  PROBABLY TOOK THREE-FOURTHS OF HER ARM RIGHT BELOW THE SHOULDER.  THEN ANOTHER HUGE CHUNK OUT OF HER WRIST AND FOREARM.

             HER WRIST WAS BROKEN !!!!!

EVENTUALLY THEY WILL INSERT SCREWS IN HER WRIST TO HELP THE HEALING PROCESS.

Shirley lives in an adult care facility and was walking to a friend's home and when she turned the corner, the Pit Bull broke loose and went after her.

WITNESSES HAD TO SWING A BAT TO RELEASE THE DOG FROM THE HEARING IMPAIRED WOMAN'S ARM.

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DONA ANA COUNTY - FAMILY'S BLUE HEELER ATTACKED THEIR 4-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER

UPDATE:  INJURIES TO HER CHEEK, EYE, AND HER EAR HAD TO BE REATTACHED

A 4-year-old girl,  JAYLYNN  SAPIEN,  was airlifted to an El Paso hospital early Friday morning after being mauled by her family dog - a   BLUE HEELER.  She sustained  serious  lacerations to the left side of her face. Dona Ana County Animal Control officers received a call around 1 am Friday . The girl's father told officers that the attack happened between 11:30 pm Thursday and midnight while his family was preparing for a camping trip.  The father said he went to check the air on the camper's tires when the girl went inside the trailer, which was.....

WHERE THE BLUE HEELER WAS BEING KEPT.  WHEN SHE TOUCHED TSHE DOG'S HEAD, THE BLUE HEELER BIT HER ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HER FACE.


The father surrendered ownership of the dog and since it is not considered to be adoptable, it will be destroyed.

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NORWOOD OH - A VICIOUS DOG IS ROAMING TRI-STATE STREETS ATTACKING OTHER PETS BEING WALKED BY THEIR OWNERS

Described as a Pit Bull or a Boxer Mix with a brown, brindle coat and wearing a metal choke chain with tags,  this loose dog  attacked Bevin Kenney as she was walking her Springer Spaniel puppy, Murphy, Wednesday night.  It dragged Murphy around and down a hill near Norwood View Elementary School.  She screamed and fought for her pet and at one point the dog tried to attack her.  She managed to walk Murphy back to her front door and the attacking dog followed her.

Norwood Police said Thursday they'd had several complaints over the last few months about a dog with similar description charging people and trying to attack dogs.  Bart Stonebraker said his 10-year-old Bishon Frise, Butch, was attacked and killed by a dog similar to this in February. Butch was attacked in his own yard and Stonebraker was bitten.

They all hope the attacking dog will be caught before it attacks again.

READ THE COMMENTS PEOPLE.  LOT OF PEOPLE ARE READY TO PROTECT THEIR OWN !!!

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