MASSAPEQUA, LONG ISLAND NY - A LARGE GRAY DOG KNOCKED A WOMAN DOWN AND TOOK HER BELOVED YORKIE BY THE NECK AND KILLED IT !!! 2 DAYS EARLIER ANOTHER WOMAN WAS ATTACKED BY A PIT BULL WHILE WALKING HER DOG

On Thursday about 8:30pm a woman was walking her Yorkshire Terrier in Massapequa in the vicinity of Jamarr Place and Division Avenue, when a large gray dog knocked the 22-year-old woman down and grabbed her little Yorkie by the neck.  The woman fought for her pet, but the large dog pulled the smaller dog from her.  The Yorkie later died from its injuries.

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Massapequa has actually had 2 dog attacks in 1 week.  Two days before the attack above, Angela Arango says she was walking her dog on Clocks Blvd. when she was attacked by what she describes as a white  PIT BULL  with gray spots.

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KANSAS CITY KS - NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS PRECEDED CHARGES IN FEDERAL DOGFIGHTING CASE - ONE VICTIM TELLS HER STORY OF HOW HER PETS WERE MAULED BY ONE OF THE FIGHTING DOGS

FOR YEARS THE WAILS AND CRIES OF DOGS TROUBLED RESIDENTS OF ONE KANSAS CITY NORTH NEIGHBORHOOD.  THE NOISES CAME FROM INSIDE A GARAGE AND FROM BEHIND THAT HOME'S PRIVACY FENCE ON AN  "OTHERWISE QUIET CUL-DE-SAC".  NUMEROUS CALLS TO THE CITY ABOUT THE HOME REPORTED SUSPICIONS OF ANIMAL ABUSE AND NEGLECT.

NEIGHBORS SAID THEY SOMETIMES GLIMPSED DOGS INSIDE THE GARAGE HANGING BY THEIR NECKS.  BECAUSE THEY WERE PIT BULLS NEIGHBORS SUSPECTED THAT THE DOGS WERE BEING USED FOR DOGFIGHTING.

THE MAN WHO KEPT DOGS AT THE HOUSE IN THE 8100 BLOCK OF NORTHWEST 81ST PLACE WAS ONE OF 2 MEN ACCUSED IN FEDERAL COURT OF PARTICIPATING IN A LARGE-SCALE DOGFIGHTING OPERATION.  PETE DAVIS JR. WHO WAS ARRESTED LAST WEEKEND AT A TEXAS DOGFIGHT, HAS BEEN PROSECUTED SEVERAL TIMES IN KANSAS CITY FOR VIOLATING CITY ANIMAL ORDINANCES.

IN ONE 2011 INCIDENT, ONE OF HIS PIT BULLS RAN LOOSE AND ATTACKED 2 SMALL DOGS BEING WALKED BY BRANDI OUDE ALINK AND HER 7-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER.

"I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW TRAUMATIC IT WAS," SAYS BRANDI OUDE ALINK, WHOSE MINIATURE PINCHER PUPPIES, PIXIE AND PEANUT , SURVIVED.  "IT WAS HORRIBLE THE WAY MY DOGS SCREAMED AND CRIED."  SHE FOUGHT THE PIT BULL TO PULL HER PUPPIES AWAY AND NEIGHBORS HELPED SUBDUE THE FEMALE PIT BULL..  SHE WRAPPED HER INJURED DOGS IN TOWELS AND TOOK THEM TO AN EMERGENCY VET. SHE WAS SO SHAKEN SHE COULD NOT FILL OUT FORMS OR DIAL THE TELEPHONE.

DAVIS WAS FINED $400 AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO A CHARGE RELATED TO THAT ATTACK.  AND AFTER BEING SUED OVER THE INCIDENT IN SMALL CLAIMS COURT, HE ALSO WAS ORDERED TO PAY $800 TO COVER THE VET BILLS.

FEDERAL PROSECUTORS IN KANSAS ANNOUNCED ON MONDAY THAT THEY HAD CHARGED DAVIS, 38, AND MELVIN L. ROBINSON, 41, WITH TRANSPORTING DOGS IN INTERSTATE COMMERCE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANIMAL FIGHTING.  THE CHARGES CARRY A MAXIMUM PENALTY OF 5 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON.

OUDE ALINK SAYS THE PIT BULL WAS FOCUSED ON HER DOGS AND NEVER TRIED TO BITE A PERSON DURING THE ENCOUNTER:

"I WAS LUCKY.  I KNOW THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED IN A SECOND."

SHE NEVER TALKED TO DAVIS AFTERWARD EXCEPT WHEN THEY MET WITH A MEDIATOR AFTER SHE SUED HIM.

"HE NEVER OFFERED AN APOLOGY," SHE SAID.

MY COMMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I CAN'T BELIEVE ANY JUDGE ORDERED THAT VICTIM TO MEET IN A ROOM WITH THAT MONSTER FOR MEDIATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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KANSAS CITY KS - MULTI-STATE DOGFIGHTING RING BUSTED - OVER 100 DOGS SEIZED

FEDERAL AUTHORITIES SAY THEY BROKE UP A MULTI-STATE  DOGFIGHTING RING THAT INCLUDED TRAINING PIT BULLS TO FIGHT IN KANSAS, MISSOUI AND TEXAS.

PETE DAVIS JR.  and MELVIN ROBINSON are charged in a criminal complaint unsealed on Monday in U.S. District Court for Kansas.  Court documents say each man faces one count of transporting animals for participation in an animal fighting venture in interstate commerce.

The complaint accuses the men of holding weekly dogfights in northwest Missouri, training the dogs at a home in Kansas City KS, where the dogs were put on treadmills with:

             *******  LIVE CHICKENS USED AS BAIT  *******


EDITED NEWS RELEASE FROM AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS:

At the request of the FBI, the Missouri State Highway Patrol and the U.S. Attorney's Office, the ASPCA in conjunction with the Harrison County Sheriff's Department and Henry County Sheriff's Department, assisted in a multi-state, federal dog fighting raid in Missouri, Kansas and Texas this past weekend.  The ASPCA managed the removal and transport of:

100 DOGS INVOLVED IN THE INVESTIGATION AND IS OVERSEEING FORENSIC EVIDENCE COLLECTION, AS WELL AS THE DOGS' VETERINARY CARE AND SHELTERING.

             CLICK HERE FOR MUCH MORE ON THIS STORY!!!!

DOG FIGHTING IS A FELONY IN ALL 50 STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.  ADDITIONAL ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES ARE OFTEN CONNECTED WITH DOG FIGHTING, SUCH AS DRUG AND WEAPONS VIOLATIONS.  EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE "ANIMAL FIGHTING SPECTATOR PROHIBITION ACT" WAS REINTRODUCED IN THE U.S. CONGRESS, WHICH WOULD MAKE IT A FEDERAL OFFENSE TO ATTEND AN ORGANIZED ANIMAL FIGHT AND IMPOSE ADDITIONAL PENALTIES FOR BRINGING A MINOR TO A FIGHT. 

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MONROE LA - A CHAINED PIT BULL ATTACKED A CHILD'S FACE THAT WAS PLAYING TOO CLOSE TO IT - HIS JAW IS NOT JUST BROKEN - IT IS CRUSHED !!!

Last week while staying with his grandmother in Monroe, AIDEN STEVENSON, 5, was bitten in the face by a  PIT BULL.

"THEY ALWAYS TELL THEM NOT TO COME BACK HERE BECAUSE THEY KNOW ABOUT THE DOGS CHAINED UP AND ALL,"  SAYS CHELSEA CARTER THE DOG'S OWNER.  AIDEN WAS PLAYING WITH HER CHILDREN WHEN THEY WENT INTO THE BACKYARD WHERE THE DOGS WERE CHAINED AND HE GOT TOO CLOSE AND THE DOG ATTACKED."

The child has had 2 emergency surgeries and he will need more. After the doctors went inside his jaw they realized it's not just a  FRACTURE -- HIS JAW IS PRETTY MUCH CRUSHED.

THE DOG WAS TAKEN TO OUACHITA PARISH ANIMAL CONTROL TO BE MONITORED FOR RABIES BUT WILL BE RELEASED TO  ITS OWNERS LATER THIS WEEK.  AIDEN'S FATHER, JO STEVENSON, SAYS, "THE ONLY THING THEY CAN TELL ME IS IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN WE'LL PUT THE DOG DOWN.   WELL IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN, IT MAY KILL A CHILD."

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AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND - 2 ROTTWEILERS MAULED CHLOE JANE MATHEWSON, 31, TO DEATH WHEN SHE WENT OUTSIDE AT A FRIEND'S HOUSE AND "BEGAN DANCING"

UPDATE:  SURVEILANCE CAMERA RECORDED THE ATTACK


Police have confirmed that  CHLOE JANE MATHEWSON, 31, was attacked by 2 of 3   ROTTWEILERS  at the Auckland property where her savaged body was found early on Friday.  The attack was very severe and Detective Inspector Greg Cramer yesterday said a post-mortem examination confirmed Mathewson suffered horrific injuries inflicted by the dogs.  The pilates instructor visited the home where she was mauled by the dogs often.  It was believed that she wandered out of the house and shortly afterwards was set upon by the dogs.  A source familiar with the scene said that she had gone outside and began dancing and this is what prompted the dog attack.  All 3 Rottweilers were removed from the scene and put down immediately.  The 52-year-old man who lived at the property was assisting with the investigation.

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BRADENTON FL- A FAMILY'S MALAMUTE/WOLF MIX BITES OFF THEIR BOY'S FINGER

FERNANDO BRIGNONI, 11, was bitten by the family's  MALAMUTE/WOLF MIX  dog about 6pm  Friday.  The dog was in a fenced backyard when the boy reached to pet it and the dog bit down on his pinky finger on his left hand.  His older brother heard him screaming and ran and hit the dog over the head so it would let go.  The dog had swallowed the finger, and possibly broke the child's lower arm,  and was running around the yard.

The boy's dad felt he had no choice.  He says he has been a hunter for many years.  He got his gun and shot the dog and by the time officials got there, he was cutting the dog open to retrieve his son's finger.  However, because of nerve damage doctors could not reattach it.

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LAKELAND FL - A PIT BULL JUMPED A FENCE AND PULLED A MAN OFF A RIDING LAWN MOWER AND SERIOUSLY MAULED HIM

The Sheriff's office was called to 310 Sunnyhill Lane on Tuesday where 2 men were mowing a client's lawn when a  PIT BULL  jumped a fence and pulled one man off a riding lawnmower and severely mauled him.  The Victim - DANIEL ETGEN, 54 - was taken to Lakeland Regional Medical Center and underwent surgery for multiple injuries to his legs, arms and hands.  The dog's owner, BILLIE PARNHAM, signed paperwork to surrender the dog.  Daniel Etgen remained in the hospital on Friday night in stable condition.  No charges or citations have been filed but the case is still under investigation.

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CENTER POINT AL - THE CITY COUNCIL PASSED AN ORDINANCE OUTLAWING PIT BULLS AND ANY DOG AGGRESSIVE BY NATURE IN 2008 - CITIZENS ARE STILL BEING TERRORIZED BY THOSE BREAKING THIS LAW

Even though a city ordinance bans  PIT BULLS  and other "DANGEROUS DOGS"  inside the city limits of Center Point, Mary Margaret Hampton told city council members Thursday that her neighbor's 3 Pit Bulls entered her yard 2 times since January killing her Siamese cat and a Chihuahua puppy.  She says they tried to attack her by tearing the gate off the porch and attempted to get into her house.

On Wednesday a Jefferson County Deputy Sheriff shot a Pit Bull that lunged at him in Center Point after 3 Pits chased a woman into her house.

After Mary Margaret Hampton's cat was killed, the neighbor's dogs were quarantined and the owners were told they had a week to get rid of the animals or a citation would be issued.  Despite the warning the animals were brought back to the house.

Mayor Tom Henderson said this is happening all too often:  "WRITE THEM A CITATION RIGHT THEN.  THEY'RE ILLEGAL PERIOD!",  he said.  Other city officials agreed that a citation has to be issued to get the court process started.  Council member Linda Kennemur, chairwoman of the public safety committee said the issue would be brought up at the next community watch meeting next Tuesday at City Hall.

THE CITY COUNCIL IN 2008 PASSED WHAT IT CALLS A "DANGEROUS DOG ORDINANCE" THAT OUTLAWS THE KEEPING OF PIT BULLS AND ANY DOGS "WITH A PROPENSITY, TENDENCY OR DISPOSITION TO ATTACK UNPROVOKED" OR ANY DOG THAT IS AGGRESSIVE BY NATURE.

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GEORGETOWN SC - DEPUTIES ATTEMPT TO STOP 2 PIT BULLS FROM FIGHTING - THEY EVENTUALLY HAD TO SHOOT ONE OF THEM

At about 5:30pm Wednesday County Sheriff's deputies responded to Apple Street in the Andrews community of Georgetown County concerning 2 large  PIT BULLS  fighting in the road.  On arriving deputies found  a small crowd of adults and children standing near the 2 Pits actively attacking each other.  The crowd was moved to a safe distance and the deputies attempted to separate the dogs.

Verbal commands had no effect so they tasered one of the dogs but the other dog continued its attack on the incapacitated one.  Deputies attempted  "MULTIPLE TASER STUNS TO THE DOGS HEAD"  and it still would not stop its attack.  In the interest of public safety they were left with no other option but to shoot and kill the aggressive animal to end the attack.

THE OWNER OF THE DOG THAT WAS TASERED AND WAS NOT SHOT TOLD POLICE THEY WERE WALKING THEIR PIT BULL WHEN THE SECOND PIT BULL RAN TOWARDS THEM AND BEGAN FIGHTING THEIR PIT BULL. THEY SAID THEY WERE FORCED TO RETREAT ONTO A NEARBY CAR AS THE 2 PITS BEGAN FIGHTING.  NO ONE WOULD COME FORWARD AND CLAIM OWNERSHIP OF THE DEAD PIT BULL !!!

****THE FIGHT HAD BEEN GOING ON FOR ABOUT HALF AN HOUR BEFORE DEPUTIES WERE CALLED****  AND I SMELL DEAD FISH !!!

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LAKEWOOD NJ - A PIT BULL ESCAPED AN UNSECURED DOOR AND KILLED A BELOVED PET BEING WALKED ON A LEASH BY ITS OWNER

 A  "RESPONSIBLE PIT BULL OWNER"  on Cambridge Court in the retirement community in the original Leisure Village walked out of her home about 8:45 Wednesday morning  and did not make sure the door closed good behind her.  Her  PIT BULL named  "BUKA"  pushed its way out the door just as a neighbor was walking by with her pet dog.  The Pit bit down on the small 8-year-old family pet  named "GABY" severely injuring it.  The injured pet was taken to  a Point Pleasant Vet  but she died from her injuries.

THE OWNER OF THE PIT BULL TOLD POLICE SHE NO LONGER WANTED THE ANIMAL AND SURRENDERED IT TO BE EUTHANIZED.  IT'S TOO BAD THIS WAS NOT DONE BEFORE LITTLE GABY WAS MAULED TO DEATH!!!!!!!

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KLAMATH COUNTY OR - FAMILY'S PIT BULL ATTACKED THEIR 8-YEAR-OLD BOY

Klamath County Animal Control was dispatched to the 5300 block of Cottage Avenue around 7:20pm on Monday where an 8-year-old boy was taken to the hospital with serious injuries after a family dog attacked the child.  The child was playing with 2 other children in the backyard when the dog attacked him.  He has serious injuries to his arm, face, and back.  The  PIT BULL  was impounded and placed in quarantine.

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ELLABELL, BRYAN COUNTY GA - FAMILY'S 7 DOGS - PITS AND PIT MIXES - KILLED THEIR 21-MONTH-OLD GIRL

IT IS BELIEVED THE TODDLER SLIPPED OUT OF THE HOUSE THROUGH THE DOGGIE DOOR. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES -- THE CHILD COULD HAVE BEEN DRAGGED OUT THE DOGGIE DOOR!!!!!



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THE CHILD WAS ALREADY COLD WHEN FIRST RESPONDERS ARRIVED !!!!!

UPDATE:  BRYAN COUNTY SHERIFF CLYDE SMITH SAYS ITS ONE OF THE WORST THINGS HIS PEOPLE HAVE EVER SEEN - MONICA'S CLOTHES WERE TORN OFF AND SHE WAS DRAGGED AROUND THE YARD - SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE APPARENTLY AT THE HOME BUT WERE ALL SLEEPING - THE GRANDMOTHER WOKE UP BUT IT WAS TOO LATE.

MAYBE THIS IS WHAT THE TODDLER LOOKED LIKE AS THE BIG OLE SWEET PILLOWS OF LOVE LICKED HER BODY ALL AROUND THE YARD !!!!!!!!!!

About 6:30pm Wednesday night  the little girl's grandmother said she was sleeping when she was awakened by a commotion in the yard. She looked out her window and saw the attack, but it was not in time to save the child.  The dogs which belonged to the child's family, WERE PIT BULLS AND PIT BULL MIXES.  They have been euthanized by Bryan County Animal control. The child's name has not been released.

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    8 DEATHS  IN 72 DAYS - 1 DEATH EVERY 9 DAYS - ALL BY PIT BULL



1.   JAN 8 - BETTY TODD - 65 - GREENWOOD SC- FAMILY DOG

               11 DAY INTERVAL

2.   JAN 19 - CHRISTIAN GORMANOUS - 4 - CONROE TX - NEIGHBOR'S DOG

               20 DAY INTERVAL

3.    FEB 8 - ELSIE GRACE - 92 - HEMET CA - OWNER'S DOGS

                8 DAY INTERVAL

4.   FEB 16 - ISAIAH AGUILAR - 2 - SABINAL TX - NEIGHBOR'S DOG

                14 DAY INTERVAL

5.   MAR 2 - RYAN MAXWELL - 7 - GALESBURG IL - FRIEND'S DOG

                 4 DAY INTERVAL

6.   MAR 6 - DAXTON J. BORCHARDT - 14 MONTHS - WALWORTH WI - BABYSITTER'S DOGS

                21 DAY INTERVAL

7.   MAR 26 - MONICA RENEE LAMINACK - 21 MONTHS - BRYAN COUNTY GA - FAMILY'S 7 PIT BULLS AND PIT BULL MIXES 

                       NON-BITE RELATED FATALITY

8.  FEB 23 - JAMES HARDING - 62 - BALTIMORE MD - HE WAS CHASED BY 2 VICIOUS PIT BULLS AND RAN TERRIFIED INTO THE PATH OF A CAR AND WAS KILLED  - LOOSE DOGS

NEW LLANO LA - IN A UNANIMOUS VOTE THE TOWN COUNCIL BANS PIT BULLS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY

THE TOWN COUNCIL OF NEW LLANO VOTED UNANIMOUSLY (3-0) AT ITS REGULAR MEETING TUESDAY TO BAN ALL PITBULL DOGS WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE TOWN.....

                       EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY !!!

THE ORDINANCE PROHIBITS STAFFORDSHIRE BULL TERRIERS, AMERICAN STAFFORDSHIRE TERRIERS, AMERICAN PITBULL TERRIERS, AND DOGS THAT HAVE THE "APPEARANCE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF BEING "PREDOMINATELY" OF THE AFOREMENTIONED BREEDS FROM BEING OWNED WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.

RESIDENTS WHO HAVE PIT BULLS BEFORE THE ORDINANCE TAKES PLACE ON MAY 1 WOULD BE GRANDFATHERED IN IF THEY:

*PROVIDE THE TOWN WITH A COLORED PICTURE  OF THE DOG

*PROVIDE OWNER'S NAME AND ADDRESS

*PROOF OF MICROCHIPPING BY A LICENSED VET

*PROOF OF VACCINATIONS

*PROOF OF 6-FT TALL BACKYARD FENCE  AROUND AREA NOT SMALLER THAN 120 SQUARE FEET PER DOG !!!!!!!

HOWEVER, IF A PITBULL THAT IS GRANDFATHERED IN "SHOWS AGGRESSION" TO ANY PERSON OR TO ANOTHER ANIMAL,

                    WHETHER IT BITES OR NOT

IT WILL BE CONSIDERED VICIOUS AND WILL NO LONGER BE ALLOWED TO RESIDE WITHIN THE TOWN LIMITS.  THE OWNER WILL BE  FINED NO LESS THAN $250 OR SENTENCED TO NO LESS THAN 30 DAYS IN JAIL, OR BOTH;  THE OWNER WILL ALSO HAVE  5 DAYS TO RELOCATE THE ANIMAL.


WOW !!!!  I SURE DID ENJOY TYPING THIS UP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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ROSEDALE BC CANADA - NEIGHBOR'S VICIOUS PIT BULL ESCAPED ITS ENCLOSURE AND ATTACKED AN 8-YEAR-OLD GIRL - SERIOUS FACIAL INJURIES

An 8-year-old Chilliwack girl is recovering at home after sustaining serious injuries in a  PIT BULL  attack last week.  Jenna was looking for bunnies outside her grandparent's Rosedale home last Tuesday when a neighbor's Pit Bull escaped its enclosure and took her down at the knees and then.......

               CLAMPED DOWN ON HER FACE !!!!!!!!!!

She suffered serious facial injuries requiring hundreds of stitches.  But it could have been worse if not for the actions of their little 4-year-old Chihuahua  "HONEY".   The Pit Bull's owner witnessed the attack and told her mother and grandmother that tiny Honey began barking and drew the Pit's attention away from Jenna and onto itself during the attack.  The Pit Bull released Jenna and pursued and briefly caught Honey before then turning back to the child.  This gave the owner time to get control of his Pit.

Honey's barking brought the mother and grandmother to the door and they realized the little dog's back had blood on it and then they saw the Pit's owner bringing Jenna to them.....BUT THEY WERE NOT PREPARED FOR............

THE EXTENT OF THE INJURIES FROM A PIT BULL ATTACK ON A LITTLE GIRL'S FACE.

She was rushed to Chilliwack General Hospital and was in surgery over 3 hours.  She could possible need more plastic surgery in the future.  Authorities ordered the Pit Bull to be destroyed.

MY COMMENT:  THIS IS ONE OF THE VERY FEW PIT NUTTERS THAT SEEMS APOLOGETIC THAT THEIR PIT ATTACKED A CHILD.  BUT THIS STORY SAYS THE OWNER  KNEW AND EVERYBODY KNEW HOW DANGEROUS THIS PARTICULAR PIT BULL WAS AND YET THEY KEPT IT AND IT GOT OUT ON THEIR WATCH.  THAT MONSTER  COULD HAVE KILLED THIS CHILD.  APOLOGIES MEAN NOTHING !!!!!!

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MARSHFIELD WI - A PIT BULL BARGED INTO AN OPEN DOOR AND ATTACKED A FAMILY'S BELOVED LITTLE PET "BISCUIT" - THE FAMILY FOUGHT THE PIT AND SAVED HER !!!!!

A  PIT BULL barged through the open back door of a family's home on Cedar Avenue on Monday and clenched down on a prescious little pet dog "BISCUIT".  Barb Gaffney says her grandson, Maleik, 7, had just come home from school and told her a dog was running loose outside.  She thought it might be one of the neighbor's dogs, so she opened the door to look outside and this  PIT BULL  came running into the house and went straight for Biscuit and had her by the throat and would not let go.  She grabbed a broom and hit it so hard the handle broke.

Her adult daughter then came into the room and attempted the pry the pit off with her hands.  Then a cousin, Tre Gaffney, 19, came in and punched the Pit Bull's nose and it freed little Biscuit !!!  She has multiple head and neck wounds, but she will live.

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ATHERTON, GREATER MANCHESTER ENGLAND - A 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL HAS BEEN FOUND DEAD IN A HOME WHERE AT LEAST 5 DOGS WERE KEPT - HER WOUNDS ARE CONSISTENT WITH HAVING BEEN ATTACKED BY DOGS

PICTURE OF BEVERLEY CONCANNON - OWNER OF THE DOGS

IT IS QUITE POSSIBLE THAT NO CHARGES WILL EVER BE BROUGHT !!!

BACKYARD BREEDER ?????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

JOHN PAUL MASSEY'S MOM CALLS FOR TOUGHER LAWS AFTER HEARING ABOUT JADES'S DEATH

UPDATE:  PICTURES OF THE DOGS AND MORE INFORMATION

     BUDDY - THE AMERICAN BULLDOG  WAS SHOT



   NEO THE BULLMASTIFF WAS SHOT



MALE STAFFORDSHIRE BULL TERRIER-SHOT


UPDATE:  LATEST STORY SAYS THAT IT TOOK 9 BULLETS TO BRING DOWN THE BIGGEST DOG AND THIS STORY ALSO DESCRIBES THE DOGS AS 2 STAFFORDSHIRE BULL TERRIERS AND 2 BULLMASTIFFS



UPDATE:  A neighbor said that Jade was visiting a friend whose mother, Beverley Concannon, owned the dogs.  It is believed Jade had gone out for food and brought it back and one of the dogs jumped up  for her "meat pie".  She  moved the food away and the dog then went for her throat and the other dogs then joined in biting her legs.



A 14-year-old girl, JADE ANDERSON,  has been found dead at a property in Atherton.  Someone saw the girl unconscious in a house where a number of dogs were  "OUT OF CONTROL."  She did not live at the Chaucer Grove home, but was visiting there. Police arrived to find the girl alone in the house and managed to get 4 of the 5 dogs contained in the garden.  The animals were then put down humanely by armed officers.  A 5th dog was securely contained.  The breed of the dogs are presently thought to be

2 STAFFORDSHIRE BULL TERRIERS  and  2 BULLMASTIFFS

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GOFF ISLAND, LAGUNA BEACH CA - AN AMERICAN BULLDOG MIX????? BREAKS FREE FROM ITS 18-YEAR-OLD OWNER AND KILLED A BEACHED SEA LION

             PRYING THE PIT OFF !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A dog that belongs to a relative of former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords attacked and killed a sea lion Saturday along the shoreline in Laguna Beach, Police said.  Giffords' stepdaughter, 18,  owns the AMERICAN BULLDOG MIX ????? (GRIPPING DOG) and was unable to maintain control of it and it broke free and attacked the sea lion killing it.  This could have been any small dog or pet being killed  ----  or a child !!!!!!!  Her father, astronaut  Mark Kelly, who is married to Giffords, finally leaves the beach house and comes down and takes control of the MONSTER and jerks it off the dead sea lion blood dripping and all over the SWEET BABY'S MOUTH.  DADDY WILL JUST HAVE TO BUY HER A BREAK STICK FOR THE NEXT OUTING !!!!!

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SCOTT TOWNSHIP PA - UP TO 5 PIT BULLS ATTACKED A 5-YEAR-OLD BOY AS HE AND HIS MOTHER WERE VISITING FRIENDS

A 5-year-old boy was injured Friday while he and his mother were visiting a friend's home.  Cameron Batzel suffered dog bites, cuts, and lacerations on his face, back, arms, and chest in the attack.  His mother, Amber Lynn Bayer, said it happened soon after lunch when Cameron was playing with one of her friend's....

              5  PIT  BULLS...............

The mother forced her way into the middle of the dogs to put her body over the child...or else....she said,  "They would have eaten him.!!!!!"  The boy is now at UPMC Children's Hospital.  Animal control removed 4 of the dogs for quarantine.  The dogs were not up-to-date on their vaccinations.   The town ordinance only allows for 3 dogs per residence.  Comments made to this story say that there were more than 5 Pit Bulls at this residence, and maybe as many as 13 ---- A BACKYARD BREEDER ?????

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BETTENDORF IA - A LOOSE LARGE DOG RESEMBLING A PIT BULL MIX OR A ROTTWEILER CHARGES AT A MAN WALKING HIS DOG - THE MAN WAS BITTEN IN THE FACE

 A man was walking his dog about 3:30pm Sunday in the 2400 block of Crestview Drive when they encountered a large blackish brown short-haired dog weighing about 75-80 pounds.  The loose dog ran toward his dog and the man put himself between them to save his dog.  The attacking dog then bit the man on the face causing cuts, punctures, and injuries to his nose.  He fought the dog off and it ran away.  The victim said the dog might be a Pit Bull Mix or Rottweiler Mix.  The dog needs to be identified so that it can be determined if it has had its rabies vaccinations.

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HUNT COUNTY TX - STEPHANIE MITCHELL RECOUNTS THE HORRIFYING ORDEAL OF GETTING TAG-TEAMED BY 2 VICIOUS DOGS WHILE ON HER JOB

Stephanie Mitchell of Crandall is a process server and writer. In this article she tells about being attacked by 2 VICIOUS DOGS.  While on her job in Hunt County, she was standing in a driveway talking to a woman who had her 2 dogs in the driveway near Mitchell..................

" 'DON'T WORRY, THEY WON'T BITE,'  THE WOMAN SAID....AS ONE OF HER DOGS BIT ME ON MY LEFT ANKLE.  'DID HE JUST BITE YOU?'  AS I WAS SAYING, YES, THE OTHER DOG BIT ME ON MY LEFT CALF.  AS WE TRIED TO PULL THE 2ND DOG OFF, THE 1ST DOG BIT ME THE THIRD TIME HIGHER UP ON MY RIGHT CALF.  WHEN I TURNED TO FIGHT THAT ONE OFF, THE OTHER BIT ME AGAIN FURTHER UP ON THE RIGHT THIGH!!!  EACH BITE WAS HIGHER AND MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN THE LAST.....AND THEY WERE JUST GETTING STARTED!!!"

Mitchell tells about how she reached for her concealed hand gun, but hesitated because she did not want to shoot the lady's dogs while she was trying to get them off her. Now she says she is sorry for making that decision. She kept trying to fight the dogs off with her clipboard and says she could have fought off one dog, but the way they were attacking her, she could not fight off both of them.  All 4 bites were from behind, while the other would attack face on.  Each bite got higher up and more aggressive than the last. She managed to get to her car by holding one back....then the MONSTERS.....

ATTACKED HER CAR.  THEY THREW THEMSELVES AT THE CAR WITH LOUD, SICKENING THUDS.  THEY LEFT 2 PUNCTURE HOLES IN A TIRE THAT WAS FLAT BEFORE SHE GOT AWAY!!!

She drove to the nearest official looking building she could find and walked in shaking, crying, and bleeding.  An ambulance came and 2 medics said:  "PLEASE TELL US THAT YOU SHOT THOSE DOGS."  WHEN SHE TOLD THEM NO SHE DIDN'T, THEY SAID, "YOU SHOULD HAVE SHOT THEM." She has discovered that she was attacked in an area with no animal control.  The dogs had been strays and had been taken in and fed by the woman's family.  They had never been taken to a vet or given shots. Furthermore, there is no way to remove the animals and they are still there with their owners.  Read the rest of her story here.....

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COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS UT - UNCLE'S PIT BULL ATTACKED 11-YEAR-OLD NIECE - FACIAL INJURIES WITH PLASTIC SURGERY NEEDED

UPDATE:  THE DOG HAD BEEN PLACED IN THE BEDROOM OUT OF THE WAY OF GUESTS.  THE CHILD NOT KNOWING THIS OPENED THE DOOR TO THE ROOM AND WAS ATTACKED.

An 11-year-old girl was bitten several times on the face by her uncle's  PIT BULL on Saturday morning.  Police said the girl was in Utah to visit her grandparents.  She is from California.  She opened her uncle's bedroom door and his large Pit Bull attacked her.  She had to undergo plastic surgery on her face.  Animal control picked up the dog and the uncle has expressed that he would like the dog to be put down because of this incident.

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PEORIA IL - A LOOSE PIT BULL CHARGED AFTER JACKIE PETTY, 70, WALKING HER BELOVED YORKIE ON A LEASH - "LITTLE BEAR" WAS KILLED

Jackie Petty, 70,  hopes to urge the Peoria City Council to consider passing ordinances targeting Pit Bulls  She describes the  PIT BULL  attack on her and the killing of her beloved 6-year-old Yorkie, LITTLE BEAR, as traumatic. She and her husband Gene live on North Molleck Drive near her daughter, Brooke Sommerville, wife of former Bradley University basketball star Marcellus Sommerville.  Brooke and Marcellus have 3 children and spend 9 months of the year in France where he plays pro ball. In 2006 Marcellus bought his wife Brooke a Yorkshire Terrier for Christmas and named it LITTLE BEAR.  For several years Little Bear made the trip to France with the family.  But the last year was too hard on him, so they left him with Jackie.  Jackie and Gene like the little dog's company and Jackie took him walking 3 times a day.  "He was just a cute little round ball and everybody loved him around the neighborhood.

At 9:45pm March 12, Jackie took Little Bear for his last walk of the day.  They were on their way back when she heard dogs barking at them.  She turned to see a large PIT BULL  and a CHIHUAHUA  running at them. When the Pit Bull came upon her, Little Bear tried to save her and began barking and jumping at the attacker, but the Pit Bull bit down on him hard with him still on his leash and began thrashing him back and forth.  Jackie ran screaming toward her home calling for her husband......

BUT SHE COULDN'T OUTRUN THE PIT BULL!!!  THEN SHE HEARD A MAN CALL THE PIT BULL AND THE OTHER SMALL DOG AND THEY TURNED AND RAN BACK HOME TO THEIR OWNER. HER HUSBAND THEN CAME OUT AND LOOKED  FOR LITTLE BEAR'S BODY AND FOUND IT DROPPED IN A YARD IT'S LITTLE NECK BROKEN.  HE THEN WENT TO THE OWNER'S HOUSE AND KNOCKED ON THE DOOR AND ASK IF THOSE WERE HIS DOGS AND THE MAN MUMBLED AND CLOSED THE DOOR ON HIM.  THE POLICE WERE CALLED AND THE OWNER WAS CITED WITH COUNTY VIOLATIONS AND WAS FACING HAVING THE PIT BULL DECLARED DANGEROUS.  THE OWNER SAID HE DID NOT  WANT TO KEEP HAVING TROUBLE SO HE TURNED THE DOG OVER AND IT WAS EUTHANIZED.

BUT THE PIT NUTTER SAYS HE'S HAD HIS 1 1/2 YEAR OLD "WHISKEY" SINCE RIGHT AFTER IT WAS BORN AND IT PLAYED WITH THE KIDS AND EVERYTHING AND GOT ALONG WITH VISITORS AND PEOPLE AT HIS HOUSE....ETC...ETC...ETC.....

THEN THE PETTYS LEARN THAT THE PIT BULL HAD A HISTORY AT ANOTHER ADDRESS AND IT HAD RUN LOOSE AND CHASED SOMEONE AND BITTEN SOMEONE ELSE, BUT NO ONE WANTED TO SIGN A COMPLAINT SO ANIMAL CONTROL COULDN'T BUILD A CASE. THEN AT THIS NEW ADDRESS SEVERAL RESIDENTS HAD CALLED ABOUT THE PIT BULL RUNNING LOOSE.  IF THEY TOO HAD SIGNED COMPLAINTS, IT WOULD HAVE STARTED BUILDING A CASE.  THE PETTYS FEEL THAT LITTLE BEAR'S DEATH COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED IF ONLY OTHERS HAD STEPPED UP AND BEEN RESPONSIBLE ------

THUS, WE HAVE ANOTHER STORY ABOUT YET ANOTHER PIT BULL GOING AFTER ANOTHER PERSON AND KILLING YET ANOTHER DOG!!!!!

Jackie and Gene Petty gathered in their backyard with friends at the grave site of Little Bear though the Sommervilles could not fly home in such short notice.  Jackie said a  prayer  and she said goodbye to Little Bear and she told him:  "I think you are in dog heaven, and I hope that someone will walk you 3 times a day, like I did."

THE 'RESPONSIBLE' PIT NUTTER IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WANT BE MUCH TROUBLE ANYMORE.  THE CHIHUAHUA NAMED RUBY HE STILL OWNED????  IT HASN'T BEEN A PROBLEM, BUT IT BARKS AND HE SAYS HE DON'T WANT IT ANYMORE.  HE'S GOING TO GIVE HER TO ANIMAL CONTROL.

NEVER, NEVER, NEVER BELIEVE A WORD A PIT NUTTER SAYS.  PIT BULLS ARE EXTENSIONS OF THEIR MASCULINITY.  CHANCES ARE, IN NO TIME, THIS NUTTER WILL HAVE MORE PITS!!!!! THEY LIE AND LIE AND LIE AND LIE AND LIE !!!!!

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MONROE LA - LOUISIANA PURCHASE GARDENS AND ZOO HAS BEEN INVADED SEVERAL TIMES BY DOGS BELIEVED TO BE PIT BULLS KILLING OXEN, GOATS, AND OTHER EXOTIC ANIMALS

Police say  2 PIT BULLS  were "destroyed" early Friday after the dogs attempted to gain entry to the Louisiana Purchase Gardens & Zoo.  According to Monroe police, a motorist saw  4 PIT BULLS   trying to enter the zoo through a fence and notified law enforcement.  Parish animal control officers also responded to the area and 2 Pit Bulls were destroyed at the scene and 2 were taken into custody and transported to the parish animal shelter.

On February 25, police were notified around 8am that 3 dogs believed to be PIT BULLS entered the zoo and .....

KILLED 3 AFRICAN SCIMITAR OXEN, 1 GUANACO AND ONE ADDAX ----EXOTIC ANIMALS ON LOAN FROM OTHER ZOOS !!!!!

2 of these dogs were destroyed by zoo personnel and one escaped.

On January 6, another pack of stray dogs attacked 2 boer goats at the zoo.  The goats suffered injuries so severe they had to be euthanized.  The dogs had dug under a fence on Bernstein Park Drive to enter the field where the goats were grazing.  The dogs were not found.

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RAYMOND NH - 2 PIT BULLS ATTACKED A MAN LEAVING HIM WITH SERIOUS BUT NOT LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES

Police report a man was taken to the hospital to be treated for injuries caused by a pair of  PIT BULLS.  Police and an ambulance were sent to Mildred Avenue on Friday night after a report that a 23-year-old man had been attacked by 2 Pit bulls.  The victim sustained serious but non-life threatening injuries and was transported to a local hospital.  The dogs have been quarantined by their owner and police are investigating.

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MIAMI-DADE COUNTY - GRIPPING DOGS DOING WHAT THEY DO BEST - SENDING 3 PEOPLE TO THE HOSPITAL IN 3 DIFFERENT ATTACKS

UPDATE:  VIDEO SHOWING THE WOMAN ATTACKED IN CUTLER BAY BY 2 PIT BULLS


Officials say 62-year-old Lucretia Escobar was rushed to the hospital after she was bitten by the AMERICAN BULLDOG  of the family she was visiting.  Around 3:45 pm Friday, fire rescue crews responded to the scene on the 4200 block of Northwest 183rd Terrace in Miami Gardens.  Escobar was caring for an elderly friend, the owner's grandmother, Both women were in the back patio and Chucky, an  American Bulldog lunged at Escobar.  The family says they had never seen the dog attack anyone before....

PIT NUTTER EXCUSE:  SHE WAS MY GRANDMOTHER'S FRIEND.SO I GUESS...THE DOG TOUCHED HER AND HE THOUGHT SHE WAS AGGRAVATING HIM, SO HE ATTACKED HER!

In the 2nd attack Police said two dogs, AN AMERICAN BULLDOG/MASTIFF MIX AND A BOXER MIX owned by a little girl's grandfather chased and attacked the 4-year-old after the rope holding them snapped.  After rescue crews rushed the girl to Miami children's Hospital, Miami-Dade animal services officials took the dogs away as well as three others in the house.

A few hours after the 2nd incident, 2  PIT BULLS  attacked a 56-year-old woman as she worked on a fence in Cutler Bay. She was rushed by JMH  after a neighbor pulled the dogs off of her.

Officials confirmed Chucky the AMERICAN BULLDOG and the two PIT BULLS were euthanized. They said that they were not  up to date on their rabies shots.  It is unclear what will happen to the 5 dogs taken from the Cutler Bay home.

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SPRINGFIELD OH - OWNER OF SEVERAL PIT BULLS FLOWN TO HOSPITAL AFTER BEING ATTACKED WHEN HE TRIED TO BREAK UP A DOG FIGHT

Police were called to 1704 Hillside Avenue this afternoon after neighbors heard the man screaming. Reports indicate the man owns 4 or 5 dogs and was attempting to break up a fight among them when one attacked him.  He was flown to a hospital.

The dogs are believed to be  PIT BULLS  and 2 were taken away by humane society officials.  A neighbor who has done painting for the man inside the home says that he has had to ask the owner to put them away when he was there out of fear of being bitten.  No citations will be issued in the incident and the health department will make a decision on what happens with the animals which are believed to be aggressive.

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REVERE MA - 2 ROTTWEILERS USED AS GUARD DOGS SEVERELY ATTACKED A 14-YEAR-OLD BOY AFTER HE WENT OVER A FENCE TO PLAY WITH THEM BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN ALLOWED TO PLAY WITH THEM MANY TIMES BEFORE

                       BRANDON MARCHETTI

PARENTS SAY THE BOY WAS SCALPED

UPDATE:  THE OTHER CHILD TELLS OF THIS HORRIFIC ATTACK

A 14-year-old boy was severely mauled by 2  ROTTWEILERS  used as guard dogs after Police say he jumped a fence at a construction site where he had played with the same 2 dogs many times before.  His father says he knew the dogs to be friendly and he knew them by name.

This incident evidently happened after the construction site was closed.  He had a 12-year-old friend with him who called 911 to get him help.

Police had a difficult time trying to get the Rottweilers off the boy  - even after shooting one it kept attacking. Firefighters finally turned a water hose on them to get them to back off.  It appears the owner of the dogs was not breaking any laws but he had the dogs put down anyway.

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MY COMMENT:  ALL THE COMMENTERS TO THIS STORY ARE TAKING THE SIDE OF THE DOGS AND THEIR OWNER.  HOWEVER, THIS 14-YEAR-OLD IS NOT AN ADULT YET.  IT'S OBVIOUS TO ME THAT HE DID NOT SEE THE DANGER IN PLAYING WITH THESE DOGS WHEN HE DID.  THE OWNER  SHOULD NEVER HAVE  ALLOWED HIM TO PLAY WITH THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE. THE OWNER WAS SENDING A MIXED MESSAGE TO THE BOY.

HENDERSON COUNTY NC - NEIGHBOR'S PIT RUNS LOOSE AND ATTACKED AN 89 YEAR OLD WOMAN

THE MUTANT FRANKENMAULER WILL PROBABLY BE LIVING ONCE AGAIN RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO MS. SHIELDS !!!

CARMIE SHIELDS, 89, feels she is lucky to be alive today after being attacked by a neighbor's  PIT BULL.  The dog was allowed to roam the neighborhood and Wednesday it came after her as she headed up the steps to her home. She says the Pit went for her face and she turned her head and it got her arm and slammed her down on the ground. She suffered several gashes to her forearm and received stitches to close the wounds. Doctors kept her in the hospital over night after....

               SHE COMPLAINED OF CHEST PAINS!!!!!

Her daughter believes the dog needs to be put down.  Animal Services has the dog now in quarantine and it has been deemed  "DANGEROUS".  BUT THE PIT NUTTER DAVID SWAYNGIM WANTS HIS GENTLE CARING KIND SWEET BABY NANNY DOG BACK.   According to animal control he will have to meet some very strict guidelines in order to keep the animal or face possible criminal charges.

HEY, NO NEED TO WORRY, CHECK OUT THE VIDEO.  HE'S ALREADY GOT ANOTHER PIT CHAINED UP IN THE BACKYARD!!!!!! NUTTERS ALWAYS GET MORE.

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BROWNSVILLE TX - FAMILY'S PIT BULL ATTACKED THEIR 7-YEAR-OLD CHILD

UPDATED VIDEO- THE MUTANT FRANKENMAULER HAS BEEN PTS !!!

Animal Control has a reminder for families with dogs:  "If you do have a large animal and you have children, it's always very well to keep the animal under adult supervision and make sure the animal is playing and if the animal does something aggressive it needs to be corrected immediately."

I WOULD LIKE FOR SOMEBODY TO EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT THE ABOVE STATEMENT MEANS IN TERMS  OF HAVING A GRIPPING DOG.

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A child was taken to a San Antonio hospital Wednesday night after a Pit bull attacked him.  Witnesses said the 7-year-old child was feeding the dog when it attacked.  The incident happened on Dulce in Brownsville.  The child's mother pulled the dog away from the child preventing further injuries.  The dog was euthanized.

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WILMINGTON NC - AN UNLEASHED PIT BULL ATTACKED A MOUNTED POLICE HORSE AND BIT THE OFFICER'S BOOT

ATTACK ON VIDEO

A RESPONSIBLE PIT BULL OWNER was letting his dog walk around unleashed and it.............

LATCHED ON TO ONE OF THE WPD'S HORSES AS THE MOUNTED OFFICERS WERE PASSING THROUGH 2ND AND CHESTNUT STREETS.

The officers tried to get their horses away and the one horse that was attacked received several puncture wounds and scratches.  The dog also bit the boot of one of the riders but did not cause injury.   The dog was taken into custody and its owner was charged on a citation for City Code Violation of not having a dog on a leash.

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HARLOW ENGLAND - A LARGE DOG LUNGED AT A 14-YEAR-OLD BOY AND BIT DOWN ON HIS WRIST SEVERING HIS ARTERY !!!

 Brandon Elston, 14, was walking with his cousins on Thursday when a man holding a big black dog on a tight leash suddenly let go of the animal.  The dog lunged at the boy clamping down its jaws around his wrist and ......

                  PUNCTURING THE RADIAL ARTERY !!!!!

The injury caused so much bleeding that Brandon's 12-year-old cousin fainted......

            THE DOG'S OWNER RAN OFF WITH HIS DOG !!!!!!!!!!!

A neighbor called an ambulance.  The wound was so deep and horrendous and there was so much blood that  Police advised Brandon's mother to not come to the scene.  He was in surgery over 3 hours.  Police are investigating.

THERE'S ABOUT A 70% CHANCE IT WAS A GRIPPING DOG AND ABOUT A 10% CHANCE IT WAS A ROTTWEILER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!BUT THE DOG OWNER REALLY SOUNDS LIKE A NUTTER.

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LAFAYETTE PARISH LA - A PIT BULL THAT ATTACKED OFFICERS WHILE THEY WERE EXECUTING A WARRANT WAS SHOT AND KILLED

A warrant execution turned into mayhem after a  PIT BULL  allegedly attacked a Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Deputy and a K-9 Officer.  The Deputies were assisting the Lafayette city Marshall's Officers when the attack happened. A deputy pepper-sprayed the Pit bull to subdue it but the Pit Bull then attacked another deputy.  That deputy shot and killed the Pit Bull.  The deputy and the K-9 officer suffered minor injuries.

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LYNDHURST OH - A GOLDEN/LAB MIX DOG ATTACKED A MAIL CARRIER BITING THE MAN ON THE LEG

A loose Golden/Lab Mix dog bit a mailman 13 times on the leg on March 15.  It happened on Ford Road.  The dog was quarantined and   Dog-At-Large charges are pending against the owners.

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ST. PAUL MN - A OFFICER WAS ATTACKED BY A PIT AND HE SHOT AND KILLED IT - IT WAS IN THE CARE OF A GREAT ALL-AMERICAN RESPONSIBLE PIT BULL FAMILY: A"HYSTERICAL WOMAN" THAT HAD JUST BEEN BITTEN, A 13 YR OLD GIRL AND A 6 YR OLD GIRL WALKING IT AT 8AM AND COULDN''T CONTROL IT - AND AN UNCLE THAT SAID LET IT GO - WE'RE TIRED OF IT !!!

On December 16, 2012,  police responded to a 911 call about a dog biting someone.  Two officers went to 1100 block of Central Avenue shortly after 8am where a "hysterical" woman who said she had been taking care of the dog.....

         "FOR ITS OWNER. (???!!!!????)"

and when she tried to put it back into its kennel it bit her on the upper arm.  She told police that at that point someone else took the dog outside on a leash.

Officers then saw a 13-year-old girl and a 6-year-old girl walking the Pit Bull across the street.  The 13-year-old held the leash -----a 3-4 foot piece of nylon rope tied to a large metal chain -----and according to officers, she was having a hard time controlling the dog.

THEIR UNCLE, CHARLIE WILLIAMSON, 31, TOLD THE GIRLS TO BRING THE DOG TO THE OFFICERS AND THE OFFICERS ATTEMPTED TO GET RELEVANT INFORMATION FROM THE GIRLS AND WILLIAMSON ---WITHOUT MUCH SUCCESS.  WHEN ONE OFFICER TURNED AROUND TO GO BACK TO THE HOUSE WHERE THE VICTIM WAS, THE GIRL LET GO OF THE DOG'S LEASH----THE PIT BULL BIT THE OFFICER IN THE CALF, TEARING UP HIS PANTS AND BREAKING HIS GLASSES.  A WITNESS REPORTED THAT WILLIAMSON SAID...............

         "LET IT GO.  WE'RE TIRED OF THE DOG"

WHEN THE DOG CAME AT THE OFFICER AGAIN, HE SHOT AND KILLED IT.

Williamson was charged Thursday, March 21, with aiding and abetting obstruction of legal process with force, aiding and abetting fifth-degree assault and aiding and abetting an animal attack.

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BISHOPVILLE SC - AN UNKNOWN BREED DOG ATTACKED A POLICE OFFICER AS HE WAS CHECKING OUT A SUSPECTED DRUG DEAL

                           OFFICER JOSH KELLY

An officer was attacked by a dog on Tuesday evening near the Lynches River Apartments on Academy Road as he was checking out a suspected drug deal.  He stopped his vehicle and got out on foot patrol and the dog charged him and during the attack he was bitten viciously in the groin.  He drove himself to a hospital but because his injuries were so severe, he was airlifted to a Columbia area trauma hospital and underwent several hours of surgery.

His chief credited his military training for helping him survive the dog attack and expediting medical treatment to save his own life. A search was carried on the next morning to try and find the dog and determine whether the animal may be rabid.  They don't know if it came from the apartments or from a nearby home.  A description of the dog was not immediately available.

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BERBICE GUYANA - A PIT BULL JUMPED A FENCE AND ATTACKED A 10-YEAR-OLD GIRL WALKING TO THE STORE FOR HER PARENTS

ANOTHER ARTICLE



A 10-year-old girl, Amanda Phillips, was running an errand for her parents when a dog said to be a  PIT BULL  jumped a fence and viciously attacked her.  There was a witness and an alarm was raised and neighbours rushed to her assistance and used sticks and other materials to try and beat the dog off her, but they were unable to free the girl from the jaws of the dog.  One resident finally used his cutlass to chop the ferocious animal which continued to bite into the child's head.  Finally he chopped it so hard ...

                    IT ALMOST SEVERED IT

and the girl was freed and wrapped in a sheet and rushed to a hospital. The owner of the Pit Bull, Dr. Roy Nandkumar, was not home at the time, but was later arrested.  Neighbours say the dog often jumped the fence but their complaints fell on deaf ears.

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OGDEN UTAH - A LOOSE PIT BULL CHASED A BELOVED CAT INTO A HOME AND KILLED IT

Authorities are looking for the owner of a  PIT BULL  that wandered into a backyard in South Ogden where a families cat was sitting on the back steps.  The Pit Bull chased the little cat inside the home and proceeded to kill it.  The family described fur and blood everywhere. The dog had no collar or tags and was very skinny. Strangely indeed, Ogden animal control is a no kill ---and the Pit will be cleaned up, fed, and   ADOPTED OUT !!!!!  Because they say in that limited time it wasn't aggressive to people!!!!!

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NEWPORT NEWS VA - A LOOSE PIT BULL ATTACKED 3 CHILDREN PLAYING IN THEIR FRONT YARD

Three children were bitten and terrorized by a  LOOSE PIT BULL  Wednesday evening as they were playing in the front yard of their home. Fortunately, their father was at home and came to their aid with a board he found on the front porch and began hitting the dog and that gave the children time to get inside.  When police got to the scene the dog lunged at the officer.  He then fired 3 shots and at least 1 shot hit the dog and it ran home a few blocks away.  The owner took it to a vet but he may be facing charges.

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WESTERN SPRINGS, LA GRANGE IL - A PIT BULL ATTACKED A TOY POODLE BEING WALKED BY ITS OWNER ON A LEASH

A loose  PIT BULL  attacked a 4-pound toy poodle being walked by its owner around 11:03 pm in the 300 block of Bluff Avenue.

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PALM BAY FL - A PIT BULL NAMED "RAGE" CHARGED OUT OF ITS YARD AND ATTACKED AND KILLED A DACHSHUND BEING WALKED ON A LEASH BY ITS OWNER

A woman was walking her 2 dachshunds on Sarasota Drive in SE Palm Bay on Monday when a neighbor's female  PIT BULL  NAMED  "RAGE"  left its yard and attacked one of her pets.  Officers arrived to find Bella still in the Pit Bull's mouth.  When they tried to use a catch pole to capture the monster, it ran off with Bella  ---- STILL IN HER MOUTH ------

EVENTUALLY RAGE JUMPED INTO THE FRONT SEAT OF A PALM BAY POLICE OFFICERS CAR......AND ANIMAL SERVICES USED A BATON TO    "PRY RAGE'S MOUTH OPEN" AND GET BELLA OUT!!!!!!!!!

 The owner will be fined $275 for 3 violations:

* having an animal at large

* having an attack animal with injury

* failure to vaccinate

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KNOXVILLE TN - A PIT BULL OWNER HAD TO DEFEND HIMSELF AND A FRIEND FROM HIS OWN PIT - HE USED A LARGE KNIFE !!!

A  PIT BULL  attack at Colonial Terrace Mobile Home Park on Saturday resulted in injuries to the owner of the dog and a friend.  According to Police the owner of the dog and his friend were attacked by the dog and the owner fought back with a large knife.  The dog was stabbed multiple times with at least once being in the neck.  Officers and the owner were able to subdue the dog, and it was subsequently destroyed.

RECORDS INDICATE THAT THE DOG BIT ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL ON MARCH 6.

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HENDERSON TX - A PIT BULL MIX ATTACKED A CHILD PLAYING BALL WITH OTHER KIDS IN HIS FRONT YARD

UPDATE:  THE DOG'S OWNER COULD FACE CHARGES

On March 12, Rusk County Deputies were called to a local hospital where a 9-year-old boy had been attacked by a dog.  The boy's mother explained that several children had been playing ball in their front yard when the ball got kicked into the street.  The 9-year-old ran after the ball and a   PIT BULL MIX  ran from across the street to attack the boy.  He was bitten on the left side of his face and head --EXPOSING HIS SKULL !!!!!  He was taken to a local hospital but his wounds were too severe for them to treat. He was then  transported to Dallas and underwent surgery.

Authorities searched the neighborhood for the dog and finally found it and it was quarantined.  On Monday a judge ruled that the dog be euthanized.

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TULSA OK - A LARGE PIT BULL CHARGED OUT OF A HOME AND ATTACKED 2 WOMEN MINISTERING ON BEHALF OF THEIR CHURCH - A HERO GOT HIS GUN AND SHOT THE PIT!!!!!

UPDATE:  BEVERLY WRIGHT SAYS SHE REMEMBERS EVERYTHING ABOUT THE ATTACK

IT WAS A RENTAL HOUSE --  WILL THE LANDLORD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE?????

UPDATE:  BEVERLY WRIGHT, 48, IS IN FAIR CONDITION, AND IRENE PARKER, 73, IS IN SERIOUS CONDITION

UPDATE:  MICHAEL HARRELL IS A HERO - HE SAVED THE LIVES OF THE 2 WOMEN - THE PIT BULL'S OWNER HAD NO CONTROL OVER IT AT ALL !!!


Police say 2 women are in critical condition after being attacked by a  PIT BULL.  Just after 10am this morning 3 women were ministering in the area near 2000 N. Lewis Place on behalf of their church.  They went to a door and knocked and when a homeowner opened the door a large Pit Bull burst through the door and began attacking them.

Police arrived to find the injured women and a dead Pit Bull because  --- A HERO ---  a man heard the screaming and got in his truck and found them being attacked by the dog.  He got his gun and ran into the yard to distract the dog and shot it when it came near him.  The victims have extensive dog bites to their faces, arms and legs and are in critical condition at a Tulsa hospital.

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GAINESVILLE GA - A PIT BULL BIT A BOY IN THE FACE AT PETSMART - "RESPONSIBLE OWNER" PULLED A GUN ON A WITNESS WHEN THEY TRIED TO STOP THEM FROM ESCAPING !

BOTH SUSPECTS IN AGGRAVATED ASSAULT CASE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED.



THIS IS HALL COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL BUT NO PICTURES WERE ALLOWED OF THE OFFENDING PIT, BUT THE VIDEO SHOWS WALL-TO-WALL PITS !!!

UPDATE:  THE DRIVER ALLEDGELY POINTED A GUN AT JAMES WEBER AND THEN ATTEMPTED TO RUN HIM OVER..."THE REAL BAD THING ABOUT IT WAS, THE OWNER HAD NO COMPASSION OF WHAT HIS DOG DID TO THAT KID."


         GOOD SAMARITAN JAMES WEBER


IN ANOTHER STORY, THE MOTHER ASKED THAT THE PIT BULL OWNERS STAY IN THE STORE AND COOPERATE BUT THE 2 MEN FLED WITH THE DOG.

UPDATE:   VIDEO - Michelle Lane said that she and her son were in PetSmart on Saturday when she petted a dog first and it seemed friendly, but when her 6-year-old son David reached to pet the animal, it lunged and bit him in the face.  He has nine stitches on his nose as a result.  A witness who tried to stop the dog owners as they left the store told authorities one of the men pulled a gun and threatened the witness before they drove away.  Police said they are now looking for a red Chevrolet pick-up truck with a Georgia License plate out of Forsyth County. The family needs to find the dog to make sure it has been vaccinated for rabies.
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Gainesville Police were called to the PetSmart on Dawsonville Highway at about 5pm Saturday after a call that a child had been bitten by a dog in the store.  Witnesses  tried to stop the 2 men with the dog from leaving the store.  They followed them into the parking lot where the 2 men and the dog got into a vehicle.  Then the man on the passenger side of the vehicle pulled a handgun on one of the witnesses as the vehicle left.  Witnesses were able to identify the vehicle and a possible tag number.

The child was taken to Northeast Georgia Medical Center and the report was turned over to criminal investigations for followup.

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BEDFORDSHIRE ENGLAND - A LOOSE BULL-TERRIER TYPE DOG ATTACKED A BELOVED KING CHARLES SPANIEL BEING WALKED ON A LEASH - THE OWNER CAPTURED THE ATTACK ON CAMERA AND PUT ON FACEBOOK

UPDATE:  POLICE ARE HUNTING THE OWNER OF THE DOG THAT ATTACKED A SPANIEL - HIS PICTURE CAUGHT ON VIDEO

The owner of a Spaniel believed her pet was going to die in an attack by a  BULL-TERRIER TYPE DOG.  Mafalda Clewlow from Biddenham, in Bedfordshire posted images of the ferocious attack on her King Charles Spaniel, Spot,  on social networking site facebook. Clewlow says the attack went on for 15-20 minutes and Spot looks like a cheese he has so many puncture bites.  He will survive but is now so traumatized, he doesn't want to go back outside.  Bedfordshire Police are investigating the attack which happened near Ouse Valley golf course on Friday.



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GREENEVILLE TN - A LOOSE PIT BULL ATTACKED A MAN INJURING HIS LEG

A 46-year-old man required hospital treatment following a dog attack while walking abaout 6:30 pm Sunday on Rambo Road.  The victim told deputies he was walking on Rambo Road near Ricker Rd when he was bitten by a loose  PIT BULL  causing puncture wounds and lacerations to his left leg.  Neighbors said they have notified County Animal Control about the dog in the past.  The animal was not wearing a collar and information about the dog was faxed to animal control.

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NAP NANNY vs NANNY DOG

FROM:  grippingtruth.blogspot.co.nz/2012/12/nap-nanny-vs-nanny-dog.html (December 7, 2012)

Nearly 4 years ago a business savy woman (Leslie Gudel) developed an infant recliner designed to help "what the hell is sleep again" parents of newborns.

On Wednesday, prompted by 5 infant deaths, the nap nanny has been declared "a substantial hazard" and a regulatory authority is seeking legal advice to have this product pulled from the market.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission  (CPSC) filed an administrative complaint within the agency against Gudel's company, Baby Matters L.L.C. of Berwyn, seeking a mandatory recall of its chairs and refunds for all who bought them. Commission spokesman Scott Wolfson called it "a rare and serious step," only the fourth time in 11 years it has been taken.

I bet you can see where I'm going with this.  I wonder if society in general is applauding this move, good lordy, we would assume anytime a move is made to save children, isn't that a good thing?  Whoa, back up the bus though.  I wonder how some of our star little nutters would feel if they found that their little one had just fallen asleep in a nap nanny?  Would they get on their little high horse and rant and rave about the utter lack of responsibility this woman has/had?  I wonder if they would rant and rave while the pit they owned licked the baby to death while it slept in the nap nanny.

5 infant deaths in almost 4 years is 5 too many....but how many more infants will have to die before pits are looked at in the same regard as the nap nanny?

Why are they so willing to risk it??? When they post this photo, it's cute, and awww.... What a great baby sister. The nutter that posted this, the caption is "don't worry I will take care of your baby :)"  To us it's infanticide, plain and simple. When they post it, it's an example of how great the dogs are.  When it goes bad, they stab the person they just praised in the back with, "Why the hell would you leave your child alone with a dog?"

Of all the photos I've seen, this one scares me the most.........



But I digress....back to the nap nanny and the fact it could be pulled from shelves.  I imagine the parents that lost their children to this product will have some form of closure when/if the regulatory body can make the recall happen, for those parents, I'm happy you deserve that closure.  But so do we.  It's time for social justice for victims of  pit bulls.

                           
                                THANKS TO ANNE KING

STURGIS MI - 2 PIT BULLS RUN LOOSE AND KILL A BELOVED POMERANIAN NAMED "HARRY"

UPDATE:  NO OWNER CAME FORWARD TO CLAIM ONE OF THE DOGS THAT ATTACKED AND KILLED THE POMERANIAN SO IT WAS EUTHANIZED.

Two loose  PIT BULLS  attacked Lena Wirth's beloved 10-pound Pomeranian, Harry, on March 8, ripping it into pieces.  The little pet was in its own yard and the entire attack was witnessed by Lena and her 14-year-old son leaving them angry and fearful.

As usual with these "ROAMING PIT BULLS THAT ATTACK"  the story takes on a life all its own with lots of  PIT BULL DRAMA !!!!!    The 2 Pit Bulls ran after the attack and an ACO looked around the neighborhood and saw them near another house.  But the owner of that house said he owned a female Mastiff ****THAT WAS IN HEAT****.  So he was asked to let his "IN-HEAT FEMALE" OUTSIDE TO DRAW IN THE KILLER MALE PIT BULLS.  Well, they caught one of them that was "NOT HUMAN AGGRESSIVE AND IT SQUATTED AND PEED IN SUBMISSION TO THEM TO PROVE HE WOULD NOT HARM A HUMAN !!!!!!!!!"  But the other ran off.....So the Pit Bull Drama continues......

Tom Miller, Director of the St. Joseph County Animal Control took up the search for the other Killer Pit Bull in the "DIRECTION THAT THE WIND BLOWS".  Reasoning that the 2 Pit Bulls may have been originally attracted to the scent of the "IN-HEAT MASTIFF"  and just decided to "STOP BY AND KILL THE LITTLE POMERANIAN FOR A LITTLE EXTRA BLOODTHIRST FUN", he daily traveled in widening circles the area until it led him across the state line into Indiana and he found the Pit they were looking for:

"I LOOKED FOR SIGNS THAT PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE DOGS.  PEOPLE WHO HAVE PIT BULLS FREQUENTLY TIE STUFF TO TREES FOR THE DOGS TO USE AS TOYS.  I FINALLY SAW THIS HOUSE TRAILER WITH A FENCE AROUND IT AND AN ELECTRICITY WIRE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE AND.....

TIRES AND ROPES HANGING FROM TREES--THAT TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS A PIT BULL PLAYGROUND."

LENA WIRTH DID NOT REALIZE THE DANGER SHE WAS PLACING LITTLE HARRY IN WHEN SHE TIED HIM OUTSIDE SO HE COULD ENJOY BARKING AT THE GARBAGE TRUCK EVERY FRIDAY.  IT IS NOT SAFE TO LEAVE ANY PET OUTSIDE TIED UP  EVEN IN A FENCED YARD ANYMORE!!!  AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT A GRIPPING DOG CAN RUN LOOSE IN ANY NEIGHBORHOOD AND KILL AN INNOCENT PET AND NO ONE WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR IT BECAUSE - THE OWNER DIDN'T REALIZE THEIR DOG WOULD EVER DO THAT.  THEY USUALLY GET THE FIRST BITE FREE AND IN MOST CASES YOUR BELOVED  SHREDDED DEAD PET DON'T COUNT AT ALL!!!!

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PROVIDENCE RI - A LOOSE PIT BULL ATTACKED A CHILD OUTSIDE THEIR SCHOOL

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UPDATE:  A KINDERGARTEN STUDENT WAS BITTEN:  ANIMAL CONTROL SAYS, "WE DON'T KNOW WHAT SET THIS DOG OFF TO GO BITING.  YOU KNOW, YOU PUSH THE RIGHT BUTTONS ON A DOG AND IT WILL BITE.  WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD ANYBODY TELL US WHAT THOSE BUTTONS WERE IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE."

A loose  PIT BULL  bit possibly 2 or 3 students outside Roger Williams Middle School at about 7:30 am this morning.  The children were taken to the hospital and there is no word at this time on their condition.  The dog was captured and is now at Providence Animal Rescue and the owner has not been found yet.  There were no tags on the dog's collar, just a chain leash, and it is imperative they find out about the dog's rabies shots.

If the owner is found, a vicious dog hearing will be scheduled.  If the owner is not found, the dog will likely be euthanized.

***THE DOG LOOKS WELL FED!!!***

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SPRINGS, SOUTH AFRICA - A WOMAN HAS LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES AFTER BEING ATTACKED BY DOGS

A woman was at her job and was hanging up washing when she suffered life-threatening injuries after being attacked by 2 dogs near Springs east of Gauteng.  It was reported that a scuffle broke out between the woman and  2 other people when the dogs attacked the 3 of them.  The other 2 people were injured but the extend of their injuries was unclear. The woman is being treated at a local government hospital.

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MAMOU LA - A PIT BULL KILLED A PUPPY IN COUNCILMAN CHARLES REED'S NEIGHBORHOOD

Councilman Charles Reed reports a puppy was killed in his neighborhood by a PIT BULL and he wants to remind town residents that the town has an ordinance ....

PROHIBITING OWNERSHIP, POSSESSION AND HOUSING OF THAT BREED.

The council voted to add this item to the council's regular meeting on March 13.  Councilman Reed said that the ordinance that's on the books now was passed several years ago as the problems of Pit Bull attacks increased. The ordinance prohibits pure or mixed breed Pit Bull Dogs.

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ANNACIS ISLAND, DELTA, BC CANADA - 2 PIT BULLS CHARGE POLICE OFFICERS AND THEIR CANINE COMPANION - OFFICER SHOT ONE OF THEM

Two police officers were patrolling along the Fraser River just before 11pm Saturday when they were attacked by  2 PIT BULLS.  The first officer hit one of the Pit Bulls over the head with his baton and it fled, but the other Pit bull bit the second officer's hand and then attacked their Police Dog.  After several attempts to fend off the Pit Bull, the officer fired a single shot killing the Pit Bull.  The officer required multiple stitches in his hand and his canine companion is being treated for puncture wounds to its  head, ear and eye.

It is not known if the Pit Bulls were intentionally released to attack the officers.  But while the officers were securing the scene, the dog's owner and a second person arrived on scene and were arrested after what police alleged were attempts to obstruct the investigation.

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ATHENS, CLARKE COUNTY GA - A FRIEND'S PIT BULL ATTACKED AN 8-YEAR-OLD BOY CAUSING SERIOUS INJURIES- AIR LIFTED TO EGLESTON IN ATLANTA

UPDATE:  THE PIT BULL IS TO BE EUTHANIZED

Police were called to a Hidden Lake Drive residence for a dog attack.  When officers arrived they found the boy had multiple bites.  Officers were told that the boy and his older brother were visiting the home of a family friend and were playing with the homeowner's dog when it got overly excited and began biting the 8-year-old boy.  He was flown to Egleston Hospital in Atlanta.  Athens-Clarke county Animal control took custody of the dog and the investigation continues.

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PHOENIX AZ - A LOOSE PIT BULL ATTACKED 2 BOYS AND THEIR GRANDFATHER

A neighbor's loose  PIT BULL  that was hiding under a trailer attacked a 9-year-old boy who was playing outside with friends.  Then it bit the victim's older brother and their grandfather who tried to come to their aid.  The owners of the dog were not at home and the dog escaped through a gate when someone left it open.

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BOCA RATON FL - 2 LOOSE PIT BULLS ATTACKED A WOMAN WALKING HER PET ON A LEASH

Barbara Knight was walking her friend's Lab Mix, Oliver, on Wednesday night along Garden Harbor Drive when  2 PIT BULLS  came around the corner and began attacking Oliver.  They got him around his neck and were trying to kill him and she began screaming for help.  A construction crew working in a home nearby came to her aid and hit the dogs with wooden sticks.

Oliver's has big chunks ripped out of his legs and he has gashes on his body.  The vet bills have reached $1,500.  She believes that a child or a small dog would have died in this attack.  They witnessed the dogs going back to a home a few blocks away.  But the PIT NUTTER says his dogs are not the ones that attacked:

* MY DOGS AREN'T VIOLENT.

* THE DOGS THAT ATTACKED ARE NOT MY DOGS.

* ONE OF MY DOGS IS JUST A PUPPY AND THE OTHER IS TOO OLD TO ATTACK.

* PIT BULLS JUST GET A BAD RAP.

Police say they won't get involved so they are taking matters into their own hands and plan to do all they can to get these dogs out of the neighborhood because they believe they have the potential to do this again.  The Pit Bull owner says his landlord wants him to move because of the Pit Bulls but he has not officially been evicted.

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MACON GA - AMAZING FIRST HAND ACCOUNT FROM A NEIGHBOR OF A CLASSIC PIT BULL ATTACK ON A CHILD WITH THE OWNER STANDING RIGHT THERE - THIS NEIGHBOR IS A HERO !!!

UPDATE: THE VICTIM HAS BEEN MOVED TO BOSTON FOR TREATMENT

UPDATE: RESPONSIBLE PIT BULL OWNER IS A LAWYER AND THE DOG HAD A HISTORY !!



* NONCHALANT "RESPONSIBLE" PIT BULL OWNER SAYS, "I JUST NEVER SEEN HIM DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT."--NEIGHBOR THAT SAVED THE CHILD SAYS,"ONE EYE WAS INJURED AND HIS SCALP WAS LAYING ON THE GROUND OVER THERE.  SOMEONE TOOK THE BOY INSIDE AND I WAS LEFT ALONE CLUTCHING THE DOG AND I THOUGHT, I DON'T KNOW WHO HAS WHO !!!"

A neighbor heard screaming and dogs barking and looked out his window and thought he saw one dog fighting another because an object was being "TUGGED AROUND".  He ran to get there and realized it was a  PIT BULL  with a small child in its mouth.

EVERYONE PLEASE WATCH THIS VIDEO.  THIS GOOD NEIGHBOR TELLS IT BEST !!!!! AND HE IS A HERO.



EDDIE DEEB LET GO OF THE PIT BULLS COLLAR AND LOWERED IT DOWN AND WENT HOME TO HIS MOTHER'S HOUSE AND SAT DOWN ON A BED SHAKING HIS HEAD AND BREATHLESS.  HIS 85-YEAR-OLD MOTHER WAS AFRAID HE WAS HAVING A HEART ATTACK BECAUSE HE COULDN'T TALK.  THEN HE LOOKED OUT A WINDOW AND THERE, ONCE AGAIN, HE SAW THE    PIT BULL  NEAR HIS 12-YEAR-OLD NEIGHBOR DESTINY JACKSON WHO WAS ROLLER SKATING.  THE PIT BULL NIPPED AT HER BROTHER PRESTON, AGE 10, AND IT CIRCLED HIM LIKE A SHARK AND TRIED TO KNOCK HIM DOWN.  BOTH CHILDREN RAN AND MADE IT INTO THEIR HOME. THE PIT BULL HAD BLOOD ON ITS MOUTH AND IT WAS GROWLING AND SHOWING ITS TEETH.

The owner of the Pit Bull that mauled the boy is charged with "CRUELTY TO CHILDREN."

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WALTON COUNTY GA - A LOOSE PIT BULL ATTACKED A SHEPHERD/HUSKY THAT HAD JUST BEEN TAKEN OUTSIDE ON A LEASH BY ITS OWNER - THE OWNER STABBED THE PIT WITH A KNIFE TO SAVE HER PET!!!

A Walton County woman said she had only seconds to act after her dog Jasper  was attacked on Tuesday by a stray  PIT BULL.  She tried to get the Pit off her dog, a 2-year-old Shepherd/Husky Mix, but she got knocked down.  Her child was in her home and she was afraid of what might happen to her child if the Pit turned on her.  With several deep cuts on her leg and arm she ran to her kitchen and got....

                         A BUTCHER KNIFE !!!!!

SHE STABBED THE PIT BULL ABOUT A DOZEN TIMES UNTIL IT STAGGERED AWAY AND COLLAPSED AND DIED.  IT WAS THE ONLY WAY SHE COULD THINK OF TO SAVE HER PET!!!!!

She will need surgery on her leg and Jasper had to have several wounds treated.

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BUENA VISTA TOWNSHIP MI - A PIT BULL MIX ATTACKED A 3-YEAR-OLD GIRL FOR THE 2ND TIME - SERIOUS FACIAL INJURIES THIS TIME !!!

A 3-year-old girl was attacked by a  PIT BULL MIX on Monday leaving her with massive wounds to the side of her face.  She lost part of her ear.  This was not the first time the dog had bitten the child.  She was bitten by the same dog about a month ago, but the family  --

?????ALLEGEDLY COULD NOT AFFORD THE $130 TO HAVE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICIALS PICK UP THE DOG.?????????? SAY WHAT?????



Buena Vista Police said that the dog was left behind by a person who once lived at the address. TV 5 learned that Pit Bulls and Pit Bull Mixes are banned from the mobile home park where the child lives.

The dog is currently being held by animal control and the incident is being investigated.

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WESTWEGO LA - A WOMAN HAS LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES AFTER BEING ATTACKED BY SEVERAL DOGS IN HER HOME - 4 DOGS WERE SHOT !!!

WESTWEGO COUNCILMAN SEEKS STRONGER DOG LAWS

"I'VE RAISED PIT BULLS ALL MY LIFE AND I'LL NEVER HAVE ANOTHER PIT BULL."

UPDATE:  LINDA HENRY, 54, LOST AN EYE, AN EAR, WAS SCALPED, AND BOTH ARMS WERE AMPUTATED BY 3 OF HER 4 PIT BULLS THAT SHE AND HER BOYFRIEND HAD RAISED FROM PUPPIES.


A woman has sustained  life-threatening injuries when 3 PIT BULLS  in her home attacked her. She lived in the home with a boyfriend and had just returned home alone when the attack occurred. Neighbors reported to police that they were hearing screaming and dogs growling on Wednesday around 3 pm in the 300 block of Avenue A.  When police arrived they had to force their way in and a male  PIT BULL was shot when it charged them.  Then police had to shoot 2 more dogs to make them stop biting the woman.  A 4th dog eventually attacked officers and when non-lethal efforts failed, it was shot also.  One of the female dogs had recently had puppies.

The woman had severe wounds to her head, torso and arms.  She was taken to a New Orleans hospital where she remained in critical condition.

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BLUE FIELD WV - AFTER AN ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER WAS ATTACKED BY A PIT BULL, THE CITY ATTORNEY IS AUTHORIZED TO DRAFT AN ORDINANCE TO BAN PIT BULLS

ON MARCH 6, BLUEFIELD'S ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER RANDELL THOMPSON WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED AND HOSPITALIZED FOR SEVERAL DAYS AFTER BEING BITTEN BY A PIT BULL.  BLUEFIELD ALREADY HAD AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE OWNERSHIP OF PIT BULLS ---- HOWEVER, TOO MANY OWNERS WERE NOT COMPLYING WITH IT.

WITHIN DAYS OF THE INCIDENT THEIR BOARD OF DIRECTORS AUTHORIZED THE CITY'S ATTORNEY TO START DRAFTING AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD......

             BAN PIT BULLS FROM THE CITY !!!

CITY ATTORNEY BRIAN COCHRAN SAYS THIS IS   *****A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE.  IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE AS A MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT CAN DO TO HELP PROTECT OUR KIDS AND OTHER CITIZENS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF IT. IT IS A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE. *****

THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE WOULD ALLOW CURRENT OWNERS WHO ARE FOLLOWING THE EXISTING ORDINANCE TO KEEP THEIR PIT BULLS.  THEY WOULD HAVE 10 DAYS AFTER THE ORDINANCE IS ENACTED TO COMPLY WITH THE CURRENT LAW.  AFTER THAT PERIOD ENDS, NO MORE PIT BULLS WOULD BE ALLOWED INTO THE CITY.

"THERE ARE PROBABLY SOME RESPONSIBLE OWNERS OF PIT BULLS OUT THERE, BUT THERE ARE A LOT WHO AREN'T VERY RESPONSIBLE.  WE HAVE PRETTY STRINGENT LAWS IN THE BOOKS, BUT THEY DON'T SEEM TO BE WORKING VERY WELL."

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FLOUR BLUFF, CORPUS CHRISTI TX - A WOMAN RIDING A MOTORCYCLE IS CONSTANTLY CHASED BY LOOSE DOGS - ONE FINALLY LATCHED ON TO HER FOOT AND BIT HER

Jill Robinson rides her motorcycle to work and back and has been taking an alternate route to avoid being chased by stray dogs on a daily basis.  She was riding down the street on this alternate route last night when she was chased and bitten by a  PIT BULL.....

IT LATCHED DOWN ON HER FOOT AND WOULD NOT LET GO !!!!!

Her husband, Michael, says she called the police about the dog bite but they told her taking an incident report over the phone was all they could do since the dog ran off after the attack.  She called animal control every morning she was chased by these dogs and they pretty much told her there was nothing they can do about it.

The Robinsons say they hope something can be done to increase public safety and decrease the number of loose dogs in the area.

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KNOX COUNTY TN - A LOOSE PIT BULL/LAB MIX ATTACKED A 9-YEAR-OLD GIRL WHIILE SHE WAS OUTSIDE PLAYING

A 9-year-old girl, Lexi Cutshaw,  was riding her skateboard  Saturday afternoon when she was bitten by a Pit Bull/Lab Mix. The child was at her grandmother's home on Texas Valley Road with her father when the attack happened.   She suffered two 5-inch gashes on her forehead.  She had surgery and received dozens of stitches.

The dog's owner helped deputies catch the animal for a mandatory 10-day rabies quarantine. The owner could not provide proof of rabies vaccination for the dog and now Lexi will need 4 rabies shots.

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GOLD BAR, SNOHOMISH COUNTY WA - A LEASHED PIT BULL LUNGED AND ATTACKED A WOMAN OUTSIDE HER FAMILY BUSINESS

Tamzyn Mackenzie was talking to a woman outside her family's business on Sunday night when the  PIT BULL THAT WOMAN WAS HOLDING ON A LEASH  suddenly lunged and attacked her.  The owner of the dog was unable to control it and Tamzyn had to kick it and push it away from her.  She was left with a deep bite and laceration to her lower leg area that ripped through her tendons and arteries.  She describes it as being very, very painful.

The owner took her Pit Bull and left the area quickly and a Snohomish County Sheriff's Deputy is still trying to track her down.  Mackenzie says that she thinks the dog should be put down before it hurts someone else.  She also feels that the owner should take responsibility for the attack and pay her medical expenses.  So far the ambulance ride and hospital treatment have cost her more than $2,000.

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BRONX NEW YORK - PIT BULL ATTACK ON LITTLE GIRL - LOOK AT THIS VIDEO PEOPLE!!!!!!

UPDATE:  THE LITTLE GIRL WAS WALKING WITH HER GRANDMOTHER AND THE DOG CROSSED AN INTERSECTION AND "B-LINED" HER !!!!!

UPDATE:  THIS ARTICLE FINALLY NAMES THE MONSTER - A PIT BULL !!!!!!!

PIT BULL ATTACK ON LITTLE GIRL WALKING WITH HER MOTHER

THIS IS A PET????  THIS IS A NANNY DOG???? DOES ANYONE REALLY WANT ANIMALS LIKE THIS LIVING ANYWHERE AROUND THEM OR WALKING THE STREET ON FLIMSY LEASHES WITH NO MUZZLE????  THIS IS INSANITY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AND THIS IS WHY I CAN'T STOP COLLECTING THESE VICIOUS DOG ATTACKS!!!!!