The San Diego County Animal Control Department has an open investigation (so they say) into a
PIT BULL ON KOBE DRIVE THAT HAS ATTACKED OTHER ANIMALS ON 3 OCCASIONS AND INJURED THEIR OWNERS
One attack happened in 2011. The other 2 attacks happened in August and September. Serra Mesa resident Derek Olson has lived in the neighborhood 4 years and witnessed the last 2 attacks. He is upset because the pit bull has not been seized by animal control and the owner held accountable. He wants to know where the city stands on this issue as this dog has shown a clear pattern of aggression.
*On August 14, the pit bull got free when its leash broke and it attacked a collie injuring it and the collie's owner injured her wrist defending her pet.
*On September 13, Derek Olson helped to pull the same pit bull off of a pet dog it had attacked. The pit bull was on a leash but its owner still didn't have control of it. It was a matter of prying the pit off another dog. The injured dog suffered a fractured eye socket and several puncture wounds and the owner suffered injuries. There is a civil suit filed against the pit owner in this attack.
ANIMAL CONTROL SPEAK:
DANIEL DESOUSA, DEPUTY DIRECTOR WITH SAN DIEGO COUNTY DEPT OF ANIMAL SERVICES - "THE DEPARTMENT DOESN'T ALWAYS GET INVOLVED WHEN ...............
2 DOGS GET INTO 'A CONFRONTATION.'
WE WILL RESPOND, WE WILL ALWAYS RESPOND. IT JUST MAY NOT BE AS QUICK AS SOMEONE WOULD LIKE. IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS ONE, THE DEPT MAY HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS TO SEE IF THERE IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO DO TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC. THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE TO QUARANTINE THE ANIMAL AND THAT MAY HAPPEN AT THE OWNER'S HOME."
PIT NUTTER/OWNER SPEAK:
AS HIS PIT BULL IS ACTIVELY ATTACKING ANOTHER PET FOR THE 3RD TIME AND HE CAN'T CONTROL HIS PIT, HE STANDS THERE AND YELLS:
"I'M SO SORRY, I'M SO SORRY."
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HOW MUCH WERE THE VET BILLS FOR THESE 3 ATTACKS???. WHAT PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA AND INJURIES HAVE THE VICTIMS SUFFERED AFTER ENDURING AN ATTACK BY A PIT BULL ?????!!!!!! I WANT TO SPLIT A GUT EVERY TIME I READ SOME OF THE PHRASES THAT ARE IN THIS ARTICLE:
* "THE PIT BULL GOT FREE WHEN ITS LEASH BROKE"
* "THE PIT BULL WAS ON A LEASH BUT ITS OWNER COULDN'T CONTROL IT."
* "HE SEPARATED THE PIT BULL AND ANOTHER DOG"
* "A NEIGHBOR SAYS HE HAS SEEN THE PIT BULL VERY HAPPY AND VERY FRIENDLY WHEN ITS PLAYING IN THE BACKYARD OR OUT ON WALKS. THEY HAVE HAD THE DOG FOR A WHILE. IT WOULD BE VERY UNFORTUNATE IF THE DOG WERE TO BE EUTHANIZED. I THINK IT WOULD HURT THE PEOPLE VERY MUCH IF THEY HAD TO HAVE IT EUTHANIZED."
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FIRST, WALKING A LARGE, VERY STRONG PIT BULL THAT HAS ALREADY SHOWN THAT IT IS ANIMAL AGGRESSIVE IS CRAZY. EVEN PUTTING A MUZZLE ON THE MONSTER PROBABLY WOULD NOT STOP IT. SECOND, TRYING TO PRY A PIT BULL'S MOUTH OFF ANOTHER DOG THAT IT IS ATTACKING IS NOT SEPARATING 2 DOGS THAT GOT INTO A FIGHT !!!
AND THIRD, I WANT THIS NEIGHBOR THAT WAS SO SUPPORTIVE OF THE - VERY HAPPY FRIENDLY PIT - TO TELL US IF HE HAS PET DOGS OR OTHER ANIMALS THAT HE FREQUENTLY LETS GO OVER INTO THAT YARD AND PLAY WITH HIS NEIGHBOR'S BELOVED KILLER!?????!!!
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