Posted on 05/28/2013 2:54:09 PM PDT by george76
A man whose nose was bitten off by a vicious dog said he 'wants justice' after authorities failed to destroy the animal.
Jimmy Rogers, 23, has been left with a gaping hole on his face after the dog turned on him and ripped out the bridge of his nose.
The three-year-old dog is believed to be a cross between a pit bull and an American bulldog; pit bull-type dogs are banned in Ontario, where the attack happened.
The unemployed construction worker, from Oshawa, on Lake Ontario, Canada, told the Toronto Sun: 'I want justice. My nose has been ripped off and I don’t want this to happen to someone else.'
Jimmy was relaxing in the front porch of his home with his girlfriend Sjaana Farrant, 23, when the attack happened.
The un-muzzed dog, named Polo, belonged to his neighbour's brother. As they walked past Jimmy's porch, Polo suddenly turned on him and launched itself at his head.
To protect his girlfriend, Jimmy grabbed the dog but the animal bit down on his dose, tearing away the bridge. This is the last thing Jimmy remembers about the attack.
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Traumatised after the harrowing ordeal, Jimmy has spoken out about what he says is a lax enforcement of Ontario's ban on pit bulls.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Another date stunt gone wrong?
That’s what civil lawsuits are for, is it not?
Pitbull owners are criminals.
So he's afraid that the dog is going to go around ripping people's noses off?
Just be thankful the dog wasn’t in the mood for bockwurst.
Dog attacks are the reason I don’t carry calibers whose last name isn’t “magnum.”
That stinks.
It's a terrible solution but this poor guy lives in Canada and unless you are very rich you can't usually get what you need.
Pit Bulls are not meant to be loosed in civil society... period.
I can’t say I mind Ontario’s ban, but their enforcement seems to suck.
Does his girlfriend like the change?
The tragic irony would be if the girlfriend is repulsed by his noseless look and leaves him.
Interesting. It was published in the London Daily Mail as a piece about contemporary standards of colonials. ;-)
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