[Fawn]

[martin_fierro]

Those things could gobble up The Dog Whisperer in one bite.

[brytlea]

Oh my goodness.
susie

[NewCenturions]

Isn't that the same breed of dog that killed the woman in San Francisco a few years ago?

[King Moonracer]

Court records show Willey has had several citations for owning a vicious dog, allowing a dog at large, and failing to have proper registration and vaccination papers. The citations, which resulted in fines totaling thousands of dollars, occurred in Tampa and dated to 2000.

Speechless.

[Houmatt]

This reminds me of that fatal dog mauling in Cali a few years back. Diane Whipple, anyone?

[grimalkin]

I'm suprised she even wanted to own one of these.

Not a very positive outcome for her.

[13Sisters76]

What the heck is a "presa canario"?

[Seamoth]

The Presa Canario was originally bred for fighting and guarding

That explains it. Anyone who gets a fighting dog is getting a time bomb. I, for the life of me, will never, ever understand why people can accept that shepherding, swimming, pointing, and hunting can be part of a dog's genetic makeup but fighting isn't.

It does takes a stimulus (just like a person with alcoholic genes isn't tempted by alcoholic till he drinks it for the first time) but it is a disaster waiting to happen.

[csvset]

The Presa Canario bites, ( C'mon Zino )
The Presa Canario chews it (Snap it )

[MineralMan]

Horrible! I note that in the full article, the owner of the home has been convicted of several crimes. Another bad boy with a bad dog.

The article also says that the dogs had been running loose in the neighborhood at times. Too bad someone didn't have a shotgun loaded with 00.

[hopespringseternal]

Court records show Willey has had several citations for owning a vicious dog, allowing a dog at large, and failing to have proper registration and vaccination papers. The citations, which resulted in fines totaling thousands of dollars, occurred in Tampa and dated to 2000.

Irresponsible dog owner a victim of her own monster.

Person probably never considered just how much danger she was exposing herself and the community to.

[truthkeeper]

This is the same breed that tore apart that poor woman in San Francisco a few years back.
I continue to be amazed at people who insist on owning vicious animals...what is the fascination?

[ImaGraftedBranch]

From WIKI

Temperament

The Presa Canario breed is known for its calm temperament, which is often referred to as the "island temperament." It is considered "gentle and noble" with the family, and distrusting of strangers. The Presa Canario forms a strong bond with its master and human family and can be very protective. The breed is intelligent and is known to possess a "severe gaze." It is also known to do well with children. Yet, a Presa Canario attacked and killed its owner in Florida on Aug. 18, 2006, and had to be shot by police. (Sun Sentinel Newspaper report)

Despite its one-time notoriety, the Presa Canario is not a breed known for its man-aggression.

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Who writes this stuff?

Oh, yeah...anyone can.

[Mr Rogers]

DANG!

Even here, the 'cycle of violence' BS gets pushed!

"In most cases, fear in dogs is a very common cause of aggression," Rodgers said. "The owner could have been disciplining it or using punishment that caused aggression to escalate."

I'm guessing the dog was a Muslim upset about the loss of Spain.

Still, horrific as it was ("Blood was smeared on bricks by the pool, as well as a side door, through which Willey may have tried to escape"), I'm glad it was the owner who died and not the neighbor's kids.

[Fawn]

the woman, identified by neighbors as Shawna Willey, 30......Willey's daughter, identified by a neighbor as 8-year-old Tyra, ...... Willey also had a son, a 14-year-old middle school student named Trey

She was 16? Young mother

[elfman2]

"Court records show Willey has had several citations for owning a vicious dog, allowing a dog at large, and failing to have proper registration and vaccination papers. The citations, which resulted in fines totaling thousands of dollars, occurred in Tampa and dated to 2000….

Neighbors said the family had moved to the area within the past year. Recently, their dogs had been seen roaming wild. "A week ago, they were running through our backyard. They looked like two pit bulls," said Dawn Phillips, 44.

"Their dogs were out a lot and barked a lot," said Lou Righi, 54. "I was afraid because they were large and they looked mean. They were spooky."…

The Presa Canario was originally bred for fighting and guarding in the Canary Islands. They almost went extinct in the 1950s, but were perpetuated through breeding with mastiffs. A Presa Canario gained notoriety in January 2001, when it savagely killed a San Francisco woman. Its owner was sentenced to four years in prison."

Such a sweet looking breed. I don’t have a lot of sympathy. The kids are probably better off without a mom who’d have the freak as a pet.

[goldstategop]

It should be destroyed promptly for taking a human life.

(No more Olmert! No more Kadima! No more Oslo!)

[Doc Savage]

Good!

[EEDUDE]

Owning one of these dogs is equivalent to keeping a Siberian Tiger in your back yard.

Just plain stupid.

[DTogo]

All the more reason to own a German Shepherd instead!