2 pit bulls dragged by car, 1 injured

St. Petersburg Times ^ | 4-23-2003 | Megan Scott

[Cagey]

Yep. One of those times where "An eye for ane eye" would be perfect.

[tophat9000]

They should shoot this ahole

[thoughtomator]

It should be a felony to own a dog so vicious. I have seen many of those dogs and not a single one was owned by a half-decent person. Getting a dog like this is basically announcing intent to cause catastrophic injury to one's neighbors. These dogs are not pets, they are locked and loaded weapons that are not controllable by the owner. At the very minimum one ought to need a special license dependent on proof of exemplary animal-training skills to own one.

[WaveThatFlag]

Motorcycle Cop: Do you know what the penalty for animal cruelty is in this state?
Clark Griswold: No, sir, I don't.
Motorcycle Cop: Well... it's probably pretty stiff.

[JimRed]

I detest the breed (they should all be humanely destroyed), but I detest treating them cruelly even more.

[keri]

I will never understand how human beings can be so cruel and stupid. Maybe this nut is simply a psychopath and knew exactly what he was doing.

Please tell me these dogs won't go back to this scumbag. He should never, ever, own dogs or any other living creature.

[WaveThatFlag]

Please tell me these dogs won't go back to this scumbag.

They don't let you keep dogs in prison.

[Kaslin]

In contrast read this story here about the dog that was run over by a car, shot by a police mean and woke up in a freezer

Death-Defying Dog Recovering From Wounds"

[JetSetGirl]

Motorcycle Cop: Shut your mouth son! Ya' know, if I wasn't in uniform, I'd split your skull with the butt of this revolver faster than you could say police brutality.

[hchutch]

This is disgusting.

[j_williamsii]

The breed isn't vicious. If trained properly (improperly), any dog will be vicious. Pits are very powerful dogs, pound-for-pound. That's why ill-intended people choose them as "pets." A pit raised in a loving environment will be just as friendly as a collie raised in the same kind of environment.

[WellsFargo94]

This Dashole treats his dogs in this dispicable manner, I just wonder how he treats his wife and kids?

BTW the "eye for eye" treatment came to mind as well.

[freeeee]

It should be a felony to own a dog so vicious.

I must have missed the part of the article where the dogs bit anyone, or were the least bit aggressive. Maybe you could point it out to me.

[lugsoul]

That Susie must be one badass dog.

[Cagey]

A pit raised in a loving environment will be just as friendly as a collie raised in the same kind of environment.

I'm not an expert on dogs, but my gut tells me that you're basically right. For some reason though, it seems that thugs gravitate towards this breed and take some kind of odd sense of pride in having vicious dogs.

[AAABEST]

You probably don't want to read this.

[Conspiracy Guy]

Yep the dude needs to be drug behind his own car.

[sinkspur]

I already read it.

For the life of me, I just don't get people who abuse kids or animals, both of whom are totally dependent on adults for their well-being.

And I don't want to get them; just put them in jail.

[keri]

...for some reason though, it seems that thugs gravitate towards this breed and take some kind of odd sense of pride in having vicious dogs.

There's other people that like this breed, but you are right. And what happens to the dogs when the stupid thugs find out they can't make them vicious and killers? The dogs get dragged by cars, or much worse.

This idiot was trying to get his dogs "in shape." For what?? Something tells me he wasn't interested in their cardiovascular condition. I hope he is investigated thoroughly for connections to dogfighting.