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Woman's warning to pit bull owners after "gentle" dog launched sudden vicious attack which cost her an ARM WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. Yasmin Adam was left lying in a pool of blood after her pet savaged her flesh then chewed on her bone.Yasmin said she used to allow Sir Hinkles to sleep in her bed every night. Doctors at Broward General Hospital, Florida, battled to save Yasmin's left arm for three weeks before it was decided that amputation was the only way forward. She said: "It was the most painful thing I've ever experienced in my life. "I could see the...

UPDATED: 9:04 pm EDT June 3, 2010 KOKOMO, Ind. -- A 9-year-old Howard County girl critically injured by a pit bull over the weekend died at an Indianapolis hospital on Thursday, police said. The attack happened in the 4600 block of East County Road 200 South on Saturday, said Howard County Sheriff Marty Talbert. The girl, Savannah Gragg, underwent surgery at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis, but died Thursday afternoon. Police said that Savannah was opening a door at the home to let the dog outside when it jumped on her and knocked her to the floor, biting her...

Fed up with pit bulls, a Saginaw man sets out to trap them by Dean Bohn The Saginaw News Saturday April 04, 2009, 8:01 AM Tracy D. Albert said he's had enough of pit bulls. So he's setting out traps to catch them and is offering a $50 reward for the name of the owner who brought pit bulls into his yard and urged them to attack his cat. He said he wants to prosecute them "after I talk to their mommy and daddy about what they've been doing." Albert said his family's 13-year-old cat, "Lucky," was sunning itself outside...

SURVEY Should People Be Allowed To Have Pit Bulls At Pets? Yes No Results so far: Yes 57% No 43% Poll Link Here