Posted on 04/08/2010 11:27:28 PM PDT by Chet 99
LONG BEACH -- Police in Long Beach shot and killed a pit bull that attacked a man and his dog, and then a woman and her dog, before going after officers.
Police responded to a report of a dog fight in the 100 block of Ximeno Avenue about 11 p.m. Tuesday.
They found a man on the ground who had been bitten several times. He was holding his small dog that had also been attacked.
Officers determined a neighborhood pit bull was responsible.
They contacted the pit bull's owner and told him to put his dog on a leash and bring him outside so he could be turned over to Animal Control, said Nancy Pratt of the Long Beach Police Department.
The owner brought the pit bull out, but it was apparently on a loose collar and pulled away from the owner.
With police chasing him, the pit bull ran to a vehicle where a woman and her small dog were just getting out.
The dog charged them, then began jumping on the passenger side window as the woman tried to get back in the car with her dog.
Police tried to subdue the animal by hitting him several times with a baton, but the dog was unaffected, and then tried to attack the officers.
One officer fired his weapon, but the dog was not hit and fled.
Officers tracked the dog to a park near St. Joseph Avenue and Livingston Drive, where it again lunged at the officers.
Two officers fired their weapons, killing the animal.
Animal Control then took possession of the dog's body.
The man bitten by the dog was taken to a hospital where he was treated for his injuries. His dog wastaken to an animal hospital and is expected to recover.
That is SO wrong on SO many levels.
Okay...that guy gives me nightmares.
Can we declare a pictorial moratorium on him for a while?
[*eep!*]
(And "Thank You" by the way!)
And now for something not so completely different:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2483630/posts?q=1&;page=1
[to be posted for educational purposes on EVERY “killer pit bull” thread from now until the end of time]
It’s all fun and games until a male hippo takes a fancy to you.
I always wondered how a hippo could live in a river swarming with huge alligators. Now I see. No contest...
Pit Bulls, the dog that Muslims would accept.
For over a decade I have had several neighbor move in around me up here in rural Alaska with pit bulls, they let them run loose on my property, scares my kids to death.
One thing I have learned, you need a low velocity big fat hollowpoint like a .45 to put one down, two shots minimum.
9mm bleh, not much instant kill, 10mm passes right through unless its a head shot.
I swear next time I may build a whippet, something like a 20ga. side by side short barrel pistol grip, 00 and a slug.
Its out of control in America, this is one animal that really needs to be restricted or owned only by a trained and licensed owner.
Have you talked to these neighbors about your concerns?
How far apart are your houses?
You might consider for the sake of safety,with your neighbors help,
introducing the dogs and the kids to each other.
Or are the neighbors too far gone to associate with?
"White Fang"
That’s racist.
"Black Tooth"
Still racist.
Got anything transparent?
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