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9-Year-Old Girl Attacked By Family's Pit Bull Dies
Indy Channel ^

Posted on 06/03/2010 10:10:51 PM PDT by Chet 99

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 on the neck and shaking her violently.

"The child suffered a lacerated trachea, which resulted in a lack of oxygen to the brain," Talbert said in a news release Thursday evening. "Doctors determined the child was brain dead shortly after 3:30 p.m. Thursday."

Family members told police that the dog had never shown aggression before.

(Excerpt) Read more at theindychannel.com ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: 1countermorter68; apitbullatemybaby; chet99; dog; doghater; heylookitschet99; pbownersabuedogs; pitbull
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To: Salamander
When I went to my account, found several posts that did not show up while freeping other articles....don't know what dissertation you wrote to me as I said, I don't read them....
261 posted on 06/04/2010 4:28:27 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: Salamander
Poor salamander just cannot help her/his self, must post to goat granny or ____________

another one I didn't read....post on sally..laughing at you not with you....:O)

262 posted on 06/04/2010 4:34:03 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: goat granny

Yeah.

Not much you don’t.

You hang on my every word and make a point to goad me when I ignore you.


263 posted on 06/04/2010 4:34:55 PM PDT by Salamander (You don't know what's going on inside of me. You don't wanna know what's running through my mind.)
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To: Salamander

Be assured Pit Bull defenders seem to be a few degrees removed from brutes.

“It is true for all persons that triangles have three angles equal to two right angels but not everyone knows this.”

Pit Bulls are killers. They kill children.


264 posted on 06/04/2010 4:36:30 PM PDT by bushpilot1
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To: goat granny

Sure ya didn’t.


265 posted on 06/04/2010 4:37:38 PM PDT by Salamander (You don't know what's going on inside of me. You don't wanna know what's running through my mind.)
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To: bushpilot1
Pit Bulls are killers. They kill children.

So do swimming pools. Do you want to outlaw them also? Parents kill more of their own kids than bulldogs. What are we going to do about that?
266 posted on 06/04/2010 4:40:02 PM PDT by John D
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To: John D

The pit bull attacked the girl at her throat. This was not a typical bite.

How can you defend this? You appear to lack practical reason.


267 posted on 06/04/2010 4:46:50 PM PDT by bushpilot1
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To: bushpilot1

You’re right.

I had no idea angels were involved in geometry.

Where you see “pit defenders”, I see rational people seeking -real- justice for the victims in -effective- ways.

A dead dog doesn’t resurrect a kid or make up for an attack survivor’s pain and suffering.

Smashing the breeders/owners of vicious dogs, fining them mercilessly until they have borrow even an idea is the ONLY way to STOP the attacks.

Killing a hundred dogs a day won’t stop the -hundreds- being born in backyards to thugs that very same day.

Strike at the -root-, *not* the branch.


268 posted on 06/04/2010 4:46:52 PM PDT by Salamander (You don't know what's going on inside of me. You don't wanna know what's running through my mind.)
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To: JoeProBono
considered a delicacy in the local cuisine
269 posted on 06/04/2010 4:51:42 PM PDT by kanawa
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To: bushpilot1

No one here ever “defends” these attacks...-ever-.

That is why we seek to stop the cause, not the result.

Why can no one look at this rationally?

Dog kills kid.
Authorities kill dog.
Kid is still dead.
Owner gets crappy little fine or citation.
Kid is still dead.
Owner buys or breeds more dogs.
Kid is still dead.
More dogs are raised by the people who created a killer in the first place.
Kid is still dead.

-Remove- the irresponsible owners/breeders from the equation and eventually you achieve stasis.

Simple.


270 posted on 06/04/2010 4:54:10 PM PDT by Salamander (You don't know what's going on inside of me. You don't wanna know what's running through my mind.)
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To: Salamander

It is against natural law not to preserve life. Every creature seeks to preserve itself by using substances made available by nature.

The Pit Bull preserves itself by killing. In most cases it is innocent human life.


271 posted on 06/04/2010 4:58:25 PM PDT by bushpilot1
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To: Salamander
Strike at the -root-, *not* the branch.

Sam and The Evil Stick

272 posted on 06/04/2010 4:58:47 PM PDT by kanawa
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To: kanawa

That’s not a stick!

It’s a Velociraptor claw!

Run!


273 posted on 06/04/2010 5:01:02 PM PDT by Salamander (You don't know what's going on inside of me. You don't wanna know what's running through my mind.)
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To: bushpilot1

I am not defending it, I am just saying being a lefty loon who wants to outlaw everything is not the answer.


274 posted on 06/04/2010 5:02:28 PM PDT by John D
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To: bushpilot1

They can *not* spontaneously generate, though.

Did you even bother to read and consider what I wrote or are you yet another fixed/immutable opinion person, running on raw adrenaline?


275 posted on 06/04/2010 5:03:38 PM PDT by Salamander (You don't know what's going on inside of me. You don't wanna know what's running through my mind.)
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To: Salamander

Ah, this one was too short to ignore....poor baby, you hold such a high opinion of yourself....bye bye......


276 posted on 06/04/2010 5:10:47 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: Salamander

Ignorance is the mother of devotion to Pit Bulls..a people entirely void of reason.

A killer attacks the throat. Pit Bulls attack the throat.

Nature has taught this animal to kill in this manner not humans.

The Pit Bull should be exterminated from society.


277 posted on 06/04/2010 5:13:51 PM PDT by bushpilot1
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To: goat granny

Did you just ping me...to let me know how much you’re ignoring me?


278 posted on 06/04/2010 5:16:02 PM PDT by LongElegantLegs ( I have nothing better to do than sit around all night watching a lunatic not turn into a werewolf.)
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To: bushpilot1

A person who makes sweeping generalizations that fly in the face of reality is devoid of reason.


279 posted on 06/04/2010 5:16:55 PM PDT by kanawa
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To: Salamander

Dadgummit, I always go to the store at the wrong time!

Got my pez, though. Tiny, crunchy capsules of concentrated goodness in rectangle form. Mmmmm.


280 posted on 06/04/2010 5:26:53 PM PDT by LongElegantLegs ( I have nothing better to do than sit around all night watching a lunatic not turn into a werewolf.)
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