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Chicago Jogger Critically Injured by Pit Bulls
FoxNews.com ^ | Published January 02, 2012

Posted on 01/02/2012 8:55:41 PM PST by Behind Liberal Lines

A Chicago man was left in critical condition after two pit bull terriers attacked him as he jogged along the city's lakefront Monday morning.

The 62-year-old man was running in the city's South Shore neighborhood at approximately 6 a.m. when the mauling occurred. He sustained bites all over his body, including on his face.

"They were just going after the man like he was a piece of steak," Stanley Lee, who swung a baseball bat at the dogs in hopes to free the jogger, told MyFoxChicago.com. He went on to say the dogs went for the jogger's throat, face and arms, and called the attack was the worst thing he's ever seen.

Police officers found the dogs a short distance away from the site of the attack and fatally shot the animals as they attempted to attack them, department spokesman Officer Robert Perez said.

Neither officer was injured, he said.

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To: vladimir998

They’re just so sweet when you train them right./sarcasm


21 posted on 01/02/2012 9:58:38 PM PST by patriot08 (TEXAS GAL- born and bred and proud of it!)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

In honor of Chet99


22 posted on 01/02/2012 10:02:21 PM PST by teg_76
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To: djf
This type of problem is not just with pit bulls. Almost all dogs have a natural tendency to chase things that run from them. It’s part of that whole I’m-a-dog thing!

Huskies are bread to pull - hounds are bread to hunt - Grey hounds are bred to run - Pitts are bred to fight - to the death..it's innate in their DNA...

It's like having a loaded gun laying around,

23 posted on 01/02/2012 10:02:38 PM PST by maine-iac7 (A prudent man foreseeth the evil,... but the simple pass on, and are punished. Prov 23:3 KJV)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
Ok , you see a one of these pos running loose pretend there is a bulls eye about his mid section and fire away.
24 posted on 01/02/2012 10:06:35 PM PST by org.whodat (Just another heartless American, hated by "AMNESTY" Newt, Willard, Perry and nervous supporters.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

OK, who is pulling all the threads about Labrador Retrievers mauling people. I mean, I am sure Labrador Retrievers eat as many people as pit bulls do. BUT SOMEBODY KEEPS DELETING THE THREADS!
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Yes Virginia, I am being caustically sarcastic. Maybe someone has a thread on Labs licking people to death.


25 posted on 01/02/2012 10:06:43 PM PST by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (Repealing Obamacare is the ONLY GOAL.)
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To: mamelukesabre

Sure, sure, that is why we never hear of pits killing anyone, right.


26 posted on 01/02/2012 10:09:51 PM PST by org.whodat (Just another heartless American, hated by "AMNESTY" Newt, Willard, Perry and nervous supporters.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Pit Bulls are just like any other dog.

Its the owners that make them mean.

Overwhelmingly those drawn to owning pitbulls are shown to be dangerous.

Put them down , not the doggies!


27 posted on 01/02/2012 10:14:17 PM PST by NoLibZone (Buffet proves calls for more taxes is to buy votes,not reduce deficits.He pays less than Bush rates.)
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To: djf
That, and pit bulls have a very stout bite force, as compared with say a Labrador Retriever. Notice how mild the Lab's bite force is with compared to the APBT, which is one of the reason pit bulls are way up their for fatal and horrific survivable bites on humans. They combine fearlessness and tenacity with a high bite force.

Gee, it is like they were bred for fighting or something. (sarc)

28 posted on 01/02/2012 10:18:10 PM PST by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (Repealing Obamacare is the ONLY GOAL.)
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To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free

OH, link here.

http://carnivoraforum.com/index.cgi?board=zoological&action=display&thread=1164&page=3


29 posted on 01/02/2012 10:20:22 PM PST by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (Repealing Obamacare is the ONLY GOAL.)
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To: Post Toasties
I had a dog come after me once when I was out running. I pulled out a pepper spray and the owner started yelling at me not to spray his dog. I told him I wasn't going to spray his dog. I was going to kick his dog and the spray was for him.
30 posted on 01/02/2012 10:22:14 PM PST by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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To: vladimir998

just another example of a bad owner /s


31 posted on 01/02/2012 10:23:05 PM PST by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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To: mamelukesabre

The pit bull is the master of the “continuing attack”. That is a big reason why when people are reportedly “mauled”, it is from a pit bull. Most other dog breeds just bite, they don’t continue to bite and bite and bite and bite.


32 posted on 01/02/2012 10:23:05 PM PST by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (Repealing Obamacare is the ONLY GOAL.)
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To: NoLibZone

Actually I’m quite convinced they ARE NOT like other dogs.
The reason is, the whole thing has been done - kind of - in reverse.

Scientists in Russia tried the opposite, in the case of some type of fox that lives there. The reasons were selfish - the fox has a very luxuriant coat which makes very costly fur coats.

So they started trying to domesticate them by primarily picking the most human adapted animals from the litters and breeding them.

They ended up having a very successful program, and had fully domesticated foxes virtually identical to domesticated dogs.
Seven generations was all it took.


33 posted on 01/02/2012 10:23:25 PM PST by djf (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2801220/posts)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

“They were just going after the man like he was a piece of steak,”

There is your typical Pit bull for you. That is exactly what you are.


34 posted on 01/02/2012 11:00:09 PM PST by Revel
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I’ve been in quite many situations with loose dogs. The attacking part is not the breed.

Pit Bulls are more powerful and need more skilled owners.

I’m agreeing with the officer here. I would look at how they were treated and trained by the owners. I’d hold them accountable.


35 posted on 01/02/2012 11:10:30 PM PST by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: maine-iac7

I’ve never heard of a loaded pistol jumping up and chasing a jogger down to shoot ‘im....


36 posted on 01/02/2012 11:38:25 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Sometimes progressives find their scripture in the penumbra of sacred bathroom stall writings (Tzar))
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To: djf

The wolf and the dog are now considered genetically identical by the scientists who know about such things.


37 posted on 01/02/2012 11:40:32 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Sometimes progressives find their scripture in the penumbra of sacred bathroom stall writings (Tzar))
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To: Revel

Of course, pits can be sweet too, depending on circumstances. I think there’s a dozen or so videos on You Tube showing a pit bull and a kitten or cat snuggling and playing together to various pieces of overly cute music.


38 posted on 01/02/2012 11:42:37 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Sometimes progressives find their scripture in the penumbra of sacred bathroom stall writings (Tzar))
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To: Hoosier-Daddy

I pack every where I go. Bad dog! Bang!


39 posted on 01/02/2012 11:52:31 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati)
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To: djf
"..foxes virtually identical to domesticated dogs. Seven generations was all it took"

Hyenas might take eight.


40 posted on 01/03/2012 12:03:32 AM PST by I see my hands (The old sod ne'er shall be forgot.)
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