Posted on 08/25/2022 3:25:33 AM PDT by Norski
Family members said "Buck," a rescue pit bull of five or six years, "would never intentionally hurt her," referring to 89-year old Joan Caffiel.1 On Tuesday morning, Buck suddenly attacked and killed Caffiel. "I don't know what happened, but that is totally not like Buck at all," the victim's grandson, Peyton Faircloth, told reporters. Faircloth said his grandmother suffered from dementia. At the time of the attack, she was being watched by a hired caretaker.
"We had Buck for about five, six years. There was not a mean bone in that dog's body. That dog would sleep with us in our bed every single night. And he 'loved' grandma. Very, very protective of grandma ... He would never intentionally hurt her. He probably was trying to protect her from somebody or something." - Peyton Faircloth
Faircloth lived in the apartment with Caffiel, but was away when the fatal attack occurred. Faircloth erroneously claimed that Buck must have been "trying to protect her from somebody or something," in an effort to explain the deadly attack. Protect her from what? The caretaker? Also, why would a dog that was an alleged "guard dog" for the grandma, kill the grandma? The family, also called the fatal attack a "freak accident," a term first coined by a pit bull owner in 1985. . .
(Excerpt) Read more at blog.dogsbite.org ...
https://news3lv.com/news/local/family-mourns-great-grandmother-after-fatal-dog-mauling-in-las-vegas-lvmpd-animal-foundation-joan-cafflel-southern-nevada
" .. . When Wally Roberts saw the mangled body of Deborah Pernell, he knew instantly that she had been killed in her bed by his pit bull terrier, Napoleon. "Debbie`s body was all chewed up," Roberts recalled. "Her entire face had been chewed away. Her scalp was gone. Napoleon was standing beside the bed. He was covered with blood … the dog's owner insists that the killing was "a freak accident." - Leon Daniel. United Press International, 1985
There will not be criminal charges in connection to Caffiel's death, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said. Because the victim, was also dog's owner, according to police. The City of Las Vegas supplied an image of "Buck," after the dog had been detained by authorities. Buck's muzzle is seen covered in blood, an image that is far removed from the casual Buck seen wearing sunglasses on a bed lying near the victim that was supplied to news organizations by Peyton.
KLAS spoke to the hired caretaker, Gelena Kelly, who began helping full-time as Caffiel's dementia worsened. On Tuesday morning, she left Caffiel with Buck in the bedroom as she went to the kitchen. "I heard like a strange noise," Kelly said. I returned to the bedroom and saw Buck attacking Caffiel. "He had her by the neck and was dragging her body into the second room," she said. Kelly stayed in the second bedroom, too "terrified to come out" and began yelling at Buck.
"At that point, he was pretty much eating her alive," Kelly said. "The room was a bloodbath, oh my God," Kelly said. "His whole head was full of blood already." Kelly called Peyton Faircloth and 911 right away. When first responders arrived at the home, the damage was already done. Caffiel was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities took "bloody Buck" into custody. The pit bull continues to be on a legal hold at The Animal Foundation. The family does not want the dog euthanized.
” . . .LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — A great-grandmother is dead after Las Vegas Metropolitan Police say she was mauled by her family dog Tuesday.
The family of Joan Cafflel tells News 3 that her caregiver called the police.
“She called me, and she was screaming, and she says, ‘Bucks attacking grandma’ and I said call 911,” said her nephew Peyton Faircloth.
However, by the time help arrived at the home Peyton Faircloth shared with his grandma, it was too late.
LVMPD officers say Joan had been mauled to death by their family pitbull, Buck.. .”
Two more deaths by pitbulls in the last 5 days:
“2022 Dog Bite Fatality: Rural Postal Carrier Dies After Vicious Attack by Pack of Dogs in Putnam County, Florida”
“Five dogs that killed postal worker in Putnam County escaped their enclosure”
Owner should be charged with manslaughter and put in prison. Enough is enough. Dog owners should be held fully accountable for the actions of their mutts.
More news from the ambulance chasing lawyers website?
Our resident Cynophobic news reporter is back at it.
Trying to divide people who should be on the same side.
Pit Bulls are sweet and awesome dogs....until they’re not.
Some dogs require dominant and assertive (not necessarily physical) owners.
Pitbulls are one them. They have a strong prey drive which can make them stubborn. They require socialization with people and other animals as well as an owner who can set boundaries and control them.
That said, when properly trained, they are wonderful dogs.
“Most alarming is the observation that when attacks come from unfamiliar dogs, the pit bull was responsible for 60% and 63% of all injuries and ocular injuries, respectively.”
- Ocular Trauma From Dog Bites: Characterization, Associations, and Treatment Patterns at a Regional Level I Trauma Center Over 11 Years, by Prendes et al., Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg, June 2015
“Of the more than 8 different breeds identified, one-third were caused by pit bull terriers and resulted in the highest rate of consultation (94%) and had 5 times the relative rate of surgical intervention.”
- Dog bites of the head and neck: an evaluation of a common pediatric trauma and associated treatment, by O’Brien et al., Am J Otolaryngol, Jan–Feb, 2015
“Unlike all other breeds, pit bull terriers were relatively more likely to attack an unknown individual (+31%), and without provocation (+48%).”
- Dog bites of the head and neck: an evaluation of a common pediatric trauma and associated treatment, by O’Brien et al., Am J Otolaryngol, Jan–Feb, 2015
“In this series, dogs causing the injury were overwhelmingly familiar with the patient: 53% of dogs belonged to the family ... In our series (as in Philadelphia), Pit bulls were most commonly responsible.”
- Morbidity of pediatric dog bites: A case series at a level one pediatric trauma center, by Garvey et al., Journal of Pediatric Surgery, February 2015
“Attacks by pit bulls are associated with higher morbidity rates, higher hospital charges, and a higher risk of death than are attacks by other breeds of dogs.”
-Mortality, Mauling, and Maiming by Vicious Dogs, by Bini et al., Annals of Surgery, April 2011
https://www.dogsbite.org/dog-bite-statistics-quick-statistics.php
So, like, who's crazy enough to take this dog home?
A friend and former tenant acquired a pit bull puppy.
Had to inform said friend could not rent to them now.
Friend does not listen, dog has hyper-focus.
Waiting.
Very strange to want to keep alive the animal that killed your grandmother.
Owners are either telling the truth, lying, or are totally oblivious when they insist that their precious pet that just ripped someone to shreds (grandma, toddler, neighbor, mail carrier...) never showed any signs of aggression.
Not my Snookums! He was only cuddly-wuddly all day every day...
Which reality is it that would make it a good idea to head on over to the pit bull asylum, er ‘rescue shelter’, for a trusty family pet often described as a “lab mix”?
Lab mix, how sweet! Good with children!
” . . .Dog owners should be held fully accountable for the actions of their mutts.”.
True. And in many cases of livestock mauling death by dog, this is true.
Just not persons.
“Buck would never intentionally hurt her,”
Buahahahahahahaha!
Buck was “rescued”. Before hs time with the family dear knows what the dog had suffered through.
Whatever it was...he was triggered.
And now Granny met her end.
Its not a good idea to have a dog like a pit bull with unknown triggerable history. Its a lot like voting for Barrack Hussein Obama.
” The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?”
Jeremiah 17:9
Sounds as though someone loved their pit bull more than their grandmother.
Owner is dead.
Or more generally, chose poorly between a desired belief and the reality on the ground.
Buh-bye, MIL.
>>Peyton Faircloth
A name right out of a Dickens novel. The scheming, pampered grandson with a devil-may-care attitude about his trained (”rescue”) fighting dog. His benefactor grandmother, unaware of the low associations and reckless behavior of Master Faircloth.
Sadly, the VAST majority of pit bull owners do not fit that type. Another thing, which I know some will disagree with; I will NEVER own a “rescue” pit bull. A dog who has been fought will always have a VERY STRONG prey drive.
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