Owner of Killer Dogs May Face Charges

FOX ^ | 12/2/03 | AP

[Tumbleweed_Connection]

Authorities began weighing charges Monday against the owners of three dogs that killed a woman over the weekend in a gruesome rampage that left two other people wounded.

Neighbors said the dogs had been a roaming menace for months in the rolling ranchland near Kiowa (search), southeast of Denver. A local fire official said residents had even adopted informal warning system when the pit bulls (search) were loose.

[EggsAckley]

*pitbull ping*

[dirtboy]

The dogs attacked and injured a jogger in April and had tried to attack at least one other person since then, Goetz said. "The people in the area had their own sort of emergency phone network to warn each other if the dogs were loose before they would go out," Goetz said.

If I would have seen these dogs loose after the first attack, I would have shot them on sight.

After that incident, a dog was impounded, and a deputy sheriff gave owner Jacqueline McCuen a summons for having a "vicious animal." But the case was dismissed because "there is currently no valid Elbert County ordinance which is applicable," according to a June 16 motion by Arapahoe Deputy District Attorney Derry Rice.

Amazing. Peace officers in Colorado can shoot a dog that is harrassing wildlife or livestock, but apparently the DA and sherrif can't figure out how to get rid of dogs that are attacking humans.

[apackof2]

Already posted here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1032428/posts

[Tumbleweed_Connection]

Owner of Killer Dogs May Face Charges
FOX ^ | 12/2/03 | AP

Posted on 12/02/2003 1:12 PM ET by Tumbleweed_Connection

Woman Killed in Attack by Pit Bull Dogs
AP ^ | 21/02/03 | ROBERT WELLER

Posted on 12/02/2003 1:27 PM ET by apackof2

Check the time difference. You were a little late. Just because yours was "overlooked" and not nuked ain't my problem.