Posted on 11/07/2005 6:53:43 AM PST by kx9088
CARY, Illinois (AP) -- A 10-year-old boy was in critical condition Sunday after three pit bulls escaped from a home and went on a rampage, attacking six people before police shot and killed dogs, authorities said.
No charges had been filed Sunday, but McHenry County Sheriff Keith Nygren said it was being investigated as a crime scene.
Neighbors said the attacks started late Saturday afternoon when children going door-to-door for a fund-raiser arrived at the home of Scott Sword, 41, who owned the dogs.
"We had music playing, and I heard this bizarre sound," said Debby Rivera, who lives three houses away. "I looked out the window, and I saw a young boy. The dogs were just jumping on him."
"The screams were horrible," she said. The dogs were "relentless, like they were possessed."
The pit bulls attacked the two children, and when the dogs' owner tried to stop them, the dogs turned on him and bit off his thumb, Nygren said. The boy's father also tried to protect his son and was attacked. The dogs went after another neighbor as well.
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Yup. Yet another mere coincidence involving pit bulls attacking children.
Wow, we haven't had a "all 'pit bulls' must die" thread in a long time.
About time.
Find the owners and jail them.
Sorry, it's far too obvious that my Lab was "hard-wired" to fetch, for me to not believe it is more than possible for a pit bull to be hard wired for violence.
Aw it's nothing three kitty cats wouldn't have done.
Reminds me of escaped murderers and Muslims. Quite a similarity. (Well, not ALL Muslims)
The really needed a .45 caliber injection.
This has already been linked but I do find anyone who owns a dog like this in an area with children to be socially irresponsable. Yes a pit can make a loving companion. So can just about any other type of dog. These dogs are bred for fighting and have exceptional jaw strength and are loathe to let go of anything. A lab or beagle that gets aggresive doesn't run the risk of ripping your face off and can't hold two men with baseball bats, and a bunch of people with rocks at bay. There is a reason pits are responsable for 1/3rd of dog deaths in the US.
Yes. But, as has been exhaustively detailed here before, the term "pit bull' is a catch-all phrase that includes every short-haired dog that bites somebody, regardless of breed.
One of my worst fears is a dog attacking one of my kids. If were are at someone's house and there are dogs there, I don't go to far away from my kids.
when the dogs' owner tried to stop them, the dogs turned on him and bit off his thumb
I feel so bad.
When we go bike-riding or walking on the trails, I always carry.
I missed this weeks' "Space Aliens Abduct/Probe Rednecks" post too.
C'mon guys, you're slipping.
Every short-haired dog? So you're saying that every time a Dalmatian, a Lab, a Boxer, a Rottweiler, or a Doberman bites someone it's automatically listed as a "Pit Bull" attack?
Nonsense.
Now having said that, not only the dogs but the owner should have been shot.
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I predict the day will come when owning a dog will be something only the very rich will be able to afford. Here's the list of what the insurance companies are now considering "dangerous breeds": Pit Bulls, Rottweillers, German Shepherds, Huskies, Alaskan Malamutes, Doberman Pinchers, Chow Chows, Great Danes, St. Bernards, and Akitas. Perhaps the list has grown since I owned a dog and tried to get homeowner's insurance.
Nonsense?
Of course it is not nonsense. It is typical MSM ignorance.
Sure, but Pit Bulls seem to be the norm.
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