Posted on 01/31/2006 3:32:23 PM PST by iPod Shuffle
NBC10.com 3-Year-Old Critical After Being Mauled By Pit Bull
POSTED: 3:14 pm EST January 30, 2006 UPDATED: 9:07 am EST January 31, 2006
NEW CASTLE, Del. -- A 3-year-old girl remains in critical condition at Christiana Hospital.
Police said the incident happened on Oakmont Avenue at 10:30 a.m. in New Castle.
Police and paramedics responded after they received the report of a child who was attacked by a pit bull. When they arrived, they found Destiny Campbell suffering from massive head and shoulder injuries.
Police said the victim and her mother had driven to a home to pick up the child's grandmother. While inside the home, a dog, named Diamond, attacked the child. Police said that the attack was unprovoked.
A group of area residents responded to the calls for help from relatives and began beating the dog with sticks and broom handles.
The SPCA later responded to the scene and caught the dog, which had fled from the residents.
Witnesses said that the dog was generally peaceful and calmed down immediately after the attack.
"After this happened, the dog appeared to be polite. The tail was wagging. Even when the SPCA arrived and had to corral the dog with the lasso, the dog was still listening," said Trinidad Navarro, of the New Castle County Police Department.
The pit bull belonged to a family member, Turquoise Robinson. Police took her into custody on unrelated charges.
As she was being taken into custody on Monday afternoon, Robinson saw NBC 10 reporter Tim Furlong near a police car waiting to take her away.
"Why are they taking you away?" asked Furlong, as Robinson walked by.
Robinson then spit on the reporter as a cameraman taped the incident, and she responded, "that's why."
Police then charged Robinson with spitting on Furlong.
Robinson has not been charged in connection with the pit bull attack.
denial
No denial here. I am fully aware that my dogs could mess somebody up.
They're killers.
They have that capability. So do you.
The emotions and psychology of a dog and a human are really quite different, and do not bear a direct comparison.
We never made claims to the contrary.
But as the First Amendment does not defend anyone against screaming Fire! in a crowded theater, illogical positions don't give you the right to harbor animals that are the most likely of their species to harm or kill us.
Incongruous comparisons. Illogical positions? Who here has that? And speaking of species most likely to harm/kill..
what is it about this breed that attacts so many "bad" owners?
I reckon many folks think owning this dog makes them badasses. And I reckon many folks who have the need to be a badass also possess a certain disregard for correct animal stewardship. I think folks on this thread have covered that point well.
How's that for an unsolicited response sans bloviating. I return to my previous point, which was, as long as I or anyone else controls his property, what business is it of yours?
That being said, if said property enters the public domain, then the public possesses the right and obligation to settle any issues...
Becky. Better overcautious than dripping blood in the ER.
Stay safe. And thanks.
"We have to keep in mind though that "pit bulls" are part terrier.
Terriers do have an accentuated prey drive.
While any particular "pit bull" will have this trait to a greater or lesser extent,
anyone considering owning one should made aware of this."
I like that part about the "accentuated prey drive".
kinda like how wolves and crocodiles are nice critters--they just have accentuated prey drives!
They are, once they are on the attack. It is part of their nature as fighting dogs. They get full of adrenalin, and will continue with the attack until they either win the fight or die.
Pit bulls can be nice dogs, but if something triggers their fighting instinct, they alter in an instant. As one English writer said, they can be kept as pets, but one day the dog's eyes go glassy, and it springs its big surprise.
Another problem is that they are hugely powerful. They can't be subdued.
LOL!
A Pit Bull attacked a neighbor's Beagle. I hit the Pit Bull with three rounds from my .357 .
That got the dog's attention, he dropped the Beagle. I imagine he was was in shock. He started to trot away.
Another neighbor put seven rounds from his 9mm into him. . At that point , the dog had some serious sucking wounds, he collapsed and died.
I believe it. They actually bit through and flattened the steel belted radials on a police car. The cops shot them multiple times before the dogs died. The dog owner sued too. Scary animals.
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