Pit bulls shot to death after attack on cow (sad picture of mother cow, protecting it's calf)

ajc.com ^ | 05/24/06 | Mark Davis

[rawhide]

Cecil Wallace awoke about 4:30 a.m. Saturday to the bawling of cows and the howling of dogs. The Buford farmer grabbed his shotgun and went running out the back door.

His son and next-door neighbor, Kenneth Wallace, also jarred awake — also carrying a shotgun — joined him. Father and son ran toward the pasture...

...Reaching the pasture, the Wallaces saw a cow, bloodied and torn, its calf standing nearby. As they approached the animal, according to reports, two dogs came running towards them.

Kenneth Wallace raised his 12-gauge. Boom! The larger dog hit the dirt, howling. Wallace fired again, and the dog was quiet.

The female kept coming. Kenneth Wallace fired a third time, the blast echoing along the darkened reaches of Bart Johnson Road.

The Wallaces dragged the dogs' bodies aside and tended to the cow, Betsy. She looked bad — right ear torn off, the left shredded like paper. Her nose was ripped and torn. Two teeth were knocked loose. Not long after daybreak, Cecil Wallace took Betsy to a Cumming veterinarian, who prescribed painkillers and antibiotics for the Angus/Hereford cross.

"She's still in bad shape," Cecil Wallace, 73, said Tuesday. "She tries to eat, but she can't; her mouth's too sore."

Animal control officers have cited one dog owner with failing to have the animal on a leash.. They also charged the owner with violating the county's vicious-animal ordinance, which requires owners of a dangerous dog or cat to have it muzzled whenever the animal is off the owner's property.

Meghan Martin, who lives near the Wallaces, said she is the owner whom officers cited...p>

When I went to sleep, my dog was in bed with me," she said. A roommate let out her dog, plus a friend's pit bull, Martin said...

[leda]

aww she looks terrible!

what a strong mommy taking
care of her loved one.

[Fair Go]

Intelligent people don't resort to sterotyping or to irrelevant issues such as AIDS when discussing dog behaviour or any other subject. There are some interesting studies on the subject of dog behavious such as the one below:

http://www.fataldogattacks.com/

"Pit Bulls in particular have been in a firestorm of bad publicity, and throughout the country Pit Bulls often bear the brunt of breed specific legislation. One severe or fatal attack can result in either restrictions or outright banning of this breed (and other breeds) in a community. While any severe or fatal attack on a person is tragic, there is often a tragic loss of perspective as to degree of dangerousness associated with this breed in reaction to a fatality. Virtually any breed of dog can be implicated in a human fatality.

From 1965 - 2001, there have been at least 36 different breeds/types of dog that have been involved in a fatal attack in the United States. (This number rises to at least 52 breeds/types when surveying fatal attacks worldwide). We are increasingly becoming a society that has less and less tolerance and understanding of natural canine behaviors. Breed specific behaviors that have been respected and selected for over the centuries are now often viewed as unnatural or dangerous. Dogs have throughout the centuries served as protectors and guardians of our property, possessions and families. Dogs have also been used for thousands of years to track, chase and hunt both large and small animals. These natural and selected-for canine behaviors seem to now eliciting fear, shock and a sense of distrust among many people.

There seems to be an ever growing expectation of a "behaviorally homogenized" dog - "Benji" in the shape of a Rottweiler. Breeds of dogs with greater protection instincts or an elevated prey-drive are often unfairly viewed as "aggressive or dangerous". No breed of dog is inherently vicious, as all breeds of dogs were created and are maintained exclusively to serve and co-exist with humans. The problem exists not within the breed of dog, but rather within the owners that fail to control, supervise, maintain and properly train the breed of dog they choose to keep."

[kanawa]

Photos are great but ... where are the press clippings on the trail of blood-soaked chaos you two doubtless left in your wake ???

Well...I didn't want to mentioned it but...there was the incident where Sam the POWERDOG®,
sensing a weakness in my canoeing buddy,
held him to the ground
and in a RELENTLESS and INTENSE manner lashed him seriously about the face with his tongue,
tasting him, in what was surely a prelude to serious ear nibbling.

You can see the look terror on my friend's face. (He has kindly allowed me to use these pics)

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It must have been fear induced adrenalin that gave him the superhuman strength needed to somehow free himself and hold Sam at bay....

Sam's face shows his sadness at being stopped,
he obviously doesn't like being separated from his prey.

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After being shot with 30 Elephant tranquilizing bullets, (20 of which bounced off him)
he was left too sedate to get up and my pal too shaken to stand.

spWoof!

[Candor7]

The problem exists not within the breed of dog, but rather within the owners that fail to control, supervise, maintain and properly train the breed of dog they choose to keep." >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

That says it all, but I would add that over the last 50 years or so, people have lost the ability to relate properly with animals in general.

[Fair Go]

Exactly right.

[Mr. Blonde]

My mom got a pitt bull puppy a few weeks ago. As yet I have a hard time seeing it attack any human or other animal. The little harlot is rolling over on to her back far too much to ever do much damage. Although she might be good in a UFC fight.

[Wristpin]

Oh please, Ms Delise is out to lunch on her theory that breed is a nonfactor in attacks on humans. What is her explanation for Pit Bulls killing 15 Americans last year?...stupid owners? Other breeds have stupid owners and aren't being shot by police almost on a daily basis!

You've already lost by stooping to the insult level and lieing. APBT's lead in all categories of serious maulings and deaths, not to mention the dogs they kill. They may not bite more but when then do they cause massive unrelenting damage due to the selection via victories in the fighting Pit. Thats the "Gameness" trait the fanciers love. Look it up in the dictionary to see what it really means.



I guess the AIDS activist analogy set off your trigger. It's the same victimness, in your face rightiousness and irresponsibility in dealing with a public safety issue they cause. We've had 3 deaths caused by Pit Bulls in the past year.

Like another poster pointed out, the Pit community does itself a diservice by outright denying a problem with their breed. Come up with solutions or others will.

Are you a breeder also?

[Fair Go]

Get lost!

[GMMAC]

Re: your last post to Fair Go

There's been a whole book written about those who willfully ignore facts & logic and resort to emotion & name-calling when as much is pointed out:

Rather than blustering on calling people liars & foolishly demanding to know if they breed these dogs simply because they disagree with you, how about even a feeble attempt at explaining away the blatant totalitarianism inherent in your position ???
(as outlined in my post #115 above)

BTW, found that "German Shepherd attack" article yet?

[kanawa]

"We've had 3 deaths caused by Pit Bulls in the past year."

How many did Pit Bulls kill last year? We had 4 deaths in Virginia alone,...

I show 2.. Spotsylvania County and Suffolk.
Suffolk described as 'pit bull mixes', whatever that means.
There was a third fatal attack by a different type of dog in Orange county.
Can you source the other two fatal 'pit bull' attacks, please?
Posted by kanawa to Wristpin On General/Chat 03/18/2006 4:08:38 PM EST · 76 of 177
[No Response was forthcoming to my request]

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"..Pit Bulls killing 15 Americans last year.."

4.8 million Pit Bulls only killed 15 humans in 2005

I must have missed where you linked the source for that.
Do you have it handy?
Posted by kanawa to Wristpin On General/Chat 04/13/2006 4:34:35 PM EDT · 234 of 264
Response- I got 15 from actually counting them up on google one day.

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Not worth the effort Fair Go.

[proud_yank]

Wristpin,

I used to have a pet Colombian boa constrictor.

Should those be outlawed too, in the name of 'public safety'? For the children??

Should I be 'in jail' for owning one?

[proud_yank]

I really need to read that book.

[proud_yank]

Oh. My. Gosh.

That thing is a monster, it could conceiveably wipe out an entire class of school children. It needs to be OUTLAWED (in addition to SUV's, guns, conservativism, and everything else) in the name of safety and political correctness.

After being shot with 30 Elephant tranquilizing bullets, (20 of which bounced off him) he was left too sedate to get up and my pal too shaken to stand.

Nah, I think its b/c your friend is smoking. Despite being a heathen, your dog simply knows better than to associate with him.

By the way, did I mention that I feel you should go to jail for owning him?

[proud_yank]

Pretty dog! How was your canoe trip? Where'd you go?

FReeper Squirrelking has a small, low volume, paddling ping list BTW.

[Fair Go]

And how many pit bulls raped and killed women and children? There is a far far greater chance of being harmed by another human than a pit bull. The anti-dog lobby should find themselves a worthwhile cause - like seeing pedophiles and rapists receive the sentences they deserve rather than picking on people's beloved pets.

[Fair Go]

If Australians can peacefully co-exist with some of the deadliest snakes in the world and even preserve them, then it should not be too hard for the rest of the world to get along with the poor old pit bull. Afterall, the pit bull will do far less harm to a human than a King Brown.

[Fair Go]

I am going to look for this book. It sounds like a must read.

[proud_yank]

LOL, the Aussies peacefully co-exist with the deadliest everything!

[kanawa]

FReeper Squirrelking has a small, low volume, paddling ping list BTW.

Thanks! I didn't know that.

We went to Massasauga Provincial Park on the coast of Georgian Bay south of Parry Sound.
It's in what I call Ontario's Near North.
Spent 6 days portaging in and out of a couple of interior lakes and paddling along the coast.
During the trip planning my buddy used a GoogleEarth projection to map a portion of our route...

It was a great trip with plenty of physical challenge and wonderful scenery and wildlife.
The weather went from sunny and windy to wet, cold and windy.
The rain ended and it slowly warmed up.
The wind died down but then came the blackflies.
Our mettle was tested. :~)

The Good Lord willing, the dog and me will be taking 2 months off this summer,
to do an extended paddling tour of Far Northern Ontario.

[Fair Go]

He (or whatever) has never even owned a pit bull and claims to know all about them. What a nerve!