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...

[Candor7]

Yup, Drool McCool! I would love to lead this drooler right up beside a PETA Weenie and emit a seriously loud cowboy whistle. Drooler rolls his eyes at me and shakes his big meatey head and the drool , governed my the exingencies of centrifical force, rapidly spatters onto the beautiful aristocratic totalitarian gigham of PETA dresses and pantalons!

Take that you a$$ wipes!

Buahahahahahahah!

[fanfan]

LOL!

Drool McCool?

I have a dog for you.......

Otis, and his 'good friend' Chewy.

;-)

[Candor7]

I guess its time to vote?

My chauffeur will pick you up and take you to the polls to vote on the breed ban referendum:

[proud_yank]

Heck, All I'd settle for now is an answer to my question in post #255 (that I have yet to receive):

Ok, so the question is this: "What breed will come next?"

To think that once a specific breed is banned, and that no others will follow, is patently absurd.

[Candor7]

Drinkin' Buddies!

My old Irish Setter used to drool whenever he heard a beer can popped. Really, had to send him out of the room, he would almost cry for a small glass of brew!

[lawnguy]

I delivered pizzas while I was in college. I can't begin to tell you the number of times someone would tell me, "Oh, he's the sweetest dog there is - he'd never hurt anybody"

Oh I've heard this 1000 times, and I've been bitten 3 times by dogs that would "lick you to death" according to their shocked and in some neighborhoods, lawsuit paranoid owners :)

Note to pet owners: Your dog won't bite you, HE KNOWS YOU!!

Don't assume anything.

BTW, my bites came from a Dalmation, a giant ugly poodle, and Chesapeak retriever.

[Fair Go]

I can see that that is one man-eating dog!

[Candor7]

My guess would be Dobermans, but then, who can predict what wing nut moonbat liberal socialist PETA freaks will do next? Their agenda is driven by opportunism of the latest dog bite news.

Frickin' dog bite ambulance chasers!

[fanfan]

He's beautiful!

Lovely eyes.

Is he gone?

:-(

[Candor7]

I would be carrying a cattle prod in that job, partner, and a pocket full of dog biscuits.

[proud_yank]

I do not walk my dog in the neighborhood or on any city streets. I do this not out of fear of what my dog may do but of what people may do to my dog......

Again, my post #179. Some of this nonsense has gone way to far. All the reg's we would have had to comply with would have cost THOUSANDS of dollars. If he was to be kept outside in a pen, it would have required a cement pad to be poured!

Henry, the (vicious) Bearded Collie shown here in 'attack mode' on the left, we had to get rid of because he was a 'vicious dog'.



My Mother had him & Charlie (right) playing in a tennis court when a guy with a dog walked by. Henry jumped on the gate, it opened and he got into a fight with the dog. The guys shorts were ripped, but we didn't know by which one. My Mom reimbursed him for his shorts, and his dog's trip to the vet for 'checkup'. He still filed a complaint, and the restrictions were well beyond absurd, so we had to find him a new home.

Perhaps we should have sued the city for faulty public facilities. I don't think that a tennis court gate should be able to be opened by a dog, after all.

My Mom used to buy into a lot of the 'pitbull & vicious spin'. Not anymore, after this.

[Candor7]

No that pic was not him. Here is the way he looked:

[proud_yank]

I would love to lead this drooler right up beside a PETA Weenie and emit a seriously loud cowboy whistle. Drooler rolls his eyes at me and shakes his big meatey head and the drool , governed my the exingencies of centrifical force, rapidly spatters onto the beautiful aristocratic totalitarian gigham of PETA dresses and pantalons!

LOL, I was driving back from deer hunting one afternoon. There was a PeTA-type protest about a block away from my house. I wish, oh how I wish, I would have gotten a deer that day. I would have pulled over, put the thing on my roof (even risk scratching the SUV I had just gotten), just to drive by them at a snails pace. Repeatedly.

They had some goober dressed up as a rabbit, running out in the street!

[proud_yank]

Over here! Some good PeTA chat

[fanfan]

I've always disliked those giant ugly poodles!

You can't trust them.

;-)

Were you OK?

[Fair Go]

I wonder what PETA would have to say about the way Aussies dispose of cane toads? Thankfully they haven't set up shop in this part of the world. They would probably want us to stop exterminating rabbits, foxes, pigs, wild goats and any other ferals that are wiping out native species.

[lawnguy]

I would be carrying a cattle prod in that job, partner, and a pocket full of dog biscuits.

I've thought about that :)

I bet a lot of Freepers that vist peoples houses have had some close calls with the dogs.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Maybe tomorrow morning after some coffee. Didn't want you to think I didn't get your ping. :)

[Candor7]

.............just to drive by them at a snails pace. Repeatedly.

They had some goober dressed up as a rabbit, running out in the street!>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

A juxtaposition of the real world and the liberal moonbat loonie toon Utopia. What an art form that would have been!

Like you I prefer the smell of fresh meat to that of the powdered Utopian wig ( whig?)!

[lawnguy]

Were you OK?

I was fine, but even though I grew up with dogs, and have never been without one in my life, I never realized the power in their grip.

The dalmation bite was on my "buttocks" (as Forrest would say) and even though it didn't break the skin, the bruise was deep and lasted for many weeks.

I can't imagine the power in a Mastiff, Pit Bull or other strong breed.