This is the dog, still with the tranquilizer dart in its hip.
Posted on 07/28/2006 5:09:06 AM PDT by ShadowDancer
71-Year-Old Mauled To Death While Gardening
Neighbor's Dog Jumps Fence
POSTED: 7:10 am EDT July 28, 2006
UPDATED: 7:28 am EDT July 28, 2006
KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- A 71-year-old woman died Thursday when she was attacked by a pit bull in Kansas City, Kan., officials said.
Jimmie May McConnell was in her garden about 11:30 a.m. when the dog jumped the fence and attacked her.
Firefighters had to hit the dog with an ax and a pole to get it off McConnell, officials said.
"The dog was still on the victim," Assistant Fire Chief Craig Duke said.
McConnell was taken to the University of Kansas Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead.
Neighbors said McConnell was so badly injured they could hardly recognize her when she was pulled from the garden.
Residents said the dog belonged to a neighbor.
Animal control officers tranquilized the pit bull and took the animal into custody. A second pit bull at the house was tranquilized and removed Thursday afternoon, KMBC-TV in Kansas City, Mo., reported.
"It gets out once in a while and runs around. I was out here once, and it came up and I petted it," neighbor Preston Williams said.
"I think they need to get rid of all of them dogs. Don't need them killing human beings," said the Rev. John Boykin, a neighbor of McConnell's.
"I'm in shock, and I'm angry," said Gayle McConnell, the victim's niece. "It's been said that pit bulls can be dangerous, but people seem to believe it can't happen to them. It certainly can. I just wish people would heed the warning and do what they need to do."
Friends of McConnell said she was well-liked in the neighborhood and had lived in the area a long time.
"She was a nice lady," Williams said.
Gayle McConnell said her aunt was a great cook and an awesome singer, and her death is an enormous loss to the family.
McConnell leaves behind six children. McConnell was a school crossing guard and was a foster parent for several years.
Pit bulls are banned in Wyandotte County, Kan., where the attack took place.
Police said they have not been able to contact the dog's owner. Officials said they are investigating the case as a homicide.
Several recent pit bull attacks in nearby Independence, Mo., have injured three men. A pit bull was also recently shot to death in Independence when it charged a police officer.
Toddler Dies After Dog Attack In Texas
A toddler in South Texas has died after being mauled by at least one of the family's pit bulls.
The Hidalgo County, Texas, sheriff's department identified the victim as 3-year-old Mariah Puga, of Hargill, Texas.
Investigators said as many as three dogs may have been involved in Monday night's attack, when the child was in the yard.
Puga died early Tuesday at a hospital.
Officials said the two pit bulls and a rottweiler were quarantined.
Authorities also said one of the pit bulls had her puppies with her in the yard.
Woman Serious After Dog Attack
A 26-year-old Davidson County, N.C., woman is in serious condition after she was attacked by two pit bull dogs.
Police in Lexington said they found Kelly Lynn Bell lying in a ditch Thursday with several severe dog bites on her body. She was taken to a hospital for surgery.
Authorities are holding the dogs while they investigate the incident, and no charges have been filed yet.
How is your dog doing now? is he recovering from the bear bite ok without infection?
There are literally tens of others that will tell you that this breed will attack other dogs, and even humans, if it is not trained NOT to.
The aggression of a pit bull is magnified by its powerful jaws and its unpredictability.
But, you can delude yourself if you wish. No matter how much evidence is offered that these are dangerous animals, men with small appendages, drug dealers, and those with inferiority complexes will continue to breed and keep these dogs. Unfortunately, a pit in a shelter is almost guaranteed to be put down, as normal people won't have anything to do with these ticking time bombs.
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Actually, I think what should be stated is that PBs have a tendency to "not let up". They like to continue the fight, like to keep their mouths clamped on whatever it is they got hold of. Many other attacking dogs will bite once, shake a bit, then let up again. Sorry, but PBs just seem maniacal in their focus.
It's only an example of media bias if there are thousands and thousands of labrador retriever maulings the press isn't telling us about . . .
Try focusing on the proximate cause. Guns don't go off and kill or maim people all on their own. Dogs do.
period
then they know their are consequences for their "choice" in breed.
This is the dog, still with the tranquilizer dart in its hip.
My lab (120 lbs) was attacked by a pit bull in the street in front of our house. We were moving in at the time, and my lab was standing there, behind the truck, watching us pick up a piece of furniture, when all of a sudden a pit bull rushed up, jumped her from behind, and put a chomp on the back of her neck like you wouldn't believe. Luckily the pit bull's owner was around; he had to beat his dog, repeatedly, on the back of its head---extremely violently---before the dog would release.
Great breed, that. Very friendly. Very sociable. Loves people!
He's recuperating very quickly and on anti-biotics.
He's had the drainage tubes removed
but the wounds have been left open to continue to drain.
Thanks for asking.
But, you can delude yourself if you wish. No matter how much evidence is offered that these are dangerous animals, men with small appendages, drug dealers, and those with inferiority complexes will continue to breed and keep these dogs. Unfortunately, a pit in a shelter is almost guaranteed to be put down, as normal people won't have anything to do with these ticking time bombs.
YUP...this describes the typical Pit owner. Decent folks need to get involved in local politics and have these evil creatures banned everywhere.
Correct, guns do not have brains.
But as I've said irresponsible ownership of either...
by not having them under your control
or by using them irresponsibly,
opens the door to tragedy.
Go the site to see a breaking stick. These implements are actually sold to pit bull owners to pry the jaws loose from another animal, object, or human being.
There is no such thing as a labrador "breaking stick."
....the "proud" owner beating his pitbull off your dog....unbelievable that people would keep a monster like that and expect the rest of us to just sit back and take it!
Holy Moses---thanks for the link.
Why any rational human being would choose to own a representative of a breed like this is beyond me.
Short man complex, short tool complex, or criminal complex are the leading reasons.
The funny thing was that the owner was a nice guy, and otherwise very peaceful and mellow. But I could totally tell he must have had to do this head-smashing thing with his dog several times before . . .I thank God that the angles were such that this brute could only attack my dog from behind and the top. If it had latched on to her throat, it would have killed her right then and there. And I would have quietly returned into my house, retrieved my shotgun, and shot the brute dead in the street.
What it doesn’t mean is that pit bulls can’t be around other dogs or that they are unpredictably aggressive,
Also from your link:
Even though pit bulls were bred to fight with each other, breeders took pride in producing dogs who were trustworthy and friendly to people. Handlers had to be in the pits with the dogs during fights, sometimes having to pull them apart to end a fight. Any dog who redirected their aggression to a person was culled. These “early” pit bulls typically lived in their owner’s homes and actually earned the nickname of “nursemaid’s dog” because they were so reliable with young children.
Which makes sense. Not even breeders of fighting dogs want people aggressive animals and culled ones that were.
Some people have had tragic, terrible experiences with these animals, but what those animals did is reflective of the behavior of individual dogs.
I do have experiecne with a lot of dogs and I'm the one that gets the stray pit bulls that are roaming our neighborhood to take them to Animal Services if I can't locate the owners. They've all been pretty thirsty, but have been extremely friendly and social and, on first impression, would be good pets. But if you act intimidated or scared, they can pick up on that like any dog can.
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