Posted on 03/23/2007 11:16:22 AM PDT by JZelle
A 2-year-old Texas girl riding her tricycle was attacked and fatally mauled by her family's male pit bull, it was reported Friday.
The Dallas County Sheriff's Department responded to a 911 call Thursday afternoon from a man believed to be the girl's father, The Dallas Morning News reported.
Deputy Michael Ortiz said the girl's injuries were mainly to her face and head but neighbors who witnessed the attack said she also appeared to have been bitten on the throat and buttocks.
Witnesses said the girl's father was trimming weeds nearby when one of the family's pit bulls apparently broke it chains and attacked the child.
Authorities withheld the name of the victim and her father pending a decision on whether to file criminal charges in the case.
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Prayers for this poor little child.
LOL
No, but I bet you they've played with them.
No names, but I know a few folks.
Let your mind wander.....
My next-door neighbor has a St. Bernard. Fabulous animal. We dog-sit on occasion. His paws are bigger than my hand. I couldn't deal with all that hair on a regular basis, though.
I'm a landlord and I will not rent to pit owners.
I know a cop who accidentally maced himself...............
I see the same thing on the TV every night, when some gang-banger gets capped:
"My baby dint hurt NOBODY!!!"
"But my pit bull would never hurt a flea."
The proclamation of every pit bull owner just after their "pet" rips out the entrails of a child.
I have a JRT/Chihuahua cross, if you can imagine. Not hyper at all...
I am sure you can run across a sweet tiger that was trained. That doesn't make it a suitable domestic pet
I would never want to be in the position of finding out that the dog of a tenant in one of my properties killed a neighbor's child. Forget the potential liability, I couldn't live with myself.
It's too bad, really. Most of those pits and pit-crosses in the shelters probably are just big, goofy, friendly dogs that aren't particularly dangerous. The pits I've known all had really friendly personalities. But some percentage of them are time bombs, and who wants to take a chance on that? I hate to see good dogs put down unnecessarily, but no, I wouldn't adopt a pit or pit-cross, either.
I don't have children, so BB's a GrandDog as well! She calls my mom Nan Nan! heehee
Some people are unable to add anything intelligent or meaningful to a thread other than a joke or picture... even a tragic story where someone has died.
From the story, unless this was in a fenced in yard, this could have just as easily have been a neighbors child since the animal broke loose.
Figures
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