Posted on 09/01/2007 2:40:59 PM PDT by PAR35
A 6-year-old boy was mauled to death by a pit bull Friday evening in a Pleasant Grove neighborhood.
Dallas police Sgt. Gil Cerda said that Scott Warren was inside his home when the family's 1-year-old dog attacked at about 6 p.m.
The pit bull responsible for Friday's attack was taken away from the house by Dallas animal control officers. Neighbors said that Scott's family had moved in only about four months ago, but that their dogs had already become a nuisance.
One neighbor, Rudy Lopez, said he saw a woman beating one of the dogs a few weeks ago with a shovel ---
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I’ll sit this one out. Making popcorn, instead.
when the family’s 1-year-old dog attacked at about 6 p.m..........................Thats 6 hours before the new law became effective today that would enable prosecutors to put the owner away for up to twenty years.
How sad.
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Another death caused by stupid people.
If a Lab happened to bite me, I would expect it to be not too much more than a nip. I'd say "Dang!" and maybe -- maybe -- I'd need some stitches. This would describe a serious Lab attack.
On the other hand, if a pit bull attacks, it goes more like this: it's powerful jaws latch onto your face, and it's powerful neck muscles shake you like a rag doll. After your face has been removed, it begins biting your arms and shoulders, and legs, and ... to make a long story short, the attack continues until someone comes along and beats the pit bull with a heavy metal shovel. Due to their high pain threshold and stubborn nature, this can necessitate a number of serious whacks with the shovel before the pit bull decides to stop ripping you to shreds.
Pit bulls are just a *special* kind of breed.
It has everything to do with the owner. They train Pit Bulls to be mean (you can do that with any dog if you abuse them) because they have jaws that lock down making it a brutal fight to the death.
My sister has a female pit bull that she literally took in as a stray and that dog won’t bite anything, animal or human. Very loving dog, she loves to fetch the paper.
the dog is 8 years old. She was a puppy when they found her. What say you now?
Glad to hear it. I have picked up more strays than I can count but will never take the chance with a pit bull.
Yeah, my mom took in my son’s dog and he was the sweetest Pit Bull in the world, but I refused him, i had kids.
SOME MISTAKES YOU ONLY MAKE ONCE.
I wasn’t going to take a chance.
Anyone that owns one of these worthless thing needs to be required to carry a million dollar liability insurance policy. Are go to jail for ten years.
You mean she lets the damn thing run lose.
I'm 2 days into a 10-day free trail of World of Warcraft.
I'm going to try and sit this one out.
Yes, the choice breed of drug dealers and NFL Gangsta QB's.......
This incident fell within 6 hours of the new dangerous dog law:
” Under Lillian’s Law, which was enacted this year and goes into effect today, the owner of a dangerous dog may face felony charges in one of two ways:
• A dog’s unprovoked attack away from its owner’s property kills someone, permanently disfigures a person or destroys or impairs a body part or organ. A previous attack by the dog isn’t required, but prosecutors must prove the owner was criminally negligent in failing to secure the animal – not heeding a ‘substantial and unjustifiable risk.’
• The owner knows the dog has previously injured someone or been deemed dangerous by authorities, and the dog makes an unprovoked attack outside its enclosure causing death or injury requiring hospitalization.
In either situation, the offense is a third-degree felony with punishment of two to 10 years in prison. In the case of a death, the charge is a second-degree felony, punishable by two to 20 years in prison. “
Perhaps, just perhaps, this law will make people think about not only the best breed (or mix) for them, but will encourage them to be more responsible as dog owners. While pit bulls may be a good choice for an experienced, responsible owner, they are too often obtained by the very people least equipped to raise them to be stable companions.
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