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Pit bulls fatally maul Rubidoux man
(KABC) ^ | Today | Bob Banfield

Posted on 12/19/2008 5:09:10 PM PST by BenLurkin

RUBIDOUX, Calif. (KABC) -- A man has been killed by a pair of pit bulls in the Rubidoux area of Riverside County shortly after noon Friday, according to authorities.

The attack took place in the back yard at a home at 5787 Kenwood Place in the community of Rubidoux.

The investigating officers are from the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.

"At 12:10 this afternoon, the Riverside County Sheriff's Department received a call of a man that had been mauled by two pit bulls," said Sgt. Dennis Gutierrez, Riverside Co. Sheriff's Dept. "Deputies arrived and found the [60-year-old] man still in the back yard of this residence."

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"The two dogs, one of them being a very large [male] pit bull, and the other one is also a female pit bull, are family pets," said Sgt. Gutierrez. "He was in the back yard smoking a cigarette, and for unknown reason, the two dogs that were known to him, just attacked him."

(Excerpt) Read more at abclocal.go.com ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: california; pitbullattack; pitbulls; riverside
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To: DemonDeac
So why get a potentially dangerous animal when so many other breeds can provide wonderful companionship?

Because when you want to protect a meth lab, only the best will do?

21 posted on 12/19/2008 6:48:54 PM PST by PAR35
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To: PAR35
L O L !
22 posted on 12/19/2008 6:57:32 PM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life ;o)
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To: BenLurkin

Some “pets.”


23 posted on 12/19/2008 6:57:51 PM PST by Travis McGee (--www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com--)
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To: wendy1946
>>The good news seems to be that it was the owner who got killed and not some innocent neighbor...<<
24 posted on 12/19/2008 6:58:05 PM PST by B4Ranch ( Veterans: "There is no expiration date on our oath, to protect America from all enemies, ...")
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To: FlingWingFlyer

good one.
This is a pretty funny situation. / sarc


25 posted on 12/19/2008 7:01:56 PM PST by Bunkasaurus
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie
How many more times does this have to happen before pit bulls are banned in residential neighborhoods. Oh yea, I forgot, they are no more vicious than a labrador.
26 posted on 12/19/2008 7:02:08 PM PST by gogov
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To: Former Fetus
Sometimes I wonder if the MSM doesn't call "pitbull" to any dog who attacks a human?

Sometimes I wonder if pit bull lovers will ever run out of excuses for these evil dogs.

27 posted on 12/19/2008 7:04:56 PM PST by gogov
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To: Bunkasaurus

I wasn’t being funny.


28 posted on 12/19/2008 7:14:02 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (For more information on America's "new direction" read The Road to Serfdom. by Friedrich A. Hayek.)
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To: Liberty Valance

Have you ever seen one of those hairless chihuahuas? Ye gods, those little things are ugly, about as bad as hairless cats.


29 posted on 12/19/2008 7:17:21 PM PST by Marauder ("I won't be wronged, I won't be lied to, and I won't be laid a hand on." - J.B. Books)
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To: wendy1946
The good news seems to be tghat it was the owner who got killed and not some innocent neighbor...

The article said they didn't know the relationship of the dead man to the owner of the dogs. Further, that the owner signed the dogs over to the human society.

30 posted on 12/19/2008 7:45:04 PM PST by PistolPaknMama (Al-Queda can recruit on college campuses but the US military can't! --FReeper airborne)
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To: gogov

Come on! Ain’t you quick drawing conclusions? I am not a pitbull lover, I don’t even own a pitbull. However, I wonder how much of this is a media fabrication: if a dog attacks a man, and the breed of the dog is not known, it automatically becomes a pit bull. At least that’s the impression you get from the news. Ever seen pics of the dogs? Some are big dogs, some are small. Some have flat noses, some have long ones. Some have long tails, others have short ones... You get the idea!


31 posted on 12/19/2008 7:56:53 PM PST by Former Fetus
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To: Brucifer

They slap and pull hair, too.

32 posted on 12/19/2008 9:49:09 PM PST by LongElegantLegs (Deplore the profligate scattering of corpses!)
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To: Former Fetus
However, I wonder how much of this is a media fabrication...

The Mods won't let us post pictures of what you wonder is a "media fabrication." But you can Google it for yourself.

Search under the words "pitbull victim" and "pitbull mauling".

The people that have suffered horribly from these "lovable, my dog would never hurt anyone" beasts are no fabrication.

33 posted on 12/19/2008 10:34:17 PM PST by gogov
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To: LongElegantLegs

LOL! Thanks.


34 posted on 12/20/2008 1:40:39 PM PST by Brucifer (Proud member of the Double Secret Reloading Underground.)
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To: wendy1946

It wasn’t the owner; it was a friend of the family.


35 posted on 12/20/2008 2:18:39 PM PST by La Enchiladita
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To: EveningStar; BenLurkin; All

The article also states there were 9 puppies at the house. Given the adult dogs were male and female, could this have been a puppy mill?


36 posted on 12/20/2008 2:24:05 PM PST by La Enchiladita
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