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Mother, daughter attacked by pit bulls
Enid News ^

Posted on 04/12/2009 10:58:48 PM PDT by Chet 99

Published: April 12, 2009 10:36 pm

Mother, daughter attacked by pit bulls

By Robert Barron, Staff Writer

Three pit bulls were impounded Saturday after they attacked a woman and her 2-year-old daughter.

Sgt. Eric Reddick said 41-year-old Rhonda Morgan was in her front yard with her 2-year-old daughter. Morgan told police later she was afraid to go into the back yard because the pit bulls next door tried to jump the fence.

Morgan saw two pit bulls charging at her daughter and ran to pick her up. She picked the girl up and bent at her waist to protect her. The dogs mauled the woman and tried to get to the girl. Morgan kicked at the dogs and they were joined by a third pit bull. Neighbors saw the incident and grabbed a rake and a shovel and came to help Morgan when an Enid police car drove by and was flagged down. The officer saw the incident and turned on lights and siren to try to drive the dogs away. The dogs ran in different directions, but all three were recovered by animal control and impounded for observation. The dogs belonged to two separate owners and seven charges ranging from vicious dogs, unlicensed dogs and animals at large were filed.

Morgan and her daughter were taken to Integris Bass Baptist Health Center for treatment. Two wounds also were found on the girl. Reddick said police will discuss further action against the dogs with Enid city legal department. Reddick said they will seek to determine if the dogs can be destroyed.


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1 posted on 04/12/2009 10:58:49 PM PDT by Chet 99
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2 posted on 04/12/2009 10:59:21 PM PDT by Chet 99
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To: Chet 99

I got bit by 2 Yorkys and a ferret today. They drew blood. Where is my thread?


3 posted on 04/12/2009 11:01:25 PM PDT by BruceysMom (Where knowledge is folly.......)
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To: Chet 99
Reddick said they will seek to determine if the dogs can be destroyed.

If...?

4 posted on 04/12/2009 11:02:47 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes (Dad, I will always think of you.)
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To: BruceysMom

I know you didn’t ask me, but Yorkys and ferrets don’t make the news on such a regular basis as pitbulls do.

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5 posted on 04/12/2009 11:05:43 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: 1COUNTER-MORTER-68

again


6 posted on 04/12/2009 11:08:34 PM PDT by Chet 99
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To: BruceysMom

7 posted on 04/12/2009 11:15:28 PM PDT by period end of story (Give me a firm spot, and I will move the world.)
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To: Chet 99

The Jerk of Dogs, owned by jerks who can’t afford to buy a large car to make up for their inadequacies.


8 posted on 04/12/2009 11:20:36 PM PDT by Darkwolf377
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To: Chet 99
Mother, daughter...

It started out promising...

9 posted on 04/12/2009 11:22:58 PM PDT by exist
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To: Cindy

Yorkys and Ferrets both should make the news as often because they are both notorious for biting. I’ve been bit in the face by a Rottie in the last 6 months and yet my favorite client is also a Rottie. Breed generalizations are as stupid as race generalizations. Both show an extreme ignorance. I still can’t bend my thumb real well from a cat bite 30 years ago. When do we outlaw them? Talk to most groomers and they’ll tell you cats damage more of us than dogs.


10 posted on 04/12/2009 11:23:10 PM PDT by BruceysMom (Where knowledge is folly.......)
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To: Cindy

PS. Show me a pic of the culprits. Few people know the difference between a Pit and a Boxer. Everything from Mastiffs to English Bulldogs are called Pit Bulls by the press.


11 posted on 04/12/2009 11:26:51 PM PDT by BruceysMom (Where knowledge is folly.......)
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The animal can never be “blamed”, always the owners. Just as there are morons who happen to own guns, so are their morons who own pits and other dogs that can maim and kill others.

Hopefully a jury will impoverish the irresponsible owners for the rest of their lives and the victims in this case will be taken care of.

Unfortunately, it is usually trash people with no money who are the irresponsible owners of these breeds whose dogs then get lose, kill kids or rip someones face off, and they got nothing and the victims lives are ruined.

What needs to happen in this nation is enforce personal responsibility. Eye for an eye. If you are not responsible enough to own one of these then you shouldn’t own one.

I have owned my share of pits, rotts and the like - responsibly - no one ever was injured or maimed by my attack dogs - who wasn’t attempting to burglarize my house...

Yes these breeds can be very dangerous and owning them is not to be taken lightly. I see people in some parts of the country with dangerous breeds and poorly fenced yards and its a liability waiting to happen. It should be made a criminal liability. Fact is, they just don’t care. Cause they are trash to begin with.

If you own one and it gets lose and tears some kids face off, you better be very well insured - which they pretty much won’t insure these dogs anyway. More and more insurance companies are writing out coverage for these breeds out of their policies and good luck finding any liability for these breeds for cheap. If not well insured you better be independently wealthy.

If none of the above - then you should be tied to a tree and the victims family gets set attack dogs upon you or inflict other damage until a panel of hard-ass public officials declares that an equal amount of damage has been done up to and including death.

In a truly just society that actually believed in personal responsibility - this is the way it would work. But we are a nation of coddled, excuse-making wimps who want to have things and do things but not accept any of the responsibilities that come with them.

All fun and games until your kid gets its face ripped off or killed by a couple of these that got loose. Its happened before and it will happen again.

I got nothing against any animal. I have a whole lot against irresponsible people that walk among us who own these animals and have zero personal responsibility.


13 posted on 04/12/2009 11:32:25 PM PDT by FTL
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To: Chet 99; familyop

Only Three?!?!?!~~~SLACKERS!!!

Did the thug tell her “I’ll send you home in a box!” ???

“SNICHIN”ASS MU`FUFFUGG’AH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If they kill 3 that means me-n-Harley are down by 1 !!!

AC killed off 2 last month,,,

We’ll catch up though,,,

1 of the bitches just had a litter,,,

In the Section 8 house next door,,,

2 more knocked-up in back,,,

(countin’ on fingers),,,

I’ll have near 40 ???

So nice of ya’ll TAXPAYERS to give us/ME so many TARGETS!!!


14 posted on 04/12/2009 11:33:27 PM PDT by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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To: Chet 99

Sho’Nuf...


15 posted on 04/12/2009 11:35:29 PM PDT by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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To: FTL

Rottweilers don’t seem to be nearly as dangerous because for one thing, they’re more territorial and less apt to run wild


16 posted on 04/12/2009 11:36:29 PM PDT by Chet 99
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I'm sure the parents of that wounded baby would be so comforted by the idea that most people think the owner of the dog should have to pay the bills for such an attack. Yeah, they'll breathe a sigh of relief and all the pain will go away.

Of course it's not the dog's fault, it's the baby's fault for getting in the way of the dog!

Thanks for posting this article. The same people who constantly defend the ownership of this kind of dog are the ones who think gun rights means you should be allowed to own your own anti-aircraft gun.

17 posted on 04/12/2009 11:39:41 PM PDT by Darkwolf377
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To: BruceysMom; Chet 99
I got bit by 2 Yorkys and a ferret today. They drew blood. Where's my thread?

And you're here tonight posting a snappy answer to Chet99.

If instead you'd been bit by 2 pit bulls and another pit bull today, you'd be in the hospital or in the morgue.

Then you'd have a thread. Problem is, you probably wouldn't be able to read it.

18 posted on 04/12/2009 11:42:25 PM PDT by Finny ("Raise hell. Vote smart." -- Ted Nugent.)
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To: FTL

The best pit bull post I’ve seen in a long time. Amen, FTL.


19 posted on 04/12/2009 11:48:13 PM PDT by Finny ("Raise hell. Vote smart." -- Ted Nugent.)
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To: BruceysMom

Try the Apples and Oranges thread. That or the sarcasta-b1tch thread.


20 posted on 04/12/2009 11:50:10 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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