Posted on 09/07/2009 6:55:41 PM PDT by Chet 99
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A pit bull that chewed the toes off of a 4-month old baby in North Carolina has been euthanized, while the child's mother and her boyfriend remain in custody, charged with felony child abuse.
The 1-year-old dog was put down and tested negative for rabies. A spokeswoman for Onslow County Animal Control said that to test for rabies, animals must first be euthanized.
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I'll bet she was so stoned the dog could have chewed of her toes and she would have never noticed.
Put Both of them in prison..At least they can’t breed for a few years!
I can’t think of another breed that would do this.And I am a dog lover!
Unless it is a state that permits conjugal visits.
“A pit bull that chewed the toes off of a 4-month old” Republican
Visiting Free Republic is similar to standing in a supermarket checkout lane, these days, thanks to Chet 99. He should find another hobby.
Pit bulls don’t need to actually have rabies to act the way they do.
Maybe there’s a place in hell where they do “This little piggy went to market” on her for eternity.
Maybe. When I was newly divorced I was sometimes so exhausted I wasn't safe behind the wheel of a car; once the burglar alarm went off in our house, the phone rang as the alarm company tried to call me, the cops came, and I slept through it all.
Also, sometimes when there is sudden very bad pain a baby will go rigid and silent instead of screaming. That might have happened in this situation.
I don’t buy it for a minute. The type of people who keep pit bulls are the same type who get too many tattoos and too many piercings and take too many drugs and drink too much alcohol. A mother WAKES UP when her baby cries. Especially in the same room.
The poor baby suffers terribly. Shame on you for comparing this story to the 'woman sees UFO' tabloid checkout stories!
Sham on you for missing the point.
Shame, too.
http://media.graytvinc.com/audio/911tape.mp3
WITN has obtained the 9-1-1 call from an Onslow County home where a Pit Bull chewed off a baby’s toes Monday.
“My girlfriend just woke me up,” the caller told 9-1-1. “Ah, we, we had our friend’s puppy — he went to jail today — and ah, the, the baby’s missing a toe, the dog bit his toe off. I need an ambulance as soon as possible.”
The dispatcher asks for the address, which is Murrill Hill Road, and tells the caller help is on the way.
The caller, who later identifies himself on the call as Tremayne Jenkins, is the baby’s father. Lawmen say his name is actually Tremayne Spillman. Spillman and the baby’s mother, Robbie Jenkins, face felony child abuse charges. Jenkins is attending to the baby during the call.
“Stay on the phone with me,” the dispatcher says. “I’m going to get you help out there. You say the dog bit the toe?”
“I don’t know,” Tremayne replies. “She (the mother) just woke up, she was screaming and I went out there and he’s missing a toe and there’s some blood out there and the dog has blood on him.”
Tremayne tells the dispatcher the baby is a four-month-old boy, and that he awake and crying. He tells the dispatcher they are not bad parents. Tremayne says he wants to kill the dog, but the dispatcher tells him not to.
Click on the link above to listen to the full 9-1-1 call.
I hope that the mother and boyfriend are next on the list ...
Oh, you’re probably right! I’m just saying, there’s a slight chance there’s an alternate explanation. Slight.
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