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Authorities: Calif. Toddler Mauled to Death by Pit Bull
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Posted on 10/23/2009 9:14:52 PM PDT by Chet 99

Authorities: Calif. Toddler Mauled to Death by Pit Bull

Friday, October 23, 2009

MADERA, Calif. —  Authorities say a 17-month old boy has died after being mauled by a pit bull.

Merced County authorities say the attack occurred Friday, and the boy died after being airlifted to a hospital.

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TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: maul

1 posted on 10/23/2009 9:14:52 PM PDT by Chet 99
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To: Chet 99

The story seems fishy.


2 posted on 10/23/2009 9:18:42 PM PDT by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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3 posted on 10/23/2009 9:27:54 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (FR.....Monthly Donors Wanted.)
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To: Moonman62
The story seems fishy.

Why?

4 posted on 10/23/2009 9:35:38 PM PDT by Krodg
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To: Chet 99

Damn that pit bull gets around, you would have thought someone would have caught it by now considering all the damange it has done.


5 posted on 10/23/2009 10:03:33 PM PDT by Newtoidaho (Liberals are nothing more than drooling buffoons. Spread the word.)
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To: Moonman62
Heard it on the radio on the way home from work. Seems said pit bull grabbed the kid by the throat and started shaking. Woman stabbed dog with a fork to get him to let go, and called 911. Kid was airlifted to Valley Children's Hospital, one of THE best places for kids who are ill or who are injured. Kid was declared dead at the hospital.

Didn't hear what happened to the dog, or the owner of the dog.

6 posted on 10/24/2009 12:23:17 AM PDT by Othniel (Meddling in human affairs for 1/20 of a millenium......)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

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7 posted on 10/24/2009 7:53:08 AM PDT by tajgirvan (That man is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot)
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To: tajgirvan

Thank you tajgirvan!!


8 posted on 10/24/2009 11:13:39 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (FR.....Monthly Donors Wanted.)
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To: Chet 99

Q up the PB apologists. Ours wouldn’t harm a fly, it never showed any sign of aggression, etc.


9 posted on 10/24/2009 11:23:34 AM PDT by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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My 79 year old Mother has one. She has had hers for over 2 years. The dog is an angel. I would NEVER allow a dangerous dog with 50 feet of my precious Mother. This dog is gentle, sweet and obedient.It is tragic all the suffering that has been caused by the careless and negligent PB Dog owners.
10 posted on 10/24/2009 3:21:53 PM PDT by tajgirvan (That man is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot)
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Of course. That is what they always say until their ‘special’ PB rips someone apart.


11 posted on 10/24/2009 5:21:41 PM PDT by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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To: paul51

dog of peace


12 posted on 10/24/2009 5:23:24 PM PDT by steveo (Two Thousand Ten - Never Again)
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To: steveo
who in the world would want their elderly mother to have a pit bull for a pet? I'm starting to think that post was meant as a joke
13 posted on 10/24/2009 5:46:20 PM PDT by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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To: paul51
Hey, I thought just like you did until I met this dog. She looks just the dog in the really old movies, "Our Gang", Spanky, Buckwheat etc.

She has gotten loose only once and was found on a Sunday morning at nearby church where she was being fed cookies by the children! My Mother called the Police to ask for help and I thought for sure it would make the noon T.V.News (Mom lives near L.A.,CA.)but the Police just said;

"You better hurry before someone else takes this pup home!"

Maybe this dog is one in a million.They can't all be bad. My Mother treats the dog like a dog with Love, discipline and exercise. My son walks her everyday to socialize her and has never had a problem with anyone.

I worked for a Veterinarian while in college, he told me a story of a woman that had a Doberman Dog. She had had the dog for seven years without a problem, one day "he" turned on her and ripped out her throat! The reason for the story was to make me aware that there is always a dangerous dog waiting to rip my face off, it really depends on the breed. I consider her the one in a million, but still she is a PITT and just because of her I do NOT TRUST Pitt Bulls as far as I can throw them.

14 posted on 10/24/2009 9:03:23 PM PDT by tajgirvan (That man is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot)
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To: tajgirvan

“I consider her the one in a million, but still she is a PITT and just because of her I do NOT TRUST Pitt Bulls as far as I can throw them.”

That’s really too bad because it is actually the other way around. Very, very few pit bulls have taken a life compared to their population. The ones that do are one in about four million, according to estimates on the population of pit bull-type dogs in the U.S.

Your mother just knows how to be a responsible dog owner. It isn’t that her dog is a rare type, just actually cared for. How unfortunate for all of us that a few horrible dog owners have made people second-guess themselves on a breed that was once revered as a wonderful family companion and reliable working dog. Hopefully the breed falls out of favor of the idiot punks and backyard breeders, and they disappear from the spotlight, as Dobies, GSD, and even Bloodhounds have in the past after becoming too popular.


15 posted on 10/26/2009 9:49:55 AM PDT by solosmoke
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