Put the owner down with the dog
It’s a rare twist we don’t see thrown out too often, blaming the victim as provacateur - in this case, a 70 year old walking down the street.
A couple of 16 year old male punks, well maybe that story may need more investigating. The last thing on a 70 year old’s mind is provoking a strange dog that they know they can’t fight and win.
Last week in Flora IL an 80+ yr old lady was attacked by a pit bull while the lady was in her own driveway with her 2 poodles. One poodle and the 80+ yr old lady died. IL has nothing on the books where they can charge the owner of the pit bull. The metal latch ring on the dog collar broke.
The pit bull was put to sleep by the owner.
It just makes me sick that this dear woman died this way because of some nasty pit bull.
Oh my gosh, I walk by there very frequently!
Just to add a bit of objectivity to the discussion:
http://dogsinthenews.com/stories/070301a.php
http://www.understand-a-bull.com/Articles/HeroicPitties/HeroicPitties.htm
http://dogsinthenews.com/issues/0104/articles/010426a.htm
http://www.zootoo.com/petnews/straydogsaveswomanchildheldatk-993
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/unleashed/2008/08/pit-bull-saves.html
http://network.bestfriends.org/1892/news.aspx
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMeKGeu81fw
And there are more where those came from.
I wonder who is gunna pay the bill ?...
My lab has proven several times now that she would attack a perp trying to harm any of us. She is a great guard dog and can become quite ferocious when she thinks there is a threat. As a puppy that didn’t yet jump in our pool on her own because she hadn’t yet figured out how to swim to the steps to get out, she ran and leapt into our pool to break my son’s hold on our daughter when the two of them were pretending that he was drowning her. Yet she is the most gentle dog and labs have the best record for not attacking innocent people. I would never own a Pit bull along with a few other breeds as it is just not worth the risk, especially when it comes to kids. We hear about pit bull attacks all the time. We almost never hear about a lab or a beagle or many other breeds attacking for no reason. It doesn’t seem likely that pit bulls are being mistreated any more than any other breeds are so it would seem that it’s something innate about them as to why they attack so much more often. A woman I know has a friend who accidently stepped on the tip of a pit bull’s foot and the dog took off half of her face. I’ve accidently stepped on my lab’s foot many times because she’s always right by me and she’s never shown any aggression towards us whatsoever.
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