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Pit bull kills girl, 5, in Mississippi
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Posted on 02/12/2010 9:04:23 PM PST by Chet 99

TERRY, Miss., Feb. 12 (UPI) -- A 5-year-old girl was killed Friday in an attack by a neighborhood pit bull in Terry, Miss., her grandmother says.

Mable Bingham said the body of her granddaughter, Anataisa, was found lying in a ditch Friday after the attack by the dog, which the Hinds County Sheriff's Department took into custody, The Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger reported.

"It's so sad," Bingham said of the death of her granddaughter, whom she raised since birth.

Bingham said the girl was playing in the snow outside when the attack took place. Additional details of the attack were not released.


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
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To: CurlyDave

Got a Lab myself, Backyard dog, doesn’t bite but is large and barks and runs the fence when anything gets near it. I live in a bad neighborhood and call her “Demon” when people are around.

I don’t think she would bite anyone but I don’t let the kids know that.


61 posted on 02/12/2010 11:38:25 PM PST by packrat35 (Democrat Healthcare is a 9-11 Attack on the Constitution)
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To: blackbart.223
That is hard for me to believe. My black Lab has never even taken a snort at anyone. He is 120 lbs and lets some of my small nieces and nephews tug at his ears. He likes the attention.

So, you're calling me a liar? Or do you believe no lab's ever bitten anyone?

My Amstaff never growled, snipped, snapped, chased, leg humped, or jumped on any person, dog, cat, squirrel, chipmunk, or baby.

I guess, using your logic, that means I should find it hard to believe any pit bull has ever bitten anyone.

62 posted on 02/12/2010 11:43:26 PM PST by Trailerpark Badass (One good thing about music, when it hits you feel no pain.)
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To: NoRedTape
Agreed.

http://www.dogsbite.org/
"In the 3-year period from 2006 to 2008, pit bull type dogs killed 52 Americans and accounted for 59% of all fatal attacks. Combined, pit bulls and rottweilers accounted for 73% of these deaths."


63 posted on 02/12/2010 11:48:13 PM PST by familyop (cbt. engr. (cbt), NG, '89-' 96, Duncan Hunter or no-vote.)
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To: blackbart.223

How much do you want to bet this dog was a fighter trained by his owner to do as much.
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No bet here,,,

From what I’ve seen they are all the same,,,

Pits do what they were bred to do...Kill...


64 posted on 02/12/2010 11:48:20 PM PST by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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To: 1COUNTER-MORTER-68

I meant the specific tendency to go for the face, rather than some other part of the body.


65 posted on 02/13/2010 12:01:06 AM PST by GovernmentShrinker
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To: wardaddy
Breed Specific Legislation that manynhere pray for will not stop with Pits...like any other nanny statism (see ciggies) it will mushroom and entail any working class aggressive dog breed period in short order

Amen, wardaddy. The "solution" of banning pit bulls and other "wardog" types, would be worse than the problem. And I really, really hate pit bulls and don't for an instant buy the ol' "It's the owner, not the breed" crap. Of course it's the breed -- but so many people have so thoroughly bought into the "Dogs are people, too!" mentality that they equate discriminating between pit bulls and basset hounds as a form of canine racism. I think people have become so urbanized that they've lost all touch with nature.

I don't know what the solution is, and TOTALLY AGREE that breed-banning is the wrong option. I can think of a few things: being able to be armed with a firearm any time, any place, is one; for owners to expect that their pit bulls will be shot dead on sight if they're running loose on any property other than their own; for there to be extremely harsh, expensive consequences for the owners of certain breeds whose value is in their aggressive qualities (great guard dogs, for example) when those dogs are found running loose, etc.

But pretending that this isn't a breed problem but a people problem is just plain denial. It's like saying a rattlesnake isn't any more capable of killing a person than a gopher snake.

66 posted on 02/13/2010 12:11:44 AM PST by Finny ("Raise hell. Vote smart." -- Ted Nugent.)
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To: GovernmentShrinker

I meant the specific tendency to go for the face, rather than some other part of the body.
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It seems that they go for the face/head because of many

years of breeding to fight,,,Kill,,,

They kill by biting the throat of another dawg,,,

Hold on and won’t let go,,,(breeding),,,

A person has a smaller throat area to bite,,,

The first reaction is to drop the chin,,,(Duck),,,

This is the reason for the bites on the face/head,,,IMO,,,

My yorkie was bred to kill rats,,,

That’s why he bites and shakes his toys...


67 posted on 02/13/2010 12:48:25 AM PST by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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To: Porterville; Chet 99; 1COUNTER-MORTER-68
"Looks like I have to come back with a 3rd hero pitbull story...."

Go ahead. Post your "3rd hero pitbull story" on a site that only allows news about pit bulls killing little girls to "Pets/Animals" while allowing pit bull advocacy site posts to be published as "News/Current Events."

You're still going to lose--even more so, if news reports about pit bull maulings and murders are altogether banned from this site.


68 posted on 02/13/2010 1:13:49 AM PST by familyop (cbt. engr. (cbt), NG, '89-' 96, Duncan Hunter or no-vote.)
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To: familyop

LOL,,,One of those stories was from 1999,,,

Nothing new because there ain’t none,,,

Nobody seems to be able to find current stories about

anybody getting mauled/killed by anything but pits...


69 posted on 02/13/2010 1:45:46 AM PST by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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To: oldenuff2no

You didn’t realize that I was being completely sarcastic?


70 posted on 02/13/2010 6:50:13 AM PST by RC one (WHAT!!!!)
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To: little jeremiah
In that case I should've shot my neighbor's dog about five times. Just this month!

He's an overgrown pup, friendly, and quite affectionate, but the last time I returned him I had the "talk" with his owners about their neglect.

Kill an animal when you need to, not before.

71 posted on 02/13/2010 9:15:13 AM PST by ARridgerunner
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To: ARridgerunner

I know that sounds harsh of me - just the thought of the poor child, and the suffering she went through, was heart rending. Most loose dogs are okay - except when they get in a pack - but you never know. Around here in my rural area, if a loose dog enters your property, you are entirely within rights to kill it, if you think it may harm you, your pets or livestock.

Dogs do incredible damage to livestock - gang up and kill and maul any kind of animals, even cows and horses, when in packs. THey don’t kill to eat, but just for the sake of killing.

People who own dogs should always carefully control them. Even nice dogs can all of a sudden bite people.


72 posted on 02/13/2010 10:06:35 AM PST by little jeremiah (Asato Ma Sad Gamaya Tamaso Ma Jyotir Gamaya)
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To: little jeremiah
I grew up in the country, around all kinds of animals and dogs foremost. Stray dogs would come around occasionally, and unless it was very sick or aggressive it wasn't killed. You are within your rights to kill any animal, human or otherwise, if it threatens your safety or that of your animals or livelihood. And you should. Duty is duty.

But any killing other than self defense is emotional blood sport. One sees it everywhere these days. And I do mean everywhere.

People should control their animals, but how can they do that when they can't control themselves? Poisonous people usually have poisonous animals.

73 posted on 02/13/2010 12:14:28 PM PST by ARridgerunner
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To: ARridgerunner

You are right, and I do agree with you.

Right now the situation in the world is crazy and there is no easy solution to any problem.

The other point is that parents and guardians have to very carefully protect their defenseless children because the world is so dangerous - bad dogs and bad people.

When I was a kid I wandered by myself all over rural (mostly) and suburban (one year) neighborhoods, went for hikes, long bike rides, by myself or with another kid or two. No problem. I would never allow children to do that now.


74 posted on 02/13/2010 12:19:28 PM PST by little jeremiah (Asato Ma Sad Gamaya Tamaso Ma Jyotir Gamaya)
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To: Feline_AIDS

That is one cute little dachshund! Bred to battle badgers but gentle enough to be around children and the whole family.


75 posted on 02/13/2010 12:45:06 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine
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To: Trailerpark Badass
"So, you're calling me a liar?"

No.

76 posted on 02/13/2010 1:16:33 PM PST by blackbart.223 (I live in Northern Nevada. Reid doesn't represent me.)
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To: little jeremiah
"People who own dogs should always carefully control them."

Well said.

77 posted on 02/13/2010 1:19:18 PM PST by blackbart.223 (I live in Northern Nevada. Reid doesn't represent me.)
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To: blackbart.223

But they don’t. So what next? Keep all kids and elderly indoors and under armed guard, to protect them?

The answer is that everyone has to be responsible for thesmelves, their children and their animals.

But too many humans are feral and worse than beasts in the field.


78 posted on 02/13/2010 1:26:02 PM PST by little jeremiah (Asato Ma Sad Gamaya Tamaso Ma Jyotir Gamaya)
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To: little jeremiah
"The answer is that everyone has to be responsible for thesmelves, their children and their animals."

That was always the answer and it still is. It seems to me not not too many recognize that fact.

79 posted on 02/13/2010 3:01:48 PM PST by blackbart.223 (I live in Northern Nevada. Reid doesn't represent me.)
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To: blackbart.223

Problem is that the gov funds irresponsiblity and protects the irresponsible from the consequences of their actions, so they have no reason to change.

And thus the responsible people are not only faced with feral humans (and dogs), but have to pay for the irresponsible people and their mess.


80 posted on 02/13/2010 3:16:02 PM PST by little jeremiah (Asato Ma Sad Gamaya Tamaso Ma Jyotir Gamaya)
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