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“Kairevich said the male pit bull was not neutered and had no documentation indicating its ownership or history of veterinary care. “We tried to find out who really owns the dog but everybody involved has disappeared,” he said.”

Irresponsible ownership at its worst here. No one deserves to be attacked by a dog. I’m sure this poor woman was scared and in a great amount of pain.

If people were capable of accepting responsibility for their pets, these incidents would not be so prevalent, but as for right now, 13 thousand people are attacked by dogs every day in this country. Don’t be fooled by the prevalence of pit bull attacks being reported. They do happen, but other dogs are putting people in the hospital at the same rate without so much as a sentence written about them.

I have been looking into these stories and finding that similar attacks are being reported on one or two stations if they don’t involve pit bulls, but if they do involve this breed, the amount of media coverage is ridiculously large. But, the media is not obligated to report every dog attack. They are not a public service, but a business that strives for ratings/money.

It’s up to people to do their own research and decide for themselves, outside of media influence. As we have seen many times on this board, the media isn’t always the best source for factual information, but they are great for entertainment and sensationalism.