Posted on 04/14/2010 5:14:21 PM PDT by Chet 99
9-Year Old Badly Hurt In Pit Bull Attack By Michael George SHEBOYGAN- 9-year old A.J. Sterling is recovering at home after being attacked by a pit bull. His injuries are severe, and his parents are angry with the dog’s owners.
Witness Connor Lieser tells TODAY’S TMJ4 the attack appeared to be unprovoked, as the boy was reaching down to pet the dog.
Maria Ramirez and Afero Sterling, parents of A.J., just watched him go through plastic surgery. He was bitten on the face by the pit bull just one block from his home in Sheboygan.
“I wouldn’t want any child to go through that, let alone any person. It’s just really hard,” said Ramirez.
Police say the dog was being walked by a 12-year old girl on the sidewalk. A.J.’s parents say their son told them he was talking to the girl when the dog started growling. A.J. says he was backing away.
“That’s when the dog lunged at him. He said it bit him in the face, drug him across the ground, and that’s when it ripped his cheek off,” said Afero Sterling.
The gruesome injury described by Afero is confirmed by witness and police accounts.
Police will be checking whether the dog has a history of violence or has rabies. For now, the dog is on quarantine at the owner’s home. A.J.’s parents say they were told the dog was originally rescued from an abusive or neglectful background. They say the dog’s current owners are to blame for the attack.
“That dog needs to be put to sleep. To have a 12-year old girl walk around a pit bull with a history of abuse and neglect and violence, it’s just absurd to me,” said Maria Ramirez.
A.J. is now out of the hospital and recovering at home, but he will likely need more plastic surgery in 6 months. Police are still investigating to determine whether any charges will be filed against the owner or whether the dog will be surrendered or put down.
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I said nothing about your prayers, read what I wrote not what you think I wrote...Compassion is not prayers, its how we relate to those that have lost a child or other family member...
I do agree that a 12 year old with any large dog outside is idiotic....My best friend got bitten on the stomach while a 10 year old sat on the porch and watched it..Stupid also and they were my next door neighbors, the one that got bite was my good friend their other neighbor.
My friend was 5 foot tall (a shorty :O) and if had been a pit instead of a sheltie she probably would have been dead.
I neither care to know or want to know anyones prayer life. You read that into my post that wasn't there...try reading it again and find prayer in it...if you do, I would apologize as its none of my business.....
I have to wonder what meds were given to a 16 yo Mom,,,
I'll defer to the women who have given birth and are in
pain from child birth from that,,,
Other women who have never had a baby can just STFU!!!,,,
This 9yo will have to have high dollar care to fix his face...
BULLSHIT!!!...
Then why do you need breed specific legislation?
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For the weak and helpless,,,
Just like the 9yo kid that was mauled,,,
Do you want to pay his med bills ?...
A noble intention, but you can’t protect people taking away their freedom.
Saw your page,,,Welcome Home,,,
Shep's are one of my faves,,,
They guarded my life in 67-68...
A noble intention, but you can’t protect people taking away their freedom.
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Well,,,I can’t have an alligator or a tiger or a bear...?
My best buddy over there trained most of the trackers and sentry dogs used in II Corps. I met him while we were both on a MACV team.
That’s why you got my hackles up with your “spit on us in the 60’s” comment the other day.
How about a Hippo?!?
Fun for the whole neighborhood!
I think the question to ask is, do laws prohibiting tiger ownership actually protect children?
http://www.bigcatrescue.org/laws/lawschildrenkilledbigcats.htm
My best buddy over there trained most of the trackers and sentry dogs used in II Corps. I met him while we were both on a MACV team.
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I would bet they trained on Hon Tre Island at the
U.S. Army K-9 Corps where I was for my first 4-5 months
in-country with the 18th CE!,,,Small World,,,
I got my young ass chewed Boo-Koo for feeding the nOObs
through the fence,,,
Went from there to the 8/26 Arty...
We served together on MACV Team 14, Phu Quoc Island (IV Corps.) He was transferred to Hon Tre. I was reassigned to a team out of MACV HQ Tan Son Nhut.
that will eat/kill them but that's just me,,,
While he is not “kin” one is back in Iraq with the
2nd.BCT.10th.Mt.Div.18th.AB Corps but that is his choice...
When my Staffordshire showed up and adopted me, I had one lady who said I was “so brave” for taking her into our home. The only ones who have a problem with her are the cats (who will stand on her head and scratch the heck out of her if they can get to her). Our biggest issue is that she might knock out my knee by headbutting my leg with her blockhead.
Cats got guts!....:))
Right now, my dog is going through his “Doberteens” and in spite of being only 9 months old and still very much a puppy, he’s a HUGE puppy with a head the size of a small pony’s.
[and a body to match]
He just can’t understand *why* “mommy” can’t lap-cuddle him anymore or why she dives for cover when he runs across the yard full-tilt and jumps up to give her a neck-hug and smoochies.
True, he may kill me some day but it ~won’t~ be intentionally...he’ll just klutz me to death...LOL
Succinct, at least.
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