9-Year-Old Girl Attacked By Family's Pit Bull Dies

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[Chet 99]

UPDATED: 9:04 pm EDT June 3, 2010

KOKOMO, Ind. -- A 9-year-old Howard County girl critically injured by a pit bull over the weekend died at an Indianapolis hospital on Thursday, police said.

The attack happened in the 4600 block of East County Road 200 South on Saturday, said Howard County Sheriff Marty Talbert.

The girl, Savannah Gragg, underwent surgery at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis, but died Thursday afternoon.

Police said that Savannah was opening a door at the home to let the dog outside when it jumped on her and knocked her to the floor, biting her on the neck and shaking her violently.

"The child suffered a lacerated trachea, which resulted in a lack of oxygen to the brain," Talbert said in a news release Thursday evening. "Doctors determined the child was brain dead shortly after 3:30 p.m. Thursday."

Family members told police that the dog had never shown aggression before.

[Salamander]

Glory grabber!

[LongElegantLegs]

Don’t hate the player, hate the game!

[Salamander]

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[Danyalson]

Sorry to cut into this discussion late, but I think its unfair to blame a specific breed for problems like this. I think much of the problem arises from the owner. I think that there are many many responsible owners who have Pits and never have any issues because the dogs are raised properly. BUT there are some people who want to be a badass gangster wannabe and they want a “mean” dog and of course a pit comes to mind and they are raised to be mean dogs. You hear a lot about pit bull attacks because they are covered by the news but dogs of every breed are capable of attacking people. And to the person complaining about Pugs, what do you think we should do, round them all up and kill them because they are genetically inferior? Kinda sounds like what Hitler wanted to do doesn't it?