Posted on 08/07/2010 12:09:52 AM PDT by Chet 99
Updated: 6:39 pm EDT August 6, 2010
CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. -- An 8-month-old girl was in critical condition after being attacked by the family’s pit bull, Clayton County police said.
The toddler was taken to Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston, where she was rushed into surgery.
An officer at the scene told Channel 2 Action News reporter Tom Jones that the area in the home where the girl was attacked looked like a crime scene.
Officers said the baby's mother was in the process of feeding the child and the dog at the same time. The baby somehow got out of her high chair and onto the floor near the dog. Officers said the dog then attacked the baby, biting off her diaper and chunks of skin on her buttocks. The dog then dragged the child to the back yard before the baby's mother managed to snatch the baby away.
Family members declined to comment as they let the home. Police cited the dog's owner, a great uncle of the victim, for prohibitive treatment of the dog and for not having vaccination tags.
Homeowners said the dog has been a menace to the neighborhood for awhile.
Alfred Nelson said he was killing fire ants in his yard one day when the dog started racing toward him in a threatening manner.
“So I went and grabbed me a shovel and came back out. I immediately called 911 and had 911 send animal control out here to do their job. This all would have been avoided,” Nelson claimed.
The dog will be quarantine for 10 days to see if it has rabies.
Man, Clayton County again. They were just in the news because the cops there blasted another dog for reasons passing understanding.
Why can’t them cops show up in time to kill a dog that needs killing instead of something akin to my neighbors toy poodle?
Um, okay. And then the dog managed to drag the baby outside? All of this while the parent was right there "feeding the baby & the dog at the same time?"
FUBAR
That pit bulls are inherently more violent than other breeds never gets resolved in convincing fashion, which got me thinking if somehow pit bull attack statistics on a national level might help resolve the issue on a purely mathematical approach.
Is there some sort of pit bull atack database that provides some perpective on this issue?
I'd like to hear from anyone who might shed light on this matter. Thank You.
1 out of every 37 people in the U. S. is a convicted felon
there are a half million registered sex offenders, many whose whereabouts are unknown…
50 people every DAY are murdered (humans are certainly a dangerous animal)
25, 000 people die each year because of drunk drivers
17,000 people fall to their death
3,000 deaths caused by accidental drowning
3,000 women a year die of spousal abuse
2,000 children are killed every year by their parents, through abuse and neglect (A child is 800 times more likely to be killed by their adult caretaker than by a “Pit Bull”)
Dog bite related fatalities did not even make the National Geographic magazine’s August 2006 issue feature “Ways to go” chart which is based on the National Safety Council’s Odds of Dying statistics.
Dr. Ian Dunbar, a veterinarian and behaviorist from Berkeley, CA. believes the entire issue is overblown. “we’re talking about maybe ten fatal attacks on people annually” he says. “Is this really something we should be putting our public policy efforts toward?” He maintains more people are killed annually by tripping over their own slippers than all fatal dog attacks combined, regardless of breed. Even Dr. Julie Gilchrist of the CDC agrees. “The truth is that SUV’s are far more dangerous than pit bulls, and they’re still on the road. As a public health researcher, I want to prevent all mortality and morbidity. But the truth is that with just over 60 million dogs in America, and who knows how many millions of pit bulls, it’s not a statistically significant issue.”
It is estimated that around 5,000,000 dogs per year are killed in shelters. In many places “Pit Bulls” make up as much as 30-50% of the shelter population, and sadly, are less likely to be considered for adoption than any other breed. Assuming that 25% of the shelter dogs killed are “Pit Bulls”, then approximately 1.25 million “Pit Bulls” are killed in shelters every year.
Therefore, it is at least a hundred thousand times more likely that a “Pit Bull” will be killed by a HUMAN, than the other way around.
Dogs are a big part of why I carry on my property out here in the country.
They need to concentrate more heavily on pit bulls.
Yup, this sounds fishy.
There is data out there. Perhaps the most cited, but also the most flawed data you'll find comes from a PETA symp named Clifton Merritt. His study has been soundly debunked, but continues to be referenced by pit bull haters. I'm pinging solosmoke, who has personally done a lot of research on the matter, and probably has a lot of the data at his fingertips.
These dogs are BRED to be vicious. Even in “a good home,” they’ll be ticking time bombs.
The appropriate action by the neighborhood men is “shoot, shovel, and shut up,” or something similar.
I had a neighbor who was breeding rottweilers that were a constant menace. He moved out.
A majority of fatal attacks so far this year have pit bulls. The following site tracks fatal dog attacks:
http://dogexpert.com/FatalDogAttack/Fataldogattackhome.html
8 month olds do not “somehow” get out of their high chair. They might, just might, manage to go clunk out of their high chair. But if you’re in the room as you should be with a baby in a high chair you would stop them before they got that far.
I have a cousin who lives in a bad neighborhood. She’s a paraplegic with limited use of her arms and she swears by her pitbulls, her protectors.
I would never have them myself.
I have a cousin who lives in a bad neighborhood. She’s a paraplegic with limited use of her arms and she swears by her pitbulls, her protectors.
I would never have them myself.
"(1) The accuracy of the information posted on this site depends on the validity and accuracy of the newspaper reports from which information posted on this site has been collected. Individuals seeking verification of the facts surrounding any particular incident can easily do online research of news stories for verification purposes. For this reason, no separate listing of the reference sources from which this information was collected will be made. In the least, it is assumed that reports are valid concerning the fact that a dog-related fatality happened. News reports may be inaccurate and may misrepresent other important imformtion, such as the breed of dog(s) involved in the incident, however. Since there may be error in the identification of the breed of dog(s) involved in a fatal attack as reported in newspaper stories, it would be a mistake to use information posted on this site to support agendas promoting legislation banning, limiting or curtailing the ownership of certain breeds of dog, such as a so-called "pit bull" dog (read "Problems with pit bull terrier identification"). Note that a pit bull is not a breed of dog, but instead the term has come to be widely used to describe a dog that has an appearance similar to a American Pit Bull terrier of American Staffordshire terrier. In some cases a dog described as a pit bull may in fact be an American Staff (AKC recognized) or an American Pit Bull (UKC recognized), but in other cases it may not. Since other breeds of dog physically resemble these breeds, mistaken identity is frequently made and consequently numbers are inflated for the number of attacks involving so-called "pit bulls". Further, correct breed identification becomes more problematic when the dog involved in an attack is a mixed-breed. Hence, ambiguity exists when using the term "pit bull". Dr. Polsky discourages and specifically requests that statistics on this site not be used to suppprt breed specific legislation. Note that other data collection techniques (animal control reports, police reports, witness observation) used for breed identification purposes in fatal dogs attacks may also be flawed for these reasons. For obvious reasons, those interested in this area need to proceed with caution before drawing any definitive conclusions about the breeds involved in fatal dog attacks."
We all know how good journalists are at fact checking.
Yep. He probably missed lots of additional fatal attacks.
Here’s one of the fatal pit bull attacks that he missed.
July 26, 2010
CONCORD, Calif. (CBS/AP) A California man was arrested Thursday afternoon on suspicion of felony child endangerment and possession of mischievous animals after three of his pit bulls attacked and killed his step grandson.
The 2-year-old victim, Jacob Busbee, was at home Thursday morning with his grandmother, uncle, and 4-year-old brother, when he walked into the garage and was attacked by the family dogs, reports CBS affiliate KPIX. The boy died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital.
Give me one link or any other credibloe evidence of one he might have missed, and I'll believe you. Seems to me he's a strong enough advocate for his agenda that I doubt if he'd have let anything slip by that would have even remotely supported his angle.
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