Newborn baby attacked by pit bull

WXYZ ^

[Chet 99]

Posted: 09/01/2010

Last Updated: 14 minutes ago

WATERFORD, Mich. (WXYZ) - A newborn baby is in the hospital recovering from a pit bull attack that happened as his grandfather held him in a Waterford backyard.

Wally Mersino was holding his four-day-old grandson when the family dog, a pit bull mix named Floyd jumped up and bit the baby on the head. “His fang tooth or something put a laceration on the head, I kicked the dog away and we rushed the baby in the house to stop the bleeding,” says Mersino.

He says, the dog was sitting next to him on the back patio when all of a sudden without provocation, without warning, the dog jumped up and opened its mouth on the newborn.

The baby was rushed to the hospital, and Animal Control came and took the dog away. The newborn had several stitches and is expected to be released from the hospital as early as Thursday.

Mersino tells Action News, the family dog was put down Wednesday, and even though it was sad, he knows it had to be done.

[Blue Jays]

That is one funky-looking dog the media has photographed!

[Windflier]

I’ll say it again....

Pit bull terriers are not domestic animals, and should be treated as such. People should have to obtain a special license to board or own them, and be required to keep them fenced and secured at all times. Just like with any other dangerous, exotic animal.

[Immerito]

It sounds like the baby is going to be all right, and that is the important thing.

[SoldierDad]

Tick, tick, tick, tick goes the timebomb. Good luck.

[SoldierDad]

Sorry. Guns do not go off all on their own without any warning.

[LongElegantLegs]

You missed a couple, Chet! It’s cool though, I rounded them up for you.

http://www.justicenewsflash.com/2010/08/26/boxer-fatally-attacks-unsupervised-4-year-old-girl_201008265354.html

http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/8360488.Savage_attack_on_pet_border_collie_on_Turbary_Common/

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3119699/Yobs-set-devil-dog-on-tramp.html

http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1315110_woman_owner_of__devil_dog_in_park_attack_is_spared_jail

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Dogs-Attack-Girl-Aged-10-Needs-Plastic-Surgery-After-Being-Savaged-By-Two-Rottweilers-In-Dundee/Article/201008415709129?lpos=UK_News_Carousel_Region_1&lid=ARTICLE_15709129_Dogs_Attack%3A_Girl_Aged_10_Needs_Plastic_Surgery_After_Being_Savaged_By_Two_Rottweilers_In_Dundee__

http://www.getwokingham.co.uk/news/s/2077416_toddler_bitten_during_dog_attack

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/baby-bitten-100-times-by-pet-dingo-cross/story-e6frf7jo-1225912522489

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10670205

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/10/2978466.htm

http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/news/local/100811-woman-and-pet-injured-in-dog-attack

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11160886

http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/Girl-8-savaged-in-Akita.6486568.jp

http://www.stalbansreview.co.uk/news/8320199.Owner_of_Japanese_dog_fined_following_nasty_attack_on__trick_or_treating__girl/

http://www.wlwt.com/r/24654057/detail.html

[TigersEye]

Yes, that is sorry. Some sorry logic. Guns go off unexpectedly in the wrong hands all the time.

Ontario pit bull ban isn't working, Humane Society says

[TigersEye]

Tick, tick, tick, tick goes the timebomb. Good luck.

I don't need luck. Luck is superstition. I use my head and avail myself of all the information I can find.

[LongElegantLegs]

Oops, found a couple more...

http://wcfcourier.com/news/local/article_d784b920-b182-11df-9008-001cc4c002e0.html

http://www.channel3000.com/news/24778619/detail.html

http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/local_news/boy-walking-to-bus-attacked-by-dogs-

http://www.sheboyganpress.com/article/20100827/SHE0101/8270444/Authorities-identify-4-year-old-killed-by-dog

http://www.dudleynews.co.uk/news/8352021.Dog_savaged_attack_victim/

http://www.haverhillecho.co.uk/news/Dog-39attacked-worker-walking-home39.6496459.jp

http://www.northantset.co.uk/news/American-bulldog-mauls-Yorkshire-terrier.6486941.jp

http://www.wftv.com/countybycounty/24844973/detail.html

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

He says, the dog was sitting next to him on the back patio when all of a sudden without provocation, without warning, the dog jumped up and opened its mouth on the newborn.
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He was a Good Boy and never did that before???!...

[fwdude]

Keep your head in the sand, Ostrich.

The pathetic anarchist music playing in your linked video speaks volumes.

[SoldierDad]

And, when that doesn’t work for you?

[SoldierDad]

Okay, I'm going to say this so that it's easily understood:

GUNS DO NOT UNEXPECTEDLY FIRE WHEN IN SOMEONE'S HAND - IF THE GUN IS IN YOUR HAND YOU'D BETTER BE EXPECTING IT TO GO OFF AND TREAT IT WITH THAT LEVEL OF RESPECT. IF YOU ALLOW A FIREARM TO GET INTO THE HANDS OF A CHILD, YOU'D BETTER EXPECT THAT FIREARM TO GO OFF.

It really is that simple.

[TigersEye]

All caps tells me you’re simple. lol

[TigersEye]

And, when that doesn’t work for you?

It hasn't failed yet.

[TigersEye]

The pathetic anarchist music playing in your linked video speaks volumes.

Anarchist music? ROTFLOL

Jogger Encircled, Attacked By Dogs

[fwdude]

Yeah, anarchist. It’s what a leftist would listen to.

[TigersEye]

ROTFLMAO OK. Bwaaaaahaahaaaaaaa!

[SoldierDad]

All caps should tell you that your dense. But, being dense I suppose you wouldn’t recognize that.

[TigersEye]

It tells me you spend most of your time on a teen chat channel.