Posted on 09/04/2010 12:30:04 PM PDT by Chet 99
Elderly Woman Mauled to Death by Dog
September 04, 2010 2:24 PM
Amanda Shropshire
A Mcminn County woman is mauled to death by her family pit bull. We spoke to McMinn County Sheriff Joe Guy on the scene.
He says around 11:30 Saturday morning an elderly woman and her family were at her house remodeling.
That's when Sheriff Guy says the woman went into the house while the other family members were outside and was attacked by the pitbull.
A neighbor who was at the house says he went inside to find the woman lying on the floor with the dog on top of her.
That neighbor says he used his gun to shoot the dog, but couldn't get the dog off of the woman.
Sheriff's Deputies arrived on the scene and killed the dog, however they were unable to save the woman who died on scene.
We will more on this story tonight on Newschannel9 at 7pm.
I am one inch from solving the problem permanently, but wondering what my legal standing is if I shoot the dog in my yard.
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Totally understand,,,
First,,,Check the laws in your state,,,
Second,,,Keep a “paper trail”,,,
(How many times cops were called/etc.),,,
If all else fails just do what you gotta do to keep you
and yours safe from attack...
Careful, you might instigate a fight with the “Hyper-Libertarians” on this board!
That being said - While the “majority of pit bulls never attack someone”, the do have a documented proclivity. What is even more alarming - a large number of the reported attacks are by dogs that supposedly have no history of such behavior and/or shown signs of such aggression (I question the honesty of those accounts... kind of like the footage in the ghetto where the distraught grandmother cries that “he is a good boy and just couldn’t have done what the man say he did.”... All while his real record reveals otherwise...
But still...
At that point, if Animal control doesn't fix the problem, then I would have my handy tool of choice for the job with me every time I exit or return to my home.
If an armed stranger showed up at your house and threatened you, keeping you from entering your house (or exiting, or going in your garage), would you wait patiently? What if you called the police, but the person was gone? How many times must you face this to take the necessary steps?
That's what "friends are for!"
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