Posted on 06/03/2011 7:47:48 PM PDT by Jim 726
Pet pit bull mauls and kills 15-day-old baby
Pit bulls and other large dogs continue to maim and kill people. Is it because these dogs are aggressive and dangerous or are they owned by irresponsible and careless people?
Buster didn't have a history of being aggressive. He was a family pet, a year old and hyper like many young dogs. Buster's owner, 25-year-old Mallory Wildig had been staying at her mother's house following the birth of Darius on February 4 along with her 2-year-old son, Keylin Tillman. She would return home to feed Buster and let him outside. The times she couldn't get home a friend of her father would stop by to feed the dog. Wildig and her two children returned home on February 19. She had Keylin feed the dog, he was then let outside and given a bath afterward.
After reading to the children in Keylin's room she turned a movie on for Keylin and took the infant to her room for a nap. After closing the door she returned to Keylin's room and laid down with him for his nap. The dog was on the floor near them. Her cell phone woke her up about 10 minutes later. She went to check on Darius and found him on the floor dead.
The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety report said she, “discovered that Darius was dead and had been mauled and partially consumed by Buster."
The report said she sobbed throughout her initial interview with Detective Sheila Goodell. According to Mlive.com Wildig told the detective when she found her son his bassinet was tipped over and Darius was on the floor.
According to the police report Wildig said, “When I walked into the room, there was blood on the bassinet and he just looked like a little doll on the floor. It felt like all of this was a nightmare.”
Charges of involuntary manslaughter and cruelty to animals were sought against Wildig, but the Kalamazoo County Prosecutor’s Office declined to authorize charges. lamazoo County Chief Assistant Prosecutor Carrie Klein said, “This was her baby. She loved her baby. She was traumatized by what happened.”
Klein said to charge Klein there there would have be gross negligence showed.
Klein said, “Nobody ever saw any aggressive or violent tendencies from the pet at all. There was no way for the mother to know it was going to attack and kill someone. It was not gross negligence on her part to have the dog running loose in the house with the baby in the bassinet. She had no way of knowing the dog was going to do what it did.”
Buster was euthanized and an autopsy showed the dog's stomach was full of food.
Last month, Saquina Jubeark, a mother of three little boys, ages 2, 4 and 5 said she left the room they were in to get something out of the stroller. When she returned to the room where the boys were she saw her Cane Corso tearing at the 4-year-old. The little boy died from being bitten in the head and neck.
According to neighbors the home was like a zoo with the Cane Corso, a pit bull, a German Shepherd, a parrot and a snake.
Neighbors said it took 10 firefighters to remove the dogs from the home.
Nydailynews.com reports Kenny Riser the superintendent of the building said "People were scared of those dogs. The dogs belong to the husband, who is seldom here. This was a tragedy waiting to happen."
Shelbra Freeman, 72-years-old saw her neighbors pit bull loose and was trying to let them know when the dog turned on her.
Another neighbor heard the dog barking and when she went outside she saw Freeman near her yard. wyff4.com reports her neighbor Erica Sykes said, "(Freeman) was just laying here screaming for help and she had blood running everywhere. So, I just wrapped her arm up with a towel and squeezed it real tight and just tried to help her breathe and calm down because she was still screaming .All I was worried about was just helping her. I mean, it was shocking."
Another neighbor said, "I ran over there. She was sitting up with her ear lobe chewed off and blood all over her arms and, I mean, it was just horrible." Freeman is recovering in a hospital.
Chad McBride from the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office said the dog is being quarantined for 10 days and the owner, David Milner, has been cited for no proof of rabies and dog running at large.
Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/307542#ixzz1OGr13zrS
Pit Grackles ate all my mulberries before they even turned *white* this year.
Every spring, it’s a mad dash between bird species to see who gets them first, ripe or not.
Stupid pit birds.
Nah...it’s more than that.
Dogs don’t automatically -respect- The Food Bearer.
They see you as Top Dog.
:)
Oh, those grackles...I discovered an elderberry tree in my neighbor’s yard, and I’m trying to figure out how to get them before the birds do.
I was 6’tall, 165#, and the dog was roughly 80# or so...I got on its back, wrapped my right arm under the throat, and just didn’t let go until the dog stopped resisting......I’d say about 5 minutes, and as far as I’m concerned, the dog didn’t stand a chance....I was not very happy with him....he is less happy with me....oh well
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This is from post 57. Does this disturb you at all?
On these threads, I read about dog/animal stranglings, drownings, stabbings, beatings, shootings, poisoning methods galore and myriad other methods of brutal, gleeful sadism all the time.
Yes, it does still disturb me but sadly, it no longer surprises me.
I’ve learned the hard way that FReepers aren’t *all* automatically sane, decent people.
I’ve also cultivated a very healthy gratitude that I am well armed, well protected, secluded and live ~far away~ from the...uh...”fulfilled” ones.
At least you cited where you got your crap from... there is no way to accurately calculate which breeds attack/bite/kill people for multiple reasons. 1) hospitals dont keep record of what breed of dog victims are bit by. 2) media only tells us when a so called dangerous dog attacks. 3) most people cant pick an american pit bull terrier out of a line up. Try it out http://www.pitbullsontheweb.com/petbull/findpit.html . If you want some accurate and scientific information on which breeds are most likely to bite check out atts.org. You’ll be supprised on which breeds are more likely to bite.
On a more personal note i have a 9 yr old, 4yr old and 3 yr old “pit bull” all living peacefully with my 2 yr old son. Although I wouldnt leave my baby alone with any dog even a yorkie.
Stopped reading your post after this part “At least you cited where you got your crap from... “
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