Kentucky man charged with harboring a vicious animal after fatal pit bull attack [Update]

A Kentucky man has been accused of harboring a vicious animal after a Christmas Eve pit bull attack in which a woman was killed and her husband injured...the two pit bulls...belonged to their neighbor, Johnny Dale Lankford, 42... Lankford was told of the charge at the Bell County jail, where he is being held on separate charges of assault, domestic violence, unlawful imprisonment and an outstanding warrant...in connection with an arrest Friday.

(A copy and paste of a previous post of mine today that can apply to your post.
In fact, you’ve likely seen the account many times before over the years,
and yet are still presenting dogsbite.org as a reputable source, which only emphasizes my conclusion)
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As I’ve posted many times on FR...

After a news report identifying a dog involved in an attack as a “pit bull”
and after seeing a grainy photo of the dead dog in the news report,
I called San Antonio Texas and spoke directly with the animal control officer who had seen the dog
and she told me in no uncertain terms that the dog was not a ‘pit bull’ but rather appeared to be a Lab.

At that time, I thought dogsbite.org was a reputable organization
that was truly desirous of compiling an accurate database of dog attacks.

I contacted them with this info and the contact number of the AC officer in San Antonio so they could verify the info.
I never received a reply.
I contacted them again, thinking perhaps it was an oversight, but again with the same result.
To this day that dog is still identified by dogsbite.org as a ‘pit bull’.

They are not honest investigators.
They knowingly lie to support what I came to realize was a partisan vendetta against ‘pitbulls’.
They are the dog version of the SPLC.

They use Clifton Merrit as a source for much of their ‘statistics’.
Clifton Merrit does no independent verification, such as I did with the San Antonio report, but relies solely on newspaper reports.

If you use them as source, it indicates you either don’t know their true nature
or you do know and approve of any means necessary to justify your hateful stigmatizing of millions of dogs.

Have a Nice Day

The problem with pittbulls is that they don’t come with an “off” switch.

My dog, an Amstaffer, was attacked by a bear.
He had not behaved aggressively towards the bear.
He was standing broadside to the bear, between me and the bear.
He was nor growling, snarling, barking or looking at the bear.

The bear stepped forward and chomped down on my dogs back.
That flipped his 'ON' switch and my dog twisted to defend himself.
In the meantime, I saw an opportunity to save my dog and took it.
As it turned out both myself and the dog were attacking the bear from the same side and in the same area.
In the heat of this battle my dog mistakenly bit my thumb on my weapon hand.
I yelled out, No Sam!, Back Sam! and he disappeared while I continued to focus on the bear.

The battle went in my favor and after it ended I looked for my dog and saw him standing about 8 feet away.
In the heat of a life-or-death battle, he still heard, listened to, and obeyed me.
He activated his OFF switch
You can see him here in the top of the photo, that is where he had gone to and remained on my 'Back!'command.
You might want to keep this in mind before making categorical posts about the lack of an OFF switch.

Have a Nice Day

Thursday, December 28, 2017
BARNSTABLE MA - POLICE FOUND A BLOODY MESS AT PETSMART AFTER A “SWEET AS CAN BE” PIT BULL THAT “NEVER BIT A HUMAN BEFORE” MAULED AN EMPLOYEE

A 22-year-old PetSmart employee was seriously injured when she was mauled by a PIT BULL MIX during a grooming earlier this week.
Police in Barnstable, Massachusetts said they received a call around 11:15 a.m. Wednesday about a dog bite at the PetSmart in Hyannis.
When they arrived, police said they found a trail of blood leading from the grooming area through the customer aisle and training area, around the corner and into the employee lounge.
In the lounge, police found a female PetSmart employee being treated by co-workers for multiple bite wounds. She reportedly suffered BITE WOUNDS TO HER UPPER TORSO, WRIST AND HAND, AS WELL AS EXTENSIVE TEARING OF THE FLESH, POSSIBLE BROKEN BONES AND A POSSIBLE DISLOCATED SHOULDER.
The victim said the owner of the dog, a pit bull mix, brought it in wearing a muzzle asking that it be groomed. When asked about the muzzle, the owner said the dog had previously attacked another dog, but was “sweet as can be.” The owner was informed that store policy required the removal of the muzzle during grooming.
Police said the dog had actually previously attacked a person, and PetSmart would have declined to provide grooming services if that information had been disclosed.
During the grooming process, while the dog was being moved, police said the dog attacked the victim FOR NO APPARENT REASON AND WITHOUT WARNING AND WOULD NOT LET GO OF HER ARM.
Co-workers used an air horn and a special spray, but were still unable to deter the dog until they were finally able to physically pull the victim’s arm out of the dog’s mouth. They then secured the dog in a cage and brought the victim to the employee lounge.
Due to the severity of the victim’s injuries, rescue workers stabilized her at the scene and then transported her to Cape Cod Hospital. SHE WAS LATER FLOWN TO BRIGHAM AND WOMEN’S HOSPITAL IN BOSTON FOR FURTHER TREATMENT.
Her name is not being released and her condition is not known at this time.
Following the incident, the dog was released to the owner and ordered to be kept under quarantine for 10 days. Sandwich police and animal control were also notified.
Police said they are not ruling out the possibility of charging the dog’s owner.
https://www.necn.com/news/new-england/PetSmart-Groomer-Badly-Injured-in-Pit-Bull-Attack-in-Hyannis-Massachusetts-467013363.html

https://www.necn.com/news/new-england/PetSmart-Groomer-Badly-Injured-in-Pit-Bull-Attack-in-Hyannis-Massachusetts-467013363.html

Posted by Decatur AL livin nt to 4 pits at 5:46:00 PM
Labels: Barnstable MA, Life Flight, Life Flight Because of Pit Bull Attack, Massachusetts, PetSmart,

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