Sad story all around.
Yes, it is sad. Very glad she was not hurt worse. I do believe that the Humane Society had a responsibility to warn the new owner of the breed type, especially since this child’s mother seemed completely surprised on the video here.
Update:
After I posted this story two days ago, I had second thoughts because the child’s injuries were less extensive than others similar. As it turns out, there is a “story behind the story here”, and here is the article about it, if you wish to see it.
Four-year-old nearly lost eye to pit bull rehomed by the Humane Society of Catawba County
LENOIR, North Carolina––Responding to a week of intensive pit bull adoption promotion by the Humane Society of Catawba County, mother of two toddlers . . . http://www.animals24-7.org/2018/05/05/how-a-shelter-blackjacked-adopters-with-the-nanny-dog-myth/ (excerpted)