Carter County woman dies after being mauled by dogs

KTAN Texoma ^ | May 11, 2018 | McKenna Eubank

[Norski]

CARTER COUNTY, Okla. -- Officials said a woman was attacked and killed by a neighbor's dogs on Thursday night.

Carter County Sheriff Chris Bryant said the victim -- whose name has not yet been released -- was attacked by seven dogs and later died from her injuries.

Bryant said the incident happened before 10 p.m. at a residence just east of Ardmore on Banyon Road. He said one of the dogs was a pit bull; the others were medium-sized dogs of other breeds, all with the same owner.

"Once we were notified that this female had succumbed to her injuries, the owner of the dogs decided to put the dogs down," Sheriff Bryant said.

There have been no arrests. Bryant said he believes the victim lived in the area of the attack.

"It's really scary because my kids play out here all the time," one neighbor told KTEN. "Even if I'm out here with them, it's just scary having dogs roaming around attacking people."

There is no "leash law" in unincorporated areas of Carter County.

"Most municipalities do, but the county does not," Sheriff Bryant said. "Just be aware your your surroundings and if you have any issues with livestock or animals or anything like that, please give us a call."

[Norski]

Thank you. Some people believed for a time that I was Chet99. I am not.

[Norski]

Hmm. I believe this is more along the lines of manslaughter, but I am not an attorney.

[Bonemaker]

“The owners need to be put down too for murder”

Sounds like white trashiness of the first order. Filthy bastard.

[Ikeon]

There's a reason dog fighters and criminals breed and/or own pit bulls instead of golden retrievers. If you can't understand it, then I can't explain it to you.

[Bonemaker]

“Unlike wolves who have a natural fear of man, dogs have none.”

I don’t know about that. People in wolf country aren’t quite so sanguine.
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[familyop]

"Was the owner protecting marijuana plants or perhaps a meth lab? Who needs seven savage like dogs , most of unremarkable heritage? We may never know. Since all the animals were quickly put down, and the poor woman is deceased, the owner will get a low level of public scrutiny."

That's a good point that needs to be discussed.

We know well enough in general what the owner is, and we know his motivations. He refuses to consider consequences (our fathers' criminology in regards to the criminal mind). He values animals over human beings. He's a psychopath. He intentionally chose and kept dogs that possessed tendencies and abilities to kill a real person. We don't need to prove anything else.

Notice that Sheriff's use of the word, unfortunate. I'm not surprised that many state and local government administrators and their connected business friends in OK pushed the Governor into that recent veto against our nation's Second Amendment. The same tendency has been seen in the political class in other states.

Where such animals exist outside of secured zoos and animal reserve enclosures, everyone has a right to carry a weapon for defense against such threats. People have rights as stated in our Constitution--not beasts.

[EliRoom8]

I stand corrected. Anton. was involved in a dog mauling Oklahoma City in 2017.

[Fhios]

Pit bulls are dangerous. <— period They’re descendents of dogs bred for war and in today’s world there are still some bred for dog fighting.

Arrogant people take these dogs in as pets. Some get lucky and some get not so lucky.

Whatever you think you know about dogs and pit bulls goes out the window when dogs travel in packs. The more dogs the more dangerous. Pitbulls will inevitably become the alpha male and when they attack, all the other dogs will likely attack too. Including fluffy, your adorable Bichon.

Owners who let pit bulls out to roam the neighborhood are idiots. No matter how gentle they think their dog is.

It’s simple. You want to own a pit bull or some breed similar or mixed go build a 7’ fence and have gates with locks on them.

I would choose to actually eradicate the breed.

[Fhios]

Negligent homicide

[Fresh Wind]

My neighbor has a pit bull. It wants to kill me and the feeling is mutual.

Yes, I understand it wants to protect its territory, but it seems to believe that my back yard is included in that territory.

If it ever gets loose, it will come after me. One of us will die.

[familyop]

"You appear to have an obsession with this particular breed."

Norski doesn't spend much time posting articles about dog attacks, and the articles are appreciated by many. Here's an interesting quote from your FR page at the time of this comment.

"I don’t hate people, but I seem to feel better when they’re not around."

Your stated general position about people fits well into the topic that we're discussing, although we've seen the same statement from others in related threads.

[BBell]

I thought you might be(;/)

[rolling_stone]

my ex neighbor had some pits that kept jumping against my wood fence trying to get to my dog. I advised him if his dogs hurt or killed my dog or myself, I would do the same to him as he was responsible for them. He chained his dogs up and shortly thereafter moved.

[tflabo]

Another reason for concealed carry- to thwart four legged terrorist attacks.

[Hot Tabasco]

if you have any issues with livestock

Many years ago a co worker moved to rural Shelbyville KY. His two huskies attacked and killed a neighbor's cow.........

[kelly4c]

I’m not who you’re asking but I’ve seen enough to be leery of even going for a walk down the street where I know I could encounter one. Would that be considered an obsession, or simply self-preservation instincts? I mean, when we allow people to own what has proven to be a dangerous animal and enough of them do for some odd reason, it does tend to stay in the back of one’s mind.

[hoosierham]

Pit bulls and a few other dog breeds, snakes, lions,tigers,bears, and similar animals are PROVEN dangerous and ought to at the very least require strict licensing,secured spaces, inspection, and huge liability insurance.

My opinion is anyone keeping such dangerous “pets” has serious mental problems.

A gun won’t turn on you by itself but an animal certainly can.

[Hootowl99]

My family had a ranch located in Carter County that was in the Southwest area of the county and a couple of miles north of the Red River. We don't have the ranch any longer but do have the mineral rights.

Persons acquainted with or certainly active in ranching and farming are acquainted with the problems and hazards of wild dogs running in packs. They take down livestock and are more dangerous than coyotes. In our case, the beat up ranch pickup and pretty much all the neighbor ranch's trucks I was acquainted with had a gun rack in the back window with a rifle at the ready. We shot stray dogs on sight. Occasionally, the Winchester would be in a scabbard when using a horse when we were doing something like riding a few miles of fence or checking some more remote corners that you otherwise had to go in on foot. I still have that 30-30 Winchester and have taken several deer with it. I imagine most ranchers now would choose something on the AR platform to get better range and accuracy.

Our last ranch dog was was a mutt that was a cross bred standard collie with a Saint Bernard. Biggest damn collie you ever saw with a working dog's instinct to protect the cattle and people too if it ever came to that. We rarely saw coyotes but for the occasional wild dog singles or packs, I never saw any willing to stand up to our dog. When they saw that big dog coming off they'd go running. He'd run them till the pack crossed the fence line then stop - His job was done. I saw the picture of the seven dogs and they were either ill bred pitbulls or mix breed pits. I hope the owner faces some prison time. This is nothing less than murder on their part.

[Kartographer]

"My opinion is anyone keeping such dangerous “pets” has serious mental problems."

There you have it! When you read about how someone keeping some exotic pet who then turns on them a family member or gets lose and goes after a neighbor its always the owner's first claim people is it's the persons fault. The victim can be walking down a public street on in their own yard but to the owner of these dangerous animals it's the stupid peoples fault that their uncontrolled animal attacked them. How many times do we hear these stories about how docile the offending lion, tiger, pit bull was how loving and so forth and so it ate a neighbor well it's the stupid neighbor's fault. Seems FR has more that its share of Timothy Treadwells.

[Sequoyah101]

No place for pit bulls or other attack dogs in normal conditions. Area wide leash laws are needed if owners cant be responsible. Dog packs are eventually dangerous and that includes too many “pets” which are often just a bunch of fed undisciplined mutts.

There is no place, use or need for these dog packs people keep.