Posted on 11/20/2018 5:44:32 PM PST by BenLurkin
Officials with the Oklahoma City Fire Department said there were 28 children and three teachers on the playground at the time of the attack.
In all, 12 students were taken to a hospital for treatment – nine for superficial bites and others for scrapes and bruises as children tried to run away from the dog.
"The dog came on and started to attack some of the kids, and then of course the kids began to scream and panic, which excited the dog and scared the dog even more, so his natural instinct was to keep biting and going after the kids," Fire Capt. David Macy told KFOR.
The dog got into the school building, officials said, but a special education teacher managed to subdue it.
Hughes said he did not feel like a hero despite being praised as one.
"I had it pinned, and my arms locked around his head so he couldn't move," Hughes said. "Everybody did what they're supposed to do."
A police officer arrived after the dog, described as a brown and white pit bull mix, was tackled by Hughes
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Funny how that works, isn’t it? VAST majority of FReepers: “I don’t trust the press at all in anything, ever!!”
Some breed obsessed FReepers: “Oh, the article clearly states it’s a pitbull!”
Do you NOT see the hypocrisy and irony I am referring to?
Some history for you:
https://pitbulls.org/article/brief-history-american-pit-bull-terrier
I’m not obsessed with stupid dogs—far from it. I do, however, note that there is a disproportionate number of attacks by pit bulls reported by the press. I also know someone who was attacked by his own pit bull. If you don’t believe that pit bulls, Chows, etc. are volatile breeds, then why don’t you call your homeowner’s insurance company and ask them if it’s okay if you have a few pit bulls at home? I’ll wait for you to report back what they said.
Pit bull owners are scum.
I was training in the Peace Corps to go to Afghanistan, nearly 50 years ago. As a precaution against getting bitten by a rabid critter we got two or three rabies shots in the arm. We were told that they were 80% effective against contracting rabies if we couldn’t get to India to get real medical treatment. The shots hurt going in, I remember my arm muscles spasming even while the needle was still in. Glad to hear they aren’t so bad anymore.
Another pit ull, excited to attack people. Kill these dogs.
I had to have a series of three. The needles were tiny and the shots were over quickly.
I’ve tried to spread the word because a lot of people think that they’re still painful and given in the stomach.
In a school???!!!
Only the mass murderers.
You sound just like the idiots who claim people are assigned gender at birth.
Nobody *assigns* gender. They look and declare the fact.
So nobody assigned breed to the dog to *make it a pit bull attack*.
It was a pit and it did attack.
If you have that much trouble dealing with reality, there is help available.
“owned by irresponsible owners who show off their masculinity by owning a pit.”
Nowadays, it’s that, OR the irresponsible do-gooders vehemently trying to show them “mercy” by “adopting” them and “loving” them (rarely, RESPECTING, which is what dogs need), and proving to the world they are “wonderful” dogs.
This last is exemplified by the woman who died literally across the end of the street I once lived on 10 years ago, some 4 houses down; it hit home a bit too much (still live 15 min from there). https://patch.com/maryland/columbia/dog-mauled-columbia-woman-death-police
The facts speak pretty well for themselves.
| Date | Location | Victim's name | Victim's age | Category of dog | Circumstances |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 9 | Ouachita Parish, Louisiana | Laura Ray | 53 years | pit bull (1) | Laura was killed by the dog at a pet boarding facility. She worked at the pet boarding facility and it was the dog's first stay at the facility.[813] |
| January 14 | Duncan, Oklahoma | Rylee Dodge | 3 years | pit bull (1) | Rylee was killed at home by the family dog. The dog had been adopted only five days earlier.[814] |
| February 15 | Owensboro, Kentucky | David Brown | 46 years | pit bull mix or mixed breed (1) | The dog attacked the other family dog, a Beagle. The couple tried to break up the fight. David Brown was killed and his wife was injured.[815] |
| March 7 | Jonesville, Virginia | Unknown | 8 days | Malamute-Wolf hybrid mix (1) | The baby girl was mauled and killed while she was in her bassinet by the 3 year old family dog.[816] |
| March 9 | Cape Girardeau, Missouri | Loxli Chavez | 13 months | mixed breed dog (1) | Victim was at babysitter's house when she was attacked by a dog in the home. The dog had previously bitten the babysitter's own son. The dog was described as a "part pit bull, Labrador and Malamute" mix.[817] |
| March 25 | Converse, Texas | Noah Trevino | 4 years | mixed breed dog (1) | The boy was playing in the backyard of his home when the family dog attacked and killed him. The dog was tethered at the time of the attack and was described as a "mixed large breed dog" by Bexar County Animal Control.[818] |
| March 25 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Hong Saengsamly | 49 years | pit bull (1) | Victim was killed by her own dog. Her adult son discovered her body later.[819] |
| May 5 | Sherman Oaks, California | Gaia Nova | 3 months | Rottweiler (1), Labrador Retriever (1) | The baby girl was attacked and killed by a family dog when her grandmother left the room to get a bottle. The family had three dogs - a Rottweiler (100 lbs), a Labrador Retriever (100 lbs), and a small terrier (10 lbs). Authorities are not sure which of the three dogs is responsible, but it is likely that one (or both) of the family's larger dogs was responsible (Rottweiler and/or Labrador Retriever).[820] |
| May 10 | Ardmore, Oklahoma | Tracy Garcia | 52 years | Dachshund-Terrier mixes (6) Dachshund-Border Collie mix (1) | The woman was attacked and killed by her neighbor's seven dogs. The dogs were described as 6 Dachshund-Terrier mixes and one Dachshund-Border Collie mix. While news sources describe the dogs as a number of Dachshund and Terrier mixes, the exact breed(s) of the dogs remains unknown. [821] |
| May 16 | Gulfport, Mississippi | Georgia Morgan | 75 years | pit bulls (2) | Attacked by neighbor's dogs.[822] The neighbor, Emily Craft, was later arrested on charges of "dog at large" and "vicious animal," and the dogs were euthanized.[823] |
| May 24 | Altoona, Pennsylvania | Gauge Allen Eckenrode | 6 years | pit bull (1) | The victim was attacked outside the house by the family dog.[824] |
| May 30 | Miramar, Florida | Liana Valino | 8 months | pit bull (1) | Infant attacked by family pet while in the care of a relative.[825] |
| June 10 | Forest Park, Georgia | Paige Bradley | 5 months | German Shepherd (1) | The baby girl was mauled and killed by the babysitter's dog while the infant was asleep. The babysitter was also asleep in another room when the incident occurred. The babysitter was a family friend and the dog had been around the baby since it was born.[826] |
| June 21 | Huntingtown, Maryland | Jenna Sutphin | 28 years | Dogo Argentino (1) | Jenna was attacked and killed by one of her dogs, a Dogo Argentino that she owned with her fiance. She was found outside of her home early in the morning and died later that day as a result of her injuries. Her fiance is a K-9 officer and they owned two Dogo Argentinos (both family dogs) that were being used as a breeding pair. The dog that attacked Jenna was shot and killed by a responding Maryland State Police trooper.[827] |
| June 25 | Arcata, California | Donald Steele | 91 years | pit bull mix (1) | Victim and his son's girlfriend were attacked in a park by a dog owned by victim's son.[828] |
| July 8 | Montgomery, Alabama | Joseph Pettaway | 51 years | Belgian Malinois (1) | The man was killed by a police K9 unit when police were responding to a burglary-in-progress call. The man was believed to be burglarizing a house when the K9 unit entered the house and attacked him.[829] |
| July 17 | Jacksonville, Florida | Jaelah Smith | 6 years | pit bull mix (1) | Jaelah was attacked on Sunday, July 15 by a dog that her family was dog sitting and she died of her injuries several days later. The family was watching the dog while its owner was on vacation.[830] |
| August 1 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Javon Torres | 2 years | pit bulls (3) | Victim was attacked by three dogs in his home while under the care of a babysitter.[831] |
| August 4 | Chicago, Illinois | Karen Brown | 57 years | pit bull (1) | Victim was attacked by a loose dog that had been kept in an unfenced backyard by owners who kept multiple dogs in crates [832] |
| August 9 | Montgomery County, North Carolina | Olga Rekhson | 64 years | pit bulls (2) | Victim went for a walk. She was discovered a few hours later, deceased on the side of an unused road within the development.[833] |
| August 18 | Rocky Mount, North Carolina | Gurney Walker | 75 years | pit bull (1) | Victim was found dead at a home with injuries inflicted by a dog. Victim had been staying at the home of the owner of the dog.[834] |
| August 22 | Cincinnati, Ohio | Della Riley | 42 years | mixed breed dog (1) | Victim was attacked and killed by her own dog in her home.[835] |
| September 3 | Columbia, Maryland | Robin Conway | 64 years | pit bull (1) | Victim was killed in her backyard by a dog she had adopted just two weeks previously.[836] |
| September 6 | Mount Shasta, California | Teena Mawhorter | 74 years | pit bull mix or collie terrier mix (1) | Elderly victim was attacked and killed by the family dog while sitting in her kitchen when she reached under the table to pet the dog.[837] |
| September 9 | Baker City, Orgegon | Mitchelle Dean Segerdahl | 53 years | pit bulls (6) | Victim was attacked by one or many of his six dogs in his home. By the time police arrived, two of the dogs were dead from fighting each other.[838] |
| October 1 | Las Vegas, Nevada | Susan Sweeney | 58 years | Mastiff-Presa Canario mix (1) | Susan was attacked and killed by a dog that she had recently adopted from a shelter. Her husband found her body in their home and called the police to report the incident. The dog was euthanized after the police completed the investigation.[839] |
| October 5 | Clearwater, Florida | Khloe Williams | 7 months | Retriever-hound mix (1) | The baby girl was bitten by the dog while under the care of her foster parents. The foster mom had opened the dog's kennel to let it out and it ran towards the baby girl and attacked her. The baby girl was taken to the hospital where she later died of her injuries. The dog belonged to her foster father who is a Clearwater Police Department detective.[840] |
| October 12 | Alvin, Texas | Denali Gonzalez | 2 years | Leopard Cur mix (1) | The child was attacked by the family dog in their backyard and died on the scene from her injuries. The child had gone into the backyard to play with the dog when the attack occurred. A family member immediately called 911 after noticing the attack. The dog was tranquilized when the police arrived and was later euthanized.[841][842] |
| October 14 | Washington, District of Columbia | Angela Smith | 55 years | pit bull (1) | The victim's husband left the home for a 15 minute walk. On returning, he found his wife mauled by the family dog. Victim's mother in law was present in the home, but sleeping in another room. There were no witnesses of the attack. The dog attempted to bite responding officers and was later euthanized.[843] |
| October 27 | Greenville, Texas | Kristie Kelley | 44 years | Brazilian Mastiff (1) | The victim was home alone when the family dog attacked her on October 23rd. She was found injured but alive by her husband who called 911 for an ambulance. She was taken to the hospital but passed away four days later on October 27th due to injuries suffered from the attack.[844] |
| October 28 | Rocky Mount, North Carolina | Triniti Harrell | 1 year old | pit bull mix (1) | Victim was attacked by the family's dog of six years. 911 operator assisted the mother in trying to get the dog off. The dog was ultimately shot by responding officers.[845] |
| November 2 | Winchester, Kentucky | April Collins | 45 years | pit bull (1) | Husband arrived home to discover his wife had been attacked by their dog. [846] |
| November 4 | Windsor Township, Pennsylvania | Nora Sharp | 19 months | mixed breed dog (1) | The toddler was attacked by the family dog at home while the parents were present.[847] |
| November 11 | Dunnellon, Florida | (Undisclosed) | 5 days | pit bull (1) | While the mother was in another room, the dog attacked the baby in its bassinet.[848] |
| November 13 | Big Prairie Township, Michigan | Sharon Daniels | 77 years | pit bull (1) | Elderly, disabled, wheelchair bound woman was found dead in her home with three pit bulls, one of which bit her.[849] |
i have been afraid of a dog attack twice at mt water meter about 1100 feet from my house and a quarter mile from the dogs home, it was a pitbull both times, they are used to fight, guard drugs, and other no good reasons. sterilization is called for across the board on pits, though my problem pit hasn’t been seen since immediately following the second incident. owning a pit is like owning a cobra or other poisonous reptiles, obviously compensating for something
We may never know why this pit bull committed this heinous act.
It’s the classic behavior of a pit bull.
Shoot the pit bull owners they make the dog mean.
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Do you work for CNN?
It was a long time ago, but I remember it being called ‘duck embryo’ vaccine. The needles weren’t big as I recall, but the shot did hurt. That said, any shot, no matter how painful would be better than the horror of rabies.
Not interested in history of these dogs.. no doubt some past hx of these” type” dogs was not as dangerous, but the more recent..10 or 30 yrs.. breeding has bred them and destroyed the original...this breeding very much in fl.
That dog wasn't scared. He was having the time of his life. They are always wagging their tail with happiness when they are mauling people in every video I have ever seen. I think their goofy owners secretly enjoy it, too.
I Am surprised the Admin haven’t deleted this thread as out bulls are a protected class like muzzies.
“Dog of Peace” is now the breed’s “Forever Name”?
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