pitbull owners are scum
Nine years old is not old for a cat. She had many years left had the stupid pit owners had half a brain. We’ve had several cats live 19 to 24 years. We loved them and they loved us back.
Dogs have a prey drive. It happens with Huskies, German Shepherds, Dobermans, Rottweilers, and Chihuahuas. Most of that is nature - Our American Eskimo Dog, which is a type of Spitz, went after small stuff like baby bunnies constantly. My mother-in law’s Doberman goes after adult rabbits and squirrels.
Unfortunately, this type of thing happens. I wouldn’t wish losing a pet this way on anyone, but the unfortunate truth is that this is way more common than you think, and it is not breed-specific. You just hear about Pits because people have a general fear of them, as it was with German Shepherds during the second world war (true, according to someone on my dialysis shift) and Rottweilers and Dobermans in the ‘90’s.
“Fowler let his cat out of his apartment to get some fresh air...”
I will never understand cat owners who let their cat out onto the street. What else do they expect.
Clearly more dog than she can handle. I’ve seen kids dragged by big dogs.
I don’t care much for cats, but that cat looks very sweet. Sad. Pit owners should serve a mandatory 1 year jail sentence if their dog kills another animal unprovoked. 10 years if a human is attacked. 20 if a human is killed. This crap would end in a hurry.
Some dogs are troublesome, and can be aggressive. All pit bulls are troublesome, and sooner or later they WILL be aggressive, wildly aggressive.
I don’t actually blame the dog. It’s a DNA thing, much like with a wolf it’s a DNA thing. This might excuse the dog. But in no way does it excuse the owner. You bring a wolf into a neighborhood, and you are sick trash. You bring a pit bull into a neighborhood, and you are sick trash.
Side story: I often walk a trail that winds past many houses. It’s a nice way to spend a day. Well, one of the home owners decided to buy a pit bull. It’s chained up in his back yard, and it lunges at anyone who walks by on the trail. That’s when I started to carry a revolver.
“Breed-of-peace” ping.
I’m sick of hearing people make excuses for pit bulls. They are one of the very few breeds that were specifically optimized to kill things, and nothing else. To think that they won’t do what they were bred to do is asinine. So says a friend who breeds and trains service dogs.
I hope someone finds a new feline friend for that poor man in a hurry.
the cat looks beautiful colorings and well cared for too. very sad what happened. we have many stray cats around and it’s sad when one doesn’t come around anymore, but they aren’t pets so I understand they may take off or have a mishap. Hope this owner is able to be thankful for the years he had his pet cat.
Aw, poor kitty. Looks like a Maine Coon cross. I would sue the living hell out of those idiot dog owners for failing to control their dog. But I also would never have let my cat outside for “fresh air”. That’s what catios are far, and cats are a lot safer in them.
A dog like that is a killing machine.
Whenever a pit bull crushes the throat of a toddler, the pit bull owner could care less.
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Zero sympathry for the cat owner. Moron let his cat loose and gambled its life. A hawk, coyote, or other wil predator could have killed the cat that should have been kept safe in its house.
In this case a pit bull killed the cat. Again, keep the kitties inside and no such thing happens.
If lonely Bay Area man wants justice, he will have to get it for himself — police and courts will do absolutely nothing. The handlers don’t look like people who walked the beast very far. Show the security pics around and neighbors will recognize the dog — they are probably terrified of it.
Sad Kitteh Ping 😿