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Add Aryson Lee Page & Barbara Brewington to 2025 record pit bull death toll
Animals 24/7 ^ | December 3rd, 2025 | Merritt Clifton

Posted on 12/04/2025 3:38:10 AM PST by Norski

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To: Norski

A breed that should be allowed to die out.


21 posted on 12/04/2025 6:21:31 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: SisterK

“she died doing what she loved...”

Screaming in terror for help that didn’t arrive?


22 posted on 12/04/2025 6:37:43 AM PST by desertsolitaire (hite sea. My grandfather shouted warning to anyone who would listen that the Titanic was going to st)
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To: quilterdebbie

People who defend pitbulls somehow seem a little anti-social. Kind of cut my nose off to spite my face type people. I have no sympathy for any “pity” owner killed by their own dog. A lot of sympathy for the other victims.


23 posted on 12/04/2025 7:10:07 AM PST by healy61
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To: Rural_Michigan

Or a black intercity gangbanger.


24 posted on 12/04/2025 7:19:06 AM PST by redangus
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To: normbal

Cats don’t eat raccoons.

Sometimes, raccoons eat cats.

Possums and especially raccoons kill all poultry, wild and domestic, whenever they can get their grubby paws on them… and they will return every few days to get more.

Contrary to popular myth, possums do not go around looking for ticks to eat. They go around looking for eggs.


25 posted on 12/04/2025 7:19:19 AM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Norski

I am surprised some arsehole hasn’t crossed pit bulls with Jack Russell’s to make them even more psychotic.


26 posted on 12/04/2025 7:20:54 AM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Norski

Nearly every morning I pass (on the other side of the street) a man walking a large, black pit bull which he can barely control. When the dog sees me and my small dog, he starts barking and snarling and rears up trying to get free - the dog has on one of those huge “choke collars” - and is still able to struggle, hard.

I have no doubt that dog would kill my dog - and possible me as well - if it were to break free.

Most of my neighbors now carry some kind of repellent spray. I’m thinking of carrying my handgun now on neighborhood walks, that is the only thing that would stop that vicious beast.


27 posted on 12/04/2025 7:35:52 AM PST by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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To: healy61

I agree with you!


28 posted on 12/04/2025 8:43:50 AM PST by quilterdebbie (We will endeavor to persevere!)
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To: Norski

I was recently scanning the adoption dog pics at the Gwinnett County animal shelter website and 90% are pitbulls.


29 posted on 12/04/2025 9:17:44 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: RebelBanker; Rural_Michigan

You are both right.


30 posted on 12/04/2025 9:18:24 AM PST by packrat35 (“When discourse ends, violence begins.” – Charlie Kirk, and they killed him anyway)
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To: normbal

My neighbor had 2 that would come almost halfway over my backyard fence and try to attack my labs and my family.

Anti-freeze hotdogs fixed that problem.


31 posted on 12/04/2025 9:20:08 AM PST by packrat35 (“When discourse ends, violence begins.” – Charlie Kirk, and they killed him anyway)
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To: Sirius Lee

They sing the song of the ancestors.


32 posted on 12/04/2025 9:22:04 AM PST by packrat35 (“When discourse ends, violence begins.” – Charlie Kirk, and they killed him anyway)
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To: piasa

I owned chickens and you are right. And they are sneaky about it also, so you don’t notice it as quickly.

Killed more than my share of animals killing my chickens growing up.


33 posted on 12/04/2025 9:24:16 AM PST by packrat35 (“When discourse ends, violence begins.” – Charlie Kirk, and they killed him anyway)
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To: Bon of Babble

Carry the gun.


34 posted on 12/04/2025 9:24:59 AM PST by packrat35 (“When discourse ends, violence begins.” – Charlie Kirk, and they killed him anyway)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Because no one in their right mind wants them. They get mean and are turned in or dumped.


35 posted on 12/04/2025 9:25:47 AM PST by packrat35 (“When discourse ends, violence begins.” – Charlie Kirk, and they killed him anyway)
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To: packrat35

Yes, I’m a firm believer in freedom but truthfully pit bulls should be banned. They are not a good companion breed. There are hundreds of other breeds to choose from.


36 posted on 12/04/2025 9:28:14 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Norski

I never found pit bulls to be very guard oriented
Males are no question dog aggressive

Nazi dogs make much better guarding dogs for the home

Pastoral guard dogs seem to be the rage these days

Caucasians
Anatolian
Kangal

And so on

But I don’t think they do terribly well inside

I’m on my sixth Rott in my life and he’s elderly like me and none have needed training to be home protective

They just get it instinctively though training of course is a benefit

Pits are a three fold issue

The owners are at times an issue no question
The amount of pit type dogs everywhere
And the nature of the breed

One other factor is lately they’ve been bred larger

However the most dangerous dogs I’ve owned are Scott style American bull dogs

Pit bulls are a mere snack to them

Too much dog for families in my opinion

I gave my last to a former green beret in Alabama who’s single and loves him

He wouldn’t stop engaging my two Rotts

Breaking that up was a fight for me too

Had to knock the bulldog out with a shovel

The rotts being Teutonic bred would listen to me and break off but not the bulldog

I have a chorgi too

Very sweet dog


37 posted on 12/04/2025 9:38:49 AM PST by wardaddy (If u hate Trump you’re stupid or clueless what’s going on)
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To: maddog55

One of the ugliest breeds ever usually owned by low IQ people.


38 posted on 12/04/2025 9:46:38 AM PST by CaptainK ("No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up” )
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To: desertsolitaire
Screaming in terror for help that didn’t arrive?

loving the pitbulls

39 posted on 12/04/2025 10:11:32 AM PST by SisterK (to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly)
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To: SisterK

They were stronger than I am then. I would not continue to love the pit bulls while they were mauling me to death.
Has to be a better way to address the fact of pit bulls existing here i n the country besides the way we do now. I am a dog lover and the breed causes unease to me.


40 posted on 12/04/2025 11:11:27 AM PST by desertsolitaire (hite sea. My grandfather shouted warning to anyone who would listen that the Titanic was going to st)
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