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Fla. woman, 50, ‘ripped apart’ by neighbors’ pit bulls, who were known to terrorize the neighborhood
New York Post ^ | May 22, 2023 | Ella Morrison

Posted on 05/22/2026 10:15:44 PM PDT by Angelino97

A 50 year-old Florida woman was viciously mauled to death by a pair of bloodthirsty pit bulls, only to be found by her heartbroken husband who said he’ll “never get the image out of my mind.”

Donnell Smith returned to his Brevard County home shortly after 1 p.m. on Tuesday — after helping neighbors across the street — and noticed his wife, Jodi Cowan, and their small dog had disappeared, according to WESH 2 News.

Smith then suddenly heard Cowan’s cries for help in the distance, the outlet reported.

“I saw the silhouette of the two dogs dragging my wife down the road, off into the grass in front of the truck down there,” Smith said.

Cowan was found lying on the grass in a pool of blood with dog bites all over her body, her husband said.

The beasts — who live in the neighborhood and were known to terrorize the community — apparently returned and tried to drag Cowan away again.

“I pulled my knife out, you know, just swinging it with one hand and holding the blood with the other, trying to stop her from bleeding,” a distraught Smith said...

“They must have been chasing our little dog, and she went to save her little dog to get him,” he said.

The grieving husband claimed the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office were aware of the pit bulls past terrorizing the neighborhood — but never did anything about them...

Neighbors told FOX35 that the pit bulls were frequently left outside and had previously attacked passersby.

One resident said they had been previously trapped in their vehicle for 30 minutes while the duo surrounded their vehicle. Another neighbor recently called animal control with concerns and even bought pepper spray for protection.

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1 posted on 05/22/2026 10:15:44 PM PDT by Angelino97
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To: Angelino97
It's not going to end until the pit bull owners are charged with murder and prosecuted with extreme prejudice, and locked away for decades.

2 posted on 05/22/2026 10:22:40 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Only in America , as far as I know . No dogs roaming the neighborhood here in Japan that’s for sure .


3 posted on 05/22/2026 10:26:58 PM PDT by sushiman
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

It should be done with all owners of bully dogs. Not sure a murder rap would work, but accessory to a murder AND negligent homicide and civil suit leading to massive payouts to victims family. Basically end the viable life of the dogs owner.


4 posted on 05/22/2026 10:39:07 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
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To: Angelino97

Not sure what kind of dog, but there a case years ago in San Fran I think in an apartment building in which a woman was attacked and killed. I think the law went after the owners? It was a fairly well-known case.


5 posted on 05/22/2026 10:47:10 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12- 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Angelino97

Ghetto ponies


6 posted on 05/22/2026 10:47:20 PM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: Angelino97

Even on neighborhood walks I’m carrying a 9mm. But I’m not sure how effective I’d be with 2 of those stinking beasts after me. Rattled nerves and all.


7 posted on 05/22/2026 10:48:40 PM PDT by LouAvul (Cleaning your home with a dog in the house is like brushing your teeth while eating Oreos.)
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To: PghBaldy

I think they were Cane Corsos.


8 posted on 05/22/2026 10:50:23 PM PDT by Nachoman (Proudly oppressing people of color since 1957.)
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To: PghBaldy

Breed I never heard of before. The owners were convicted:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Diane_Whipple


9 posted on 05/22/2026 10:51:21 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12- 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

My new neighbor has a Pittbull named Ginger. She’s a happy dog and always on a leash. The probem is that her owner is terrible looking and dangerous looking too. So far a very nice man but makes me sad to look at him.

And no, I’m not going to touch Ginger either.


10 posted on 05/22/2026 10:52:11 PM PDT by Veto! ((Trump is Superman))
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To: Angelino97
A 50 year-old Florida woman was viciously mauled to death by a pair of bloodthirsty pit bulls...

Note the adjectives used to incite emotions and prejudice you further against the dogs.

I would have rewritten: "A Brevard County Florida woman was allegedly mauled to death by two dogs identified as pit bulls."

11 posted on 05/22/2026 10:52:29 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (Talarico is Italian for "heretic".)
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To: Angelino97
One resident said they had been previously trapped in their vehicle for 30 minutes while the duo surrounded their vehicle. Another neighbor recently called animal control with concerns and even bought pepper spray for protection.

This is what guns are for.

12 posted on 05/22/2026 10:54:45 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Preach it!


13 posted on 05/22/2026 10:55:10 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!)
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To: Angelino97

How many people have to die because of this nonsense.


14 posted on 05/22/2026 11:06:42 PM PDT by Revel
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To: LouAvul

Under the genre of “It Happened to Me” stories in Combat Handgun magazine, an individual once submitted an account of walking his small dog when a seriously angry pit bull came barreling towards him from behind a house. He was carrying a Browning Hi Power and had to almost empty the magazine into it before it stopped. I think those old pistols held at most 13 rounds of 9mm.

On the other hand around the same time I read where a police officer put a pit down with 2 rounds of 40S&W.


15 posted on 05/22/2026 11:08:16 PM PDT by MachIV
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To: OrangeHoof
I would have rewritten: "A Brevard County Florida woman was allegedly mauled to death by two dogs identified as pit bulls."

This is not a criminal case where there is innocent until proven guilty of a responsible human being.

The dogs are not "guilty" because they are dumb brutes. There is no alleged about the cause of death. There are no allegations that a different animal did the mauling.

The only case where "viciously" would NOT fit in the case of dogs mauling a human to death would be if the dogs were taunted into action, or if they were protecting themselves or their master/pack. Given the uncontested facts, I would say viciously is a good choice of adverb.
16 posted on 05/22/2026 11:09:40 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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To: Angelino97
Pit bulls wouldn't look so cute in a match up with hyenas.

Grok:

In a hypothetical one-on-one fight, a spotted hyena would almost certainly defeat a pit bull. The hyena is a much larger, more powerful wild predator built for crushing bones and taking down big game, while the pit bull is a medium-sized domestic dog.

17 posted on 05/22/2026 11:19:33 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: Revel

Pit bulls, gimme dats and illegals. Life would be so much sweeter without


18 posted on 05/22/2026 11:38:44 PM PDT by albie
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To: metmom

Exactly. I lived with. FL and was present on two occasions when our Cocker Spaniel was attacked by vicious dogs. The second time it was a Cane Corso that was unleashed in our Boca neighborhood. What I learned from that incident is that- always file a complaint with Animal Care and Control. It may not help if you are the first, but you’ll be doing a favor to what would be the 3rd victim of the vicious dog.to be classified as a dangerous dog there have to be more than one complaints filed. I found in my experiences in FL that there would be a stack of incident reports a foot high on some of these dogs - but no one took the time to file a complaint.


19 posted on 05/22/2026 11:41:54 PM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: PghBaldy

Oh, ya, the owners were convicted and imprisoned. There were 2 Preso Canarios (spelling) that ripped the windpipe out of young woman and killed her.


20 posted on 05/22/2026 11:52:31 PM PDT by vivenne (7Come to think of it. Fact.)
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