victim to bad influences and live a life of piracy.
Posted on 06/17/2004 10:37:29 PM PDT by ambrose
Dog deported to Mexico
BY PATRICK CORCORAN
STAFF WRITER
A pit bull that killed two dogs and injured a Hoffman Estates woman remains with its owner until the end of the month when it will be sent south of the border.
Ramses, the pit bull responsible for the maulings, will be deported to Mexico under an agreement brokered by its owner, Victor Sandoval, and the village. Cook County Circuit Court Judge Pamela Karahalios approved the pact June 9.
Sandoval, who pleaded guilty to two citations and will pay $200 in fines, said the dog will be sent to live on his cousin's farm near Ciudad Juarez in the Mexican state of Chihuahua by June 29. The dog faced euthanization under a village ordinance. Sandoval said he'll prove that the dog is gone from his Hoffman Estates home by taking a photograph of the dog next to a car with Mexican license plates, as required under the agreement.
While Sandoval refused to comment on the case, his attorney William Raines said his client sought any means to save the family's dog.
"He's willing to do whatever it takes to save the dog's life. They love this dog and they don't want to see it put down," he said.
A dog involved in a similar attack in the future might not be as fortunate.
The May 5 pit bull attack spurred Hoffman Estates officials to enact strict codes against vicious dogs that allows the village to kill a dog that attacks another dog or human unprovoked. The new ordinances takes effect June 21.
The victim of the attack attended the hearing and afterward said she is recovering, but is still shaken.
"I'm feeling better, but I still haven't taken my dogs out because I am too afraid to go for a walk in the neighborhood," said Josephine Zylkowski, 71.
Her son, Marty Zylkowski, said the agreement was disappointing because the dog is extremely dangerous.
"It's the owner's responsibility as a human being to have the dog put down. Moving it to another village just means that it will hurt another animal or child," he said. "And I really don't believe that the dog is going to Mexico."
Hoffman Estates Village Attorney Richard Williams, who prosecuted the case, said his goal was to remove the dog from the community.
"I'm satisfied the nuisance has been abated in that neighborhood," he said.
If the dog is not sent to Mexico, Sandoval faces contempt of court charges and jail time, Williams said.
Staff writer Patrick Corcoran can be reached at pcorcoran@pioneerlocal.com.
ping!
The hand basket ride continues.
deport the owner too.
These immigration sweeps are really working!
"Sandoval said he'll prove that the dog is gone from his Hoffman Estates home by taking a photograph of the dog next to a car with Mexican license plates, as required under the agreement."
I'd want a lot more than a license plate. How about some Mexican daily paper, and maybe some other things that one can only find in Mexico.
This is a disgusting agreement, if the dog belonged to some white person, or black person, the dog would be euthanized. Now, we will sic this mutt on the innocent citizens of Mexico, and when it mauls some child, who's fault will that be? It'll be Bush's fault, and the fault of all the Yanqui scum.
That's about as reliable proof of residency as a matricula consular.
I can't believe the court fell for that. California is loaded with cars that have Mexican license plates.
A quick detour to Taco Bell and the problem is solved.
Woof! I'll be back.
ping!
For Pete's sake....if that pit bull had killed mydog or injured a family member, I would hunt it down and shoot it myself.
Bring me back a sombrero. :)
ping
How about by the city hall in Mexico City. Or some place on Mexican's southern border.
Yay.
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