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Coral Springs mother of two savaged by her 120-pound pet (dog)
South Florida Sun-Sentinel ^
| Posted August 19 2006
| By Robert Nolin, Sallie James and Jennifer Gollan
Posted on 08/19/2006 6:45:34 AM PDT by Fawn
CORAL SPRINGS · A burly exotic guard dog, one of several that frightened residents of an upscale neighborhood in recent days, ferociously mauled and killed its owner Friday afternoon, apparently in sight of the woman's young daughter.
Police said they found the dog, a Presa Canario named Zino, in the backyard of a home in the 9000 block of the Northwest 39th Court in The Hills neighborhood. It was standing over the body of the mother of two.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: animals; buthewassogentle; cautious; dog; doggieping; dogofpeace; killer; maul; notrust; pets; snap
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posted on
08/19/2006 6:45:37 AM PDT
by
Fawn
To: Fawn
Those things could gobble up The Dog Whisperer in one bite.
To: Fawn
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posted on
08/19/2006 6:47:43 AM PDT
by
brytlea
(amnesty--an act of clemency by an authority by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individual)
To: Fawn
Isn't that the same breed of dog that killed the woman in San Francisco a few years ago?
To: Fawn
Court records show Willey has had several citations for owning a vicious dog, allowing a dog at large, and failing to have proper registration and vaccination papers. The citations, which resulted in fines totaling thousands of dollars, occurred in Tampa and dated to 2000. Speechless.
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posted on
08/19/2006 6:49:03 AM PDT
by
King Moonracer
(Bad lighting and cheap fabric, that how you sell clothing.)
To: Fawn
This reminds me of that fatal dog mauling in Cali a few years back. Diane Whipple, anyone?
6
posted on
08/19/2006 6:49:04 AM PDT
by
Houmatt
(Democrats eat urinal cakes.)
To: Fawn
I'm suprised she even wanted to own one of these.
Not a very positive outcome for her.
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posted on
08/19/2006 6:50:14 AM PDT
by
grimalkin
(The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see. - Winston Churchill)
To: martin_fierro
I recall someone referring to this breed as a "pit bull on steroids."
To: NewCenturions
Yes, in fact it is.
susie
9
posted on
08/19/2006 6:50:43 AM PDT
by
brytlea
(amnesty--an act of clemency by an authority by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individual)
To: martin_fierro
He's really something
I wonder what the Dog Whisperer thinks of these dogs?
10
posted on
08/19/2006 6:50:56 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
([there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
To: Fawn
What the heck is a "presa canario"?
11
posted on
08/19/2006 6:51:04 AM PDT
by
13Sisters76
("It is amazing how many people mistake a certain hip snideness for sophistication. " Thos. Sowell)
To: Fawn
The Presa Canario was originally bred for fighting and guarding
That explains it. Anyone who gets a fighting dog is getting a time bomb. I, for the life of me, will never, ever understand why people can accept that shepherding, swimming, pointing, and hunting can be part of a dog's genetic makeup but fighting isn't.
It does takes a stimulus (just like a person with alcoholic genes isn't tempted by alcoholic till he drinks it for the first time) but it is a disaster waiting to happen.
12
posted on
08/19/2006 6:51:14 AM PDT
by
Seamoth
(Kool-aid is the most addictive and destructive drug of them all.)
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
08/19/2006 6:51:39 AM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(Our troops will send all of the worlds terrorists to hell in a handbasket with no virgins!)
To: Fawn
The Presa Canario bites, ( C'mon Zino )
The Presa Canario chews it (Snap it )
14
posted on
08/19/2006 6:51:46 AM PDT
by
csvset
("It was like the hand of G_d slapping down and smashing everything." ~ JDAM strikes Taliban)
To: Fawn
Horrible! I note that in the full article, the owner of the home has been convicted of several crimes. Another bad boy with a bad dog.
The article also says that the dogs had been running loose in the neighborhood at times. Too bad someone didn't have a shotgun loaded with 00.
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posted on
08/19/2006 6:51:53 AM PDT
by
MineralMan
(non-evangelical atheist)
To: 13Sisters76
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posted on
08/19/2006 6:52:21 AM PDT
by
brytlea
(amnesty--an act of clemency by an authority by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individual)
To: Seamoth
17
posted on
08/19/2006 6:52:48 AM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(Our troops will send all of the worlds terrorists to hell in a handbasket with no virgins!)
To: Fawn
Court records show Willey has had several citations for owning a vicious dog, allowing a dog at large, and failing to have proper registration and vaccination papers. The citations, which resulted in fines totaling thousands of dollars, occurred in Tampa and dated to 2000. Irresponsible dog owner a victim of her own monster.
Person probably never considered just how much danger she was exposing herself and the community to.
To: King Moonracer
Court records show Rivero has several convictions from Miami-Dade County dating to 1986, including grand larceny and burglary. He was sentenced to five years' probation in 2003 after pleading no contest to a robbery charge.Landscaper? $800,000 house? Maybe her boyfriend engaged in some enterprises in addition to landscaping? Just a thought.
To: Fawn
This is the same breed that tore apart that poor woman in San Francisco a few years back.
I continue to be amazed at people who insist on owning vicious animals...what is the fascination?
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posted on
08/19/2006 6:53:52 AM PDT
by
truthkeeper
(It's the borders, stupid.)
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