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Woman Breaks Her Leg Running From Pit Bulls
http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_236151856.html ^ | Aug 24, 2007 12:14 pm US/Pacific

Posted on 08/24/2007 12:41:28 PM PDT by BenLurkin

CBS) HAWTHORNE, Calif. Two children menaced by pit bulls in Hawthorne were safe Friday, but a woman running from the dogs broke her leg and a squad car being driven to the scene collided with another vehicle, injuring an officer and a motorist, police said.

A report that two pit bulls were menacing a 16-year-old girl and her 6-year-old brother in the 2900 block of 141st Place at El Segundo Boulevard and Prairie Avenue was received by Hawthorne police about 8 a.m., Hawthorne police Lt. Michael Ishii said.

An animal-control officer distracted the dogs with a chemical spray, and the children ran to safety, Ishii said.

No one was bitten, but a woman who ran from the dogs fell and broke her leg, and she was taken to a hospital, Ishii said.

Meanwhile, an officer driving to the scene crashed into another vehicle at El Segundo Boulevard and Prairie Avenue, he said.

Paramedics transported the officer and the other motorist for treatment of ''minor-to-moderate'' injuries, he said.

The dogs were returned to their owner, who lives in the neighborhood, and police issued a citation for violation of the leash law, Ishii said.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: badbreed; badowners; bopma; breaksleg; breedofpeace; dangerousbreed; dogofpeace; hype; maul; nannystatists; pitbull; pitbulls; preciouspooch; rdo; running; woman
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To: BenLurkin

The dogs were returned to their owner, who lives in the neighborhood, and police issued a citation for violation of the leash law, Ishii said.


1. Why were the dogs returned to owner?
2. Why shouldn’t the owner be responsible for the costs incurred by the woman, the animal control time and effort and the damage in the car wreck?
3. Shouldn’t the owner pay any ambulance and hospital costs?

I’m sick and tired of taxpayers having to pay for the irresponsible actions of others


41 posted on 08/24/2007 1:22:57 PM PDT by Joan Kerrey (Believe nothing of what you hear or read and half of what you see.)
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To: BenLurkin

Ah yes, it’s summertime and the pitbulls are frolicking! I know that area, and there was an attack on a mailman in Torrance recently.

I’m glad that pitbulls weren’t prevalent when my daddy was a mailman. The worst thing that happened to him was a German Shepherd ripping his pants.


42 posted on 08/24/2007 1:23:12 PM PDT by TheSpottedOwl (Midnight Hallway Hockey scores: Cats 3-Humans 0)
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To: Paved Paradise

Totally different species. PBT are types of dog, which species has many types and breeds.


43 posted on 08/24/2007 1:24:04 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
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To: samson1097

“Pit Bulls get a bad rap because the press is more likely to print a story about a pit bull attacking someone than, say a German Shepherd.”

Whoa, whoa, whoa. German Shepherds have been getting bad raps for decades (partly because of their innovative role in police and military usage), well before PBTs. People still think GS are “naturally vicious”.

What WON’T make the news is a retriever.

As for PBTs, I don’t want them or any banned. But, they do seem to have a natural prediliction for this (they were bred originally to fight bulls - nasty things - and then each other; and now they are popular again here as fighters). It is a total fantasy that any animal does something purely because it was “forced” that way - only robots can be made to do exactly what outside influence dictates. Genetics is just as important as environment. They also have a tendency - as most terriers - to be persistent about what they’re doing, and don’t want to give it up. That is the real problem with them.


44 posted on 08/24/2007 1:29:58 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
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To: Natchez Hawk

Maybe so, but now that it’s happened, they’re out there and a lot of innocent people could be killed or mauled. I’d rather be shot than mauled. Way more damage and no way to repair it very easily or well.

The first job I ever had was working in a law office. One of the first cases I every saw was a horrific dog bite case. It was a small boy. Though I forgot the dog breed, I have never forgotten those pictures of that poor little boy’s shredded face and missing ear.


45 posted on 08/24/2007 1:30:34 PM PDT by Paved Paradise
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To: Disambiguator

Yeah, but you can stomp on ‘em, and sing the “La Cucaracha” song.


46 posted on 08/24/2007 1:31:17 PM PDT by Paved Paradise
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To: JamesP81

The point is, guns don’t kill people, people do. Thus, you cannot ban guns. Dogs are autonomous creatures never totally under a human’s control.

However, I still despise the banning idea for multiple reasons.


47 posted on 08/24/2007 1:31:32 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
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To: Hi Heels
don’t come running down the sidewalk and take a hunk outta yer leg.....

and as I'm fond of saying: "that's why God invented guns"...

I see what you mean but just because there is a potential for abuse doesn't mean that the gub'mint needs to regulate yet another thing. Any dog can be trained/abused to attack, should we ban dogs, ownership or certain people from having them...

48 posted on 08/24/2007 1:32:23 PM PDT by NativeSon (off the Rez without a pass...)
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To: ltc8k6

[[[They just don’t make good PC reading unless they are pit bull or rottweiler incidents}}}

Pardon me? PC? Do Retrievers, Chihuahua’s, and German Shepards belong to a protected minority or something? If a Dachsund kills a 7 year old boy or a Malamute attacks a woman in her sleep, you can be sure the media will print the story. And there is nothing preventing anyone on FR from posting those stories if you can find them.

The simple fact is that you can’t find these stories because they aren’t happening. Yes, other breeds bite, but Pit Bulls attack, maul, and KILL!! There is a slight difference.


49 posted on 08/24/2007 1:32:33 PM PDT by AnnGora (Where do you hail from when it's not raining?)
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To: JamesP81
someone with a gun doesn't have to run down the street towards you to take a hunk out of your leg

Someone is the operative word. I've ye to see a "gun" run down the street shooting at people

50 posted on 08/24/2007 1:32:51 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron ("I fear we have woken a sleeping giant and filled her with a terrible resolve" - Osama 9-11-01?)
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To: Global2010

I’m a dog lover too. I’m a total whacko when it comes to dogs. I love Doxies! I have 2 German Short Haired Pointers right now, but I’ve lived with or around many, many breeds.

I feel sorry for the dogs, but I’m also a realist.


51 posted on 08/24/2007 1:33:14 PM PDT by Paved Paradise
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To: the OlLine Rebel

Excellent comments in your post.


52 posted on 08/24/2007 1:34:13 PM PDT by Paved Paradise
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To: PBRSTREETGANG
Every year the famous El Segundo Boulevard “Running of The Pit Bulls” always leads to injuries.

LOL


53 posted on 08/24/2007 1:35:24 PM PDT by Greg F (Ann Coulter is smarter than most of us and quicker witted than all of us.)
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To: AnnGora
It's a shame about irresponsible dog owners. I happen to like pit bulls.

In fact, I plan to get one soon. I just have to talk the wife into letting me have another dog. I think that the pit bulls with "brindle" coats are beautiful, but I'm not stuck on any one color.

What a little cutie! Just look at that face.

54 posted on 08/24/2007 1:36:08 PM PDT by SIDENET (More fun than a beer left in the freezer.)
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To: Drew68
"Responsible people don't own pit bulls."

Do you have a credible source for this statement, or is is just your personal opinion and worth every penny of what I paid for it?

"I don't want these animals in my neighborhood. Period.

Fine ... that's your choice. If someone with a pit moves in down the street from you are you going to exercise your freedom to move?

55 posted on 08/24/2007 1:36:38 PM PDT by JustaDumbBlonde
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To: Greg F

Schutzhund with a PBT. Yikes. LOL


56 posted on 08/24/2007 1:37:56 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
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To: Paved Paradise
We have a lot of laws and I wouldn’t have a problem with one regarding pit bulls. People aren’t allowed to have lions and tigers in the suburbs either and I don’t think you take issue with that, or do you?

yes, actually, I do. But large carnivorous cats are not domesticated but dogs are. Banning a breed is ridiculous. I had a pitbull and he was a great dog.

Even if it serves me, I will never agree to yet another gub'mint restriction on our freedom.

Can you name three things in you life, that your do/can do that is not regulated in some way?

57 posted on 08/24/2007 1:38:02 PM PDT by NativeSon (off the Rez without a pass...)
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To: SIDENET

That face gives me the chills.

Those things are strictly bad news.


58 posted on 08/24/2007 1:38:39 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: Paved Paradise

“When are we going to outlaw these dogs?”

When we’re all as brain dead as the American leftists.


59 posted on 08/24/2007 1:39:43 PM PDT by vetsvette (Bring Him Back)
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To: SIDENET

Baby tigers are cute too, but they belong either in a zoo, or stuffed in my trophy room.


60 posted on 08/24/2007 1:40:47 PM PDT by DCBryan1 (Arm Pilots&Teachers. Build the Wall. Export Illegals. Profile Muslims.Kill all child molesters RFN!)
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