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'First time dog had snapped,' says boy's mother
wfaa ^ | September 1, 2007 | BOB GREENE

Posted on 09/02/2007 8:40:18 PM PDT by stainlessbanner

DALLAS — A new Texas law went into effect at midnight Friday that could put dog owners behind bars for up to 20 years if their pet fatally attacks someone.

Just hours before earlier, a six-year-old Dallas boy was mauled to death by his family's dog.

The mother of Scott Warren said the family had had the pit bull since Scott was a baby.

Kressie Warren said Friday's attack was the first time the dog had snapped at anyone.

But, she says, with a young daughter in the house, now her only child, it will be the last.

"It's going to be difficult from now on," said Warren said.

She weeps, regretful she ever got the pit bull that took her son, Scott's, life.

"I don't want to never see another pit bull, never. Because he took a precious life."

The mauling happened just before 7 p.m. Friday night.

"We were sitting there in the room and all of the sudden the dog just jumped at him, grabbed at him," Warren said.

Her daughter was in the room with them.

"She was at the back, I was grabbing his mouth trying to get him loose but he was slinging him everywhere."

By the time they got the dog off, it was too late.

Scott eventually died at Baylor Hospital.

Six years old, he'd just finished the first week of first grade.

"I'm not going to see that little boy go back to school, I'm not going to see him play sports, graduate or anything. All because of a stupid dog," Warren said.

Warren is fortunate the attack took place yesterday and the dog was in a contained area.

Otherwise, under a new state law that went into effect today, she could have faced up to 20 years in prison.

Patricia Hughes, Warren's neighbor says, while she doesn't like the idea of having pit bulls and other dangerous breeds at home, she thinks that punishment is too harsh.

"I really think that's too severe. People have committed worse crimes and haven't served that much," she said.

Warren says she's already been given a life sentence.

"Learn from a single parent struggling to raise two children and now I'm down to one. Get rid of the dogs," she said.

Police say right now, they're considering this an accidental death, so they're not pressing charges against the mother at this time.

They say that could change depending on the outcome of their investigation in conjunction with Child Protective Services.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bopma; breedofpeace; death; dfw; dog; dogofpeace; paragraphsgalore; pitbull; preciouspooch
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Kressie Warren vows that dogs will no longer be a part of her household.

Kressie Warren clutched a photograph of her dead son.

1 posted on 09/02/2007 8:40:20 PM PDT by stainlessbanner
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To: stainlessbanner

My sympathies for the family. The dog was perfectly normal etc... Just sad.


2 posted on 09/02/2007 8:47:11 PM PDT by kinoxi
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To: stainlessbanner

Tragic.......... again..... and again..... and again.


3 posted on 09/02/2007 8:47:15 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: Ditter

3,2,1.... here come the pit bull defenders.....


4 posted on 09/02/2007 8:48:23 PM PDT by Walkingfeather (u)
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To: kinoxi
My sympathies for the family. The dog was perfectly normal etc... Just sad.

Yeah. The dog was a perfectly normal pit bull.
5 posted on 09/02/2007 8:49:24 PM PDT by Old_Mil (Rudy = Hillary, Fred = Dole, Romney = Kerry, McCain = Crazy. No Thanks.)
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To: Walkingfeather
3,2,1.... here come the pit bull defenders.....

...their number depleted by two in the Lone Star state.
6 posted on 09/02/2007 8:50:05 PM PDT by Old_Mil (Rudy = Hillary, Fred = Dole, Romney = Kerry, McCain = Crazy. No Thanks.)
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To: Walkingfeather

Yeah, it’s the media blowing it out of proportion. >///sarcasm


7 posted on 09/02/2007 8:50:11 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: stainlessbanner

Another sad Pit Bull story...


8 posted on 09/02/2007 8:54:10 PM PDT by missnry (The truth will set you free ... and drive liberals Crazy!)
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To: stainlessbanner

The first time is enough.


9 posted on 09/02/2007 9:00:34 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (Brian J. Marotta, 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub, (1948-2007) Rest In Peace, our FRiend)
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To: stainlessbanner
Friday's attack was the first time the dog had snapped at anyone.

The pit bull lovers here will assure everyone that a lovable family pet pit bull would never do that. Says something about credibility.

10 posted on 09/02/2007 9:01:35 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: stainlessbanner
Here's another link to the story.

Link.

In this article, the dog's owners don't sound at all like they were responsible dog owners.

Neighbors said that Scott's family had moved in only about four months ago, but that their dogs had already become a nuisance. One neighbor, Rudy Lopez, said he saw a woman beating one of the dogs a few weeks ago with a shovel after it was involved in a fight with another dog.

11 posted on 09/02/2007 9:01:53 PM PDT by SIDENET (Inventor of the 12-hour "power nap".)
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To: Old_Mil

sadly true. you can bet she heard the warnings and blew them off.


12 posted on 09/02/2007 9:02:26 PM PDT by Walkingfeather (u)
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...their number depleted by two in the Lone Star state.

Yuk yuk. You're a funny guy.

You should take your act on the road.

(barf)

13 posted on 09/02/2007 9:03:32 PM PDT by SIDENET (Inventor of the 12-hour "power nap".)
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To: stainlessbanner
not for nothing but if I had a nickel for every time I hear "my dog don't bite"...
Every time someone tells me that I say and the next thing that the owner says is..."Wow he never did that before"....
14 posted on 09/02/2007 9:06:33 PM PDT by Gone_Postal (We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat)
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To: stainlessbanner

When a dog starts behaving purely on instinct and doesn’t listen to the master, anything can happen. There are often signs of bad behavior before a dog “snaps” completely.


15 posted on 09/02/2007 9:10:15 PM PDT by Kirkwood
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To: stainlessbanner

Even PETA wants to ban the breed.


16 posted on 09/02/2007 9:12:59 PM PDT by MHT
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To: Kirkwood
Yup, and it can be any breed, just ask the police dog handler after the dog attacked the mail man last week. He totally ignored his handlers commands and it was a German Shepherd.
17 posted on 09/02/2007 9:14:09 PM PDT by eastforker (.308 SOCOM 16, hottest brand going.2350 FPS muzzle..M.. velocity)
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Even PETA wants to ban the breed.

Well, that's good enough for me!

< /s>

18 posted on 09/02/2007 9:14:46 PM PDT by SIDENET (Inventor of the 12-hour "power nap".)
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To: Kirkwood; SIDENET

Beating your dog with a shovel is a sign there is a problem.


19 posted on 09/02/2007 9:14:55 PM PDT by stainlessbanner
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To: stainlessbanner

I couldn’t agree more.


20 posted on 09/02/2007 9:15:42 PM PDT by SIDENET (Inventor of the 12-hour "power nap".)
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