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Pit Bulls Kill Man, Woman In Michigan
The Indy Channel ^ | September 14, 2007

Posted on 09/14/2007 5:04:52 AM PDT by Abathar

DETROIT -- An elderly man and a woman were mauled to death by pit bulls in Iosco Township, Mich., on Thursday afternoon, police said.

Michigan State Police were called to a farm and found a 90-year-old man mauled to death by dogs.

The Iosco Sheriff’s Department said the man’s 70-year-old son went to check on his father, who was visiting the property, and found him dead in the yard.

Police said there were still pit bulls in the yard when the son arrived.

Upon further investigation, MSP found dogs had also fatally mauled a 56-year-old woman who was jogging, just west of the property.

Investigators confiscated 10 pit bulls from a nearby residence.

MSP said there are still some dangerous dogs at large in the area.

The deaths are still under investigation by MSP.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: bopma; breedmisidentified; breedofpeace; doggieping; dogofpeace; msmdoesitagain; pitbull; preciouspooch; rdo
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To: SIDENET

Well, if memory serves me, it was a couple of mastiffs that killed the woman in the Knoller case.


121 posted on 09/14/2007 2:24:14 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Brilliant

Do you think that mastiffs should be banned?


122 posted on 09/14/2007 2:26:45 PM PDT by SIDENET (I don't want to find "common ground" with a bunch of damn leftists.)
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To: SIDENET

I think an argument could be made, though it seems like a slam dunk in the case of the pit bulls, not so in the case of mastiffs.


123 posted on 09/14/2007 2:30:13 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Brilliant
I think an argument could be made

Really? Just for my own curiosity, what dogs (breeds or types) do you think need to be banned?

124 posted on 09/14/2007 2:33:01 PM PDT by SIDENET (I don't want to find "common ground" with a bunch of damn leftists.)
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To: The Ghost of Rudy McRomney

I have not yet heard of a beagle attack.


125 posted on 09/14/2007 2:35:13 PM PDT by apocalypto
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To: SIDENET

If you’re against this, then let me ask YOU a few questions. Most places ban wolf hybrids. Are you opposed to that?

Where do you draw the line? Isn’t the issue HOW dangerous are they? When you have repeated incidents of pit bulls killing people for no apparent reason, doesn’t that raise the issue of whether they might be too dangerous to allow people to keep?

If you don’t have any problem with people keeping wolf hybrids, then what about tigers? There are plenty of people who would keep both, if it weren’t illegal.


126 posted on 09/14/2007 2:39:47 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Brilliant

I thought I asked a pretty simple question. Why get defensive?


127 posted on 09/14/2007 2:42:03 PM PDT by SIDENET (I don't want to find "common ground" with a bunch of damn leftists.)
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To: Lucretia Borgia

Play with fire and you will get burned


128 posted on 09/14/2007 2:43:07 PM PDT by Charlespg (Peace= When we trod the ruins of Mecca and Medina under our infidel boots.)
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To: SIDENET

I’m not defensive. I answered your question. You haven’t answered mine.


129 posted on 09/14/2007 2:45:33 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Brilliant
Just for my own curiosity, what dogs (breeds or types) do you think need to be banned?

This was my question, and no, you haven't even remotely answered it. You sidestepped my question by asking a question. Yes, you are being defensive. Why? You certainly seem to have an opinion. Are you unable to answer my question?

130 posted on 09/14/2007 2:52:40 PM PDT by SIDENET (I don't want to find "common ground" with a bunch of damn leftists.)
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To: Abathar

Pit bulls running in a pack are very bad news..


131 posted on 09/14/2007 2:53:43 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
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To: Eagles Talon IV

> The destruction of any life, including those of an animal should be humane and swift.

Naturally, I agree with you. I don’t have alot of time for pit bulls, and I have even less time for their advocates and owners.

(And on other threads I’ve already established that the animals that many people call “pit bulls” aren’t. The ones I’m talking about are mungrel mutts of unknown lineage bred to fight: every undesirable trait that a dog can have has been preserved in their bloodline. If that describes someone’s pet, then I have no time for them. If that does not describe their pet, then we’re not talking about the same dog.)

The problem with destroying Pit Bulls humanely is getting close enough to them to give them the needle: most the ones I’ve seen are far, far too vicious. A shotgun might be a better selection. If there’s more than one, a flamethrower would be wiser.

So no, I don’t really advocate poisoning Pit Bulls, particularly if there are better ways of eliminating these breeding mistakes from the canine gene pool. But it’s rather like as if a group of subhumans were to begin breeding and keeping King Cobras and letting them run loose. How do you safely get rid of such a dangerous pet?


132 posted on 09/14/2007 2:55:21 PM PDT by DieHard the Hunter (Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fàg am bealach.)
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To: SIDENET

No one would know the 5 W’s.


133 posted on 09/14/2007 3:05:34 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Go Hawks !)
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To: Abathar

Like a jihadi, the only good Pit Bull is a dead Pit Bull.


134 posted on 09/14/2007 3:05:37 PM PDT by Thumper1960 (Unleash the Dogs of War as a Minority, or perish as a party.)
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To: Abathar
Golden Retrievers are also a very dangerous breed.

Attack of the Golden Retriever

135 posted on 09/14/2007 3:44:12 PM PDT by Doe Eyes
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To: ErnBatavia

Yeah, because dalmatians kill just as many people as pit bulls.


136 posted on 09/14/2007 3:46:32 PM PDT by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (Liberals are blind. They are the dupes of Leftists who know exactly what they're doing.)
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To: ErnBatavia

Agreed. Or make everyone who owns one post a huge bond. Like $30K.


137 posted on 09/14/2007 3:49:19 PM PDT by Tuscaloosa Goldfinch (If MY people who are called by MY name -- the ball's in our court, folks.)
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To: Doe Eyes
Evil pit bull.
138 posted on 09/14/2007 5:04:04 PM PDT by SIDENET (I don't want to find "common ground" with a bunch of damn leftists.)
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To: Crawdad

You got sumthin again country folk?


139 posted on 09/14/2007 5:08:17 PM PDT by eastforker (.308 SOCOM 16, hottest brand going.2350 FPS muzzle..M.. velocity)
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To: Thumper1960
the only good Pit Bull is a dead Pit Bull.


140 posted on 09/14/2007 5:10:19 PM PDT by SIDENET (I don't want to find "common ground" with a bunch of damn leftists.)
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