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Toddler dies after dog attack on base (Pit Bull attack - Jacksonville, NC)
Jacksonville Daily News ^ | 5/15 | Daily News Staff

Posted on 05/15/2008 7:10:46 AM PDT by 95Theses

A 3-year-old boy died Wednesday after being attacked by a dog at Camp Lejeune, Onslow Memorial Hospital spokesman Tim Strickland confirmed.

The dog, a pit bull, attacked the child at Tarawa Terrace I, base spokesman 1st Lt. Craig Thomas said. The dog was captured and is being held at the Camp Lejeune kennel, Thomas said.

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To: CurlyDave
But banning these breeds is like banning guns; it's only going to make sure that no law-abiding person has one.
21 posted on 05/15/2008 7:54:22 AM PDT by LongElegantLegs (Kill them with kindness, then taser them for fun.)
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To: reagan_fanatic

“Throw the @$%&* dog out of an airplane at 20,000ft.”

I think the owner should share that fate. This dog is a dog bred to fight. It knows nothing else.


22 posted on 05/15/2008 7:55:40 AM PDT by Larebil (My name is liberal backwards, since they backwards thinking)
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To: 95Theses

IBTPBD


23 posted on 05/15/2008 7:56:59 AM PDT by ukie55
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To: contemplator
You need to protect your child and other kids in the neighborhood from the dog. If the dog gets loose it could kill a kid .Call the police or animal control and report the attack and file a report. I had to do the same thing to my neighbor after her dog attack my Kids and I walking the our dogs. The dog was a shepard / doberman mix .
24 posted on 05/15/2008 7:58:32 AM PDT by ncalburt
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To: 2Jedismom

The dog just killed someone.

How the heck did they capture it ?

I can’t figure out why someone just did not shoot the dog, either.


25 posted on 05/15/2008 7:59:46 AM PDT by ukie55
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To: contemplator

Sorry if I was rude, but if my post and others here have prompted you to take action and call the police, I’m pleased. I hope you get a response that keeps you and your son safe. Good luck.


26 posted on 05/15/2008 8:01:25 AM PDT by mngran2
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To: Larebil

They should put them both down at the same time.

This owner failed his dog miserably. Although pit bulls are bred to fight, the fact that he attacked a child indicates that his owner didn’t care for him properly. Pit bulls need constant attention and interaction as much as they need excercise. This guy (or gal) obviously didn’t bother with either.


27 posted on 05/15/2008 8:01:42 AM PDT by LongElegantLegs (Kill them with kindness, then taser them for fun.)
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To: Red Badger

Ping.


28 posted on 05/15/2008 8:11:36 AM PDT by CarrotAndStick (The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
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To: contemplator

The dog needs to be D-CON-taminated.....;^)


30 posted on 05/15/2008 8:27:24 AM PDT by Red Badger ( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
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To: Morgana
Right now! Pit Bulls are not mean unless some human makes them mean...ie Mike Vicks! Pit Bulls are trained in a pit by humans not each other.

People keep getting mauled and killed by these damn dogs and this is the same crap we hear. There is something different about these dogs than other breeds. There are stories of these dogs turning on their owners. Dade county Florida along with other counties and cities have outlawed them. There is no good reason to own these dogs.

31 posted on 05/15/2008 8:42:12 AM PDT by ontap (Just another backstabbing conservative)
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To: contemplator

Why don’t your husband kill the dog then?


32 posted on 05/15/2008 8:56:52 AM PDT by caver (Yes, I did crawl out of a hole in the ground.)
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To: contemplator

You can train that pit bull to be a coward.

Wait until the neighbors leave the dog in the back yard and aren’t home. Pummel the dog with a couple of water balloons filled with vinegar, and lots of ice cubes, preferably from a hidden position the dog can’t see. Repeat this at random intervals.

Pretty soon the dog will be afraid of it’s own shadow, and will scratch at their door trying to get in the house. It will also lose it’s aggression.


33 posted on 05/15/2008 8:58:12 AM PDT by zipper
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To: CurlyDave

I have two Akita lab mixes, brothers. It’s funny, one weighs about 50 more lbs than the other and is pure Akita with attitude. The other loves to retrieve and cuddle and is pure lab. I’ve broken up a few fights, it’s always the lab that starts it. The akita responds more strongly to discipline.

IMHO, the world is full of aggressive breeds and aggressive dogs. You can’t forbid them all, they were bred to do a job. The problem is people thinking they are “cute” or “cool” and getting dogs when only people who are truly committed should have any of the aggressive breeds.

Dogs have no conscience. They do what they do. It’s a sad mix in an irresponsible culture.

Akitas are the cutest puppies going. But they are not toys. They are tough dogs for responsible people.


34 posted on 05/15/2008 8:58:17 AM PDT by I still care ("Remember... for it is the doom of men that they forget" - Merlin, from Excalibur)
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To: 95Theses

Dreadful. RIP.


35 posted on 05/15/2008 11:03:38 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: mngran2

When our daughtwer was little she was attacked by a doberman. The owners kept the dog chained to a tree no doghouse and no fence. The dog whined and barked non stop. When the man left for work his wife would turn the dog loose. It took the dog’s wife and a passer by to pull the dog off my child. Thank God our little girl was wearing a heavy coat! When my husband paid them a visit, they suggested if we didn’t like their dog we could move.
My father seriously suggested poison steak at midnight. It never came to that because a drug deal they were in went bad and the other people killed the dog in retaliation. Poor dog beaten to death with chains and pipes. I felt sorry for the animal, short sad life with stupid owners.


36 posted on 05/15/2008 11:21:07 AM PDT by kalee (The offenses we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we write in marble. JHuett)
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To: kalee

daughter I can spell

And I was tryong to get the dog off too. So it took 3 people.


37 posted on 05/15/2008 11:29:19 AM PDT by kalee (The offenses we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we write in marble. JHuett)
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To: ontap

People keep getting mauled and killed by these damn dogs and this is the same crap we hear.

THATS BECAUSE ITS THE TRUTH. WHEN I WAS A CHILD MY COUSIN WAS MAULED BY A LAB. I HAD ANOTHER GET ATTACKED BY A CHIUAUA. LOOK IT COMES DOWN TO ONE THING. THE DOG SHOULD DIE BUT ITS AN ANIMAL TAUGHT BY A HUMAN TO BEHAVE THIS WAY. THE KEY WORD HERE IS ANIMAL. ALL ANIMALS ARE UNPREDICTABLE. IVE OWNED A PITBULL FOR 7 YRS NOW AND THE ONLY THING HE AS EVER DONE IS LICK MY 4 GIRLS TO DEATH AND KNOCK THEM OVER PLAYING. HE LIVES IN SIDE, IS ALWAYS BEING HUGGED, PETTED, GROOMED, HE IS PART OF THE FAMILY. NOT SOME DOG THAT GETS STUCK ON A CHAIN TWICE THE NORMAL AMOUNT OF HIM, SO THE OWNER CAN TAKE HIM OFF ONCE AND AWHILE TO SHOW HIM OFF. OH LOOK AT MY PITBULL SO MUSCULAR. ITS ALL YOU EVER HEAR BECAUSE THATS ALL THE MEDIA DISHES OUT. NO ONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT A COCKERSPANIEL ATTACKING A CHILD. OH BUT A PITBULL (ITS BREED TO FIGHT) ITS SO DANGEROUS YEAH OK BE SIMPLE MINDED. TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH THERE HAVENT BEEN BREED TO FIGHT FOR QUITE SOME TIME. UNLESS YOU BUY YOURS WITHOUT PAPERS FROM THE BACKWOODS. MOST TOP QUALITY PAPERED PITBULLS ARE TAKING TROPHIES IN WIEGHT PULL AND SHOW COMPITIONS. DO SOME HOME WORK. HAVE WE EVEN SEEN PICKS OF THIS DOG. WE KNOW FOR A FACT IT IS A PITBULL? OR IS IT A MUTT THAT LOOKS LIKE ONE. SEEN IT BEFORE THAT ALL?


38 posted on 05/15/2008 1:57:19 PM PDT by NOTHING2LITTLE
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To: CurlyDave

HEY DAVE ANY DOG CAN KILL A KID ITS AN ANIMAL WITH CARNIVEROUS NEEDS. K9’S TAKE A LAB AND PITBULL TREAT THEM THE SAME YOU WILL GET SAME RESULT. CHAIN THEM UP DONT PAY ATTENTION TO THEM AND BEAT THEM ON OCCASION, THE END RESULT TWO PISSED OFF DOGS. THINK ABOUT IT


39 posted on 05/15/2008 1:57:22 PM PDT by NOTHING2LITTLE
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