Labrador Retrievers and German Shorthaired Pointers were unavailable for comment because they were out having fun.
Posted on 08/13/2008 10:49:45 AM PDT by AlaskaErik
A pit bull that severely mauled a young girl inside her East Anchorage home Tuesday afternoon was shot by a neighbor who followed screams to the scene to find the girl's baby sitter fighting the dog in the front yard.
The girl's injuries were so severe that witnesses at first told police the 6-year-old was dead, killed in the attack by one of her family's pets.
The girl, however, was still alive and was rushed to Alaska Native Medical Center, where she underwent surgery Tuesday afternoon for what police called life-threatening injuries to her neck and head. Her mother was at the hospital.
"The girl has been transported in critical condition to the hospital," police Lt. Paul Honeman said. "It took a long time to get that girl stabilized."
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Her name is Wednesday.
They are banned in Dade county, Florida too I believe. Jaws of steal....
pass the popcorn...you think tattoo threads get ugly, sit back and watch!
I have been told, repeatedly, that attacks like this are rare.
Macabre as it may seem, the exact same thought crossed my mind when I first read the story.
Labrador Retrievers and German Shorthaired Pointers were unavailable for comment because they were out having fun.
The proper term for a pit bull is “Terrier of Peace.” :-)
Let the Pitbull bashing begin
I”m sure the owners said, just before this kid had his guts ripped out, “but our pitbull would never harm anyone. They have to be trained to be aggressive.”
The attack was macabre; the journalistic goof is funny.
Let’s not comment on those that train and breed these dogs to act and react in this violent manner. When I have done that in the past (not at FR) I have been called a racist.
It is inevitable.
Not for long on the News forum; to Chat it will soon be sent.
I had to read the article. No kidding, that is what the dopey owner really said.
Top the madness with the police confiscating the saviors gun. Now he cannot protect himself or a neighbor in similar circumstances. I think I would have told them, gun?, I don’t recall.
The way pit bull threads usually get it may need to go to :Smokey back Room”...ha ha ha
I’m sure they did, and they were totally wrong.
Pitbulls need more than training, they need a 24/7, lifelong commitment to exercise, mental and physical.
Obviously that’s too much for some people to handle, and this is what comes of lazy people failing to live up to the responsibility.
These dogs have no redeeming values, none.............am I a racist, now?........
They do have to be trained. Specifically, as soon as they are born they are deprived of food. The idea is that they get so hungry that they have to fight from birth when food becomes available. This can be done with any breed.
I wish the MSM would report when other breeds commit these violent acts. It does happen just as often with other breeds. Dogs may be domesticated, but they are still animals.
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