Posted on 09/20/2008 8:52:04 PM PDT by familyop
It was a tragic scene in North Las Vegas involving a baby and two dogs. A four-month-old was attacked by two Pit Bulls. The dogs were attacking so viciously police say they had to shoot them dead upon arriving at the scene.
Residents in the neighborhood near Cheyenne and Martin Luther King say they are shocked but not surprised that it happened. Neighbors tell News 3 the two Pit Bulls were full grown dogs and when the baby girl arrived at the house four months ago they began to display aggressive behavior towards the child and anyone who held her.
"We knew that someone had shot somebody," a neighbor named Gloria told News 3.
The shots that Gloria and her neighbors heard was North Las Vegas police shooting the two dogs still on the attack.
"I look in. You could see the dogs laying dead," another neighbor, Jason Howell said. The shots prompted Howell to run to his neighbor's house to see if he could help. He says that what he saw will haunt him. "There are some peculiars I don't even want to discuss," said Howell.
Howell says other neighbors have commented on the dogs' aggressive behavior. "You don't have Pit Bulls around children, period," Howell said.
Also according to neighbors, the child's grandmother was at the home babysitting when the attack happened.
Neither police nor neighbors know what sparked the attack. "You have an aggressive breed dog, a Pit Bull and a child in the house. They ripped it to shreds," Howell said. What could the child possibly have done to instigate that? I have a daughter who is 18 months old. And the look on the father's face is something I'll never forget, ever. That's all I have to say."
The grandmother who was in the house sustained injuries. She was taken away by ambulance.
It was just a couple of months ago that a local animal control officer was attacked by three pit bulls. In July the officer responded to a home in North Las Vegas.
According to reports the dogs were loose in a neighbors yard near Centennial and Lamb. The officer managed to get away from the dogs and locked herself in her vehicle.
In April two 5-year-old boys were attacked by two Pit Bulls outside a home near Vegas Valley and McLeod. One was bitten in the face, the other in the leg. Both dogs were put to euthanized..
This one hits close to my heart !:
I hate dogs. I hate irresposible dog owners even more. Quite a few of them live around me. I run with a samm baseball bat to protect myself from attack.
I never have to worry about my cat attacking anyone.
Dogs = Liberal. They require constant care and attention. Not at all self sufficant. Loud, obnoxious and hyper. They turn mean when you don’t conform to their ways. They will not survive without someone caring for them. You always have to clean up after them.
Cat = Conservative. Respomsible, self sufficiant, friendly calm and happy. He doesn’t need you to care him. He does just fine on his own. He just enjoys your company. He doesn’t bug you or get in your face. If left on his own, he’ll go find his own food.
Search works, FRiend. :-)
Gaaaaaaah!
Way too late for FReeping, apparently.
feck off
your “dog of peace” B.S., diminishes the “religion of peace” ....people actually make the choice to be evil.
A dog is an animal and a product of its training and breeding.
Please be sure not to kick any old people or kids when your
knee starts jerking.
“I hate dogs”
You are a horrible person. I have only owned dogs, but still like cats. Just not the pet for me, I prefer an animal that doesn’t crap inside.
as for your comment “I never have to worry about my cat attacking anyone.”
You must never have friends over...because even the nicest cat will scratch and attack....much more often than a dog. Just , no one reports them because they are cats. I know way more people who have been scratched & bitten by psycho cats than I know people who were attacked by dogs. NOT EVEN CLOSE.
Cats are known for being psycho. No warning, just a lashing.
That typed, I still like most cats. I just don’t like you. You suck as a human.
Did any of you comment in a similar manner about the Lab Puppy that killed a baby in July?
I bet not.
Link ?...
TANKS,,,I couldn’t find that one...
“You are a horrible person.” “I just don’t like you. You suck as a human.”
Geez, all because I don’t like dogs?
Oh well, no skin of my a$$. Not everyone in life is going to like you.
Parents to decide fate of dog that killed baby
Shadow, a 40-pound xxxxx, has been under quarantine at the Hopatcong pound since the Sept. 6 attack that mortally wounded infant Alexis Hennessy, authorities said. The child was born Aug. 31.
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The killing by the 3-year-old xxxxx, which had no history of hostile behavior, preliminarily has been ruled accidental
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The incident occurred in an instant when the baby's mother momentarily left the room, authorities have said.
Experts say a dog unfamiliar with an infant may mistake it for prey or a wounded animal, or even a squeaky toy, and an attack is not necessarily aggression.
Although dog bites of all kinds are not uncommon, fatal dog bites are rare, and so low in number the federal government does not track them. This was the first fatal dog bite in New Jersey this year, the second one since 1997 and the ninth since 1965, according to the nonprofit National Canine Research Council.
It's so much easier than coming up with something original and intelligent.....
My search was for people killed in the US,,,
Tried it several ways,,,Attacks/Fatal Attacks/etc.
Some posts back up-thread,,,
Sore Spot here,,,
Got 5 pits chained-up rite next-door that lunge at me and
my dawgs when I walk them out back,,,(Springer and Yorkie)
Anytime I walk out my door,,,
Just a matter of time till a chain breaks,,,
I ain’t gunna use no Buck knife...
Good fences make good neighbors
“Shadow, a 40-pound husky”(link)
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Why the xxxxxx ?
Any animal that kills a person should be put down...
When fence and chain fail,,,
In Brightest Day Or Darkest Night
No Matter What Their Size
When Danger Threatens Call On Me
For I Will Equalize...
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