Moses Lake boy recovering from pit bull attack
"...doctors reattached the boy's nose and ears. He faces more surgeries." (Seattle Times)
Cops kill 2 of 3 pit bulls mauling boy (Chicago Sun-Times)
Maybe laws should be passed making it illegal to allow pit bulls in households with children.
Prayers offered up.
The defenders will be here soon...
The owner needs to go to jail.
Every time I see a pit bull my trigger finger gets itchy.
That being said, I’ve met some really sweet ones whose owners knew what they were doing with dogs. The ones I worry about are the ones I see wearing spiked collars accompanied by young gang-banger wannabee low-life humans.
They should have gotten rid of the dogs when it was clear that they were showing aggression around the baby. Some dogs don’t take well to kids coming in.
At a rescue I used to volunteer at, a couple brought in a dog because he didn’t like their little boy once he started crawling around. He wasn’t a pit bull, but he was a very large, strong dog. He was great with adults, but he was jealous of the little boy.
NO Cheers, unfortunately.
Dogs of peace ping....
- John
I'm getting a sense of the location in my mind's eye...
Why is this stuff posted?! It serves no purpose but to make us cry. This story will haunt me for the next couple months.
Please stop posting this stuff!!
“Breed of peace” strikes again.
I own two pit bulls. That said, I will not defend the dogs mentioned in this article. It is clear, very clear, they should have been put down at the very first sign of human aggression. There is absolutely no defense for them or their owners. I would even go so far as to say the parents are complicit in the death of their child.
Pit Bulls cannot be trusted. They are a very vicious and all States should have a law prohibiting ownership. They should all be put down.
I thought they were the Dogs of Peace...?
Sunday, September 14, 2008
2008 US Dog Bite Fatalities Interim Report: January 1 - September 13
From time-to-time, DogsBite.org is requested by a municipality to create an interim year fatality report, such as this. What stands out thus far is the high percentage of pit bull killings (61%), that only one person over the age of 2 was killed by a breed other than a pit bull and that 100% of off-property attacks have been attributed to pit bulls. The high rate of infant fatalities (1-years old and younger) across a variety of breeds stands out as well.
18 US fatal dog attacks have occurred so far in 2008. Pit bull type dogs were responsible for 61% (11). Pit bulls make up approximately 2-9% of the US dog population.
Only one person over the age of 2 has been killed by a breed other than a pit bull this year; a 74-year old woman was fatally mauled by her two dogs (Australian shepherd-mix and a golden retriever-mix).
67% of the attacks occurred to children (11 years and under). Half of these incidents occurred to ages 1 and younger. 33% of all fatalities occurred to adults (21 years and older).
39% of fatal attacks in involved multiple dogs; 11% involved chained dogs.
72% of the attacks occurred on owner property and 28% off owner property. Of the off-property attacks, 100% (5) were attributed to pit bulls.
39% of the victims were female; 61% of the victims were male. Of the male victims, nearly half (8) were 11 years and younger.
The states of Texas, Alaska and New York each suffered two fatalities.
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Fine “PETS!”...
Absolutely not a breed that should be around any young child period.
The usual pit bull story. This kind of thing happens each and every day.
If you look closely, behind every story like this you will find...arrogant fools. “No harm will befall me!”
They were wrong.