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Posted on 01/15/2003 8:08:51 PM PST by optimistically_conservative
A 7-year-old boy and his mother were attacked by four pit bulls in their northeast Atlanta apartment Wednesday. It was the second such attack in the metro area in two days.
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"It was a traumatic sight," said Atlanta police Sgt. James Price. "The dogs had mauled the clothes off the mother. They were pulling on the little boy."
One of the officers fired two shots, killing one dog and injuring another. The other two ran to the porch, allowing police to pull the mother and son from the home.
The boy told police the dogs turned on them after the mother spanked one of the pit bulls for defecating on the carpet.
The residents may face charges of reckless endangerment, police said. Pets are not allowed on the premises, apartment management told police.
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On Monday, a 52-year-old Norcross woman was mauled to death at her home on Singletree Place by one of her children's pit bulls. Seven dogs were removed from the home by animal control authorities.
Oh..its winter. Dogs are inside, they're not getting walked and they get restless.
I have one wimpy dog, living in a house. She gets a bit high strung if she can't get out and run around (just like the kids). I cannot imagine 4 pit bulls in an apt. And I've read that dogs in groups are more dangerous to people because of pack behavior.
It's a shame, but I can't help but think that human stupidity had a part here.
To cure the boredom, they kill their owners or other helpless people. So it's ok. Anyway, it's the people's fault. They didn't do something right or something. The dog breed is never to blame. Many here Just keep defending them, no matter the toll. Amazing
From story: The boy told police the dogs turned on them after the mother spanked one of the pit bulls for defecating on the carpet.
See it was self-defense. How dare she use corporal punishment. It could have ruined the dog's self esteem and made it more likely to have aggressive tendancies later in life. Wait, that's only children, right? [/sarcasm]
Anyway, what is hypocracy?
Almost as nutty as banning a naturally occurring plant, isn't it?
Considering how many pit bull stories are hitting the national news these days, I am beginning to suspect that some federal "pit bull control" legislation is about to be introduced.
At least, it's the same pattern we've seen before with "gun control", "anti-terrorism" and "anti-crime" legislation in the past. Big media buildup followed by presciently-prepared ready-to-sign legislation that magically appears out of nowhere.
Pittbulls are not my favorite breed, I do not personally like them.That is my personal opinion, and I will stand by it.I see no use for the breed, as the lines have been corrupted, and they are the poster child for a junkyard dog.
The previous holders of that title were Dobermans, Rottweillers, German Shepherds etc.
I had two cats that I spent(to me) an obscene amount of money carting aroud the world.One of them, of course the one I loved best, hated my infant child.I tried confinement and separation, but the situation finally degenerated to the point that I kicked(literally) the cat out of my house.
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Who can possibly champion the presence of 4 pittbulls in an apartment?
This is a case of "stupid human pet tricks".
I once kept a rattlesnake as a pet.If you have a dangerous animal in your household, it is up to the adult members of the household to controll them.The dangerous animal can be counted on to act as a dangerous animal.
Last week a woman jogger was attacked and killed in a south Chicago forest preserve by a pack of pit bulls that are living in the forest preserve! Can you belive that? Insane. Pit Bulls aren't dogs, they're hell hounds.
Not in the federal responsibilities. But locals can pass laws against owning lions and tigers in residential areas.
I've heard that if humans dissapeared from the earth, all dogs would revert to wolves cause no one would be around to breed them. That does't sound too natural to me.
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