Posted on 04/27/2007 10:12:52 AM PDT by Omega Man II
Toddler dies after pit bull attack
From Live5 News
Authorities say a toddler was mauled to death when the family pit bull got loose from inside a laundry room and attacked the young boy.
Brian Palmer died Tuesday morning from his injuries. He would have turned two-years-old in August.
The 2-year-old dog was euthanized, and its head was sent to Columbia for testing.
Authorities say the dog had killed a family cat and fought with another dog within the last month. There were --no-- adults in the house when the attack occurred and the oldest of four children at the home was 16-years-old.
Story Created: Apr 25, 2007 at 8:54 AM EDT
Story Updated: Apr 26, 2007 at 1:21 PM EDT
What about the owners of rental property? They would be liable also, would they not? We have renters next door that have two pit bulls, and have been thinking of contacting the out-of-state property owner to alert her to the fact.
And to say that there 'is no such thing as a vicious breed' is to assume that dog breeds don't have physical and personality traits in common. Its foolishness, some breeds are mellow some excited, and some are yes vicious! Pit Bulls are the later and while I am sure there are exceptions their temperament and physical abilities means they should be handled differently (at least as an exotic species)
Are some breed smarter, more likely to herd, more likely to fetch?
Thank you. :)
You should definitely contact the property owner. Sometimes you can hold a property owner liable for things at their property that they didn’t know about, but it’s a lot easier if you can prove they knew. And of course, where pit bull attacks are concerned, winning a liability judgement in court is not generally what you really want — what you want is to prevent an attack from ever happening. It’s entirely possible that these renters’ lease prohibits them from having these dogs at the property. Do be careful, though, because the renters may figure out (or be told) that it was you who notified the property owner, and there’s certainly a risk of retaliation.
Thanks for the reply.
Actually a good question would be- What would you rather be locked in a room with? A strange pit bull , a strange poodle or a loaded gun?
Somehow I don’t think any sane person, who is honest, will say the pit bull.
Read on dog nazi
No thanks Alcohol Nazi....I’ve seen all I need to see.
Here we go again.
No. You fall into the category of the person who will believe what he wants to believe as opposed to what makes sense.
Whether you like it or not, anyone with common sense and a modicom of experience knows that a stupid guy with a pit bull poses a bigger danger to innocents than a stupid guy with a bassett hound. That means it's a breed problem. I don't need a veterinarian's say-so to comprehend the obvious. And you never knew MY old veterinarian, because if you'd asked him, he'd probably have said your veterinarian was full of crap. But then again, my veterinarian was a RURAL vet to ranchers and farmers and in touch with reality, not a city vet who caters to emotional, feminized "pet parents," as yours probably is.
One category you do fall into: the pet owner who's in denial about priorities regarding pets and people.
FWIW, I don't support dog bans. Banning is wrong-headed. I support my right and responsibility to shoot loose dogs of breeds that have demonstrated the propensity to do adult humans serious physical harm. And pal, you can pretend all you want otherwise, but that excludes about 99 percent of dogdom. Pits, pit mixes, Rottweilers -- if they're not on damned good leashes, I should have a right to shoot them on sight on public property.
I think it would be much more appropriate to ask a statistician, since vets don't have occasion to witness vicious dog attacks on humans.
Or maybe an insurance company, whose liability claims are directly impacted by claims by pitbull attack victims.
Or maybe a young mother forced to live in a bad neighborhood where her neighbors harbor vicious dogs to cultivate their gangsta image.
But I will ask my vet the next time -- I'll ask him if he'd be concerned if he and his children lived next door to or down the street from the owner of one or more pitbulls. Then I'll ask him what he'd do if one of his kids or he was attacked by said pitbull.
But I think I already know the answer. The same thing I would do.
I messed up.
I intended for the link I put in above to go directly to post #108 on that thread.
“That means it’s a breed problem”
Wrong, ask your vet.
“I think it would be much more appropriate to ask a statistician, since vets don’t have occasion to witness vicious dog attacks on humans. “
Thats how this nonsense about ‘vicious breed’ began in the first place.
Apparently you didn’t read the article that is the topic of this thread.
Apparently you don’t speak with vets.
Apparently you don’t remember reading post #254.
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