When he's not babysitting the children, he's volunteering his time at a local charity.
Posted on 09/14/2007 5:04:52 AM PDT by Abathar
DETROIT -- An elderly man and a woman were mauled to death by pit bulls in Iosco Township, Mich., on Thursday afternoon, police said.
Michigan State Police were called to a farm and found a 90-year-old man mauled to death by dogs.
The Iosco Sheriff’s Department said the man’s 70-year-old son went to check on his father, who was visiting the property, and found him dead in the yard.
Police said there were still pit bulls in the yard when the son arrived.
Upon further investigation, MSP found dogs had also fatally mauled a 56-year-old woman who was jogging, just west of the property.
Investigators confiscated 10 pit bulls from a nearby residence.
MSP said there are still some dangerous dogs at large in the area.
The deaths are still under investigation by MSP.
I have to wonder a bit about the mentality of people who keep these plug-ugly sticks of dynamite as pets.
When he's not babysitting the children, he's volunteering his time at a local charity.
Nah, I don’t think so. The problem is that despite all the chatter about it not being the dog’s fault, but rather the owner’s fault, you really can’t convince a jury of that.
And any smart lawyer is just going to point out that yorkies and labs don’t often kill, so that it must be the breed’s fault. And it’s not illegal to own the breed, so if that is the only thing the owner did wrong, how can he be convicted?
I agree with you completely.
/sarc
Then he eats them.
You might not think so, but they're rarely charged. The one exception around here that I remember happened last year when a pair of pit bulls attacked a child. The woman who owned the dogs wasn't doing anything until a neighbor ran into his house and got a gun and shot the dogs. She then attacked him screaming "don't hurt my dogs - don't hurt my dogs" he shot her too. She was charged with attacking him.
I have heard that cocker spaniels are one breed that is likely to cause problems for mail carriers. They also look like they have strong jaws.
I will never trust my kids around it if all that is keeping it in their yard is a invisible fence either, if not a tall sturdy fence then I consider it running loose when children are involved.
my wife was attacked by a rott.
one of my friends was attacked by a german shepherd.
don’t know anyone personally that’s ever had a problem with a pit bull- more likely rotts or german shepherds.
we’ve got a number of pitbulls in my neighborhood, and my daughter can walk up to any one of them and pet them. its the black lab across the street that scares me.
What do people expect when centuries of breeding to select dogs that fight and kill?? This is like saying Border Collies should not be allowed to herd livestock.
There is a link to a pdf file in post 25 that give a breed breakdown. I’m sure they’re in there, but not enough so as to be significant.
Some folks put their egos in cars, some in guns, and some in the dogs they own. “I’m a badass. Look at my dog/car/gun”.
I know that area well, unless the people are scum renters then it just doesn't seem the place that dog fighting would be found. I figure it is someone breeding them to cash in on the craze myself.
‘Investigators confiscated 10 pit bulls from a nearby residence. ‘
Pretty obvious its a dog fighting operation.
Lowlifes in crappy trucks and cars were always pulling in and out of the place after the sign went up.
At an early morning swap meet I was waiting in the car for hubby while he was browsing when a man returned from the swap meet and opened his pickup shell to let out four poodles—one large, three smaller—to obviously do their business. Within 30 seconds, they spotted two men and a small girl, about four years old, walking through the parking lot toward the swap meet. The larger poodle, followed by the others, ran up to the girl and jumped on her. It was barking but not growling (we were about ten feet away from the incident) but it clearly outweighed the child by several pounds. We couldn’t tell if it was just being “friendly” or whether it was more aggressive. The girl screamed and one of the men with her got her in his arms. The owner pulled the dogs back and the whole incident was over in a few seconds but there was time enough for campus cops to see it and make a move. If the girl was hurt, I couldn’t see it. I think she was frightened most of all. My daughter and I were surprised at how quickly it happened out of the blue.
They are rarely charged because the prosecutors know how difficult it is to get a conviction.
post 38: “But then one day the dog’s eyes go glassy, and it springs its big surprise.”
When your daughter gets shredded by one of those gentle dogs you let her pet, then I'd say the fault is yours for not teaching her better than to stay away from them. Any breed of dog that has a tendency to turn even on its own owners like pits do, is not safe to have around.
“What is the lure of a dog that kills innocent people?”
Because they aren’t tough enough to kill people themselves.
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