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Pit Bulls Kill Man, Woman In Michigan
The Indy Channel ^ | September 14, 2007

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.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: bopma; breedmisidentified; breedofpeace; doggieping; dogofpeace; msmdoesitagain; pitbull; preciouspooch; rdo
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To: Brilliant
That’s very difficult to prove.

We are just never going to agree on this one. And Kalifornia is notoriously lienient on criminals. Here in ga it would have been easier to get a conviction. Dunno about fl.

81 posted on 09/14/2007 7:21:00 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your most dangerous enemy is your own government, Benito Guilinni a short man in search of a balcony)
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To: Darnright

It’s the exceptional case where they get a conviction, and usually for a relatively minor crime.

Then there is the obvious: whether they get convictions or not, it doesn’t seem to be working. These incidents occur relatively frequently.


82 posted on 09/14/2007 7:21:31 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Darnright
The dogs’ dangerous propensities existed because they had been attack trained, by a convicted criminal

Not necessarily so - read the PDF file in post 25.

83 posted on 09/14/2007 7:22:15 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your most dangerous enemy is your own government, Benito Guilinni a short man in search of a balcony)
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To: Abathar

Investigators confiscated 10 pit bulls from a nearby residence.


Any person having 10 pit bulls at his residence is a person no community should put up with. Any person who owns a dog that has to be chained in the back yard shouldn’t be allowed to have a dog. Stupid owners and owners with mental issues are the problem here and there should be serious punishment for careless ownership of agressive dogs.


84 posted on 09/14/2007 7:23:38 AM PDT by Joan Kerrey (Believe nothing of what you hear or read and half of what you see.)
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To: Abathar

Dog of Peace alert.


85 posted on 09/14/2007 7:23:53 AM PDT by SmoothTalker
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To: stayathomemom

All dog breeds are potentially dangerous. I love dogs, and always will despite getting severe bites from 3 dogs when I was a kid. The first was a black lab that chased me while I road a skate board past his driveway. He took a chunk out of my hamstring just under my buttox.

The second was a German Shepard that might have killed me if the owners didn’t react fast. I was delivering their newspaper. The dog was in their house sitting in the hallway about 5 feet from the screen door. I opened the screen door, put the paper on the floor and turned to walk away. Before the screen door shut the dog burst through it and clamped his jaws on the back of my neck and took me to the ground. The owners came screaming from the litchen and got the dog off of me.

The third time I was at a friends house petting his cocker spaniel. I had played with this dog on many occasions. This time it up and decided to bite my hand as I was petting it. Took the nail clean off my index finger. The owners were horrified.

all these attacks occured in the 1970’s. My parents never even considered lawsuits. Blood was drawn in all three attacks. Imagine that in this day and age? I’d probably be rich.

My point:all dogs can cause damage. Dogs are carnivores, loyal pack animals, agressive, and possess the instinct to hunt game. Check out their jaws and teeth. Come on people.

That being said, I love my Swiss Mountain Dog. She’s a wonderful pet. But I would NEVER leave her alone with my two kids (age 2 and 1). NEVER.

And a Pit Bull?! Why take the chance on such a breed? Any large dog that enters my property un-supervised is asking for it. They approach my wife or kids in an aggressive manner - they’re dead. No jury in the world would convict you.


86 posted on 09/14/2007 7:28:46 AM PDT by strider44
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To: DieHard the Hunter
"I understand they are particularly fond of radiator Kool-Aid..."

Hey, good one!

I will eat this note later, but am remembering for future reference.

87 posted on 09/14/2007 7:49:41 AM PDT by Designer
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
"If my neighbor brought one home, it’d be gone in a week."

One moved in next door to me.

It was kicked out of a neighboring town for biting a person there.

88 posted on 09/14/2007 7:55:44 AM PDT by Designer
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To: DieHard the Hunter
All dogs are attracted to anti freeze due to it being sweet. I catch your drift but don’t agree that poisoning them is the way. The acts of these animals are not premeditated nor the result of any conscious hatred of the victim. It is a natural by product of their evolution, breeding and the environment in which they are raised.

The destruction of any life, including those of an animal should be humane and swift.

89 posted on 09/14/2007 8:07:43 AM PDT by Eagles Talon IV
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To: tubebender

Respect and fear are very close. The sense of one will generate the other.


90 posted on 09/14/2007 8:09:28 AM PDT by Eagles Talon IV
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To: Blood of Tyrants

I was thinking that too, but then if they were trained to fight and kill, wouldn’t they have done so to each other? Unless maybe they were family pets that had formed their own pack.


91 posted on 09/14/2007 8:14:24 AM PDT by Kimberly GG (INVEST IN THE FUTURE - DUNCAN HUNTER '08.....(NO MORE CFRers))
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To: Long Island Pete

Little dogs are notorious for biting and while it hurts it is very rare that they do it outside their own territory and would extremely, rarely be fatal.


92 posted on 09/14/2007 8:16:38 AM PDT by tiki
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

I got new neighbors last week. They have a young pitbull. They only have a fence on one side and I have already seen the dog running loose on the street and on the fairway.


93 posted on 09/14/2007 8:17:19 AM PDT by showme_the_Glory (ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government)
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To: WL-law

Bad dogs are bad enough by themselves but when they are in packs they are vicious and think nothing of turning on humans. We kill ‘em if they are on our property. It sounds cruel but we warn new neighbors the day they move in.


94 posted on 09/14/2007 8:20:35 AM PDT by tiki
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To: from occupied ga
I would think that just the fact of ownership of a pit bull would be enough to legally say that the owner knew the dog was dangerous.

I agree. I also think that this is enough to require all owners of pit bulls to obtain liability insurance in case their dogs do some damage.

95 posted on 09/14/2007 8:46:07 AM PDT by CommerceComet
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To: Abathar

And now, from the Dog of Peace file...


96 posted on 09/14/2007 8:48:34 AM PDT by TChris (Has anyone under Mitt Romney's leadership ever been worse off because he is Mormon?)
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To: showme_the_Glory

I wouldn’t tolerate it.


97 posted on 09/14/2007 8:50:22 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Go Hawks !)
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To: showme_the_Glory
They only have a fence on one side and I have already seen the dog running loose on the street and on the fairway.


98 posted on 09/14/2007 8:52:34 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your most dangerous enemy is your own government, Benito Guilinni a short man in search of a balcony)
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To: from occupied ga

>Not necessarily so - read the PDF file in post 25.<

It’s your position, then, that a reasonable person would not conclude that large mastiff dogs, trained for attack by a convicted drug dealer, might pose a threat when handled by someone with no professional dog experience?


99 posted on 09/14/2007 9:25:22 AM PDT by Darnright
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To: Brilliant

>It’s the exceptional case where they get a conviction, and usually for a relatively minor crime.<

Holding someone criminally accountable for the actions of a dangerous dog is a fairly new concept.

>Then there is the obvious: whether they get convictions or not, it doesn’t seem to be working. These incidents occur relatively frequently.<

See above. Holding individuals accountable for many crimes doesn’t eliminate the crime totally. Aren’t you being a bit unreasonable?


100 posted on 09/14/2007 9:28:10 AM PDT by Darnright
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