Like a jihadi, the only good Pit Bull is a dead Pit Bull.
Bad doggie!
UPDATE
Police continue to probe fatal dog attacks
Authorities said Friday that it's not clear how four American bulldogs escaped from their yard or why they suddenly mauled two Livingston County residents in rural Iosco Township.Police said the owner of the dogs was cooperating, and the case would eventually be turned over to prosecutors to determine if any criminal charges will be filed.
On Thursday afternoon, the bodies of 91-year-old Edward J. Gierlach and 56-year-old Cheryl Harper were found outside Gierlach's home on Crofootcq Road.
State Police investigators from the Brighton post said they now believe four of the 10 dogs they seized Thursday mauled the pair. Police have not found any witnesses to the attacks, said Sgt. Therese Fogarty-Cremonte.
Fogarty-Cremonte said autopsies were being conducted in Ingham County. Meanwhile, detectives were attempting to piece together the events leading to the attacks.
Police found Harper's body about 200 yards from Gierlach's body, which was in his driveway. A woman who answered the phone at the home of Gierlach's son declined to comment Friday.
A resident who lives in the area said Harper took walks daily and often fed some of the 16 horses at neighbor Diane Cockrell's house.
Neighbor Ann Reid identified Cockrell as the owner of the dogs, and said no one in the area was aware she had that many dogs. Reid said she wasn't aware of any previous problems with the dogs.
Cockrell could not be reached Friday. Her driveway is about 50 yards from Gierlach's driveway.
Anne Burns, director of Livingston County Animal Control, said all 10 dogs - seven American bulldogs and three American bulldog mixes - are being held indefinitely as evidence. Police said the four dogs suspected in the attack are American bulldogs.
Burns said the dogs, which average 75-80 pounds, look "like a boxer on stilts" and have a face similar to a boxer - with a strong jaw and muscular body. She said none of the dogs looked like they had been used to fight, and there was no indication that dogs were involved in fights on Cockrell's property.
Burns said she has not yet determined whether the dogs are licensed or have up-to-date shots.
She declined to release photos of the dogs or allow them to be photographed, saying they are considered evidence in an ongoing police investigation.
I saw the fellow who trains our dogs at Pets Smart the other day. He had a pit bull with him that he was training. I asked him what he thought of pit bulls and he said he had trained several and that they were “crazy and nothing more than four legged land sharks”.
Amazing that we don’t see articles every week about labs and cockers mauling people to death. /sar