Posted on 05/15/2008 6:04:35 AM PDT by tuffydoodle
FORT WORTH -- A 3-year-old girl was in critical condition at Cook Children's Medical Center after being attacked by two pit bull terriers Wednesday night.
Police responded to the call shortly before 8 p.m. at a mobile home park in the 5000 block of N. DeSoto Court, Lt. Jimmy McCarthy said. The child's aunt, who was also injured, was taken to Harris Methodist Fort Worth Hospital, McCarthy said. Police declined to identify the woman.
The girl does not live where the attack took place, but was in the care of her aunt at the time, said Lynn Alexander, a neighbor at the Redwood Estates Mobile Home Park in southeast Fort Worth.
"This is unbelievable," said Leslie Cranston, a neighbor who lives across the street. "I walk my dog every day and never knew they even had dogs in that house."
The mobile home park manager said residents are required to sign a contract when they move in, and the rules are clear.
"They state, 'No pit bulls, Rottweilers, Dobermans, chows or other dangerous breeds,'" said Walter Winters, manager. "If we would have known, I would have given them a notice to get rid of the dogs or vacate the property."
The dogs were seized by the city's animal control department.
The Fort Worth Crimes Against Children Unit is investigating the incident.
BUMP
Calling all so-called “PitBull” haters...I have popcorn!
I just realized that this is a mobile home park that my husband and I lived in when we first got married, and our home was on the same street. It was a decent park 25 years ago, I haven’t seen it since. Had a nice pool, clubhouse and good management, I can certainly see them banning dangerous dogs.
I love pit bulls. They are tasty on the grill.
Is their Crimes Against Adults Unit investigating the attack on the child's aunt? Or do they have a separate Crimes Against Women Unit?
I have to say that it’s been a while since I saw a pit bull thread on Free Republic. Bad things happen sometimes. It’s only when they seem to happen every other day that I start to think there’s an overall problem. Prayers for the victims.
A new neighbor just moved in to the house next door. They have a pit bull. I cannot go into my own back yard and do gardening without that dog flailing himself against the chain link fence while barking, snarling and growling the whole time I’m in the back yard. The fence is only 5 feet and he could probably scale it easily, were he of a mind to. When I work against the fence area he goes ballistic. Yes, I hate pit bulls. The last house we owned, the next door neighbor had 2 pit bulls and they did the same thing. The fence was only 4 ft tall. That is one of the reasons we moved, to get away from them and their drug dealer owner. 6 years later we’re back to the same thing..........
I regard owning powerful canine breeds in much the same light as I regard owning firearms. If one cannot be responsible with regard to recognizing danger and safety, so therefore properly train, then don’t own one!
Pepper spray, repeated working near the fence, and repeated application of the spray will cure the dog’s habits. Just use a short squirt each time.
I read the article twice trying to figure out who owned the pit bulls. Was it the aunt, or a neighbor?
Well, I suggest you wear a firearm when doing yard work. There is logic (and in many cities, ordnances) in place to require your neighbor to properly train and socialize his dog...if he does not and the dog leaps the fence to attack you, you have every right to kill the dog.
This is “unincorporated” residential neighborhood. People here pretty much do as they please as long as the neighbors don’t complain to the sheriff or one of the other county departments. I keep a knife handy. Lots of people walk and children play up and down our street, and with school about out will be even more. The dog is constantly barking at someone. I’m afraid he’ll jump that fence one day and take down a child. He’s really vicious...........
“Dogs of peace” ping.
I thought about that, pepper spray. I also thought about ammonia in a spray bottle.........It’s good for the plants, you know....;^)
I don't know him THAT well.......
...and get an undue amount of attention from a MSM which wants them eraticated (same MSM which pays the same kind of attention to firearms).
Wow, 17 posts and nobody has yet posted that because a Golden Retriever once bit a kid, that Pit Bulls are no more or less dangerous than any other dog.
I have to say since Texas has had the law on the books about dangerous dogs, the articles about dog attacks have been few and far between compared to earlier years.
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