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I wouldn't trust this animal to bring my slippers to me.
Posted on 08/17/2012 4:09:51 AM PDT by from occupied ga
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The DeKalb County medical examiner says a woman found dead in her home was killed by at least one of her five dogs.
Twenty-three-year-old Rebecca Carey spent her life rescuing animals, taking several into her home to keep them from ending up at animal control.
Carey’s best friend, Jackie Cira, went to Carey’s home when she did not show up for work on Sunday.
“There was a lot of blood,” Cira said. “And when first got there, it looked like she had fallen and hit her head.”
The DeKalb County medical examiner ruled Carey’s death was the result of dog bites.
Animal control took custody of the five dogs in the home – two pit bulls, two presas and a boxer mix.
Any dog that has bitten a person goes into a special isolation lockup at animal control.
Cira said she knows Carey’s dogs, and actually owned one of them, a therapy dog, at one time.
“Any dog she came into contact with, she brought out the best in,” Cira said.
Cira said she wanted the dogs she knew to be gentle to be spared punishment.
“I don’t know who did what, but I can say with certainty who did not,” Cira said.
Animal control’s interim director Tim Medlin told Channel 2’s Jeff Dore that the county can’t risk putting a killer dog with a family, and they have all been put down.
“We didn’t know which dog did which. I can’t be wrong. Not just myself, no one can be wrong in putting out a dog that possibly had to do with these type of injuries. I will not put another person at that kind of risk,” Medlin said.
Carey’s family declined to speak with Dore, but they issued the following statement:
"Rebecca Carey of Decatur was 23 years old and an avid animal lover. Since the second grade when she read the book Throw Away Pets she vowed to be a voice for all animals. She attended Georgia Perimeter College and worked at a veterinary clinic. Upon placing her first abandoned animal in a permanent loving home in 2003, she volunteered countless hours with rescue networks and animal shelters. There she did what she loved the most: rescuing animals from untenable situations to find them safe, loving homes."
I disagree with your analogy. Guns don't go off on their own. Pit bulls are more like sweaty dynamite with paws.
Well, deny facts and evidence all you want. I’ve seen dozens and dozens of such stories over the years. Ignore ‘em if you wish. I won’t. I value my kids (now grandkids) too much.
We have a Yorkie named KiKi who runs out and terrorizes everyone until our chihuahua runs out and terrorizes him. LOL!!!
I’m neither a liar nor a coward, a**hole. Keyboard cowboys.....spare me.
We also have a pit bull next door that just oozes love and wiggles around for a dog bisquit but I wouldn’t go near that dog. Just don’t trust them.
A Tiger female pregnant with a Liger isn't prepared to deal with this the same way a Lion female is - and maternal investment is way out of whack - resulting in a HUGE cub that grows into a HUGE Liger.
A Tiglon, by contrast is from a male Tiger bred with a Lion female - they are smaller than either parent species because the Lion female is blunting the signal it isn't receiving at the same level from the Tiger male’s DNA contribution.
This is a very common occurrence when you mix a promiscuous species involved in an evolutionary arms race between male and female with a non-promiscuous species that is more ‘peaceful’ in it's DNA.
Thanks; makes perfect sense.
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I wouldn't trust this animal to bring my slippers to me.
Yes, I saw them in a documentary.
My brother and his wife went to South Africa recently, and one of the activities on their safari was playing with cheetah kittens. My brother said they licked the skin off his arms just being friendly!
Things tend to end badly for people who keep cougars as pets.
That was my first thought - she tried to break up two of the dogs that were fighting each other. They probably didn’t even mean to bite her, and were trying to get to each other. It’s NOT a place you want to be in no matter what kind of dogs they are.
I have heard that there is a saying in India...
“A man who raises a Tiger cub, has a habit of disappearing.”
The big cats have #10-grit sandpaper for tongues.
I worry about the trend now to rescue every dog. Some are not suitable pets (not because of their breed but because of temperament, period). But it goes along with the ‘animals are the same as people’ idea the permeates our culture. My dog, btw, agrees with me.
Presas were bred to hunt people.
My dog, a Welsh Corgi, was attacked by a pit-bull a couple of months ago. I was taking him for a walk, and a pit-bull silently ran toward us from the right (I didn't see it) and it had my dog by the back of the neck and was vigorously shaking it. This was not a dog fight. This was an out of control killer attacking a smaller dog with no provocation whatsoever. It may have weighed no more than 70 lbs., but it was solid muscle. My kicks had no effect on it.
Fortunately, I was armed. I did not want to discharge my weapon in a residential neighborhood, but I was not going to let my dog die before my eyes about 6 houses from our house. So, I shot the pit-bull. Twice. It took two .38 rounds to get it to drop my dog. The pit-bull recovered from the shots (I hit it in the hip and shoulder; muscle only, and the shots were pass-throughs).
Your arrogant comments are worthless. Call us cowards if you like; but now, when I walk my dog, I try to keep my head on a 180 degree swivel in case another beast is silently stalking us during a neighborhood walk.
The presas are the same type that killed that woman in San Francisco. The pits are aggressive only if they have been raised that way.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presa_canario
There were 'sad' cobras in India too... I'm surprised she didn't take some of them in too... That said, prayers for her family and loved ones...
Yeah, let's kill every dog that an owner tires of, that's the ticket! Lots of people want puppies, but tire of a grown dog. We have, save once, rescued adult dogs and have never had a problem.
Our first rescue was a Golden/Brittany mix that was given up because her owners wanted a smaller dog.
Our second was given up because her owner got a boyfriend who didn't like dogs and beat on the dog. We bet he started beating on her when the dog was gone.
Number 3 was given up because his owner went in a nursing home and the kids didn't want the dog. They just kicked him outside in the winter of 2009, luckily a neighbor took him in until the rescue organization could get him.
Number 4 was found outside a rural VFW, young, pregnant, no collar or tags. Someone let her stay under his trailer until the pups were whelped and then called animal control. Her pups were adopted and she was rescued from death row.
Each one of these dogs were, or are, wonderful, well-behaved pets. They are respectful of humans and know their place. Our vet is so impressed that they each carefully take treats out of her hand, making sure no fingers are involved. We didn't train them, they came that way. You are entitled to your opinion, but many, many dogs are released to shelters and rescue groups, not because the dog has a problem, but the owner does.
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