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Larry Oliver knew something wasn't right with Roz, his daughter's pit bull. For four years Roz acted like a sweet dog, but suddenly Roz was acting bizarre. She growled for no reason, with a sneer that showed her sharp incisors. She didn't scamper around like the happy-go-lucky dog she had been. A few days after he noticed the change, on a Sunday afternoon two years ago, Roz attacked Oliver. Oliver was outside in the yard when the dog ran out, knocked him to the ground and bit him on the left leg. The puncture wounds drew blood. That's when, Oliver...

ROXBORO -- Two people lured a Person County Animal Control officer to a rural road earlier this week and then ordered a pit bull to attack her, officials said Wednesday. The officer, Patsy Ann Bryant, was treated at Person County Memorial Hospital after the attack Tuesday and was released the same day, said Capt. Calvin B. Clayton, of the Person County Sheriff's Office. "She's pretty shaken up," Clayton said, declining to describe the severity of Bryant's wounds, except to say she received stitches. Meanwhile, sheriff's deputies arrested a man Wednesday who has one dogfighting conviction on his record and who...

No charges are likely in mauling of infant Parents' pet pit bull killed 2-week-old boy in Brooklyn rowhouse -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Del Quentin Wilber Sun Staff Originally published August 10, 2003 Authorities are not expected to file charges against the parents of a 2-week-old infant who was killed by the family's pit bull Friday afternoon, according to Baltimore police officials, who said the death appears to be an accident. Terry Allen Jr. was bitten to death by his parents' pit bull, "Jigga," about 3:15 p.m. Friday in the 4200 block of Audrey Ave. in Brooklyn, police said. Terry suffered dozens of...

Brooklyn infant is killed in home by family pit bull Parents had stepped out on porch; police shoot dog -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Jessica Valdez and Alec MacGillis Sun Staff Originally published August 9, 2003 A 2-week-old Brooklyn infant was killed yesterday by his family's pit bull after the baby's parents stepped outside and left him alone in their house with the dog, police said. Responding to the incident at 3:15 p.m. in the 4200 block of Audrey Ave., police found the dog loose in the street and shot it, firing multiple times to make sure it was dead, witnesses said. The...

Nicole Reisinger rocked her 17-month-old daughter, Ciera, at the Penn State Hershey Medical Center on Thursday afternoon, just days after the York toddler survived an attack by a pit bull, leaving her with broken bones and more than 100 stitches. “She’s doing real good,” Reisinger said, holding her daughter close after nurses gave the girl medication for the pain. The doctors said that Ciera is recovering so well that she might be able to come home by early next week. Her family says that Ciera is lucky to be alive. The attack happened on Sunday night while Reisinger, Ciera and...