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Palm Springs, California - This stray kitten was stuck in the bumper of a Dodge minivan and survived a 25-mile drive to Palm Springs and an attack by four pit bulls, who mauled the car's bumper. It has been named Fender Lynx. A pack of pit bulls ripped through the front of a Southern California man’s minivan in a stunning display of force that would make Cujo cringe. So what drove the dogs to such destruction? A kitty stuck in the bumper area, Palm Springs police Sgt. Mike Kovaleff said Tuesday. The unidentified owner of the Dodge minivan was...

AMELIA, Ohio - When emergency workers found Carol Forste's body in Ohio after Friday’s tornado, they also came across one of her dearest possessions, her dog, still at her side. The storm that killed his owner and best friend spared the dog's life, even as it crushed his spirit. Kush, Forste's pit bull survived Friday's storm. Doctors at All Creatures Animal Hospital in Amelia, say it will take weeks for Kush to truly heal. One look into his eyes and you can see he is still shocked and traumatized from Friday's tornado. "Kush would not leave her deceased body's side...stood...

SEATTLE --- Whether he accidentally climbed over the wrong ten-foot fence or was intending to burglarize the residence, a prowler in Seattle learned too late to the benefits of planning ahead. On December 13, the unidentified 2l-year-old man climbed over a ten-foot fence at a home in Seattle at about 9:00 p.m. and dropped into a yard containing four pit bulls, according to the Seattle Times. The dogs attacked and mauled the intruder so badly that he could not walk, so the owner loaded him onto a pallet and used a hand truck to wheel him to the street, where...

GULFPORT -- Spook was chained in his front yard on 20th Street when police officers with a search warrant went to the house and one of them shot the 3-year-old pit bull, witnesses said. **** She said Spook was a gentle inside dog but was outside on a chain while relatives were outside. Clark was inside when she heard the commotion. “If the officer felt threatened by my dog, he had time to back off. I kept hearing my child saying over and over, ‘Please don’t shoot my dog,’” Clark said. “My dog was my best friend,” she said. Clark’s...

Three captured; one on the looseAnimal control officers captured three of four pit bulls believed to have killed 42 goats in a Los Angeles-area farm. The goats were slaughtered on a property at 164th Street and Avenue Q Monday in Lancaster, county officials said. "It appears that the pack mentality set in in this particular incident," Aaron Reyes, deputy director of the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control, told the LA Times. Reyes said the dogs were captured Monday night. "They just fed off one another's energy and mischievous behavior," he told the paper. Animal control officers...

Pet pit bull mauls and kills 15-day-old baby Pit bulls and other large dogs continue to maim and kill people. Is it because these dogs are aggressive and dangerous or are they owned by irresponsible and careless people? Buster didn't have a history of being aggressive. He was a family pet, a year old and hyper like many young dogs. Buster's owner, 25-year-old Mallory Wildig had been staying at her mother's house following the birth of Darius on February 4 along with her 2-year-old son, Keylin Tillman. She would return home to feed Buster and let him outside. The times...

NEWARK, N.J. – When an emaciated pit bull found at the bottom of a trash chute in New Jersey was rushed to a veterinary emergency room last month, doctors there thought he would be dead within the hour. Instead, the scrappy pup, nicknamed Patrick, has defied the odds and is getting stronger by the day. "He is a tremendous fighter," said Dr. Thomas Scavelli, the director and founder of the Garden State Veterinary Specialists, the pet hospital in Tinton Falls where Patrick is being treated. "There are very few animals, or any life form, that could have gone through and...

Police will not file charges in pit bull attack Wesley G. Hughes, Staff Writer Posted: 06/18/2010 07:06:00 PM PDT SAN BERNARDINO - Police will not file charges in the case of a 4-year-old Michigan boy who was attacked and severely injured by a pit bull Wednesday morning. "Officers did not see any criminal culpability in the case," Lt. Jarrad Burguan of the San Bernardino Police said Friday. The child and his mother were visiting relatives here from Tyler, Mich. The attack occurred in the back yard in the 1500 block of Windsor. The family pet attacked the child when he...

Meet Ingrid, a pitbull perhaps taking more Viagra than any man could afford to take on Long Island. "It saved Ingrid's life. Without Viagra we wouldn't have her with us today," said Jodi Record. Ingrid has to pop the blue pills just to stay alive, according to her caregiver Record. "She takes two pills twice a day," said Record.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- A pit bull mix in Tennessee has been sentenced to obedience training after his dogged attack on a local police car. Winston didn't bite anybody, but he mauled a Chattanooga police car in what might have been a confused attempt to take a bite out of crime. The persistent pooch managed to tear off a section of the front bumper and damage the tires. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports that a judge ruled that Winston had been a very bad dog. He was sentenced to obedience and canine good citizen classes, and he'll have to wear...

Last modified: Thursday, March 18, 2010 3:19 PM EDT Great-grandma mauled by Lynn family pit bull By David Liscio / The Daily Item LYNN - A Lynn great-grandmother seriously mauled by her extended family's pit bull Wednesday remains under medical watch while the city's animal control officers search for the owner in hopes of learning whether the dog has been vaccinated against rabies. Margaret Murphy, 76, of Eastern Avenue, drove her car to 26 Mall St. shortly after 3 p.m. to visit her 10-year-old great grandson, Antonio, who lives with his grandmother, Carmen Santana Carrasquillo, and mother Isabelle Santana, in...

MARIETTA, Ga. -- A Marietta woman was treated and released from the hospital after being bitten by a pit bull. CBS Atlanta News spoke to the victim, Brittney Wrenn, over the phone. Wrenn, who is seven months pregnant, said she is doing well and so is her baby. She told CBS Atlanta News that she fought off the dog, kicking it, all while trying to block and protect her stomach. Her sister-in-law, Rachel Wrenn, said the pit bull is too dangerous for the neighborhood. Rachel came home moments after Brittney was attacked. Rachel described what led up to the attack,...

ST. PETERSBURG — Four years ago, Robert Jacks and his wife, Patricia Thiel, rescued a stray dog. The Labrador-pit bullterrier mix was about 2 years old and had wandered onto the golf course where Jacks works. It was afraid of people. They couple figured it had been abused. The two dog lovers named it Jake and worked to rehabilitate it. It became part of the family and often would sleep on the couple's bed. But on Thursday afternoon, something went wrong. Authorities say Jake fiercely attacked Thiel, a 39-year-old nurse at All Children's Hospital, shortly after 2 p.m., in their...

Danville, VA-- Wednesday morning, Danville Police responded to the intersection of Kinzer Avenue and Central Street in reference to a pit bull dog chasing children who were at a school bus stop. Responding officers did not locate the dog. An hour or so later at 8:22am, Danville Police were again dispatched to the same location about a pit bull chasing people down the street. Officers arrived and found the dog running loose and learned that a neighbor had already used pepper spray on the dog. The dog approached one of the responding officers aggressively, but the officer was able to...

An 80 year old Rantoul woman is in the hospital after she says a Pitbull attacked her. It happened last week at her home. Eleanor McDonald broke her hip and her hand. Her son is looking for answers. McDonald's son Richard says his mother is fighting for her life. He says Eleanor was taking her dog outside. That's when she says a Pitbull came around the corner and knocked her down, driving her across the driveway. The fall broke her hip and her hand. She's got the bumps and bruises to prove it. Neighbors pulled the dog off. They say...

BRIDGEPORT (CT) — - Police shot and killed a pit bull after the dog's owner ordered it to attack officers following a chase on the Route 25/8 Connector, the Connecticut Post reported. Rashad Young, 30, of Norwalk, is being held on $75,000 bail on charges of threatening, reckless endangerment, breach of peace, interfering with police and risk of injury to a minor. Police said they received a report Saturday of a car chasing a woman in the area of Chopsey Hill Road, the Connecticut Post reported. When they arrived, witnesses told them the woman had driven away and was being...

People who witnessed a pit bull attack a little girl in Hamilton say they will never get the horrible image out of their mind. The dog warden says the five-year-old girl was mauled by her father's dog named "Monster." It happened on Knightsbridge Drive. Officers on the scene describe the little girl's injuries as "very serious." Neighbors say they heard screams and rushed to help, but the pit bull didn't want to let go. The person who called 911 told the dispatcher: "A pit bull dog is attacking a little kid. It's in the backyard.We can't get him off of...

Wednesday, July 8, 2009 Reported by: Stacy Daniel A pit bull attacks a horse at a popular Central Coast beach. The horse's owner, who did not want to go on camera, fearing some sort of retaliation, says she and two friends were riding on a trail in Oceano when the dark-bluish gray pit bull came from out of nowhere. The horse's owner said, "It's a very big safety concern because that dog was off leash, and if that dog is still out there and were to attack somebody else, I'd kind of hate to think what would happen." The horse...

Family Pit Bull Bites Boy In Face Sacramento Police Arrest Father On DUI Warrant POSTED: 3:19 pm PDT June 18, 2009 SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A 4-year-old boy was bitten in the face Wednesday by the family dog, a 3-year-old pit bull. The Sacramento Fire Department was called to the 2000 block of Quincy Avenue at about 5 p.m. and took the boy to UC Davis Medical Center for treatment. Other firefighters found the dog in the back yard of a vacant home. Animal control officials caught the dog and took it in for quarantine. Firemen said the father possibly tried...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — Officials at a New Mexico animal shelter say they'll euthanize more than 50 dogs and puppies this week to make room for 12 pit bulls from an unresolved dog fighting case. ... Because of their aggressive nature, the pit bulls will be placed in one cage apiece — in spaces that usually house two or more dogs.