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Hector was one of 52 terribly abused and neglected dogs owned by NFL quarterback Michael Vick and his friends. He landed here in Minnesota and is now part of a student service learning project which teaches the kids not to be mean or hurt animals. "He lived outside in the woods in a wire cage. So did the other dogs. They had very little food, very little water," said kindergarten teacher Amber Anderson. Third graders at Barack and Michele Obama school in St. Paul got a special visit Tuesday from Hector. "In St. Paul, there seem to be quite a...

A 2-year old boy died this morning after being bitten by the family dog. Cape police, fire, and EMS were called to a report of an animal bite with injuries at 7:41 am in the 200 block of Southeast 45th Terrace. The dog, a Weimaraner, was confiscated by Lee County Animal Control.

Pit Bull Attacks Entire Family Julia Bagg Updated: 12/19/2009 11:52:21 PM Yadkinville, NC -- An entire family is recovering from a pit bull attack. Nine-year-old Jonathan Whitaker and his step mother, Amanda Whitaker both came out of surgery for injuries Saturday night. The boy's father, Terry Whitaker, says his children were playing in the snow when the family's pet pit bull attacked his son. The nine-year-old received the worst injuries. Whitaker says the dog tore off part of his son's ear. He says Jonathan's mother and stepmother came running to help, when they two were attacked. Whitaker says he tried...

What is the best thing to do if a pit bull — or several pit bulls — comes charging at you? "Look at it as a dynamic event," advises Daniel Estep of the National Animal Control Association's training academy. "If the dog is 50 yards away and starts after you, if you can escape somewhere — inside a building, or on top of your car, or jump a fence — then that's probably the best thing to do. If the dog is closer than that, then that's not a good idea. In a footrace, you're going to lose. "If the...

Steve Markwell is a brave man. At his sanctuary in Washington, he takes in the worst of the worst that have been turned away by all other shelters -- pit bulls, guard dogs, face-biters and cat-killers. There have always been good dogs and bad dogs. The good dogs come when you call, romp happily with the children and stay off the sofa. The bad dogs chase after cars, trample the flower beds and pass wind under the coffee table. Then there are the really bad dogs -- the cat killers, face biters and snarling, drooling wretches so mean even their...

TAMPA - From her hospital bed at St. Joseph's in Tampa, Kelly Doxsey showed what happened to her upper arm after a pit bull attack back in Nov. 23. That's when she says she and her 7-year-old niece, Karoline McQueary, were walking on a sidewalk along Wood Lake Boulevard in Town 'N Country area. Doxsey was walking her small dog, named Scrappy. "As soon as I turned my back, I heard the fence splinter" she said. Next, she said a large pit bull walked toward them. "When he leapt at my throat, I put my arm up there and he...

One of the owners of the two pit bulls shockingly is blaming the 70-year-old victim for the vicious attack she suffered Friday on a Bayonne street, a brutal assault that sent her to a hospital with critical injuries, says the manager of the shelter where the dogs are being kept. The co-owner of the dogs, Jason Reid, showed up at the Associated Humane Society of Newark facility Saturday and told D.J. Infield, the manager and chief animal control officer, that Maria Zaldana, of Jersey City, must have provoked the dogs, Infield said today. . . . Zaldano was walking to...

Saturday, December 05, 2009 By SARAH RAHMAN JOURNAL STAFF WRITER A 70-year-old woman was critically injured yesterday morning when she was mauled by two pit bulls that had gotten loose from their Bayonne backyard, police said. Maria Zaldana, of Jersey City, was attacked at 9:11 a.m. outside the dogs' 15 W. 34th St. home, Bayonne Police Lt. Robert Deczynski said. Part of Zaldana's scalp was torn off, he said, and she also suffered numerous puncture wounds and had skin torn off from her right knee and calf and the left side of her face. Zaldana was just steps from the...

Pitbull rips off three-year-old boy's scalp 13:00 AEST Sat Dec 5 2009 By ninemsn staff A three-year-old boy has had most of his scalp torn off in a pitbull attack in the Northern Territory. The boy, whose name has not been released, was playing in the backyard of a relative's house in Katherine when a pitbull latched onto his hair and ripped off a large section of his scalp, the NT news reports. The boy's mother, who was inside the house at the time of the mauling, ran outside when she heard his screams. Paramedics rushed the boy to Katherine...

Hanover County and state authorities are investigating an attack by two pit bulls that seriously injured a woman in the yard of a house that doubles as a child-care facility. The house where today's attack occurred is licensed by the Virginia Department of Social Services to care for up to 12 children per day, although Hanover County authorities said no children were there at the time. The 41-year-old victim, who went to the house to visit her friend who operates the child-care facility, was taken to VCU Medical Center for treatment of what authorities said were significant wounds to her...

"Oh geez. Is this really graphic really necessary? We found it over at CBS 5, attached to today's "2 Pit Bulls Who Mauled Dog Shot In East Palo Alto" item. The story goes like this: An East Palo Alto cop "shot two pit bulls" that had just mauled a tiny poodle mix as it was being walked by its owner last night. Then, the aggressive pooches "approached responding officers in a 'vicious manner,'" which is when the fuzz had no other choice but to open fire, killing the dogs. But these kind of headlines and jarring graphics, of course,...

Rockville City Police shot and killed a 120-pound Rottweiler/Pit Bull dog early Sunday morning after it viciously attacked its owner and attempts to control the dog through other means -- even a taser gun -- failed. Police said they were called to the 5800 block of Ridgeway Avenue in the Twinbrook area at about 6:20 p.m. That's where they found a 38-year-old man with bite wounds and cuts to his arms, and puncture wounds to his chest and thigh.

WHITE MILLS — An autopsy on Thursday revealed that Karen Gillespie — the White Mills woman found dead near her residence Wednesday morning — was killed by head injuries sustained in a dog attack. Deputy Hardin County Coroner John Clemens said the majority of Gillespie’s injuries were head-related and she died shortly after the attack. Clemens’ investigation also revealed Gillespie died between 4:15 and 5 p.m. Tuesday evening — more than 12 hours before her body was found on a Webb Mill Road property adjacent to the home of the dog’s owners. The dog Kentucky State Police believe attacked and...

A Bridgeville man told police he killed his girlfriend's puppy yesterday afternoon because the animal would not behave before the Steelers football game broadcast. William Woodson, 22, is being held on $25,000 bail in the Allegheny County Jail, pending a preliminary hearing on animal cruelty at 1 p.m. next Monday before District Judge Elaine McGraw in Bridgeville. The puppy, a 13-week-old pit bull named Flip, had been the focal point of recent arguments between Mr. Woodson and his girlfriend, Christine Gielarowski, 21, with whom Mr. Woodson lives on Jane Way. Ms. Gielarowski still may face charges after she gave police...

This is the shocking video of a Labrador guide dog being savagely attacked by a pitbull-cross dog in a railway station subway. A 57-year-old blind woman was walking through Cricklewood station when her guide dog, Neela, a brown Labrador, was attacked by another dog. Transport police today issued the images in a bid to trace the violent dog's owner. Detective Constable Gerry Griffin said: “This dog was not muzzled and was dangerously out of control. “The woman was extremely distressed and feared for own safety. What made this awful incident even more harrowing was the fact that the man made...

A lot of talk about dangerous dogs has some concerned about pit bulls in particular. One member of the embattled breed, a pit bull mix, more specifically, has become a loved part of a loving family.The pit bull is not recognized by the American Kennel Club as an official breed. A pit bull can be a combination of the American bull terrier, a stafishord terrier, a bull terrier or even a bulldog.They have become very popular, but also very controversial. These dogs have a bite notorious for its power and grip, and are reported in bite incidents over 30 percent...

Woman Mauled By 2 Pit Bulls Dogs' Owner Cited After Attack POSTED: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 UPDATED: 1:37 pm EST November 11, 2009 DETROIT -- A Detroit woman was in stable condition at a Detroit hospital after she was mauled by two pit bulls Wednesday morning. Residents of the Detroit west side neighborhood said the dogs have been terrorizing them for a long time, but this is the first time a woman was seriously attacked. "Yesterday, they was out of control over here. You walk down the street, they follow you. It's terrible," said neighbor Tenneh Fallah. The woman, who...

Man arrested for threatening to harm others with vicious pit bull MONTICELLO – Police in Monticello have arrested a Monticello man on an arrest warrant charging him with felony criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree and misdemeanors for reckless endangerment in the second degree, menacing in the second degree and endangering the welfare of a child. On September 17, 2009, it is alleged that while at the Sleepy Hollow Apartments on Terry Lane in Monticello, Alberto Conde, 23, was involved in a dispute with several people inside an apartment. Conde left and returned with a vicious and...

NEW ALBANY, Miss. -- The 16-month-old victim of a pit bull attack has been identified as Destiny Marie Knox from Union County. Her identity was released Friday by Coroner Mark Golding. Her body was taken to Jackson for an autopsy while sheriff's deputies investigated the killing, which occurred Thursday night when the child was attacked by a pit bull at her baby sitter's mobile home.

Saturday, November 07, 2009 Mother Says Pit Bull Owners Want Child's Memorial Removed LEVERITT'S CHAPEL -- The owners of two pit bulls that mauled to death a 10-year-old Leveritt's Chapel boy demanded a memorial to the child be removed, according to his mother. Serenia Clinton will attend a brief ceremony at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the spot of her son's death across from his school on County Road 133 to witness removal of the memorial. The memorial started out as a cross made of poster board with Justin Clinton's name on it and signed by his fifth-grade classmates at Leveritt's...