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A 10-month-old baby has been killed after being attacked by the family’s two Rottweilers while the child’s father left them unattended for just a few moments to do a quick chore.After a brief investigation, Johnson said the father, who is a law enforcement officer, had briefly left the baby unattended in the home to go outside and move a sprinkler in the yard. “He just stepped outside to move a sprinkler and the neighbour pulled up talking to him, and not even a couple of minutes passed and he heard the commotion inside the house,” said Johnson.

Tyler attorney and former state district judge Cynthia Stevens Kent is asking two Texas legislators to push a bill outlawing the ownership of pit bulls and-or pit bull mixed dogs in Texas, and to make the possession of the breed a third-degree felony. Mrs. Kent hopes Sen. Kevin Eltife, R-Tyler, and Rep. Chuck Hopson, R-Henderson, will sponsor the bill and put in front of the next legislative session. She wants the bill named Justin's Law, after 10-year-old Justin Clinton who was killed in 2009 by pit bulls in Rusk County. “My client, Serenia Clinton of Rusk County, and I ask...

A WOMAN has been charged after her pet Rottweilers attacked and mauled a 10-year-old girl while she was riding her bike. "One started biting her arms while the other went for her legs," said Kidd’s grandmother ..."When I got to her I didn't know what to do. I just kept repeating to the dogs 'be good, be good.'"

NBC 17 CDC's 10 Most Dangerous Dogs List POSTED: 3:58 PM EST January 14, 2004 RALEIGH, N.C. -- Tuesday's fatal dog attack in Harnett County is not as rare as you may think. Dogs kill 10 to 20 people in the United States every year.Last year in Orange County, 300 dog bites were reported, and 350 were reported in Raleigh. DOG SAFETY Stay SafeTips For ParentsOwn A Dog?Been Injured By A Dog? While national statistics show at least 30 breeds have attacked humans, 10 dog breeds are on the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's most dangerous list, meaning they...

2-year-old dies of Rottweiler injuries By Tom Bailey Jr. Contact April 1, 2004 MUNFORD, Tenn. - Parents of a toddler killed by the family's Rottweilers have refused to permit local authorities to destroy the dogs. One or both of two Rottweilers mauled 2-year-old Samuel Jameson Trucks about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Munford Police Chief Jim Harger said. The boy is the son of James and Erin Trucks. The tragedy happened in the garage, where the dogs were being housed, Harger said. Tipton County animal control officers seized the black dogs, a female and a male, and put them at the animal...