tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69043948997137733452024-03-08T18:28:35.462-05:00Pit Bull Attacks by StateHuman and animal attacks by pit bulls/bully breeds listed by State and by Country. Updated daily because the maulings and fatalities are daily.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904394899713773345.post-5204071863514377102010-11-12T23:12:00.003-05:002010-11-12T23:32:11.768-05:00Hi ReadersSorry that this blog is so far behind. I have been caught up in the battle in LA to rid it of Brenda Barnette and haven't been able to devote time to this blog. The battle against the evil "No Kill Equation" movement of Nathan Winograd is time consuming but it is seeing more success with each passing day. This blog is complete through the end of June, giving it a good 7-8 months of pit bull attacks. If those aren't enough to convince the powers that be that pit bulls are dangerous and need to be severely regulated, then you are dealing with pit nutters. I am keeping tracks of the news articles and hopefully I can get back to doing a permanent record of these articles before they go offline. I just have to deal with my first venue, "No Kill" at this time. I suggest the other sites that are springing up regularly with reports of attacks.<br /><a href="http://blog.dogsbite.org/">http://blog.dogsbite.org/</a><br /><a href="http://calgarypitattacks.blogspot.com/">http://calgarypitattacks.blogspot.com/</a><br /><a href="http://thetruthaboutpitbulls.blogspot.com/">http://thetruthaboutpitbulls.blogspot.com/</a><br /><a href="http://depthchargethoughts.blogspot.com/">http://depthchargethoughts.blogspot.com/</a><br /><a href="http://pitbullpushers.blogspot.com/">http://pitbullpushers.blogspot.com/</a><br /><a href="http://maultalk.wordpress.com/">http://maultalk.wordpress.com/</a><br /><a href="http://cravendesires.blogspot.com/">http://cravendesires.blogspot.com/</a><br /><a href="http://pitbullmuckracker.blogspot.com/">http://pitbullmuckracker.blogspot.com/</a><br /><a href="http://bslforpitsmakessense.blogspot.com/">http://bslforpitsmakessense.blogspot.com/</a><br /><a href="http://pitbullsattackpeople.blogspot.com/">http://pitbullsattackpeople.blogspot.com/</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904394899713773345.post-43865994766904313912010-07-08T20:21:00.002-04:002010-07-08T20:23:43.105-04:00TO MY FAITHFUL READERSYes, I have been getting your concerns about missing reports. For the past month I have had another battle waging that needed my attention and thus this blog is about 4 weeks behind. I am trying to catch up. If you have any attacks that I have missed before June 9th, please send them to me in the comment section of my other blog, <a href="http://www.workingtohelpanimalstodaytomorrow.blogspot.com/">www.workingtohelpanimalstodaytomorrow.blogspot.com</a><br />I regret the inconvenience but will get up to speed in the next few days. Thank you for your concerns.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904394899713773345.post-81372424390255127362010-02-05T13:26:00.007-05:002010-06-09T19:55:26.988-04:00ALABAMA ATTACKS SINCE 11/13/09<strong>FEB. 9, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.enewscourier.com/local/local_story_040094150.html">http://www.enewscourier.com/local/local_story_040094150.html</a> About letter carriers, it is sometimes said, that neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.The saying makes no mention of pit bulls. Maybe it should. Donna Wheat of Athens said she was walking her dogs — a little white Maltese named Mollie and a brown and tan Yorkipoo named Reece — on North Beaty Street on Saturday morning, when her small dogs began barking at a pit bull terrier on the loose. As Wheat’s dogs worked themselves into a frenzy, they wrapped themselves around a tree, leaving Wheat to try to untangle them while, at the same time, keeping her eyes on the pit bull. The pit bull suddenly charged her and knocked her to the ground. “As I got back up, all I could think about was my little dogs,” Wheat said. “I knew that if it got a hold of one of them, that was it.”This is where “neither snow, nor rain, nor heat …” comes in. Letter carrier Roy Neutze saw the pit bull topple Wheat, so he picked up a stick and came after it. A neighbor joined in the standoff against the dog, and the pit bull backed off. The police were called and the owner found. Apparently, the pit bull had gotten out of its fenced yard. Wheat wanted to thank her letter carrier for being there. “It was just wonderful,” she said. Still, she wonders if she did anything to provoke the pit bull, such as make eye contact with it. Although many people believe pit bull breeds are more likely than others to bite, the American Veterinary Medical Association says there is little scientific evidence to support the claim. The association offers this advice if you are threatened by a dog: • Don’t turn and run. • Avoid eye contact• Don’t scream or yell — speak calmly and firmly. <em><span style="color:#000099;">WITH THE AVMA QUOTE, YOU THINK THIS REPORTER IS DRINKING THE PIT NUTTER KOOLAID??</span></em><br /><br /><strong>April 12, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.cbs42.com/content/localnews/story/Dog-Attacks/yeRpEs1ZyEmdKQYFX5s85w.cspx">http://www.cbs42.com/content/localnews/story/Dog-Attacks/yeRpEs1ZyEmdKQYFX5s85w.cspx</a> It's happening more and more in our community. Stray dogs attacking people and their pets.What would you do if a vicious dog came after you on your property?Toto is recovering monday after a scary situation. Vet bills indicate Toto suffered a hard hit to her muzzle and leg from a neighbor's pit bull. Barbara Hill is terrified. She tells me us a neighborhood pit bull attacked her dog, costing her hundreds of dollars in vet bills. "She heard her dog in the back yard barking and she went out and a pit bull that got into her fence and got her little dog, so she got a shovel and she beat him and she beat him and he would not let her dog go," says Belinda White. Belinda White says she suffered a similar attack in her fairfield neighborhood sunday evening. "I looked up and I see a pit bull running across my neighbors yard towards me the only thing I had in my hand was my wallet and my keys."White ran into the house and called the police, but she isn't sure it's enough. "These are vicious dogs and people need to be accountable for their dogs." These kind of dog attacks are preventable, we went to the local animal control center to learn how. "When a dog is approaching you and you're not sure the temperament of the dog, it's better to be safe than sorry. Take cover and if you think there is some real risk involved, give us a call," says Phil Doster with the BJC Animal Control Shelter. Doster says it's not just pit bulls that can attack unsuspecting victims. "It really doesn't depend on the breed, it's more about the ownership of the animal and how they are raised and trained." Doster says ownership responsibility is crucial. "If you treat them and teach them to be aggressive then that is how they are going to be." Animal control was able to pick up the pit bull who attacked Toto. Toto's owner, isn't sure who the pit bull belongs to, but she hopes it will be a lesson to everyone in her neighborhood. <em><span style="color:#000099;">ANOTHER NUTTER IN ANIMAL CONTROL.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>April 13, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.waff.com/Global/story.asp?S=12304769">http://www.waff.com/Global/story.asp?S=12304769</a> TONEY, AL (WAFF) - A two-year-old is in the hospital after a dog attack Monday afternoon in Toney. The Madison County Animal Control director says the child will likely have a long recovery because the attack was so intense, but at last check, he's in fair condition in pediatric intensive care. As the weather gets warmer, animal control expects their call volume to go up."My husband, he stayed up all night worried about that little boy because he's only two," neighbor Catherine Womack told WAFF 48 News, recalling what she and her husband saw coming home from work that made them stop in the middle of the road.Animal Control Director Mike Fritz says the two-year-old was playing outside with the family's pet pit bull, which was tied to a chain in the yard when the dog attacked."Face, arms, and legs is what I understand," Fritz said."We saw the lady running down the road with her baby in her arm and he wasn't breathing and his little sister was right beside them," Womack said.The couple tried to help as paramedics rushed to the home. Womack was told it took five minutes for the mom to get her son loose from the animal."The little girl said that they were out there playing and all the sudden the dog pushed her brother down and started biting him in his face," said Womack.The neighbor tells WAFF 48 News the brown pit bull has attacked other dogs before and often runs loose."It's been a real issue since we moved here and we haven't even lived here that long," Amanda Wallace, who also lives nearby, said.Wallace claims the family's white pit bull also has too much freedom."It's chased my little girl, which is 17 months old and we take of three other girls that are three, five, and six, and we can't even go out there, because every time we go out there, the dog wants to run up in the yard and growl at them," Wallace said."Just supervise," Fritz stated. "Small children like to hug and that's all fine and dandy as long as that particular animal is going to allow that and some don't."Any breed has the potential to be aggressive, but Fritz says the best pets are socialized ones that interact with different people and animals."If you're not familiar with an animal stay away from them," Fritz said. "That's the biggest advice I can give."Information on this case will be forwarded to the health department, whose job is to contact the owner. The owner is required to either quarantine the animal for a 10 day observation period or have the animal euthanized and sent to the state lab for rabies testing.Fritz was under the impression the dog will be euthanized.The child's mother was contacted by phone about his condition and the statements made by her neighbors. She did not wish to comment.Experts say dogs can bite for the following reasons: fear, surprise, excitement, pain, sickness, or protecting property.Fritz says to avoid a dog that's eating or with its puppies. <em><span style="color:#000099;">BUT MOMMY, I THOUGHT IT WAS A NANNY DOG.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>May 18, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://blog.al.com/live/2010/05/alabama_news_links_florala_sex.html">http://blog.al.com/live/2010/05/alabama_news_links_florala_sex.html</a> Auburn officer attacked by pitbull during arrest Sunday: Deardre Marcel Rush, 28, of Auburn, verbally ordered or instructed a pit bull to become aggressive and bite an arresting officer on Sunday as police were trying to arrest a man on a probation violation charge, the Opelika-Auburn News reports. at approximately 3:28 p.m. Sunday to execute a felony arrest warrant for a probation violation. When police attempted to arrest Sylvester Deshone Turk, 28, of Tuskegee, Rush gave the animal an attack command, officers said. The officer bitten was not seriously injured. <em><span style="color:#000099;">CAN YOU IMAGINE USING A POODLE AS A WEAPON?</span></em><br /><br /><strong>May 17, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www2.oanow.com/oan/news/local/article/auburn_police_officer_attacked_by_dog_during_arrest/154074/">http://www2.oanow.com/oan/news/local/article/auburn_police_officer_attacked_by_dog_during_arrest/154074/</a> An Auburn man was arrested Sunday after ordering a pit bull to attack an Auburn police officer making an arrest at a residence on Lee Road 12.According to Auburn police, officers responded to a residence in the 1600 block of Lee Road 12 at approximately 3:28 p.m. Sunday to execute a felony arrest warrant for a probation violation. When they attempted to arrest Sylvester Deshone Turk, 28, of Tuskegee, in accordance with the warrant, he physically resisted and a brief altercation ensued.Turk was eventually taken into custody and charged with the original probation violation, as well as resisting arrest, according to an APD release.While Turk was being arrested, another occupant of the residence, Deardre Marcel Rush, 28, of Auburn, verbally ordered or instructed a pit bull to become aggressive and bite the arresting officer on the leg, the release states.Auburn police say the officer was not seriously injured in the attack. Rush was subsequently charged with second-degree assault against a law enforcement officer.Both Turk and Rush were transported to the Lee County Detention Facility without incident. The dog was taken by a Lee County animal control officer to be evaluated. <em><span style="color:#000099;">WHO NEEDS A GUN WHEN YOU HAVE A PIT AS A WEAPON.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>May 20, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2010/05/maplesville_boy_badly_injured.html">http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2010/05/maplesville_boy_badly_injured.html</a> <br />An 11-year-old Maplesville boy is in Birmingham's Children's Hospital after being attacked Wednesday evening by a neighobor's dog, the Clanton Advertiser reports.<br />The dog, described as a boxer/bull mastiff mix, bit the youth on the throat and injured its owner who aided the boy, Police Chief Todd Ingam said. The dog attacked the boy whose name was not released after another youngster accidently let the dog escape, according to the newspaper. Officers shot the dog. <em><span style="color:#000099;">THE BULLY BREEDS.</span></em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904394899713773345.post-35853240080114780992010-02-05T13:25:00.005-05:002010-07-08T14:33:35.434-04:00ALASKA ATTACKS SINCE 11/13/09<strong>April 19, 2010 <span style="color:#ff0000;">FATALITY</span></strong><br /><a href="http://www.frontiersman.com/articles/2010/04/19/local_news/for_the_record/doc4bcd228b7c638198682663.txt">http://www.frontiersman.com/articles/2010/04/19/local_news/for_the_record/doc4bcd228b7c638198682663.txt</a> April 17: Mat-Su Borough Animal Care and Regulation reported a pit bull belonging to a 37-year-old Palmer woman had bit and killed the woman’s fox terrier. The dog was surrendered to animal control. <em><span style="color:#000099;">NUTTER PROBABLY THINKS THE FOX TERRIER KILLED THE PIT.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>May 27, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.adn.com/2010/05/26/1295740/pit-bull-attacks-bike-riding-fairbanks.html">http://www.adn.com/2010/05/26/1295740/pit-bull-attacks-bike-riding-fairbanks.html</a> FAIRBANKS — An 11-year-old Fairbanks boy is recovering in Anchorage after being mauled by a pit bull earlier this week.The boy, who Alaska State Troopers haven’t named, was riding his bike after 6 p.m. Tuesday on Reliance Drive, near his home, when the dog attacked.The boy suffered multiple puncture wounds to his torso and upper and lower extremities. Trooper spokeswoman Megan Peters said the boy’s injuries did not appear to be life threatening.When troopers responded to Reliance Drive, located on the north side of Chena Ridge, the dog stayed close to the boy’s bike. It then became “extremely aggressive” and attacked a patrol car. A trooper shot and killed the pit bull. The trooper has not been identified.Troopers have not released any information about the dog’s owner, who could be subject to a criminal investigation. Greg Wilkinson, spokesman for the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, said the dog did not have current vaccinations. It did not test positive for rabies.The boy was stabilized at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital before being transferred to Anchorage for treatment.Pit bulls have gained a poor reputation nationally in recent years, even being banned in some municipalities.Peters recommended that neighbors take a case-by-case approach to canines. “Talk to owner and find out about the dog,” she said. “And if you don’t know the dog, don’t approach it.” <em><span style="color:#000099;">STUPID NUTTERS IN ALASKA WITH A SHORT HAIRED DOG THAT HATES THE COLD??</span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;"></span></em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904394899713773345.post-64497279981170850822010-02-05T13:24:00.009-05:002010-07-08T18:25:21.005-04:00ARIZONA ATTACKS SINCE 11/13/09<strong>Nov. 17, 2009</strong> <span style="color:#ff0000;">FATALITY </span><a href="http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/pets/dog_attack_11_17_2009">http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/pets/dog_attack_11_17_2009</a><br /><br />PHOENIX - Police say a pitbull that got loose from its yard has attacked a chihuahua and two women who tried to stop it.It happened Tuesday afternoon in a west Phoenix neighborhood near 51st Ave and Thomas.Two women who tried to stop the attack were bit.The chihuahua is not expected to survive the attack. <span style="color:#000099;"><em>YOU JUST KNOW THAT VICIOUS CHIHUAHUA STARTED THE WHOLE THING, THEY ARE THE WORSE BITERS!!!<br /></em></span><br /><strong>Dec. 9, 2009</strong><br /><a href="http://regulus2.azstarnet.com/comments/index.php?id=320748">http://regulus2.azstarnet.com/comments/index.php?id=320748</a> PHOENIX — Phoenix police say a woman in her 70’s has been hospitalized after being attacked Wednesday morning by two stray pit bulls.The woman was walking her dog in northeast Phoenix when the pit bulls first attacked her dog.The victim attempted to intervene and was bitten and knocked to the ground.A nearby apartment complex employee and other bystanders used various objects to chase the animals away from the victim.Officers learned the dogs escaped by breaking through a 6 foot wooden fence in a backyard and scaling a 3 foot wrought iron fence in the front. Animal Control detained the pit bulls. WE WANT TO BE SAFE WALKING DOWN THE STREET!!!<br /><br /><strong>Dec. 28, 2009</strong><br /><a href="http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/12/28/20091228gl-pitbulls1228.html">http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/12/28/20091228gl-pitbulls1228.html</a> Glendale police shot and killed two pit bulls Monday after the dogs tried to attack a boy and the officers.Police responded to a dog attack call in the neighborhood near 71st and Orangewood avenues at about 4 p.m. Residents said that the dogs had been chasing a juvenile on a bicycle.Once on the scene, officers found the dogs to be similarly aggressive and shot them out of self defense, said Detective Mark Lankford, a spokesman for Glendale police. One of the dogs was run over."The dog survived (being run down) and was still aggressive, so he (the officer) got out and shot it," Lankford said.Lankford said the owner of the dogs has previously been cited for letting the animals loose. OWNERS OF PITS NEED TO BE BANNED, THAT WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEM.<br /><br /><strong>Feb. 1, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.abc15.com/content/news/phoenixmetro/north/story/Caught-on-tape-Phoenix-dog-survives-vicious-attack/2hIx-wxL402mslHoIv51OA.cspx">http://www.abc15.com/content/news/phoenixmetro/north/story/Caught-on-tape-Phoenix-dog-survives-vicious-attack/2hIx-wxL402mslHoIv51OA.cspx</a> A neighbor's surveillance camera caught the attack on tape."It was unreal, just unreal," said Champion.On the tape, Champion can be seen with crash and as the two approach a corner house, a large dog runs out of house and grabs Crash by the neck.Champion says she could only watch as the Pit Bull-mix shook and swung Crash by the neck."That dog was swinging him (Crash) like a rag doll, it was awful, I can't even watch the video," said Champion. "I was stomping and screaming at the top of my lungs and basically going in circles."With Crash clutched in the jaws of the neighbor's dog, she said a mystery man came to the rescue."I don't know who the man was, I know he was an angel, I believe in angels and I believe that guy had a purpose that day and it was to save my dog," said Champion as Crash went to sleep in her lap.In the video, the man can be seen putting himself between Crash and the other dog and consoling Crash while keeping the attacking dog at bay."And then he just disappeared, I don't know where this guy came from, I thought he lived in the neighborhood, but other people told me he didn't," said Champion.Champion then rushed Crash to an emergency vet, but she said she couldn't afford to pay a massive bill and the vet helped her anyway. <em><span style="color:#000099;">LITTLE OLD LADY JUST TRYING TO WALK HER DOG.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>Feb. 16, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.azfamily.com/news/8-year-old-girl-seriously-injured-in-pit-bull-attack-84497692.html">http://www.azfamily.com/news/8-year-old-girl-seriously-injured-in-pit-bull-attack-84497692.html</a> PRESCOTT VALLEY - A young Dewey girl was seriously wounded by a family member's Pit Bull last week.The Pit Bull mix named "Knuckles" attacked the eight-year-old when she was visiting a grandparent in the Orchard Ranch RV Park in Prescott Valley.The little girl was playing in the residence when the dog apparently ran to the child and bit her on the face.Family members were able to get the dog to release with a verbal command, but the child was already serious injured.According to Prescott Valley police the attack appeared to be unprovoked.The child was eventually airlifted to Phoenix Children's Hospital in Phoenix with severe facial wounds.The family indicated the dog had played with the children in the past and has not displayed aggressive behavior.The dog will likely be euthanized.<br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">AGAIN THE NANNY PIT STRIKES!!!!!</span></em><br /><br /><strong>Feb. 26, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.azfamily.com/news/Mesa-teen-seriously-injured-after-family-dog-attacks-85605172.html">http://www.azfamily.com/news/Mesa-teen-seriously-injured-after-family-dog-attacks-85605172.html</a> MESA - Mesa police say the family dog attacked and sent a teenager to the hospital and officials are now trying to figure out if this was more than just a horrible accident.Police say the dog went into attack mode after a father and son got into a verbal argument inside their apartment.“Somehow during the argument, the family dog, which is a pit bull, bit the18-year-old in the face,” police said.Officials say the dog caused significant injuries to the victim's face and head and he was transported to Scottsdale Memorial Hospital.The pit bull did not go willingly.“It was obviously not happy to see us,” police said. “It was barking, growling, showing it's teeth at us.”Officers say there were several more dogs inside the family's apartment, including one which police eventually returned after they decided it did not attack the teen.Investigators are still trying to determine whether this case is more than an unfortunate accident.“We were unable to get a good statement from the young man who was bit and we haven't been able to speak to the father,” police said.Police say the victim will need a lot of plastic surgery to repair his face, but is expected to be okay. It is unclear what will happen to the dog. <em><span style="color:#000099;">REMEMBER TO NOT RAISE YOUR VOICE AROUND A PIT!!</span></em><br /><br /><strong>March 15, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/local/phoenix/pit-bull-attack-3-15-2010">http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/local/phoenix/pit-bull-attack-3-15-2010</a> PHOENIX - A woman who was taking her dog on a walk Monday morning was attacked by a vicious pit bull. The woman's mother says the pit bull jumped over an 8-foot brick wall.As she turned the corner of an alley near 35th Ave and Bethany Home, the dog lunged straight for the woman.The victim's mother, Therese Blanton, says, "She was very very scared about the whole situation. Our neighbor saw the whole incident so she went to rescue her and help her out so thank God for that."The woman was taken to the hospital with a deep puncture wound. Her dog was not hurt.The pit bull was picked up by Animal Care and Control. <em><span style="color:#000099;">NOTE THE HEIGHT OF THE FENCE!!!!</span></em><br /><br /><strong>April 11, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.eacourier.com/articles/2010/04/11/news/doc4bbfd2f3d465f426699541.txt">http://www.eacourier.com/articles/2010/04/11/news/doc4bbfd2f3d465f426699541.txt</a> A Safford youth was flown to the University Medical Center in Tucson on Monday afternoon after suffering a severe bite from a pit bull terrier.At about 1:30 p.m., Safford Police officer Wade Sanders and Animal Control officer Randy Damron responded to a residence in the Sunrise Village & RV Mobile Home Resort at 900 W. Hollywood Rd. in response to an animal attack call. When they arrived, paramedics from Southwest Ambulance were treating 6-year-old Gunner Nichols for severe lacerations to his cheek and eyebrow/eyelid area. He was transported to the Mt. Graham Regional Medical Center, where he was loaded onto a helicopter and flown to UMC. Gunner's father, Rhett Nichols, told the Courier that Gunner spent about 12 hours at the hospital and had plastic surgery to his cheek. On Thursday, he said Gunner had returned to his old self and was playing normally. He is able to open his eye all the way and did not have any loss of sight. The canine's teeth just missed Gunner's eye, giving him a laceration between his eyelid and eyebrow."He's doing incredibly," Rhett said. "He's Gunner again. He's running around and playing, and he doesn't even complain about having any pain or anything like that."Rhett said he hoped the picture of his son's injury will alert other people with children who live around pitt bulls to the danger that may be there.Gunner's neighbor told officer Damron that he heard Gunner scream a few minutes after he had walked past his house and saw him in the alley with blood on his left cheek and his eye swollen shut. After calling 9-1-1, the neighbor said Gunner told him the pit bull that was chained in the backyard of space 217 in the resort jumped its chain link fence and attacked him while he was playing in the alley. The dog then jumped back into its yard. The neighbor said he has seen the dog running loose several times. Officer Sanders told Damron the dog's chain was long enough for it to traverse the low fence.The owner of the dog, Yvonne Marie Lopez, 43, was given citations for failure to obey the leash law, not having any city tags, no proof of vaccination and owning a vicious dog. Damron had Lopez and her daughter assist him, and they placed the dog in the back of his truck to take to impound.Damron wrote in his report that he believes the dog to be vicious toward children and "from the actions this dog did while I was impounding it, the dog needs to be euthanize(d)." He then forwarded his report to the Safford City prosecutor and victims witness representative.Lopez allegedly told Damron she wants to get the dog back, but it will not be allowed in the resort.Resort manager Starr Walden told the Courier pit bulls, rottweilers, German shepherds, chows and dobermans are not permitted in the resort. She said she did not know the dog was at the residence. Since then, she has learned of three more pit bulls and said she has gotten rid of two of them and is working on the third. A letter will be sent out to all home owners and renters in the resort reminding them of the dog breeds that are not permitted and instructing them that either the dogs go or they go."He (the Lopez's pit bull) will not come back into this park," Walden said. "I don't care what they do with it, (but) he will not come back in this park."For breaking the rules of the resort, Walden said the owners, Sonny and Renada Eli, are going to evict Lopez. So even if she gets the dog back, it won't be coming back to Sunrise. <em><span style="color:#000099;">NANNY DOGS STRIKE AGAIN, AND AGAIN, AND AGAIN.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>May 3, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://trivalleycentral.com/articles/2010/05/03/casa_grande_dispatch/top_stories/doc4bdef5876d41e151613367.txt">http://trivalleycentral.com/articles/2010/05/03/casa_grande_dispatch/top_stories/doc4bdef5876d41e151613367.txt</a> Animal control supervisor Linda Ericson takes a pit bull to be quarantined for 10 days after it bit a woman Thursday near First Street and Pueblo Drive. Ericson and a police officer used a baton to fend off an attack when capturing the dog. The woman who was bitten was sent to Casa Grande Regional Medical Center. <em><span style="color:#000099;">TITLE OF STORY: ONE REALLY BAD DOG, NO SHIT, IT'S A PIT.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>May 19, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.azfamily.com/news/Pit-bull-involved-in-attacks-in-the-past-pounces-on-smaller-dog-in-Scottsdale-94299294.html">http://www.azfamily.com/news/Pit-bull-involved-in-attacks-in-the-past-pounces-on-smaller-dog-in-Scottsdale-94299294.html</a><br />SCOTTSDALE – A woman watched as a Staffordshire terrier, a cousin to the pit bull terrier, attacked her border collie while out for a walk at Chaparral Park in Scottsdale.Police say Jared Dogget left his door open on Monday at about 5:30 p.m. in the 5000 block of north Hayden Road and his 7-year-old Staffordshire terrier, Dopey, escaped. Police received a call at about the same time of a dog at large near Chaparral Park in the area of Hayden and McDonald Road.When officers arrived they found three men sitting on a large white dog and a large amount of blood next to a smaller dog. Officers say Dopey did not have a proper identification tag at the time of the attack. Police later learned a group of bystanders had kicked and punched the dog in an attempt to protect the 3-year-old Border collie named Sydney.The bystanders were unsuccessful in prying the dog’s jaws open but a passing car stopped in the area and one of the occupants used a tire iron to pry the terrier's jaw open so that he would let go of Sydney.That is when the men sat on Dopey until officers arrived at the park. Police later learned Dopey has escaped his house twice and has attacked at least three other dogs before this incident.Dogget told officers his ID tag was on his leash and later provided it to police. He said Dopey does not usually have his leash on while inside the house.Sydney is currently listed in stable condition but her owner says the vet thinks she may have spinal cord injury or other internal injuries.Dogget faces charges including dog at large and no dog license on dog. He signed the citation but did not admit guilt. He will appear in court at a later date. <em><span style="color:#000099;">MULTI-PURPOSE TIRE IRON, USE AS BREAKSTICK, OR TO HIT THE STUPID PIT NUTTER IN THE HEAD.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>June 4, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.azfamily.com/news/Tearful-apology-from-owner-of-pitbull-involved-in-at-least-3-park-attacks-95663329.html">http://www.azfamily.com/news/Tearful-apology-from-owner-of-pitbull-involved-in-at-least-3-park-attacks-95663329.html</a> SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – The dog responsible for three bloody attacks in one year on other dogs has been put down and his owner is now saying he is sorry.The dog's owner appeared in court Friday to face criminal charges for his role in those attacks. Jared Doggett is facing two misdemeanor charges, dog at large and no dog license. He was cited in mid-May after his dog, Dopey, got loose, ran over to nearby Chaparral Park and attacked a border collie named Sydney.Pamela Wheeler says they needed to use a tire iron to pry Dopey off her dog. Sydney barely survived the attack, running up a vet bill of more than $10,000. Sydney was not the only puppy to fall victim to Dopey.In December a poodle was killed when it ran up to the pit bull and, a little less than a year ago, Barkley was attacked while he was being walked through Chaparral Park.Dopey owner says, “Unfortunately he had the misfortune of being born that type of dog. He is a good dog. He is just not good with other dogs."After court Doggett talked about how sorry he was for all the attacks. He says, “To everyone out there I am sorry about the trouble."Right after the latest attack, Doggett was ordered to put Dopey down. He says, “There's no more reason for people to be in fear for their dogs any more. He is gone and I am sorry I didn’t control him better."There is nothing under Arizona state law that covers dog-on-dog attacks but some of Dopey's victims are now trying to change that.Dopey was only put down because he bit a person during the first attack. <em><span style="color:#000099;">WONDER HOW THE NUTTER WOULD FEEL IF HE HAD TO WALK IN THE VICTIM'S SHOES.</span></em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904394899713773345.post-26590221822728680302010-02-05T13:23:00.003-05:002010-03-30T21:13:58.105-04:00ARKANSAS ATTACKS SINCE 11/13/09<strong>Dec. 28, 2009</strong><br /><a href="http://www.kait8.com/Global/story.asp?S=11739218">http://www.kait8.com/Global/story.asp?S=11739218</a> TRUMANN, AR (KAIT) - A Trumann woman says she experienced one of the scariest moments of her life on the night before Christmas. That's when she describes a horrible dog attack that left her knee torn completely open.Ollie Lawless says she heard cries for help. When she opened the door, a woman and her small child stood asking for help. The child had been attacked by a dog, according to animal control. They asked Lawless to use her phone to dial 911, so she let them in as she describes.But the door wasn't pulled shut and moments later, Lawless says the same dog that attacked the girl charged into her home and went directly for her. She says she was sitting down when the dog latched its jaws into her knee, tearing it open."I was sitting in the chair over there and he just started attacking," said Ollie Lawless.She is angry not just due to the attack but because she says she reported the dog to the city multiple times and it was allowed to remain free. She describes the dog as being aggressive toward children on many occasions but says it remained at the home, outside on a chain. <span style="color:#000099;"><em>MULTIPLE ATTACKER ON SOMEONE JUST SITTING IN THEIR HOME. </em></span><br /><br /><strong>FEB. 9, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.katv.com/news/stories/0210/704627.html">http://www.katv.com/news/stories/0210/704627.html</a> Mabelvale - Trying to play in the snow, a teen is attacked by two dogs.James Nowlin, 15, says he was attacked by a neighbor's pit-bull mix pets around 8:30 a.m. Monday while he was on his way to a friend's house in Mabelvale. Nowlin credits his own survival skills and thick coveralls for why he was able to keep his leg, and his life."I'd have to say if it happened to somebody littler and not knowing what to do, or even me, could have been killed." "The way this happened, in all honesty, I could have been without my son today."Nowlin was treated and released from Arkansas Children's Hospital where he got 15 stitches. He still has several rabies shots to get.The owner of the dog, Thomas Coleman, says he did not want to speak on camera, but still told Channel 7 News the incident was an accident. So far, the Saline County Sheriff's Department has not reached Coleman. Deputies say he will most likely face a citation for a vicious animal attack.There are no leash laws in Saline County.<br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">PIT ATTACKS ARE <strong>NO</strong> ACCIDENT!!</span></em><br /><br /><strong>March 30, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.kfsm.com/news/kfsm-news-rv-dog-bite-girl-fort-smith-pit-bull,0,1897534.story">http://www.kfsm.com/news/kfsm-news-rv-dog-bite-girl-fort-smith-pit-bull,0,1897534.story</a> Police say a savage attack by a pit bull mix sent a 6-year-old girl to the hospital in Fort Smith where she had to undergo surgery.Little Malaysia Dotson had to have reconstructive surgery after the dog tore half of her bottom lip off. She was also left with a large cut on her left cheek and two smaller bite marks on her upper lip. Police say what happened seemed innocent at the time. Looks can be deceiving."Normally when we see a vicious dog here if you walk up to the kennel it will be charging the kennel and baring and showing its teeth and really trying to get you. That dog is just sitting there look at you," JoAnn Barton with the Sebastian County Humane Society said.But police say the dog is a pit bull mix and attacked little Malaysia Dotson as she tried to pet it. The owner and a companion were walking their two dogs by the little girl's house when she asked if she could pet them."She pet the Yorkie and there was no problem and then when we went to pet this pit bull it lunged at her and attacked her and bit her in the face," Sgt. Greg Copeland explained.The girl's grandmother, Regina Jones told police she had gone back inside when she heard Malaysia crying. The child was rushed by ambulance to Sparks Regional Medical Center where she underwent surgery Monday night. Police photos show the severity of her injuries. Jones told 5NEWS her granddaughter is recovering at home.Officers declared the dog vicious by city ordinance and took the animal from the owner."He was concerned after what happened and he was somewhat afraid of the dog himself after that, and he was willing to sign the dog over to us so we can make sure the dog is put down," Sgt. Copeland said.Sgt. Greg Copeland and JoAnn Barton with the Sebastian County Humane Society have words of warning for pet owners, parents, and grandparents."A lot of times we don't know what those dogs are thinking," Sgt. Copeland said."When you're out walking your animals that animal is actually protecting you it's territorial over you, so if somebody comes up to pet it and you allow that to happen you are putting your dog in danger and you are putting the person in danger," Barton explained.The dog was euthanized Tuesday afternoon. The animal was on a leash when the attack happened, so police say the owner is only guilty of poor judgment in letting the little girl pet the dog. <em><span style="color:#000099;">SGT. COPELAND, IT IS EASY TO KNOW WHAT A PIT BULL IS THINKING.</span></em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904394899713773345.post-70167905020245419052010-02-05T13:22:00.048-05:002010-09-01T13:07:23.952-04:00CALIFORNIA ATTACKS SINCE 11/13/09<strong>Nov. 13, 2009</strong><br /><a href="http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/crime/archives/2009/11/dog-owners-soug.html">http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/crime/archives/2009/11/dog-owners-soug.html</a> The Yolo County Animal Control Services is asking for the public's help in finding a dog that bit a man before the victim has to undergo painful rabies shots.The 48-year-old victim was bitten by a dog while walking near the restroom at the Broderick Boat Ramp in West Sacramento at about 10:30 a.m. Nov. 7, according to a news release.The dog that bit him is described as a large adult German shepherd/pit-bull mix, with a black body and tan snout. The dog is likely female, was wearing a collar with an attached (possibly green) leash, and is possibly named either Roxy or Jasmine.The dogs' owners, a man and a woman, left the scene shortly after the victim was bit without giving information about themselves, the release states. <span style="color:#000099;"><em>PIT AND SHEPHERD MIX, A DEADLY COMBINATION AND IN TYPICAL PIT NUTTER FASHION THE OWNERS TAKE OFF.<br /></em></span><br /><strong>Nov. 18, 2009</strong><br /><a href="http://www.times-standard.com/localnews/ci_13813771">http://www.times-standard.com/localnews/ci_13813771</a> Graunitz said he thought the dog was friendly, given the reportedly unconcerned attitude of its owner. But when Graunitz turned his back, the dog struck, drawing blood. Upset at being attacked, Graunitz said he confronted the apparent owner -- a teenager thought to be age 15 or so -- who told Graunitz that he shouldn't have made eye contact with the animal. ”It's just a matter of time before it happens to a kid on the playground,” Graunitz said. “All I could think of was my kid getting attacked by that dog.” <em><span style="color:#000099;">WHAT IF IT HAD BEEN A KID??<br /></span></em><br /><strong>Nov. 24, 2009 <span style="color:#ff0000;">FATALITY</span></strong><span style="color:#ff0000;"><br /></span><a href="http://www.gilroydispatch.com/news/261157-two-dogs-rip-apart-familys-terrier">http://www.gilroydispatch.com/news/261157-two-dogs-rip-apart-familys-terrier</a> Last week, Pepper, a resident of Zinnia Street, which intersects with Mantelli Drive near Santa Teresa Boulevard, took Sammy out for their afternoon walk. Pepper hadn't even left her front yard before her neighbors' dogs managed to push open their owners' fence and get loose, according to Maria Cabatingan, a Gilroy Police Department community service officer who deals with animal control calls. "The pit bull was so intent on killing my dog," Pepper said. "I was kicking and hitting and screaming at it but I couldn't get it to take its eyes off Sammy. They were tearing him to shreds." Pepper and several supportive neighbors who reported similar vicious behavior from the bulldog and pit bull and "cavalier" behavior on the part of their owners blanketed the community with notices detailing the incident and forwarded a letter to Mayor Al Pinheiro. However, the owners did apologize for their dogs' behavior, Pepper said. <span style="color:#000099;"><em>ANOTHER BELOVED PET IS KILLED BY THE "CAVALIER" BEHAVIOR OF A PIT NUTTER.<br /></em></span><br /><strong>Nov. 28, 2009</strong><br /><a href="http://www.the-signal.com/news/article/21432/">http://www.the-signal.com/news/article/21432/</a> A sheriff’s deputy allegedly shot a pit bull Saturday morning, seriously injuring the animal after it had run away from a 6-year-old girl toward the deputy, a sheriff’s official said. “The dog was shot today,” said Sgt. Brian Allen, who withheld the name of the deputy. “I understand a little girl was holding the dog and the dog saw the deputy and charged away at the deputy.” “They shot my dog and she’s hurt and I can’t afford the vet bills,” Macpherson said. “They haven’t removed (the bullet) because I can’t afford it.” <span style="color:#000099;"><em>NUTTERS ALLOWING A 6 YEAR OLD TO HANDLE A PIT AND CAN'T AFFORD ONE ANYWAY</em></span>.<br /><br /><strong>Dec. 3, 2009</strong><br /><a href="http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=14773">http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=14773</a> An East Palo Alto police officer shot two pit bulls that had mauled a small dog being walked by its owner Wednesday evening and then approached officers in a "vicious manner," police Captain John Chalmers reported.Police have responded to the neighborhood on multiple occasions due to the pit bulls, which have attacked and killed other dogs, Chalmers said. The smaller of the two pit bulls charged at the two officers and one fired three rounds at the dog. The larger of the two dogs then charged at the officers and the same officer fired five rounds, killing the dog. Chalmers said the smaller pit bull was picked up by animal control officers and didn't know whether that dog survived. <em><span style="color:#000099;">QUIZ TIME, HOW MANY OTHER BREEDS ARE BEING SHOT ALMOST DAILY FOR THEIR ATTACKS?? NONE!!<br /><br /></span></em><strong>Dec. 10, 2009</strong><br /><a href="http://www.ocregister.com/news/dog-223407-woman-deputy.html">http://www.ocregister.com/news/dog-223407-woman-deputy.html</a> A deputy picked up the dog the woman had reported to be aggressive and carried him to the patrol car, said Dawes. As he did that the woman's dog – also a pit bull — bit the deputy on the right side of his ribcage under his arm. <span style="color:#000099;"><em>LOST PRODUCTIVITY THAT IS PAID FOR BY TAXPAYERS</em></span>.<br /><br /><strong>Dec. 14, 2009</strong><br /><a href="http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/news/local/man-hospitalized-after-pit-bull-attack-20091214">http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/news/local/man-hospitalized-after-pit-bull-attack-20091214</a> Encino (myFOXla.com) - A man attacked by two pit bulls while out for a walk was hospitalized today, police said. The attack occurred outside 17938 Burbank Boulevard at 9:36 p.m. Sunday, said Lt. Jeff Perkins of the Los Angeles Police Department's West Valley Station. The man, who is in his 70s, was walking on the sidewalk when the two pit bulls escaped from a yard and attacked him, Perkins said. "There were citizens nearby who honked their car horns and came to his aid," Perkins said. "They helped scare the dogs off." The man was bitten several times on his arms and was taken to a hospital in Woodland Hills in stable condition, Perkins said, adding that the Los Angeles Department of Animal Regulations was investigating the attack. <span style="color:#000099;"><em>NUTTERS WANT US TO BE PRISONERS IN OUR HOMES!!<br /></em></span><br /><strong>Dec. 21, 2009 USED AS A WEAPON<br /></strong><a href="http://www.kcra.com/news/22027220/detail.html">http://www.kcra.com/news/22027220/detail.html</a> SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A man accused of releasing his pit bull to attack someone was arrested over the weekend in midtown Sacramento, police said.Daniel M. Stefanic, 35, was taken to jail Saturday night on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, according to jail records.Police said they received a call at about 5:30 p.m. from a victim who works at Nationwide Freezer Meats, a hamburger restaurant at 1930 H St., claiming that Stefanic had unleashed the dog on him during an argument outside of the eatery.The victim ran into the restaurant and closed the door to get away, according to a police report.An investigation led officers to an address in the 1800 block of H Street, where Stefanic lives. He was arrested.Animal control officials also confiscated the dog involved in the incident, as well as two other dogs found at the address, according to Laura Peck, a police representative.Stefanic's bail was set at $35,000. He is scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday. <em><span style="color:#000099;">WHO NEEDS A GUN?</span></em> <span style="color:#000099;"><em>GET A PIT INSTEAD.</em></span><br /><br /><strong>Jan. 4, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/localnews/ci_14120555">http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/localnews/ci_14120555</a> WATSONVILLE - A 64-year-old woman, attacked by a pit bull on New Year's Day, remained hospitalized Monday as investigators probed the incident for possible charges against the dog's owner.<br />Cucuy, the 2-year-old unaltered male, will be euthanized at the owner's request, authorities said.The dog, which broke free of a tether in an unfenced backyard on the 800 block of Virginia Street, bit the woman on her left calf as she walked in the neighborhood about 1 p.m., a Watsonville police report said.Cucuy's owner responded to the disturbance and pulled the dog off the woman. He surrendered the dog as well as a 3-year-old unspayed female named Dakota and an unnamed 6-month-old intact male pit bull puppy to authorities.Dakota, who was not involved in the attack, also will be euthanized at the owner's request, according to Santa Cruz County Animal Services general manager Henry Brzezinksi. The puppy will be evaluated. <span style="color:#000099;"><em>NUTTERS LOVE TO BREED MAULSPAWN, BIG LITTERS, ANOTHER REASON NUTTERS SHOULD SUPPORT BSL.<br /></em></span><br /><strong>Jan 8, 2010</strong><br />http://www.turnto23.com/news/22180699/detail.html BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- Some residents of one northwest Bakersfield area say that a dog has been terrorizing their neighborhood. Those residents who live near the Fruitvale Norris park said a local dog has been making their lives miserable and also say the dog's owner couldn't care less. “I don't think these owners are being responsible for their dog, Their pit bull can get out of the yard anytime it wants and nothing is ever done,” said Sean Bradford. “It's just a matter of time before a kid comes cruising by on their bike or whatever, because the dog doesn't just go after other dogs; he goes after people, too,” said Pam Ward. Bradford said he was walking with his dog to a friend's house last weekend when the pit bull ran out of its yard and attacked them. “The dog jumped on us and I grabbed my leash and pulled my dog back. He bit me by the hand. I mean it's not that bad, but it did break the skin. As soon as he came down after that lunge, he went right after my dog," Bradford said. Bradford showed ABC 23 the wounds he said his dogs suffered during that attack. Those wounds were deep gashes and bites around the dog's neck, back and throat area. Bradford said he tried to keep the pit bull off his dog, but the attack didn't stop until another neighbor came running over with a flashlight and a stick to help stop the attack. Then he rushed his dog to the animal hospital, where the bill was over $600. Another neighbor told ABC 23 that she and her dog were attacked by the same pit bull just weeks earlier. Neighbors said the pit bull keeps getting out of the yard through a hole in the fence or an open gate. The residents want Animal Control to do more to make sure their neighborhood is safe. Animal Control officials said they are aware of one attack and that the situation will be monitored. <span style="color:#000099;"><em>TYPICAL NUTTER WITH THEIR ATTITUDE THAT WE NEED TO CHANGE, NOT THEM.<br /></em></span><br /><strong>Jan. 10, 2010 <span style="color:#ff0000;">FATALITY</span></strong><span style="color:#ff0000;"> </span><br /><a href="http://www.sbsun.com/breakingnews/ci_14159795">http://www.sbsun.com/breakingnews/ci_14159795</a> A three-year-old boy died Saturday after he was bitten by his family's dog at a home in Apple Valley, according to law enforcement and fire officials. Emergency personnel were dispatched shortly before 3 p.m. to a residence in the 23500 block of Goshute Avenue, in Apple Valley. The boy was taken to a local hospital. However, he was pronounced dead at 4:41 p.m., according to San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department. When fire personnel arrived, the dog, a pit bull, was aggressive toward them, according to the Apple Valley Fire Protection District. A Sheriff's deputy shot the dog, and it died. The Sheriff's Department is conducting an investigation to determine, if possible, why the dog bit the boy and other factors, such as where the guardians were at the time, said Cindy Beavers, a Sheriff's Department spokeswoman. Beavers said authorities show no history of aggressive dogs at the residence. <span style="color:#000099;"><em>THESE NUTTERS WERE TRYING TO BECOME "BREEDERS" AND TRADED THEIR SON FOR ILLEGALLY EARNED BREEDING MONEY</em></span>.<br /><br /><strong>Jan. 13, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.montereyherald.com/news/ci_14178627">http://www.montereyherald.com/news/ci_14178627</a> Marina police impounded a male pit bull after the dog attacked a 71-year-old woman and the person who was walking the animal, a police spokesman said Tuesday. The dog was taken to the city's animal control facility after the attack about 10:20 a.m. Thursday in the 200 block of Cypress Avenue, police Lt. Rick Janicki said. The woman was bitten on the upper arm and was taken by ambulance to the hospital, he said. A male walking the dog also was bitten, but he declined medical treatment, Janicki said. He wasn't the dog's owner. <span style="color:#000099;"><em>SOMEONE'S GRANDMOTHER JUST MINDING HER OWN BUSINESS.<br /><br /></em></span><strong>Jan. 19, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.kmjnow.com/pages/landing_news?Pit-Bull-Killed-After-Biting-Two-in-Merc=1&blockID=160601&feedID=806">http://www.kmjnow.com/pages/landing_news?Pit-Bull-Killed-After-Biting-Two-in-Merc=1&blockID=160601&feedID=806</a><br />A pit bull was shot and killed Monday in Merced after biting two people and attempting to attack animal control officers.The dog reportedly bit a 15-year-old boy and a 53-year-old man in the area of West 28th Street and Martin Luther King Way.Their injuries are not believed to be life threatening.The dog is now being tested for rabies.It's owner has not been located. <span style="color:#000099;"><em>NUTTERS LOVE THOSE TWO FER ONE ATTACKS, REAL GAME DOG THERE.<br /></em></span><br /><strong>Jan. 22, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.tmz.com/2010/01/22/linda-blairs-kennel-investigated-over-pig-attack/">http://www.tmz.com/2010/01/22/linda-blairs-kennel-investigated-over-pig-attack/</a><br />We're told L.A County Animal Care and Control launched the investigation after the dog escaped, went to a nearby ranch and attacked Gerty the pet pig. The pig suffered minor injuries ... the rancher shot the dog dead.As for what kind of dog -- it depends who you ask. Linda says it was a lab/hound mix. The rancher says it was a pit bull.Linda offered to pay the rancher for the pig's medical bills -- and said the dog's death is "devastating". <span style="color:#000099;"><em>GUESS THE NUTTERS WILL TAKE HER NAME OFF THEIR IDIOT CELEBRITIES WHO OWN PIT BULLS LIST</em></span>.<br /><br /><strong>Feb. 2, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/sanbernardinocounty/ci_14320574">http://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/sanbernardinocounty/ci_14320574</a> FONTANA - A 5-year-old girl remained in stable but critical condition late Tuesday, a day after she was mauled by a pack of pit bulls in Fontana. Destiny Colon, 5, was on a ventilator at Loma Linda University Children's Hospital, where she doctors were hopeful she'll survive the injuries suffered in the Monday evening attack. "She has bite injuries to her face, back, head and legs," Fontana police Sgt. Jeff Decker said. "She also has a broken rib cage and a punctured lung. She is in extremely bad shape." The incident occurred just before 5 p.m. when Josie Arellano and her four children were walking along railroad tracks on Tokay Avenue south of Arrow Highway. Five dogs escaped a yard through holes in a fence and attacked the children. The dogs set upon Destiny's 7-year-old brother, chewing off part of one of his legs, Decker said. The third child, who is 8-years-old, also suffered leg injuries. Arellano grabbed her 2-year-old, as the dogs continued their attack on Destiny. "I was yelling for help," the mother said. "It looked like they were going to eat her alive. I saw a kid come out of nowhere and started throwing rocks (at the dogs,) but they wouldn't let (Destiny) go." The brutal attack shook up a Fontana animal control officer Jamie Simmons, a 12-year veteran. "We respond to dog bites frequently," she said. "What I saw yesterday - the size of the bites and tearing of flesh - is just nothing I've seen before." One of the dogs was shot and killed as he charged at a Fontana police officer. The dogs are all pit bulls, except for one that is a mix of pit bull and Bullmastiff.<br />"(The owners) voluntarily gave the dogs up to us," Decker said. "My understanding is they are very sorry about what happened." The dogs were being held by the San Bernardino City Animal Control Shelter and will be euthanized after a 10-day quarantine period. Decker said police might cite the dog owners for violating a city ordinance requiring animals be properly secured on a property. "We do know the dogs escaped from the backyard, which is different from someone who sicked a dog on a person," Decker said. Police are also working with the San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office to determine whether the owners should face criminal charges. Police could also cite the owners for keeping too many dogs. "There is a limit of three dogs, so they are in violation of that," Decker said. "But that might be small potatoes to what other issues might be looming." Simmons, the animal control officer, couldn't say definitively what triggered such a severe attack, but speculated that the fact one of the female dogs was in heat may have played a role. It was the county's second serious dog attack on a child in less than a month. A 3-year-old boy died in Apple Valley after he was bitten by his family's dog in the 23500 block of Goshute Avenue on Jan. 9. That dog, described as a pit bull, became aggressive with firefighters and was eventually shot by a sheriff's deputy.<br /><span style="color:#000099;"><em>AN INNOCENT DAY DESTROYED AND A CHILD IN CRITICAL CONDITION, HOW MANY MORE NUTTERS</em></span>.<br /><br /><strong>FEB. 11, 2010 <span style="color:#ff0000;">FATALITY</span></strong><br /><a href="http://www.ksbw.com/news/22533288/detail.html">http://www.ksbw.com/news/22533288/detail.html</a> HOLLISTER, Calif. -- A Hollister man walking his dog was attacked by a loose pit bull that resulted in mortal wounds to the dog, police said.The victim was walking his dog on a leash on Recht Street when the pit bull confronted him.The pit bull immediately attacked the victim's dog, inflicting a mortal wound. The pit bull also bit the man while he attempted to fend the dog off.The man was treated for his injuries at a local hospital and released. The injuries to his dog, however, were determined to be life-threatening and it had to be euthanized after a veterinarian attempted to save the dog's life.An animal control officer contacted the owner of the pit bull and seized to dog for quarantine and additional investigation.The Hollister Police Department is reminding dog owners that they can be both civilly and criminally liable for the actions of their pets. <em><span style="color:#000099;">ANOTHER PET THAT WON'T BE COMING HOME, HOW MANY MORE, NUTTERS??</span></em><br /><br /><strong>Feb. 16, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/escondido/article_6c34c692-8e31-5aca-8180-86aed823ca14.html">http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/escondido/article_6c34c692-8e31-5aca-8180-86aed823ca14.html</a> ESCONDIDO ---- Escondido Animal Control is investigating a report by a 56-year-old man who said he was badly bitten Tuesday morning in a West Escondido gated community by a pair of aggressive dogs, one of which animal control officials said has a history of biting.Tom Atkinson said he was finishing a jog on Rock View Glen in the Emerald Heights development when he noticed what looked like two loose pit-bull mix dogs growling at a neighbor and his leashed dog.Atkinson said he joined the neighbor, and as the men walked on, the wandering dogs jumped at him. He said he fought off the dogs, and they ran away.However, as he continued up the street, Atkinson said the dogs turned around and charged. He said the pair bit him several times, leaving him with one bad bite to the forearm that a doctor said will need stitches and another deep bite to the thigh.An animal control officer responded and impounded one of the dogs, later releasing it back to the owner, who promised to keep it on a 10-day quarantine, said Traci Chavez, director of animal control for the Escondido Humane Society. The other dog also was allowed to stay with the owner and was not quarantined, she said.Chavez said animal control took a report that one of the dogs had bitten someone at the owners' previous Escondido address within the past 36 months.However, she would not identify the dogs' owners or their current or previous address.Chavez said there may be an administrative hearing to determine whether the dogs are potentially dangerous or dangerous under the law. <em><span style="color:#000099;">THOSE WHO OWN PITS COULD CARE LESS AS DEMONSTRATED BY NOT ONE ATTACK BUT TWO ATTACKS, HAPPENS ALL THE TIME WITH THESE NUTTERS.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>Feb. 19, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/local&id=7285761">http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/local&id=7285761</a> MERCED, Calif. (KFSN) -- A Merced man remains in the hospital Friday morning after being attacked by a pit bull.Police say the dog attacked the man Thursday as he was walking down the street. When officers arrived, they say the dog became aggressive towards them, so they shot and killed it. The dog's owner questions whether police needed to use deadly force. "It's pretty crazy that this all happened. I'm still shocked and confused you know," said Ricky Ramirez. Andre Matthews with the Merced Police Department said, "We're encouraging dog owners to be responsible because when they're not, it can lead to incidents like this. We're talking about proper fencing, leash laws and keeping vicious dogs maybe tethered in their yard" The dog's owner claims the man who was attacked by his dog was actually the aggressor because he trespassed onto his property. It's the third time, police had to shoot a dog over a month's time. <em><span style="color:#000099;">HEY, NUTTER, YOUR PIT WENT AFTER THE POLICE TOO!!!</span></em><br /><br /><strong>Feb. 19, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://hollisterfreelance.com/news/263374-police-respond-to-3-pit-bull-incidents-in-one-day">http://hollisterfreelance.com/news/263374-police-respond-to-3-pit-bull-incidents-in-one-day</a> Hollister police animal control officers responded Thursday to three separate calls regarding pit bulls, according to police. The first incident occurred at about 8 a.m. in the area of Monterey and Seventh streets. A pit bull escaped from its yard and attacked a dog being walked on a leash, according to police. The owner of the pit bull ran after his dog after seeing it run off his property. When the pit bull attacked the other dog, the pit bull's owner tried to separate the two, according to police. The other dog bit the pit bull's owner. The pit bull was impounded pending an investigation, and the other dog was placed on a 10-day quarantine, according to police.At about 10 a.m., animal control officers responded to El Toro Drive after a man reported the was attacked in his front yard by an at-large pit bull, according to police. The man and his dog were in his front yard when the pit bull attacked his dog. The man was bitten by the pit bull when he tried to break up the fight, according to the police statement. He was taken to Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital for treatment of his injuries, and the pit bull was impounded and placed on a 10-day quarantine.At 3 p.m., officers received a call of a pit bull at large on Sally Street, according to police. The pit bull was located and found to be aggressive. Officers chased the dog to a residence in the 200 block of Sally Street, where they found two other pit bulls tethered to a tree and the residence, according to police. All three dogs were impounded due to poor living conditions, and for other health and safety code violations, including tethering a dog to fixed objects for extended periods, according to the statement. Hollister police animal control officers are still actively investigating all three incidents. Anyone with information regarding these incidents is requested to contact Animal Control Officer Lainy Watkins at (831) 636-4320. Persons wishing to remain anonymous may call WeTIP at (800) 78-CRIME. Information provided to WeTIP may qualify for a reward. <em><span style="color:#000099;">BIG DAY FOR THE NUTTERS.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>Feb. 19, 2010 <span style="color:#ff0000;">FATALITIES</span></strong><br /><a href="http://www.kget.com/news/local/story/A-vicious-dog-attack-trend-in-Kern-County/g2VEMd4KB0-UT3GDha4yMA.cspx">http://www.kget.com/news/local/story/A-vicious-dog-attack-trend-in-Kern-County/g2VEMd4KB0-UT3GDha4yMA.cspx</a> On Friday, two dogs died because of confrontations either with a person or another dog. But it's not always the dogs who are the victims. Gun shots rang out in a north Bakersfield neighborhood Friday morning. At a home on Alta Vista Drive, a pit-bull from next door broke into a yard. The man who lives there says he shot the dog in self defense. "A homeowner who was in his own backyard was tending to his dogs when a neighboring pit bull jumped the fence and attempted to attack the homeowner," said Sgt. Bill Ware of the Bakersfield Police Department. In a separate incident, Velma Criswell's husband says he wishes he'd had a gun to protect his wife when they were both attacked two weeks ago. They were delivering food to a family in Taft when that family's dog ran up and bit Velma, then wouldn't let go. Criswell says she feared for her life. "I'm going to die, it's going to kill me, I was sure it would have killed me if it had gotten to my throat or my face," she said.It took her husband, who also sustained bites, and another man to get the dog off her. She was in the hospital for four days and may have to go back for additional surgeries, and the medical bills are adding up. "I'll be lucky if I get off with a hundred thousand dollars," said Criswell."In this case the dog has more rights than my parents do," said Criswell's daughter, Roberta Jimerson. Jimerson says that after reporting the dog to Kern County Animal Control, it was quarantined and then let go. She says officers told her it was a civil matter and they'd have to sue to get anything else done.In a south Bakersfield neighborhod Friday afternoon, it was another dog that was the victim. "I see one dog having another dog in its mouth, tearing it apart like it was some little doll. And I was just like wow! I might be concerned about kids that play around the neighborhood," said Erin Martinez, who witnessed the dog attack.Police say the man involved in the dog shooting was within his rights and was carrying his gun legally.And in Criswell's case, animal control says in any such attack, they go out, interview all parties and observe the dog to determine if it's dangerous or vicious. <em><span style="color:#000099;">LOTS OF NUTTERS AND SAVIOR RESCUES IN KERN.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>Feb. 20, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.weeklycalistogan.com/articles/2010/02/20/news/saturday_update/doc4b7f65be6b4d2727819251.txt">http://www.weeklycalistogan.com/articles/2010/02/20/news/saturday_update/doc4b7f65be6b4d2727819251.txt</a> A Napa police K9 officer’s dog suffered minor injuries Tuesday after a pit bull attacked it while the officer was responding to the report of a fight.Officers went to the 3200 block of Piedmont Avenue at 10:09 p.m. after the report of a fight involving weapons, police said.Upon arrival, officers spotted one of the people suspected to have been involved running away. Later during a search of the area, they saw one potential suspect in a residence on the 3200 block of Main Street, police said.As they attempted to surround the residence, the person came out of the rear of the house, police said. When he saw police, he ran.A pit bull dog from the residence attacked the officer’s dog, police said.The officer fired a round into the ground, and the pit bull ran away, police said. The pit bull was uninjured and its owner took control of it. The police dog suffered minor injuries.No suspects have been arrested for the fight and the case remains under investigation. <em><span style="color:#000099;">ANOTHER BREED AMBASSADOR ATTACKING YET ANOTHER POLICE K-9</span></em><br /><br /><strong>Feb. 22, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.gilroydispatch.com/news/263412-pit-bulls-attack-dog-cause-woman-injuries">http://www.gilroydispatch.com/news/263412-pit-bulls-attack-dog-cause-woman-injuries</a> Police are on the look out for two pit bull terriers that attacked a dog along the Uvas Creek levee Wednesday, leading the 70-year-old woman who owned the dog to sustain serious injuries after she fell. Two light tan pit bulls, which both had white faces, attacked a chow mix along the levee at Wren Avenue and Uvas Park Drive about 3:15 p.m. Wednesday, Sgt. Wes Stanford said.One bit the woman's dog from behind, while the other bit her dog on neck, causing puncture wounds to the neck, hind quarters and back, Stanford said.It looks as if the victim's dog will recover from its non-life threatening injuries, he said.At one point during the incident, the woman picked up a rock and threw it at one of the pit bulls, he said.She ended up getting tangled in her dog's leash and fell to the ground, breaking her left arm and wrist. The two pit bulls were also traveling with a brown Chihuahua, Stanford said. Neither of the pit bulls were wearing collars, he said. Anyone with information about the incident or pit bulls can contact Community Services Officer Maria Cabatingan at 846-0300. <em><span style="color:#000099;">YOU JUST KNOW THE CHIHUAHUA DID IT!!!!</span></em><br /><br /><strong>Feb. 25, 2010 <span style="color:#ff0000;">FATALITIES</span></strong><br /><a href="http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_W_wgoats26.2e2c250.html">http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_W_wgoats26.2e2c250.html</a> Riverside neighbors Delfino Reyes and Christine Harbour woke up to a gruesome scene Tuesday morning after another neighbor's dogs got loose and killed 14 of the 24 goats Reyes kept for his son. Harbour's yard, on Gramercy Place in the La Sierra area, abuts Reyes' parcel on Bushnell Avenue, and she lets his goats eat her grass. On Thursday, several of the remaining 10 goats -- six kids and four adults -- huddled at the edges of Reyes' yard. Some had bites on their necks that had been treated with a spray-on medicine. Reyes, speaking in Spanish, said the attack happened late Monday night when he was sleeping. He's not sure how the dogs got in, he said, but he thinks they might have come under a fence. Harbour said she heard the goats making strange noises around 6:30 a.m. Tuesday. She went outside and saw a dog attacking some goats near her driveway, so she started yelling to try to scare the dog off. "It gave me nightmares," she said by phone. "When I came running out the first thing I saw was three dead baby goats." Riverside County Animal Control was called to the scene and had to euthanize two goats that were too badly injured to survive, spokesman John Welsh said. The owner of the dogs -- a pit bull/German Shepherd mix, another shepherd mix and a Siberian husky -- signed them over to be destroyed, and they have already been euthanized, Welsh said. Two of the three dogs were involved in an earlier incident in the neighborhood when a cat was killed, he said. Where large dogs and small animals live near each other, "We can't encourage people enough to check their fence lines," Welsh said. "If there's something next door the dog wants to play with or attack, it's going to get there." Reyes, who also keeps a pig, two horses and chickens, said the incident was upsetting. "I care about my goats," he said. "I wasn't able to do anything." <em><span style="color:#000099;">THESE DOGS WEREN'T HUNGRY, THEY KILLED FOR FUN!!!</span></em><br /><br /><strong>Feb. 26, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.dailydemocrat.com/news/ci_14475988">http://www.dailydemocrat.com/news/ci_14475988</a> A 26-year-old man was bitten by a dog in front of Morrison's Restaurant, 428 First St., in Woodland this past Saturday and Yolo County Health officials are now searching for the dog.The bite reportedly occurred around 7:30 p.m. The dog is possibly a Pit Bull or American Bulldog, large in size, of between 70 to 100 pounds, white in color, with a black spot on one ear.Information regarding this incident is important for rabies prevention measures. Rabies is a deadly disease, so if the dog is not located soon, the victim may have to undergo rabies treatment.Anyone having any information regarding this incident or knows who owns this animal, please contact Yolo County Environmental Health at 666-8646 or Yolo County Animal Control Services 24 hours a day at 668-5287. Callers can remain anonymous. <em><span style="color:#000099;">HOW DOES PUNISH THE DEED WORK IN THIS CASE???</span></em><br /><br /><strong>Feb. 26, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.kget.com/news/local/story/Dog-shot-man-arrested-in-Cottonwood-confrontation/OSH792-fK0OOGMbxud4LBg.cspx">http://www.kget.com/news/local/story/Dog-shot-man-arrested-in-Cottonwood-confrontation/OSH792-fK0OOGMbxud4LBg.cspx</a> A Bakersfield man was under arrest Friday after authorities say he beat his paralyzed father while high on drugs.Sheriff's officials say the man's dog bit a deputy, and in turn, the deputy shot the dog.Lonnie Haynes Jr., 42, struggled a bit with deputies after they Tasered him.As he was led away in handcuffs, Channel 17's Emily Moore asked Haynes if he had tried to shoot police officers."How in the hell I'm gonna threaten to shoot anything?" he answered. "Police shot my dog for nothing. I got witnesses. This is private property down here. They ain't got no reason to come down and shoot."But deputies say they had plenty of reasons. It all started about 6:30 p.m. Thursday when a deputy responded to a home in the 1300 block of Cottonwood Road for a report that someone was high on drugs and trashing the house."When the deputy arrived, the subject's pit bull ran off the porch and came after the deputy and grabbed the deputy's foot," said Sheriff's Lt. Steve Hansen. "The deputy was able to kick the dog loose." But the dog reportedly came after the deputy again, and that's when he shot the dog twice.According to deputies, Haynes said he was going to get a gun, and went back in the house. The deputy called for back-up and waited outside."Apparently between the time of the shooting of the dog and when deputies actually got into the house he'd gone back into the house and assaulted his father who happens to be a paraplegic," said Lt. Hansen.Deputies say the elderly man suffered minor injuries.Haynes' daughter showed up at the scene, stunned."I'm really, really shocked," said Akeiliah Haynes. "I don't know what happened. I just know he was really angry earlier today."The dog was euthanized because of its injuries.The deputy who was bitten was not hurt.Court records show Lonnie Haynes Jr. has a lengthy criminal record, including battery on a police officer and domestic violence. <em><span style="color:#000099;">NUTTERS ARE SUCH NICE PEOPLE AREN'T THEY?</span></em><br /><br /><strong>March 1, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.napavalleyregister.com/news/local/article_e5f6d376-24ec-11df-bf53-001cc4c03286.html">http://www.napavalleyregister.com/news/local/article_e5f6d376-24ec-11df-bf53-001cc4c03286.html</a> A pit bull attack involving three dogs and one injured Napa man has sparked an outcry among neighbors who say that the owner of two of the dogs should have had better control of them.The incident occurred Thursday morning as 26-year-old Andrew Askins took his tan-colored pit bull, Buster, for a walk to A1 Food Store on Coombs Street.Askins and Buster were on the 1300 block of Ash Street when Askins saw two other pit bulls, who were off-leash in front of a house, walk toward Buster.“I was walking to the store to get some doughnuts,” Askins said. “They are out in front and they start attacking my dog. One of the dogs locked onto my dog’s face.”Askins said he began kicking the dogs in an attempt to get them off his pet.The dogs’ owner, William Aldridge, ran outside of the home and told Askins to stop kicking his dogs, Askins said.“I was totally concentrating on saving my dog,” Askins said. “The bigger one was locked on my dog.”As Askins’ attention shifted from the dogs to Aldridge, one of the pit bulls bit him in the arm, Askins said.Aldridge then gained control of his dogs, Askins said. Frightened neighbors who saw what happened called police.“I got the slightest glimpse of the attack, I heard it outside,” said Julie DeSoto, who helps facilitate the Neighborhood Watch Program in the area. “I ran outside and I saw the pit bulls with the young man on the ground. I saw the owner of the pit bulls screaming at the young man to stop kicking at his dogs. It was really loud. I ran back as fast as I could to call 911.“Within minutes Napa County Sheriff's Animal Control, Napa Police Department and Napa City Fire Department staff arrived.“When we got there, the fire department was there and the police department was there,” Napa County Sheriff's Lt. Leroy Anderson said. “The victim had a dog bite to the arm. His dog had also been bitten by two pit bull dogs that came off the property. The parties were interviewed and the dogs were impounded. They are at the shelter.”Askins was bitten on his left forearm and Buster had bites on his neck, legs and chest. Buster received stitches and staples after a visit to a local veterinarian. Askins sought medical attention at Queen of the Valley Medical Center, Anderson said.Almost as soon as everyone who was involved or responded to the incident went their separate ways, neighbors on Ash and Franklin streets were buzzing with news and began sending e-mails to each other and the Register.“I am very uncomfortable, I’m very nervous,” Franklin Street resident Monica Oqvist said. “A couple of years ago, this came up again with their dogs and I have two grand-kids. I don’t let them play in the front yard because, what if, You know?”Another neighbor, Cindy Clark, wrote: “Those dogs are a consistent threat to our neighborhood. They repeatedly jump on the back of all of our fences attempting to get to the pets on the other side. Boards have been knocked out, fences replaced and it’s simply a matter of time before another pet or person is harmed. We are all frightened for our safety.”Aldridge could not be reached for comment.Anderson said the two pit bulls will be held at the shelter for 10 days.Animal Control Staff will further investigate, he said, and make a determination if the dogs violated the city and county’s Dangerous Dog Ordinance.The Animal Control unit determines if the dogs will be considered potentially dangerous or vicious under the law. A potentially dangerous dog is one that is determined to be too aggressive. A vicious dog is one that has caused unprovoked injury or death to a human or pet.If the department determines that the pit bulls are dangerous, Aldridge will have to agree to have them outfitted with an identifying microchip and must reimburse Askins for medical expenses. He must also agree to get professional training for the animals and install warning signs at his home.Should police deem the dogs vicious, the dangerous dog requirements apply along with extra responsibilities, including having the pit bulls tested by a behavioral expert, constructing an approved safety enclosure, spaying or neutering the dogs, carrying liability insurance, keeping the dogs away from the homes of children and always using a leash, collar and muzzle.The Animal Control Division could also recommend that the dogs be put down.Aldridge will have a chance to appeal the fate of his dogs, according to the ordinance. <em><span style="color:#000099;">WHOLE NEIGHBORHOODS HELD HOSTAGE BY A NUTTER AND HIS PITS.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>March 1, 2010 </strong><br /><a href="http://www.sbsun.com/breakingnews/ci_14493249">http://www.sbsun.com/breakingnews/ci_14493249</a> A pit bull was taken into custody Monday after it bit a 4-year-old girl in the face. The girl has visiting her uncle at his apartment in the 1600 block of E. Kingsley Ave. in Pomona, according to a police news release. She may have startled the brown and white dog as he was sleeping, according to a police news release. The dog suddenly woke up and bit the girl, police said. The girl was taken to a local hospital with serious injuries. Police said the dog was not licensed and did not have current rabies vaccinations. <em><span style="color:#000099;">DON'T WAKE UP A PIT, DON'T YELL AROUND A PIT, DON'T DO THIS, DON'T DO THAT AROUND A PIT.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>March 2, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_14499462">http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_14499462</a> CONCORD — A pit bull jumped out of a car Monday afternoon and attacked a smaller dog being walked by its owner, who was also bitten while fending off the animal, Contra Costa Animal Services said.<br />The smaller dog was severely injured and its owner was taken to the hospital for hand injuries. The pit bull was impounded by animal services and quarantined to assess any rabies risks, said Lt. Joe DeCosta. The pit bull could be placed under strict travel and living restrictions if it is deemed a dangerous animal, because it has spurred prior animal services calls, he said.The attack occurred about 1:25 p.m. Monday in front of the Brenden Theaters in downtown Concord. A man was walking his dog when the pit bull in a passing car leapt out at them, DeCosta said. The owner was bitten while trying to pull the bigger dog away from the smaller canine.A Concord police officer helped separate the animals until animal services officers got to the scene at Galindo and Salvio streets. The smaller dog, whose breed was not immediately known, was taken to an emergency veterinarian for serious injuries, DeCosta said.The pit bull and its female owner remained at the scene. Animal services took the dog and will quarantine it for 10 days, which is routine after a serious attack. More details will be available after an agency report is completed later this week, DeCosta said.DeCosta said his agency will follow the county's dangerous animal ordinance. If animal services officers believe the pit bull poses a public danger, its owner can choose between surrendering the animal — at which point it likely would be euthanized — or requesting a public hearing where the county's animal services director hears arguments and decides the conditions under which the dog can be kept.Those conditions are decided on a case-by-case basis. If the dog is declared "potentially dangerous," DeCosta said, the owner would have to maintain a permit and abide by conditions such as muzzling the animal when it is in public. If deemed "dangerous," the animal would be subject to heavier restrictions including limiting travel to and from a veterinarian and requiring the owner to carry liability insurance. <em><span style="color:#000099;">YEAH, I WOULD SAY A PIT THAT JUMPS FROM A CAR TO KILL YOUR PET IS "DANGEROUS".</span></em><br /><br /><strong>March 2, 2010 USED AS WEAPON</strong><br /><a href="http://www.news10.net/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=76404&provider=top">http://www.news10.net/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=76404&provider=top</a> ELK GROVE, CA - A parolee used his pit bull to attack a driver in an attempted carjacking and then turned the dog on a K-9officer, say Elk Grove police.Officers became involved when they responded to a disturbance at 6:17 Monday evening at an AM/PM service station at 10421 Grant Line Road, said spokesman Officer Chris Trim.Responding officers learned a man, identified as Ronald Tomlinson, 46, had shut off the gas nozzle to a car pumping gas and opened the driver's door. The car owner confronted Tomlinson who ordered his dog to go after the man, Trim said. The pit bull bit and scratched the man on the leg, according to the police report.Tomlinson then went to another car and got in with his dog, said witnesses. As the car owner approached him, the owner told police Tomlinson pointed to his dog and started to open the door to release him. The owner backed off.The car Tomlinson was in wouldn't start and at that point, officers pulled up. Tomlinson fled with his dog on southbound Grant Line, police said.A K-9 used to search for Tomlinson found him within some bushes by a fence line. Trim said officers ordered Tomlinson to come out but instead, Tomlinson let his dog go after the police K-9. As the two dogs fought, the pit bull broke off and went behind Tomlinson.Trim said Tomlinson still did not surrender so the K-9 was let off leash to take him into custody. Trim said Tomlinson's pit bull again went after the K-9 but the K-9 officer was able to grab the dog by the scruff of his neck.Officers were then able to arrest Tomlinson for carjacking and parole violation, Trim said. Tomlinson was also wanted on an active arrest warrant, according to police.Tomlinson was treated for injuries from being in K-9 custody and then booked in Sacramento County Main Jail. The K-9 was not hurt in the scuffle. Tomlinson's pit bull was turned over to Sacramento County Animal Services on a 10-day hold. <em><span style="color:#000099;">WE DON'T MAKE THESE THINGS UP, NUTTERS.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>March 11, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.ledger-dispatch.com/news/newsview.asp?c=267002&topStory=1">http://www.ledger-dispatch.com/news/newsview.asp?c=267002&topStory=1</a> Amador County Animal Control and Public Health Department are seeking information about a dog that bit a child in Pioneer at about 2 p.m. on March 7. The child was riding a bicycle on Buckhorn Ridge Road near Pioneer Park and was chased and bitten by a dog described by the child as a brown pit bull or similar type dog with black and white markings. The dog was with its owners, a woman with red hair, and a man. The owners immediately put the dog in a blue Ford SUV and left the area. The owners are believed to live in the Pioneer area. Animal Control would like to speak to the owner of the dog to confirm the dog is alive and well so the child who was bitten does not have to receive a series of rabies injections. Animal Control is asking anyone with information to contact them at 223-6378. <em><span style="color:#000099;">ONLY A PIT OWNER/NUTTER WOULD LEAVE AN INJURED CHILD IN THE STREET.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>March 12, 2010 <span style="color:#ff0000;">FATALITY</span></strong><br /><a href="http://www.kcra.com/news/22825386/detail.html">http://www.kcra.com/news/22825386/detail.html</a> SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A dog that is at least part pit bull was impounded by Sacramento animal control officials on Friday after it killed another dog, authorities said.The attack occurred near the intersection of Elder Creek Road and Logan Street.Authorities contacted the owner of the pit bull, but it was not clear who owned the dog that died. <em><span style="color:#000099;">AND THE BEAT GOES ON AND ON AND ON.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>March 15, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.khsltv.com/content/localnews/story/Man-hospitalized-after-pit-bull-rottweiler-attack/rM6Z2oSpI0ih-uRZ2aBJfw.cspx">http://www.khsltv.com/content/localnews/story/Man-hospitalized-after-pit-bull-rottweiler-attack/rM6Z2oSpI0ih-uRZ2aBJfw.cspx</a> A North State man remains in the hospital after a brutal dog mauling. It happened Friday around 2:30pm in Trinity Pines south of Hayfork. Investigators say the victim, 53-year-old Joseph Byram was attacked by two pit bulls and a rottweiler. Byram said he went to his neighbor's house to visit, when he was knocked to the ground and attacked by the three dogs for 30 minutes.The dog's owner, Tim Smith found the victim when he returned home. Investigators say the dogs were inside the property's fence line. The dogs' future will be determined at a hearing, dealing with vicious dogs. <em><span style="color:#000099;">THIS MAN DOESN'T KNOW HE IS THE LUCKIEST MAN ALIVE, KEY WORD ALIVE.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>March 22, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://cbs13.com/local/police.canine.pit.2.1581257.html">http://cbs13.com/local/police.canine.pit.2.1581257.html</a> Police officers put their lives on the line to protect our neighborhoods. So, too, do K-9 units. Now, a local K-9 is recovering after it was recently attacked by a Pit bull. Officers were dispatched Sunday to the 4500 Block of San Sebastian Way in Sacramento after receiving a call that there had been a burglary to a residence. According to witnesses, two suspects were observed fleeing over the backyard fence. With assistance from Air1 and K-9, a perimeter was set up around the adjacent residences. According to reports, while the K-9 Unit was in the backyard of the residence where the potential suspects were believed to have fled, a pit bull that was present in the yard attacked the officer and K-9, Blitz. Attempts to spray the pit bull with pepper spray were unsuccessful, which resulted in the pit bull being shot that had the K-9 by the throat. The pit bull was transported to a local Animal Control Center for medical care. Authorities say that the suspects related to the burglary were not found.<em><span style="color:#000099;"> WORTHLESS PIT TRYING TO KILL A VALUABLE POLICE K-9.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>March 31, 2010 <span style="color:#ff0000;">FATALITY</span></strong><br /><a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_14793870?nclick_check=1">http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_14793870?nclick_check=1</a> Mark Hotchkiss took his two dogs walking on the Iron Horse Trail numerous times. It was a favorite walk for the Walnut Creek resident because it's so close to his home.But on March 18, as he walked his two small dogs, Hotchkiss passed a man, also with a dog. The other man's 80-pound dog, a pit bull mix, broke its leash and muzzle and attacked Hotchkiss's 8-year-old Chihuahua/Shih Tzu-mix named Abu. As Hotchkiss tried to pry the pit bull off Abu, the pit bull bit Hotchkiss' hand. When the other owner finally got the dog under control, it was too late; Abu, only eight pounds, was badly injured and a few days later was put down. Hotchkiss received medical treatment for his hand injury. "I don't think people realize that in a place like Walnut Creek that something like this can happen to anybody," said Hotchkiss. "I am totally devastated over it."Contra Costa County Animal Services and the police were called to the scene the day of the attack, and the owner of the pit bull surrendered the dog. The larger dog was quarantined and was "humanely euthanized" 10 days after the attack, on March 27, said Dan Barrett, deputy director of animal services.Hotchkiss's other dog, Maximo, was not harmed. Hotchkiss wants to warn others about how quickly something like this can happen. "My message is about people who own these dogs," he said. "The guy who owned the dog had it for nine weeks. Now my dog is gone and I want people to know that even though the dog may never have done anything before, it's in (a pit bull's) genetic code."Barrett called the attack an "unfortunate situation" that is not uncommon. The department deals with hundreds of dog attacks a year by all kinds of breeds, he said. "People need to be aware that any dog can become a problem or become a victim," he said. <em><span style="color:#000099;">BARRETT CALLS THE SHREDDING OF A BELOVED PET AN UNFORTUNATE SITUATION?? WANNA BET HE IS A PIT NUTTER.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>April 3, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/woman-18393-attack-bull.html">http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/woman-18393-attack-bull.html</a><br />VICTORVILLE • A woman was in stable condition after she was seriously mauled by three pit bulls, officials said.The unidentified 53-year-old woman was getting her mail from a community mailbox on Barrington Street and Fuschia Lane around 5 p.m. when the dogs attacked her. Several neighbors came to her aid and chased the dogs away, but the pit bulls returned three or four times, charging the victim and the good Samaritans, according to a San Bernardino County Sheriff’s news release.When sheriff’s deputies arrived, the dogs charged again as paramedics were treating the injured woman, officials said.Deputies John Vega and Charles Wallace shot and killed two of the pit bulls. During their investigation, the deputies learned the dogs had attacked several children at a nearby house less than five minutes before the victim was mauled. One girl received a superficial bite to her foot as she ran into her home to escape.This was at least the third serious pit bull attack in recent months.On Feb. 1, five pit bulls in Fontana attacked a 5-year-old girl who suffered a punctured lung and broken ribs. Her 6-year-old brother needed more than 200 stitches and her 7-year-old sister needed 18 stitches. The owners of the dogs were charged with seven counts of owning mischievous animals that caused great bodily injury.On Jan. 9, a family’s pit bull attacked and killed a toddler in Apple Valley, then tried to attack rescuers. No one was charged in the case. <em><span style="color:#000099;">HOW MANY MORE SAN BERNARDINO BEFORE YOU GET THE MESSAGE AND REGULATE PITS?</span></em><br /><br /><strong>April 7, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_W_sattack08.225c308dc.html">http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_W_sattack08.225c308dc.html</a> Police are investigating a dog attack Saturday at a Murrieta apartment in which a 6-month-old boy was bitten in the groin, authorities said. Animal control officials said the child <strong>lost his testicles </strong>in the attack. Sgt. Bob Landwehr said today that police were called to a report of a dog bite shortly before 10 a.m. Saturday at an apartment complex at 26301 Arboretum Way. The mother and her friend had left the baby strapped into a portable carrier and unattended in a room with a pit bull and a pit bull mix, he said. It was not clear how long the baby had been left alone. One or both of the dogs attacked the baby, tearing off his diaper and biting his scrotum, Landwehr said. The mother and friend came to the baby's rescue when they heard him scream. Landwehr said the baby was taken to Rancho Springs Medical Center in Murrieta and transferred to another hospital, but he did not have an update on the child's condition. The dogs were seized by animal control, Landwehr said. The owner of the dogs signed a release to allow them to be euthanized, said Willa Bagwell, director of Animal Friends of the Valleys, which provides animal control services for Murrieta. Bagwell, who spoke with the mother, confirmed that the baby's testicles were bitten off in the attack. Landwehr said no one has been arrested in connection with the incident, but the investigation is continuing. <em><span style="color:#000099;">MOM THOUGHT SHE COULD TRUST A NANNY DOG.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>April 7, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_14838450">http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_14838450</a> LONG BEACH - A pit bull that attacked a man and a small dog in Belmont Shore, was killed by pursuing officers after the animal lunged at them Tuesday night, authorities said Wednesday. The incident occurred about 11 p.m. near Livingston Drive and St. Joseph Avenue. The injured man was taken to a hospital, and no officers were hurt, said Nancy Pratt, spokeswoman with the Long Beach Police Department. At about 11 p.m. Tuesday, police responded to the 100 block of Ximeno Avenue regarding a possible dog fight. When officers arrived, they discovered a man with multiple dog bites on the ground holding his small dog, which had sustained numerous dog bites. Officers contacted the owner of the pit bull at his residence and instructed him to leash his dog and to bring him outside so that he could be taken into custody by Animal Control. The owner brought the pit bull outside on a leash, but the pit bull wiggled out of his collar and ran to a nearby vehicle where a woman and her small dog were getting out. The pit bull charged the vehicle, crashing into the passenger window and bouncing off, as the woman scrambled to get herself and her dog back inside. The officers caught up to the dog and attempted to subdue it by striking it several times with a baton. The dog was unaffected by the strikes and turned on the officers. One officer fired his weapon at the dog; however, the dog was not struck and continued to flee towards Second Street.With the assistance of the Department's Air Support Unit, officers followed the dog to a park in the area of St. Joseph Avenue and Livingston Drive. When the dog took an aggressive stance and lunged at the officers, they both fired their weapons, striking the dog multiple times. The deceased dog was then taken into custody by Animal Control. The male victim was treated at a hospital for the dog bites. The victim's dog was taken to an animal hospital and is expected to recover. The dog tested negative for rabies, said John Keisler, manager with the city's Animal Care Services. <em><span style="color:#000099;">THAT IS ONE GAMEDOG, JUST WANTED TO MAUL MORE.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>April 8, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.theeastsiderla.com/2010/04/dangerous-life-of-cable-guy.html">http://www.theeastsiderla.com/2010/04/dangerous-life-of-cable-guy.html</a> Last Friday ended on a terrifying note for a 28-year-old Time Warner cable technician whose job it was to pull the plug on an East Hollywood customer named Jesus Velasco. After confronting the technician, the angry cable customer fetched his pit bull and sent the dog charging at the cable installer, who fled to the roof of his van parked in the 500 block of North Heliotrope Avenue, reports Lt. Wes Buhrmester with the Rampart Division. Velasco then put the dog on the van's roof, but the animal fell off. After climbing down off the van, the Time Warner worker was once again confronted by Velasco, who this time was carrying a fire extinguisher. Velasco sprayed the cable man and then hit the victim in the face with the edge of the extinguisher. Police arrived on the scene shortly after the assault, arresting Velasco. The cable installer suffered a large cut under his left eye. Velasco, who kicked out one of the police car's window after being detained, was booked on assault with a deadly weapon (the dog and the fire extinguisher) and bail was set at $30,000. Click on the link below for Buhrmester's full version of the incident.A 28-year-old cable technician for Time Warner was disconnecting a cable from a residential user for payment issues, when he was confronted by Jesus Velasco, 28, who lived at that residence. While the cable technician (eventual victim) was away from his locked van, Velasco went to the vehicle and attempted to get in. The victim told Velasco to get away from his van, at which time Velasco charged him with fists clenched. The victim, who carries pepper spray to protect himself from dogs, displayed the canister and threatened to spray Velasco if he came closer.Velasco went to his yard, got his pit bull dog and ordered the dog to attack the victim, who by now was near his van. The victim climbed onto the roof of his van as the dog charged him, at which time Velasco picked up the dog and attempted to put the dog on the roof also. The dog was not able to keep its footing and fell, uninjured. Velasco then returned the dog to the fenced yard.Thinking it was safe, the victim got down off the roof of his van. Velasco reappeared, now carrying a dry chemical fire extinguisher. Before the victim could react, Velasco sprayed him in the face with the extinguisher, then hit him with the bottom edge, inflicting a large laceration of his left eye.Fortunately for the victim, a parking enforcement officer had seen the pit bull attack and the victim climbing atop his van, and she had called the police. Also, after he had climbed onto the roof, the victim phoned his office at work, and they also called the police. Officers arrived just after Velasco hit him with the extinguisher, and detained him for investigation of assault. While Velasco was seated in a police car, he kicked out one of the windows. Velasco was booked at Metropolitan Jail Section for assault with a deadly weapon (the fire extinguisher and the dog), with bail set at $30,000.00.The victim advised he would seek his own aid regarding his injury, which was not life-threatening. <em><span style="color:#000099;">WOULD HAVE BEEN A DIFFERENT STORY IF THAT WERE <strong>LARRY</strong>, THE CABLE GUY.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>April 9, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.khsltv.com/content/localnews/story/Mailman-Speaks-Out-About-Pit-Bull-Attack/tWCQjm2qvUedRlnP_f9_Mw.cspx">http://www.khsltv.com/content/localnews/story/Mailman-Speaks-Out-About-Pit-Bull-Attack/tWCQjm2qvUedRlnP_f9_Mw.cspx</a> Two pit bull mix dogs wait in quarantine after attacking a Yuba City mailman on Monday. The victim who would like to see the dogs put to sleep, but that decision is out of his hands. A rough day on the job for Yuba City mailman Robert Brown.On Monday, two pit bull-lab mixes attacked him.Brown says, “Two pit bulls knocked down the screen and started, just attacking. I went through two cans of pepper spray, got in a couple good kicks to the mouth.”As Brown recalls it, the attack lasted about five minutes. “I can remember being bit at least 15 times.”Even as he ran down the driveway, Brown says the dogs continued to attack him in the street. It wasn't until a neighbor threw him a chair to fight off the dogs that he was able to get away and call for help.Neighbors flocked to the scene.Some watched in fear, others stepped in to help. Neighbor Shelly Hayes says, “I ran over there and threw this chair to him, then the dog grabbed me. I ran home and called 911.” Brown was pretty beat up.Cuts, scars and bite marks cover his legs, making it difficult to walk without a cane. Even his uniform was destroyed. We tried to speak with the owner about the incident, but no one was home. Sutter County Animal Control has been to the home before, when the dogs were being kept on a chain in the yard. But no violent incidents have happened before this. Supervisor of Sutter County Animal Control Cheryl Bohannan says, “The dogs were impounded for public safety. They’re bred to be aggressive towards dogs but not people.” Animal control will have the final say in the fate of the dogs, but Brown thinks they should be put down for the safety of the neighborhood. Brown says, “If it was someone else, a small kid, someone who doesn’t have a lot of fight in them, it gets me.”The dogs' behaviors are being monitored and Sutter County Animal Control will make their decision at the end of the 10 day quarantine. <em><span style="color:#000099;">ACCORDING TO THE NUTTERS, JUST GRAB THEM BY THE BACK LEGS.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>April 12, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20100412/ARTICLES/100419892/1350?Title=Deputy-kills-pit-bull-after-Redwood-Valley-attack">http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20100412/ARTICLES/100419892/1350?Title=Deputy-kills-pit-bull-after-Redwood-Valley-attack</a> A Mendocino County Animal Control deputy shot and killed a dog after it attacked his fellow officer in Redwood Valley Friday.<br />The Animal Control officers were responding to a call of two loose pit bulls chasing people near Laughlin Way and North State Street in Redwood Valley when the dogs attacked, said Mendocino County Sheriff’s Capt. Kurt Smallcomb.Deputy George Hodgson was forced to shoot one of the dogs after it bit Torsten Werner, a volunteer Animal Control officer, he said.Werner was treated for the bites and released. He returned to work as a reserve deputy on Monday, Smallcomb said.The second dog was captured and taken to the Mendocino County Animal Shelter, he said.People living in the area told law enforcement they were frightened of the pit bulls. Several said they would have shot the dogs had the officers not responded, Smallcomb said.Nevertheless, Hodgson feels badly, he said. It was the first time in nine years of service the officer needed to use lethal force on a dog, Smallcomb said. <em><span style="color:#000099;">AT THE RATE THE PITS ARE GOING, IT WON'T BE THE LAST TIME YOU'LL USE LETHAL FORCE ON A PIT.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>April 17, 2010 USED AS A WEAPON</strong><br /><a href="http://www.dailydemocrat.com/news/ci_14904295">http://www.dailydemocrat.com/news/ci_14904295</a> A criminal complaint has been filed against nine people who are alleged to have attacked to juveniles in a West Sacramento park.Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig reported that his office filed the complaint on Thursday, claiming that the nine individuals attacked two youngsters in Memorial Park on March 19.The complaint also alleges that the defendants engaged in criminal street gang activity.The defendants are scheduled to be arraigned before Judge Janene Beronio on Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. in Yolo County Superior Court.At that time, Beronio will formally advise them of the charges, the defendants may enter pleas, and the case will be set for preliminary hearing. A number of suspects involved in the assault have not yet been identified, and the DA's Office did not identify any of the individual against who it filed the complaints.According to the complaint, the juvenile victims were kicked and punched as they lay on the ground, and were attacked with weapons including a knife and a hammer.Additionally, according to the DA's Office, the victims were attacked by a pit bull dog. The complaint also alleges the defendants taunted the victims by announcing that the victims were being beaten by "BRK," and not to mess with Broderick.<br />A tenth defendant is also charged with engaging in threatening behavior toward the victims in the days following the assault. A number of suspects involved in the assault have not yet been identified. Individuals with information regarding this incident should contact the West Sacramento Police Department at (916) 617-4747. <em><span style="color:#000099;">YOU CAN WALK THE STREET WITH A PIT BUT NOT A GUN.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>April 29, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.dailydemocrat.com/news/ci_14981956">http://www.dailydemocrat.com/news/ci_14981956</a> Two dogs from West Sacramento might be euthanized following an attack on a West Sacramento man this past week.Vicky Fletcher, chief animal services officer, reported the incident occurred around 11 a.m. Sunday at 1621 Hobson St., in West Sacramento.According to Fletcher, Jose Zamudio told officials he was just leaving his fenced front yard at his home when he observed two pit bull dogs, one adult and one juvenile, running at him and barking.Zamudio told Animal Services officials when he reached for a pocket knife he had on him the adult female pit bull lunged and began biting him on both forearms, inflicting multiple cuts and puncture wounds.Zamudio told officials his girlfriend Rita Gomez was in the house at the time of the attack and heard him screaming through the screen door and called 911.Zamudio managed to get back into his fenced front yard and then into his residence. Fire and ambulance officials responded and Zamudio was to a hospital for emergency medical care.Animal Services officials contacted the dogs owner, Octavio Romero, who lives at 1609 Hobson, and after hearing of the attack Romero turned both dogs over to authorities.The dogs will remain in the custody of Animal Services for quarantine and then humanely euthanized. <em><span style="color:#000099;">IT WAS JUST A CASE OF THE ADULT PIT TEACHING THE YOUNGER PIT.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>May 3, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://cbs13.com/local/pit.bull.attack.2.1671985.html">http://cbs13.com/local/pit.bull.attack.2.1671985.html</a> A 91-year-old man recovering with 30-plus stitches after being attacked by a neighbor's Pit Bull in the backyard of his own Placer County home.The attack happened Sunday afternoon in the 800 block of Dairy Rd. in Auburn. The elderly man was working on his sprinkler system when a neighbor's dog dug under the fence and attacked him.When a police officer arrived, they found the dog had cornered the 91-year-old man against a tree. The officer was able to rescue the man who suffered severe injuries to his left wrist, hand and fingers.When two more officers arrived, they attempted to Taser the dog, but it was able to escape. It was later found down the road at the Woodside Village Mobile Home Park. Officers again tried to catch the dog using a Taser, but failed.Because of the aggressive nature of the dog, it was shot and later died. Possible criminal charges are pending against the dog's owner. <em><span style="color:#000099;">ONLY PITS MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ATTACK, DIGGING UNDER FENCES, BREAKING CHAINS, YOU NAME IT.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>May 4, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/05/03/BA021D8U2I.DTL">http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/05/03/BA021D8U2I.DTL</a> Sophie is a white Maltese who is approximately the size of a fuzzy football. She's 4 years old, weighs 9 1/2 pounds, and her day job is visiting Alzheimer's patients and hospitals as a therapy dog. To be perfectly honest, her primary therapy technique is to lick your face. But that seems to be effective.Last week, Sophie was walking with her owner, University of San Francisco student Nicole Bromma, outside their apartment on Fulton Street. Bromma remembers seeing a woman walking a pit bull, hearing her scream "No!" and then seeing the dog, named Coco, grab Sophie by the throat and run across the street, shaking the Maltese viciously in her jaws."She looked like a rag in her mouth," Bromma said. "From the moment it grabbed her, I thought she was dead."Bromma was screaming at the top of her lungs. We often hear about terrible things happening on the street and bystanders doing nothing. So it wouldn't have been a huge surprise if nothing had happened. Sophie looked like a goner, the street was full of people heading to work, and Bromma felt helpless.That's when we get to the good part.As it happens, two doors down from where Sophie was grabbed stands the San Francisco Pet Hospital, the oldest pet medical center in San Francisco, established in 1908. Standing behind the counter was veterinary technician Gabriel Johnson."I heard screaming, and I jumped over the counter," Johnson said. "I came out the door and saw a dog fight."Johnson tried prying Coco's jaws apart, but he couldn't do it alone.But suddenly he wasn't alone. A guy in a Prius pulled over, jumped out of the car and jumped on the dogs. Another client of the pet hospital, waiting for treatment, rushed out to get a leash on Coco. Another man showed up, but in the confusion no one seems to remember what he looked like.The four strangers managed to get the dogs apart. Sophie had huge gashes on her neck. "Had it not happened in front of a pet hospital," Johnson said, "she would have died."Dr. Jessica Hunter had Sophie in her examining room in seconds, getting an IV line started and injecting her with steroids."We definitely wondered if she was going to make it," Hunter said. "I'd say we put in between 50 and 70 stitches and four drainage tubes."While Hunter was stitching Sophie up, everyone had forgotten about Coco's owner. Standing in Lafrano & Son auto-body shop on Fulton, Josh Lafrano spotted her running down the street to her car. She was backing away from the curb, leaving her dog, when Lafrano arrived and pulled open the door."Why don't you get out of your car and handle your responsibilities?" Lafrano says he asked her. The woman shut the door and drove away - which is when Lafrano took a picture of her license plate and another one of her behind the wheel. When the police arrived, he turned them over.An enforcement officer quickly found the owner, and she agreed to sign over her dog to animal control. Coco probably will be put down as a vicious and dangerous dog, animal care and control officials said.As for Sophie, she's still sporting stitches and a shaved neck, but she happily accompanied Bromma as she went up and down the street, delivering pecan brownies to the Pet Hospital, the body shop, and anyone else who helped. At first they all said the same thing - "You don't have to bring us brownies."Then they tasted the brownies. They are seriously awesome."Then, they said, 'Well, if you want to keep bringing brownies, I guess that would be OK,' " Bromma said.It's the kind of thing you do for friends - even if you only met them until a few days ago. <em><span style="color:#000099;">PIT NUTTERS ARE THE BIGGEST COWARDS THERE ARE.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>May 8, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.thecalifornian.com/article/20100508/NEWS01/5080319">http://www.thecalifornian.com/article/20100508/NEWS01/5080319</a> A pit bull that trapped a man in his vehicle was shot Thursday afternoon after it tried to attack a police officer in north Salinas, authorities said.<br />Salinas police said an officer responded about 3:25 p.m. to a call reporting a vicious dog running loose on the 1000 block of Larkin Circle.<br />Police said the officer saw the 100-pound pit bull loping about the neighborhood by itself without a leash. They said the officer began talking to a man who reported being trapped in a vehicle, and the pit bull's attention became focused on the officer.<br />Sgt. Terry Gerhardstein said the dog took on an aggressive stance, advancing menacingly toward the officer. Gerhardstein said the officer was forced to fire at the pit bull twice — wounding the dog in the upper torso.<br />Police said Brenda Perez, 43, the pit bull's owner, was given a criminal citation, accused of allowing her dog to run loose without supervision.<br />They said the dog was taken to a local veterinary hospital. Gerhardstein said the condition of the dog is unknown. Salinas Animal Services also responded to the call, police said.<br />According to department policy, Gerhardstein said, officers are allowed to use deadly force against an animal if it poses a serious threat to their safety and those around them. He said the action is a last resort.<br />"If we can do anything else other than shoot the animal — it's the last act," Gerhardstein said. "[In this case], the officer did absolutely nothing wrong."<br />He said Salinas Animal Services has had three other contacts with the pit bull since 2008 and complaints from neighbors.Law enforcement officers are usually called to assist animal control officers when dealing with aggressive animals, said Nancy Ratto, the Monterey County supervising animal control officer.Both Salinas and the county's animal services teams said they do not carry weapons when dealing with animals.In December, an abandoned pit bull was fatally shot by a county sheriff's deputy after it bit an animal control officer near Gonzales. Authorities said officers did not know at the time that the dog was protecting its puppies. Ratto said that is the only other incident in the past year in which responding officers were forced to shoot an animal. <em><span style="color:#000099;">HOW MANY CHANCES SHOULD A PIT NUTTER GET TO GET IT RIGHT? NONE!</span></em><br /><br /><strong>May 14, 2010 <span style="color:#ff0000;">FATALITY</span></strong><br /><a href="http://www.theunion.com/article/20100514/NEWS/100519834/1007&parentprofile=1053">http://www.theunion.com/article/20100514/NEWS/100519834/1007&parentprofile=1053</a><br />A pit bull named Romeo has been fingered as the alleged perpetrator in at least one of the brutal attacks against other pets that have been spooking residents of the Greenhorn Road area.John Goetz, who lives in the 13000 block of Toby Trail, allegedly caught Romeo and another dog in the act of attacking Jazzy, a 4-year-old black Lab.“He heard (the dog fight) and came out yelling and screaming,” said John Goetz's wife, Pam. John saw two dogs, one of which was a pit bull, attacking Jazzy, but they ran off, Pam said.“She was ripped in the leg and the chest and the neck,” she said.But it was 12-year-old Sparky, a border collie-Queensland heeler mix, that got the brunt of the attack on Tuesday.“He was in the driveway and was just chewed up terribly,” Pam Goetz said. “It was like something you'd see in a horror movie, he was ripped up so bad. His ear just hanging on his head.”The Goetzes took Sparky to the veterinary clinic, where they discovered his trachea was torn as well.“We didn't think he would pull through,” Pam Goetz said, explaining they decided to have him put to sleep. “He was a wonderful dog,” she said.Pam Goetz went “bushwhacking” later that day, determined to find the dog responsible.She had a suspect in mind, she said. When she got to the pit bull's residence, there was a new chain connected to a post, but the dog was gone.When the pit bull showed up, it had blood and a wound on its nose, Pam Goetz said.“That dog's not OK in the head,” she said. “I hate for anybody to have to lose their pet, but I wouldn't think twice (about euthanizing it) if I was the owner.”The Goetzes called Animal Control officers, who impounded the dog. Later, John Goetz was asked to pick it out of a “doggie lineup” of about 15 dogs.“He chose Romeo,” Pam Goetz said.The pit bull remains in custody at Animal Control, said Sgt. Shirley Falls.The owner has not yet decided whether to surrender the animal, which was adopted about a year ago, but officers believe the dog might need to be destroyed, Falls said.Romeo's owner “won't get the dog back without building a major kennel,” she said. “I don't know how anyone could contain this dog.”Falls said it was not clear if Romeo was involved in the other attacks in the area and the investigation was ongoing.On May 3, Greenhorn Road resident Justin Nicholson came home to find something had attacked his three dogs, which were inside a “very heavy-duty” chainlink pen.Initially, he believed several dogs he found outside the pen were the aggressors, said his wife, Cynthia. But the dogs were very friendly and had no blood on them, she said.There was plenty of blood spattered on the fencing and wood of the kennel, which had some of the chainlink pulled up to the point where it was unraveling, Cynthia Nicholson said.“Whatever is out there, I can't imagine it's a dog,” she said the day after the attack. “It's very scary.”The Nicholsons have three dogs — a black Lab, a chocolate Lab and an English pointer, which had been bitten on the head.The chocolate Lab had been the victim of an attack about two months ago while it was loose, Cynthia Nicholson said.“She was bitten on her hind legs, she had a gaping 3-inch hole in her leg,” she said.The Nicholsons live about 250 yards from the property owned by Marty Lopez on Toby Trail. Lopez's two dogs were killed in a brutal attack April 23.Lopez, who lives in the 13000 block of Toby Trail off Greenhorn Road, found his two canine companions, Tiger and Varmint, “torn to shreds” — one on his porch and one just outside his pen.Nevada County Animal Control Officer Christina Daley investigated the incident and said it might have been a group of three or four dogs that worked together on the kills, almost in the fashion that coyotes work together. Anyone with information on the dog attacks is urged to call the Nevada County Sheriff's Office/Animal Control Division at (530) 273-2179. <em><span style="color:#000099;">NUTTERS LOVE THOSE TWO FER ONE ATTACKS.</span></em><br /><strong>UPDATE: </strong><a href="http://cbs13.com/local/grass.valley.dog.2.1696108.html">http://cbs13.com/local/grass.valley.dog.2.1696108.html</a> down one of the animals thought to be responsible, and animal control officers are now looking for other dangerous dogs.John Goetz said one of his dogs was injured and other mangled in an attack outside his Grass Valley home -- the more seriously injured pet had to be put down."With his throat partially torn and his ear hanging off, I took him to the vet but he couldn't be saved," Goetz said.Other pack attacks have been reported in the same Grass Valley neighborhood. CBS13 reported about the horrific attack on resident Marty Lopez's dogs last month that left them "torn to bits."Some residents have suspected coyote activity in the foothills, but Goetz said he saw two strange dogs running away from his home after the attack.Goetz followed one of the dogs, a pit bull named Romeo, back to a nearby home and called authorities.Animal control officers picked up the dog and even had Goetz pick it out of a line-up. Officers are now looking for any other dogs involved in the recent attacks.There is no word whether the pit bull's owners will fight to get the animal returned.<strong></strong><strong></strong><strong></strong><br /><br /><strong>May 18, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.kget.com/news/local/story/Contact-17-Did-animal-control-take-too-long-to/eObWEt0PZUGuBaTbppbt1A.cspx">http://www.kget.com/news/local/story/Contact-17-Did-animal-control-take-too-long-to/eObWEt0PZUGuBaTbppbt1A.cspx</a> A pit bull mix is in the custody of Animal Control and will be euthanized in ten days, after biting a woman on the knee in southwest Bakersfield. Mandee Finney said she called Bakersfield Animal Control minutes after it happened, but she says they told her they could not arrive on scene that night to take the dog."We have kids running in this neighborhood and for Animal Control to be passive about coming out and trying to take care of this situation, was very frustrating," says Finney. The dog belonged to Finney's next door neighbors.The pit bull got loose from it's front yard on Eisenhower Ave and bit Finney. She says it ran around the neighborhood until the owners confined the dog in their garage. The city says because the dog was confined, it was safe to wait until the next morning to respond to the call."Had the dog still been on the loose, patrol would've been dispatched and Animal Control would've come out. And they would've contained the dog the night it happened," said Sgt. Mary DeGeare of the Bakersfield Police Department.The dog bit one of its owners while being corralled. They surrendered the dog to Animal Control the following morning, but would have liked them to have arrived the previous night, because of how violent the dog was."They should have come that night," says Mary Gonzalez. "I thought they were."The dog will be quarantined for ten days to test for rabies, to determine if any of the bite victims need to be treated. The pit bull will then be euthanized. <em><span style="color:#000099;">THE EVER "LOYAL" PIT BULL.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>May 20, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/orange/la-me-0520-mom-dog-20100520,0,938089.story">http://www.latimes.com/news/local/orange/la-me-0520-mom-dog-20100520,0,938089.story</a> A Lake Forest woman shot a dog after it attacked her 6-year-old daughter outside their home Wednesday morning, authorities said.The girl and the woman's 3-year-old daughter were walking to a neighbor's house on a quiet cul-de-sac when a dog, thought to be a boxer or a pit bull mix, attacked the older girl, said Orange County Sheriff's Department spokesman Jim Amormino.The unidentified woman, holding her 1-year-old daughter and accompanied by her 14-year-old son, was drawn from the house by the children's screams. Outside, they found the dog on top of the 6-year-old, biting her.A neighbor tried to get the dog off the girl by spraying it with Windex, Amormino said. When that didn't work, the 14-year-old punched the dog until it released the child.The woman scooped up her daughters and ran to her house, Amormino said, but the dog chased them, at one point snapping at the 1-year-old's pant legs.The woman tried to scare the dog away by yelling and stomping, but when that failed to work, she got a 9-millimeter Glock semiautomatic pistol from the house and shot it once in the neck, Amormino said.The dog was taken to a local veterinarian's office and survived, Amormino said. Sheriff's deputies were looking for the owner.The 6-year-old was treated by paramedics for bite marks to her face, leg, arm and shoulder, Amormino said. <em><span style="color:#000099;">HAS A GLOCK AND IS A LOUSY SHOT.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>May 20, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.kmjnow.com/pages/landing_news?Dog-Bites-Coalinga-Census-Worker=1&blockID=238540&feedID=806">http://www.kmjnow.com/pages/landing_news?Dog-Bites-Coalinga-Census-Worker=1&blockID=238540&feedID=806</a> A U.S. census worker in Coalinga was bitten by a pit bull dog and will have to undergo surgery, it was reported Thursday.The dog attacked Wendy Soto, 38, after she rang a doorbell.The dog bolted from the house and bit Soto on her right leg, stomach, left hand and a finger.The dog's owner stopped the attack, and the aninal was impounded. <em><span style="color:#000099;">CAN YOU SAY LAWSUIT?</span></em><br /><br /><strong>May 28, 2010 <span style="color:#ff0000;">FATALITY</span></strong><br /><a href="http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_15179002">http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_15179002</a> A 2-year-old boy who was mauled by his family's pit bull died of his injuries this morning at a hospital.<br />Nathan Aguirre was pronounced dead at Loma Linda University Medical Center from head and neck wounds. San Bernardino police received a call at 7:19 p.m. Thursday about a child being attacked by his family's pit bull in the 1500 block of West Kendall Drive. The child was taken to the hospital, where he was initially listed in serious, but stable condition, police said. He died at 1:18 a.m., coroner's officials said.Police said the attack appears to be an accident. <em><span style="color:#000099;">NO FUCKING ACCIDENT, DAD IS NOTORIOUS DOGMAN.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>June 7, 2010 <span style="color:#ff0000;">FATALITY</span></strong><br /><a href="http://www.tehachapinews.com/content/dog-attack-raises-questions-over-response/29944">http://www.tehachapinews.com/content/dog-attack-raises-questions-over-response/29944</a> A scrap between dogs left one of them dead after a call to county animal control was canceled due to availability issues.According to information from Kern County Animal Control, the Tehachapi Police Department and an eyewitness, a pit bull belonging to Rachel Medovitch made its way into Jessica Gallaway’s Clearview Court backyard Friday night, May 28.The pit bull attacked Gallaway’s cocker spaniel, Buffy, and her Australian Shepherd-mix, Misty.Medovitch, who wasn’t home during the incident, said one of Gallaway’s dogs probably attempted to get through the fence first, sparking the pit bull, named Mia, to defend her territory.Medovitch said the dogs did end up in Gallaway’s yard, but said there wasn’t any way Mia could get through from Medovitch’s side of the fence.According a police log, two dogs reportedly entered Gallaway’s yard. Medovitch said she also has a beagle.Gallaway was out of town in Lancaster at the time, but a neighbor called 911, according to police.When police arrived, an officer contacted an animal control officer, who stated they were in the Lake Isabella area.The call to animal control was eventually canceled, Tehachapi Police Chief Jeff Kermode said.The city contracts out to the county for animal control services.Kern County Animal Control Director Guy Shaw said weekend response time in East Kern was sometimes prolonged.Animal control presence in East Kern County dwindles as the week ends, Shaw said.On Friday nights, animal control is “on call” in that region, he said.Shaw added, “We don’t have anybody in East Kern on Saturday,” except in emergency situations.Gallaway said she received a phone call from a Tehachapi police officer saying her dogs had been attacked.Misty, the Australian Shepherd-mix, was put back inside the house by the police officer because she did not appear as injured as Buffy, the cocker spaniel.Gallaway said she directed her mother to call a mobile veterinarian, but was told its owners were on vacation.Gallaway took Buffy to a veterinarian in Bakersfield, but Misty stayed home because her wounds appeared less severe.Misty was eventually euthanized because of 18 puncture wounds and damage done to her hips and pelvis, Gallaway said.Shaw said Medovitch was cited June 2 for not having current rabies vaccinations nor a current license for her dog.Shaw said she was not cited for the assault because animal control officers did not arrive to the scene of the attack until the day after.“We didn’t see it,” Shaw said. “Somebody is saying it happened.”Shaw said there was a “slim possibility we could have seized the dog.”Medovitch said her first reaction was to get rid of her pit bull when she heard about the incident.But after examining the fence and speaking with animal control officials, she determined her dog was provoked.“She’s not a vicious dog,” Medovitch said. “(The dogs) ended up in (Gallaway’s) yard because my dog was defending her territory.”Medovitch said her dog also has scars and bite marks from the incident.Medovitch said she offered to help pay for some of Gallaway’s veterinary bills, but said the two sides might now meet in court. <em><span style="color:#000099;">TYPICAL NUTTER BLAMES THE VICTIM. GUY SHAW IS AN IDIOT ANYWAY.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>June 9, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.ocregister.com/news/dog-252585-school-orcher.html">http://www.ocregister.com/news/dog-252585-school-orcher.html</a> GARDEN GROVE – A long-time school secretary at Woodbury Elementary had to undergo emergency surgery Tuesday afternoon for a punctured artery after a pit bull wandered into the school office and attacked her, school officials said.<br />The incident occurred about 3 p.m. when school was out and there were still about 200 children in the Boys and Girls Club's after-school program, said Alan Trudell, spokesman for the Garden Grove Unified School District.<br />"The dog followed a parent into the office," he said.<br />The dog owner lives close to the school and told officials that his dog appears to have gotten out of the house because one of the children may have left a door open, Trudell said. The dog owner's child used to attend Woodbury Elementary, he said.<br />The employee was identified as 65-year-old Marilyn Reyes by her daughter, Denise Orcher. Orcher said her mother tried to get the dog out of the office when it turned around and bit her in the arm and leg.<br />The bite punctured an artery in Reyes' arm, sending blood squirting up to the ceiling and all over her work desk, Orcher said.<br />Trudell said three employees, including the school's principal, Olivia Silva, got the dog off Reyes, restrained it and called 911. Some other employees tried to help Reyes until emergency personnel arrived, he said.<br />The dog, which was still aggressive, was shot by animal control officers with a tranquilizer and taken into custody, Trudell said. No dogs are allowed into a school, according to a county ordinance, he said.<br />Ryan Drabek, Director of Orange County Animal Care, said the dog has been placed in quarantine at the county facility and will remain there for 10 days as required by the law. No charges have been filed yet against the owner, pending an investigation. The dog will be euthanized if the owner "surrenders" it to officials. Otherwise, the dog's fate will be decided after the 10-day period, Drabek said.<br />Orcher said the dog wandered in through the open office door.<br />Reyes was transported to Fountain Valley Hospital Tuesday where she underwent a two-hour surgery to repair the ruptured artery, Orcher said.<br />Orcher said her family is devastated by the attack and is looking into how and why this incident occurred. Her mother was expected back from the hospital Wednesday, Orcher said."She's doing OK emotionally I guess," she said. "She just feels grateful that the dog got her and not one of the kids. If the dog had gotten hold of a child, it could've been fatal." <em><span style="color:#000099;">ANOTHER TRIGGER FOR PITS - TEACHERS DIRTY LOOKS.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>JUNE 14, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.the-signal.com/section/36/article/29946/">http://www.the-signal.com/section/36/article/29946/</a> A 4-year-old boy is being treated in hospital today after he was viciously attacked by a pitbull in Newhall on the weekend, according to a sergeant with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station.<br />The boy, whose identity has not been disclosed, was mauled Saturday about 7.30 p.m. in the Village Apartments complex, Sgt. Derrick Ballentine said in his report.<br />Deputies received a "frantic 911" call from someone who claims to have witnessed the attack who told them the boy was "ferociously attacked by a pitbull dog and there were severe bites to the rear scalp area of the boy's head."Deputies and firefighters with the Los Angeles County Fire Department raced to the 29000 block of Costa Brava in "the Village apartments" area.Paramedics with the fire department treated the injured boy, while deputies tracked down the dog.The dog's owner, according to deputies, turned over the dog to them without question."The 4-year-old boy suffered severe trauma to the back base of his skull" in a 3-inch square area, said Sgt. Ballentine in his report, titled "Vicious Dog Attack."The boy was rushed to Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital but was then airlifted, at about 9 p.m., to Children's Hospital of Los Angeles."The trauma was too great for Henry Mayo to handle," Sgt. Ballentine noted in his report. <em><span style="color:#000099;">DARN THAT NANNY DOG!!</span></em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904394899713773345.post-67207529930983555112010-02-05T13:20:00.002-05:002010-02-11T12:07:26.193-05:00COLORADO ATTACKS SINCE 11/13/09<strong>Dec. 27, 2009</strong><br /><a href="http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/22068748/detail.html">http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/22068748/detail.html</a> DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. -- A father, who apparently rushed to his daughter's aid when she was confronted by a pit bull, was attacked by the dog on Sunday."My husband has been attacked by a neighbor's dog," the victim's wife reportedly told dispatchers when she called 911 at about 11:40 a.m.The man's arm was injured, and he was transported to the hospital, said Cocha Heyden, spokeswoman for the Douglas County Sheriff's Office.Sherrie Neri, who was house sitting in the Roxborough Park subdivision, said the man's daughter had been walking her dog when she encountered the pit bull and called home for help. The father jumped into his truck and drove a few hundred yards down the street to his daughter, Neri said."He jumped in to help her," Neri said.Neri said she didn't see the attack, but shortly after, she saw the truck backing up to the home next door."The dad is in the back, and he has his arm all chewed up," Neri said. "I just saw the after-effects. The wife said it was a pit bull. They think it was a roaming pit bull. They had never seen the dog in the neighborhood before."Neri said the man was bleeding profusely, and his wounds looked severe.“Oh my gosh, yes, I was scared for him," she said. "I really was.”Neri said the man's daughter was bitten as well. "Her left hand was chewed up."Animal Control officers took custody of the dog.It wasn't clear where the dog's owner was. Douglas County does not have a pit bull ordinance banning the breed. <span style="color:#000099;"><em>AGAIN, NOT SAFE WALKING DOWN THE STREET</em></span>.<br /><br /><strong>Feb. 6, 2010 <span style="color:#ff0000;">FATALITY</span></strong><br /><a href="http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20100206/NEWS01/2060331">http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20100206/NEWS01/2060331</a><br />The owners of a pit bull that attacked a neighbor and her dog allegedly tried to keep the pit bull away from animal control officers after the attack, according to a report released Friday by the Larimer Humane Society.On Jan. 30, Barbara Berry reported that she and her sheltie, Sassy, were attacked by a pit bull in the 3000 block of Garrett Drive. Berry did not have Sassy on a leash at the time, and the dog was severely injured.The dog's right front leg was amputated Tuesday at the James L. Voss Veterinary Teaching Hospital at CSU, and Sassy died early Wednesday morning, owner Jerry Berry said Friday.Barbara Berry said the incident happened when she took her 10-year-old dog to collect mail from a neighbor who had gotten it by mistake. She said she and Sassy were standing in his yard when the attack happened. She reported that the pit bull broke through its fence and attacked Sassy. Berry was bitten on both hands as she tried to protect her dog. The neighbor hit the pit bull with a shovel before it ran back into its own yard.Berry said the attack was unprovoked, but Katie Allen, one of the pit bull's owners, said the sheltie scratched the fence and stuck her head inside before the pit bull broke out of its yard.Berry denies her dog was in Allen's yard.According to the Humane Society report, Animal Control Officer Cheri Muraski was dispatched to the scene and met with Berry and her neighbor. She also talked with the two paramedics who were trying to save Sassy.Muraski took the dog to the Colorado State University vet hospital and then returned to talk with the pit bull's owner.She talked with Ben Bourque, who owns 7-year-old Nova with Allen, and Bourque told Muraski he did not know his dog had gotten out of the yard. Muraski discussed the required 10-day bite confinement and quarantine agreement. Bourque signed both and returned to the house to get Nova's rabies information, the report said.About 30 seconds later, a white car left the home's garage, Muraski reported. Bourque then returned outside and talked with Muraski about the attack.He then went back to the house to get the pit bull but came out and said his roommate had taken the dog to a park, Muraski reported.Bourque said he did not know which park; and when Muraski asked for the roommate's cell phone number, Bourque gave her a number that had been disconnected."Bourque was still being polite/cooperative, but it seemed like Bourque was hiding the dog," Muraski wrote in the report. "Bourque asked me, 'What would happen if my friend took my dog out of state?' He asked me this several times."Muraski then asked Fort Collins police for assistance and after about 65 minutes, the white car returned to Bourque's house and the dog was impounded.Allen, who was not home at the time of the attack, said Friday that the roommate took Nova with him to run three or four times per week at Fort Collins-area parks. She denied there was any effort to hide the dog from animal control officers.Bourque did not return a phone call request for comment.The owners of both dogs have been cited for the incident. Berry was cited for dog at large. Bourque was cited for having a vicious dog, not having adequate fencing, dog at large and no license, according to Friday's report.Bourque has been issued a summons; ultimately, a judge will decide the pit bull's fate. The date for Bourque's first court appearance was unavailable Friday.Allen said the family has been asked to move out of its rental home. She said they have been released from their lease and told it would be "easier on everyone" if they moved. The family also has another pit bull named Shera.Jerry Berry choked up Friday talking about Sassy."It didn't need to happen. It shouldn't have happened," he said. "If they would have had their dog fenced in good, it wouldn't have happened." <em><span style="color:#000099;">ANOTHER NUTTER TRYING TO DEFEND AND HIDE A KILLER PIT.</span></em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904394899713773345.post-41800743055745330752010-02-05T13:19:00.002-05:002010-04-15T13:49:57.132-04:00CONNECTICUT ATTACKS SINCE 11/13/09<strong>Jan. 14, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Dog-attack-sparks-debate-on-banning-breeds-322123.php">http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Dog-attack-sparks-debate-on-banning-breeds-322123.php</a> As their 6-month-old puppy sits on life support in an animal hospital after being attacked by two dogs Monday, Traver and Elizabeth Hutchins say they are concerned about what dangerous dogs in town are capable of doing to children in their neighborhood.The couple's dog Coco, a vizsla puppy, was badly mauled Monday afternoon when Elizabeth Hutchins took her for a walk on the Milbrook Club golf course. A pit bull and St. Bernard jumped a fence and began the severe attack that nearly killed the young dog. "The St. Bernard had Coco by the neck and the pit bull was going for her chest," Hutchins said. "I realized she was dying. I was screaming at the top of my lungs, but no one was around so I called 911."Hutchins said the attack did not stop until a neighbor who is familiar with the animals came out and grabbed the pit bull by the collar. Hutchins' hand was injured by the St. Bernard when she attempted to save her dog.Although police said the St. Bernard was the "main aggressor," <span style="color:#ff0000;">Hutchins said it was the pit bull that did the most damage, causing deep wounds to the puppy's chest that caused a</span> <span style="color:#ff0000;">punctured lung, internal bleeding and damaged other internal organs.</span> <span style="color:#000099;"><em>THESE NUTTERS MAY BE TRADING IN THEIR GOLF COURSE HOME FOR A PLACE IN LINE AT THE FOOD BANK. </em></span><br /><br /><strong>FEB. 12, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.theday.com/article/20100212/NWS04/100219896/1047">http://www.theday.com/article/20100212/NWS04/100219896/1047</a> Preston — State police shot and killed a pit bull Thursday night after it attacked its owner and then the town's animal control officer.Police said that at 7:30 p.m. troopers responded to 56 Long Society Road for a report of a pit bull attacking its owner.When troopers arrived, medical aid was being given to the owner. The dog was trapped in the bathroom, where it was kept until Animal Control Officer Patti Daniels arrived.When Daniels arrived, the dog's owner was leading it to the animal control officer's vehicle when the dog broke free and jumped on Daniels, police said.Daniels fell to the ground and the dog began to attack her.Troopers at the scene were able to get the pit bull off her. The dog then began to advance toward the troopers as well as the homeowner and Daniels in an aggressive and threatening manner, police said.Troopers shot and killed the dog.Daniels was treated and released from William W. Backus Hospital. <em><span style="color:#000099;">WHAT WAS THAT AGAIN ABOUT LOYALTY, NUTTERS??</span></em><br /><br /><strong>April 15, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/pit_bull_attacks_matty/id_25252#cmt">http://newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/pit_bull_attacks_matty/id_25252#cmt</a> Tim Follert took his dog Matty for a walk in West Rock State Park. Suddenly, a pit bull charged from the bushes and clamped its jaws onto the yellow lab’s neck. It seemed to be going for the kill. With the help of some shouting, a couple of passing cyclists, and a stick, Follert was able to get the pit bull off Matty. After a $300 visit to the veterinarian, the 7-year-old Labrador Retriever is recovering from his neck wounds.The incident has left Follert nervous for his dog’s safety. He’s avoiding West Rock State Park for the time being. Given the pit bull’s killer instinct, Follert said, he wonders if it was a dog that had been trained to fight and then escaped to the park.During a recent visit to Follert’s apartment in the Wintergreen complex in Westville, Matty trotted around the living room, clutching his stuffed alligator in his mouth. Pink spots showed through the shaved fur on the front and back of his neck, where the vet treated his wounds.Matty has always been a good-natured dog, which makes it all the worse that he suffered an unwarranted attack out of nowhere. “That’s what sucks,” Follert said. “He’s just a happy go-lucky dog.”Follert said he usually takes Matty for a walk up West Rock about three times a week. On the day in question, Thursday last week, the pair were coming back from the top at around 5:30 p.m. They were walking on the main road and approaching the main gate. Matty was on a leash.Suddenly a brown pit bull with no collar, came rushing out of the bushes. “It went right for his neck,” Follert said. “It went for the kill.”Matty seemed stunned and confused and didn’t fight back. Follert started shouting “Get the fuck off my dog!”Two cyclists pulled up and jumped off their bikes. One of them may have grabbed a stick, Follert said. It all happened so fast, he couldn’t be sure.Together Follert and the cyclists were able to drive off the pit bull. It ran a little way up the road, then stopped and started to come back for more. Follert drove it off again and it finally ran away.It wasn’t until Follert got Matty home and took his collar off that he realized his dog had been hurt. Seeing blood on his fur, Follert realized the pit bull had broken the skin. He took Matty to the animal hospital on State Street. Three hundred dollars later, Matty had a newly shaved neck, two antibiotic prescriptions, and a fresh rabies shot. He didn’t have to have any stitches.Is he nervous to take Matty back to West Rock Park?“I am,” Follert said. For now, he’ll be walking Matty elsewhere.The pit bull had no tags and no collar, Follert said. It may have simply escaped from somebody’s yard. But after seeing “the way he latched onto the neck,” Follert wondered if it might have been raised to fight.Follert said he tried to call West Rock State Park officials and spoke with someone from the Department of Environmental Protection. He contacted New Haven animal control. He said his report about the pit bull was taken seriously, but there’s little to be done. West Rock Park Supervisor Lori Lindquist, who works for the DEP, said on Wednesday she hasn’t heard any other reports of a pit bull in the park.“What can they do?” Follert said last week. You can’t find a lone dog in the middle of a big state park.“God forbid the dog goes after a kid,” he said. <em><span style="color:#000099;">GOD DIDN'T MAKE THE PIT BULL, MEN DID AND NOW IT KILLS HIM, HIS CHILDREN, AND HIS PETS.</span></em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904394899713773345.post-66857736601705219432010-02-05T13:18:00.003-05:002010-06-10T12:55:57.605-04:00DELAWARE ATTACKS SINCE 11/13/09<strong>Nov. 21, 2009</strong><br /><a href="http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20091121/NEWS05/911210349/-1/NEWS01">http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20091121/NEWS05/911210349/-1/NEWS01</a> DOG BITES DETECTIVE: A city detective was bitten twice by a pit bull Friday while arresting a suspect in an armed robbery. It happened about 6:15 a.m. when a SWAT team went to the home of Miguel Taylor in the 300 block of W. 29th St. He was wanted for robbing a woman at gunpoint Nov. 15 at 14th and Washington streets, police Master Sgt. Steven Barnes said. While arresting Taylor, the detective was attacked by the dog, causing another officer to fire twice and hit the dog at least once. A third officer used a Taser but the dog made its way to the kitchen, where other SWAT team members were able to contain it. <span style="color:#000099;"><em>IT TOOK A SWAT TEAM TO STOP THIS PIT EVEN THOUGH IT HAD BEEN SHOT AND TAZED. </em></span><br /><br /><strong>May 24, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=7458649">http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=7458649</a> OAKMONT, Del. - May 24, 2010 (WPVI) -- Police say they are still looking for the owner of a dog involved in a weekend attack on a nine-year-old boy. Investigators say the dog is in quarantine and will remain there for 10 days. If the owner is not found in that time, the dog will likely be euthanized. The owner will face charges once located.The attack happened around 7:00 p.m. Saturday in the Oakmont community in New Castle County, Delaware. There, police say, a child was attacked and dragged by a pit bull terrier.When emergency personnel arrived on the unit block of Oakdale Drive, they found the child suffering from puncture wounds to the leg.The investigation revealed the victim and another child were walking in the area of Oakmont Drive when the pit bull started to chase them. The victim jumped onto the hood of a car in an attempt to get out of the reach of the canine. The female dog was able to grab the victim's pant leg and pulled him off of the car. He was then bitten and dragged by the canine a short distance until a neighbor struck the dog with a metal pole several times which caused it to run off. An agent from the SPCA responded to the scene and was able to catch the dog. The victim's injuries are not considered to be serious. <em><span style="color:#000099;">NUTTER COWARD RUNS OFF AND LEAVES THE DOG AND THE VICTIM.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>May 23, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100523/NEWS01/5230340">http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100523/NEWS01/5230340</a> A 9-year-old boy was hospitalized Saturday night after he was attacked by a pit bull near New Castle, New Castle County police said. The boy was treated at Christiana Hospital for puncture wounds to his leg, which were not considered serious, police said.<br />The boy was attacked by the pit bull terrier around 7 p.m. in the first block of Oakmont Drive.<br />Police said the victim and another child were walking when two pit bulls began to chase them. The victim jumped on the hood of a car to escape, but the female dog was able to grab the boy's pants leg and drag him to the ground.<br />The boy was dragged a short distance before a neighbor struck the dog with a metal pole several times until the dog let go, police said.<br />The dog was captured by a Delaware SPCA agent. The owner has not been located, investigators said.<br />The police and the SPCA are investigating. <em><span style="color:#000099;">WHAT'S TO INVESTIGATE, THEY WERE PIT BULLS!!</span></em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904394899713773345.post-23728933905475682432010-02-05T13:16:00.002-05:002010-03-28T16:39:48.413-04:00DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA/WASHINGTON ATTACKS SINCE 11/13/09<strong>Dec. 7, 2009</strong><br /><a href="http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=94635&catid=187">http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=94635&catid=187</a> WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA) -- A woman is in critical condition after being attacked by a pit bull Sunday afternoon in Northwest Washington. Metro Police said the attack occurred about 5:30 p.m. in the 3500 block Quebec Street. It's unclear if the woman, who was transported to a local hospital, was familiar with the dog. Police said the dog's owner was cited by Animal Control. The dog, a male named Kane, was shot by a Metro Police officer and wounded. Animal Control removed the dog from the scene and reported it would not release information until Monday. No other injuries were reported. <span style="color:#000099;"><em>TOO BAD THE OFFICER WAS A LOUSY SHOT.</em></span><br /><br /><strong>March 24, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/local/dc-girl-recovers-from-pit-bull-attack-032410">http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/local/dc-girl-recovers-from-pit-bull-attack-032410</a> <br />WASHINGTON, D.C. - The 12-year-old girl's left cheek is covered with a bandage, hiding the bite a pit bull took out of her face. On Tuesday, she was walking down a D.C. street with her friend less than a block from her home when suddenly a pit bull attacked her. The girl is recovering from home now, but is still in pain. Her face is slightly swollen and she had several stitches from the bite. Neighbor Louise Harrington saw the girl right after the attack."A pit bull," Harrington said "it can attack, attack anybody." Another neighbor who is a nurse helped bandage the girl up until an ambulance arrived and took her to Children's Hospital. She and her mother would not talk Wednesday on the advice of their lawyer. Police and animal control captured the pit bull nearby. The girl says she was near Chesapeake and 6th Street Southeast when the dog suddenly came at her, knocked her down and then bit her face."It's kind of dangerous, kind of bad. I have a child that age. So that's not good at all," said Dana Offutt who lives across the street. This is the second pit bull attack this week in the Washington area. On Monday, a toddler in Frederick was also bitten in the face by the family pit bull. Police called it an "accidental biting." A report by dogbites.org found in 2009 pit bulls accounted for 44 percent of all deadly dog attacks. Just last August, a 20-year-old Leesburg man was mauled to death by the family's two pit bulls. Then a year ago, an Anne Arundel County man attacked by one had to get more than a hundred stitches. Scott Giacoppo with the Washington Humane Society says these attacks don't mean pit bulls are inherently dangerous."We have a pit bull that takes care of orphaned animals as a foster mom. We have a lot of wonderful pit bulls out there but it's a stigma that's attached to them," said Giacoppo. If a dog comes at you, animal experts say fight the instinct to run."Running will only make the dog chase you and when they chase you it's a predator prey thing," Giacoppo said. Animal control caught up with the pit bull after the attack wandering the neighborhood. It doesn't appear aggressive but some would rather play it safe. Harrington believes the dogs are dangerous. "I think so," she said, "My son wanted one. I told him no." Animal experts say never look a dog in the eye it's like a challenge. If a dog does attack, curl up in a ball and cover your head with your arms to protect vital organs. A dog may bite you a few times, but experts say typically they will go away. D.C. animal control impounded the pit bull and they have tracked down its owner. If an investigation finds the dog is dangerous, it could be euthanized. The owner would have 15 days to appeal. <em><span style="color:#000099;">ME THINKS SCOTT IS DRINKING THE KOOLAID OF NO KILL AND PITS GET A BAD RAP.</span></em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904394899713773345.post-21873253485313493212010-02-05T13:15:00.033-05:002010-07-08T19:59:33.568-04:00FLORIDA ATTACKS SINCE 11/13/09<strong>Nov. 13, 2009</strong><br /><a href="http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/nov/13/owner-arrested-after-dog-attacks-woman-officials-s/">http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/nov/13/owner-arrested-after-dog-attacks-woman-officials-s/</a> November 13, 2009 The woman was taken for medical attention after being attacked by Buzz, a neutered male pit bull, animal services spokeswoman Marti Ryan said. No further details on the woman or her condition were immediately available. <span style="color:#000099;"><em>WONDER IF THIS ONE WILL BE REPORTED BY KAREN DELISE!!<br /></em></span><br /><strong>Nov. 23, 2009</strong><br /><a href="http://www.newsherald.com/news/attack-79350-lab-yellow.html">http://www.newsherald.com/news/attack-79350-lab-yellow.html</a> EASTPOINT - One of two pit bulls that mauled a family pet last month is back with its owner because the attack was its first, a county official said. Both dogs, found attacking a yellow lab mix on the evening of Oct. 15, were seized after a Franklin County sheriff's deputy apparently witnessed the mauling. Dowden told police his dog had slipped its chain.“I believe they should have done something,” he said of the attack on Junior. “I don’t believe they should have let my dog die like that.” <span style="color:#000099;"><em>THE OWNER WATCHED THE ATTACK AND DIDN'T TRY TO STOP IT. ONE DOG HAD A RECORD OF ONE ATTACK PREVIOUSLY.<br /></em></span><br /><strong>Dec. 1, 2009 <span style="color:#ff0000;">FATALITY</span></strong><span style="color:#ff0000;"><br /></span><a href="http://www.winknews.com/news/local/78267132.html">http://www.winknews.com/news/local/78267132.html</a> NAPLES, Fla. - Jenna Platt holds back tears as she leafs through photos of "Toby," her Russell Terrier. "If more was done, my dog would still be here," Platt said. Just minutes after stepping outside to take Toby for a walk last night, Jenna saw a large black Pit Bull charging towards her. She knew the dog was her neighbor's and says it has attacked before. "He grabbed my Jack Russell by the throat and that's when I started screaming for help. I was too far away for my dad to hear me," Platt said. But neighbor Robert Sedwick did. "It sounded like someone needed help and when I saw this big Pit Bull I was like, these people definitely need help!" <span style="color:#000099;"><em>LET'S HAVE THE NUTTERS TALK ABOUT HOW THIS DOG ATTACKED THE PIT AND THE PIT WAS ONLY DEFENDING ITSELF.<br /></em></span><br /><strong>Dec. 2, 2009 <span style="color:#ff0000;">FATALITY</span></strong><span style="color:#ff0000;"><br /></span><a href="http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/state/story/Dad-daughter-injured-in-dog-attack/HS2LT2f1yke9mm-AYg-3zg.cspx">http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/state/story/Dad-daughter-injured-in-dog-attack/HS2LT2f1yke9mm-AYg-3zg.cspx</a> NAPLES, FL -- Authorities say a man and his daughter were bitten after a neighbor's bull dog attacked them near their home. Collier County Animal Services impounded the dog after it mauled the family's Jack Russell terrier to death.The bull dog will be quarantined for 10 days in accordance with state guidelines.Animal services says an incident in May with the same bull dog was reported and if they determine the dog to be dangerous it could be euthanized. <span style="color:#000099;"><em>NOT A DUPLICATE, ANOTHER ATTACK IN NAPLES, MUST BE A LOT OF NUTTERS THERE.<br /></em></span><br /><strong>Dec. 8, 2009</strong><br /><a href="http://www.newsjournalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/Local/newEAST02120809.htm">http://www.newsjournalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/Local/newEAST02120809.htm</a> DAYTONA BEACH -- A deputy on his way to serve papers at a Kingston Avenue house on Monday was stopped short by a charging pit bull who bit the lawman on the calf, Volusia County sheriff's officials said."He had not stepped on the property yet when a dog ran out of the gate and bit him on the calf," said sheriff's spokesman Brandon Haught.As a result, 28-year-old Stephen Spencer, a deputy with the agency's civil division whose job it is to serve legal documents, was taken to Halifax Health Medical Center, Haught said. Though Spencer's injuries were not life-threatening, they were serious enough for an ambulance ride to the hospital, Haught said.<br /><span style="color:#000099;"><em>LOSS OF PRODUCTIVITY AND WHO PAYS FOR IT, WE DO NOT THE NUTTERS.<br /><br /></em></span><strong>Dec. 8, 2009</strong> <a href="http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20091208/BREAKINGNEWS/91208011/1006/NEWS01/Pit+bull+killed+after+charging+Palm+Bay+officer">http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20091208/BREAKINGNEWS/91208011/1006/NEWS01/Pit+bull+killed+after+charging+Palm+Bay+officer</a> Another woman turned up at the apartment but refused to follow police orders and was arrested, officials said. At that point, a pit bull ran out of the apartment toward one of the officers at the scene, Renkins said. “It was rushing the officer. The officer actually backed up,” Renkins said. The dog continued to charge when the officer fired one shot, killing the animal, officials said. The adult pit bull was about 30 feet from the officer when it was shot, officials said. <span style="color:#000099;"><em>OKAY NUTTERS LET THE EXCUSES BEGIN!!<br /></em></span><br /><strong>Dec. 18, 2009 <span style="color:#ff0000;">FATALITY</span></strong><span style="color:#ff0000;"> </span><br /><a href="http://www.winknews.com/news/local/79670882.html">http://www.winknews.com/news/local/79670882.html</a> LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. - A tiny dog is mauled to death right in its owner's home.It happened in Lehigh Acres on Maple Avenue SouthPatricia Denis was decorating her home for the holidays when all of a sudden a pitbull charged through their front screen door."My dog was screaming horribly," she said.Her three year-old Shih Tzu named Buster was in a fight for its life.A neighbor's pitbull literally broke through the screen door, attacking Buster.David, Patricia's son says it happened on the living room floor."Buster is only this big. The pitbull's head is this big. Buster was making a horrible noise," he said.David tried pulling the dogs apart, but the pitbull bit through his finger.A few seconds later, Buster was nearly dead."There was blood everywhere. Buster was pretty much gone by then," he said.David was able to finally pull the dogs apart.He and Patricia rushed Buster to their vet.45 minutes later, he was dead."He was a wonderful dog. He played with all kids," Patricia said about Buster.David went to the pitbull's owner to get some answers and an apology, but he wasn't home.Today, David and Patricia still haven't heard from him."The owner of the dog hasn't contacted us. No contact what so ever," he said.WINK News also tried contacting the owner but he wasn't home.We did contact Lee Animal Control to ask why the pitbull has not been confiscated.They told us they had to wait for more evidence and an affidavit from Patricia.Animal Control seized the dog Friday afternoon.Its owner did not contend the seizure and handed it over to the agency.A spokesman for the agency said the dog was euthanized late Friday evening. <span style="color:#000099;"><em>NOT EVEN SAFE IN OUR OWN HOMES!!!!</em></span><br /><br /><strong>Dec. 22, 2009</strong> <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">FATALITIES</span></strong><br /><a href="http://www.wpbf.com/news/22040757/detail.html">http://www.wpbf.com/news/22040757/detail.html</a> LOXAHATCHEE GROVES, Fla. -- Two pit bulls attacked animals in Loxahatchee Groves on Tuesday afternoon, leaving at least five animals dead.Jorge Garcia, who owns Rancho Garcia, where he sells livestock on his farm on Orange Boulevard, saw some of his sheep and goats under attack by two pit bulls in his front yard. He said the dogs were so vicious they killed one of the animals and four others had to be put down by a vet.During the attack, Garcia called Animal Care and Control officials. Meanwhile, Linda Dell was driving by and saw the attack. She flagged down an off-duty sheriff's deputy for help."I just keep seeing the picture of the pit bulls biting the poor goat, (which) was in the corner of the fence and kicking the dogs, trying to kick them away, but they just weren't giving up at all," Dell said. "I just knew I couldn't do anything as one person against these dogs, and I think it was just really meant to be that the sheriff was right there." <span style="color:#000099;"><em>DIDN'T STAND A CHANCE</em></span>.<br /><br /><strong>Dec. 28, 2009</strong> <a href="http://www.ocala.com/article/20091228/ARTICLES/912289986/1001/NEWS01?Title=Deputy-shoots-pit-bull">http://www.ocala.com/article/20091228/ARTICLES/912289986/1001/NEWS01?Title=Deputy-shoots-pit-bull</a> O'Carroll saw the dogs run toward the back of a house, and as soon as the dogs saw him, he reported, they became aggressive and after both started lunging at him, he hit the male dog with a Tazer.While waiting for Animal Control to respond, a woman told the deputy she had just been attacked by the dogs, but that her sweater stopped her from being hurt.Then, another man came out of his home to see what was going on and the dogs started attacking him.O'Carroll reported that when he rushed to the man's aid, the dogs attacked him [the deputy] again.The dog's owner, Maisson Faignant, came outside and reportedly told O'Carroll the dogs had attacked that same man two weeks ago. Faignant also said the dogs had been digging underneath the chain link fence, according to the report. <span style="color:#000099;"><em>SO STUPID PIT NUTTER JUST LET IT GO SO IT COULD MAUL AGAIN. HOW MUCH DOES IT TAKE TO FIX A FENCE?<br /></em></span><br /><strong>Dec. 31, 2009</strong><br /><a href="http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/fellsmere-rancher-kills-pit-bull-attacking-his-cattle-157257.html">http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/fellsmere-rancher-kills-pit-bull-attacking-his-cattle-157257.html</a> After being tipped off by law enforcement, a rancher fatally shot a pit bull dog that was among three attacking his cattle Tuesday night in this rural community.A man seen with the dog in the 5-acre pasture, on north Willow Street, ran away and hasn't been found.The two other dogs disappeared.And an Indian River County Animal Control officer said the dead 60-pound dog had no identification. It is being kept in a freezer for evidence.The dogs chewed the ears of three of five cows and one bull on the property of Yvonne and Ali Roldan who live about a mile north of County Road 512.She said each cow is worth about $1,300.The wife could only speculate why the dogs were in the pasture: cattle rustling or for training. <span style="color:#000099;"><em>DO YA THINK A CHIHUAHUA COULD HAVE DONE THE SAME THING?<br /></em></span><br /><strong>Dec. 31, 2009</strong><br /><a href="http://www2.hernandotoday.com/content/2009/dec/31/pit-bull-bites-owner-deputies-say/">http://www2.hernandotoday.com/content/2009/dec/31/pit-bull-bites-owner-deputies-say/</a><br />BROOKSVILLE - Deputies responded to a home early Wednesday morning following a report that a pit bull had bitten the hands of his owner.Clayton Hillis, 31, of 24455 Duffield Road, arrived home and walked into his bed room when his dog, named Cage, attacked him and injured him, according to the Hernando County Sheriff's Office.Hillis was lying on the living room floor when authorities arrived. He had puncture marks on both of his hands, deputies said.The victim said he did not provoke the dog in any way, according to the report.Someone else inside the house helped free Hillis from the dog's grasp and he received minor injuries, deputies said.<br /><span style="color:#000099;"><em>LET'S HEAR IT FOR LOYALTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</em></span><br /><br /><strong>Jan 9, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.wptv.com/content/news/centralpbc/lakeworth/story/Woman-attacks-pitbull-to-save-her-dog/82ZPQ2J9VU-MatxaGTh8cg.cspx">http://www.wptv.com/content/news/centralpbc/lakeworth/story/Woman-attacks-pitbull-to-save-her-dog/82ZPQ2J9VU-MatxaGTh8cg.cspx</a> LAKE WORTH-- A Lake Worth woman and her dog are recovering after a vicious attack by a pitbull. It happened in an alley between "K" and "L" street. The woman is being called a hero after saving her dog by jumping on the back of the pitbull to get it off of her dog. The woman and her attorney plan to file charges. Sheila Schwartz says she is still having nightmares about the ruthless attack. She says she and Daisy were on her way home when she heard a loud bang behind her. She says the pitbull was banging up against the fence several times before breaking through.Sheila has gotten a lawyer who says out of his 25 years of experience this is by far his worst animal attack case.<br /><span style="color:#000099;"><em>THE NUTTER OWNER WILL CLAIM THAT THE PIT DIDN'T DO IT.<br /><br /></em></span><strong>Jan 11. 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/dog-bite-investigation-lake-20100111,0,5422263.story">http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/dog-bite-investigation-lake-20100111,0,5422263.story</a> The attack sent the young child to the hospital Saturday, according to a report stemming from a complaint filed by the child's mother. The attack occurred after a neighbor's dog escaped from a fenced in common area and came after the girl while she was outside playing.The dog, identified by authorities as a brown/brindle bull dog named Goliath, "got out of the gate and chased all the kids that were playing in the front yard," according to the complaint report. That's when the child was bitten on the back of her arm and her leg.Boyd said the owners of this particular dog have four other dogs. Her office has at least one prior citation involving Goliath and there may be others, she said. The dog is now on a 10-day, in-home quarantine. <span style="color:#000099;"><em>INNOCENT PLAY RESULTS IN AN ATTACK.<br /><br /></em></span><strong>Jan 19, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.cfnews13.com/News/Local/2010/1/18/cop_shoots_kills_pit_bull.html">http://www.cfnews13.com/News/Local/2010/1/18/cop_shoots_kills_pit_bull.html</a> ORLANDO -- A dog is dead after being shot by an Orlando police officer.<br />Orlando police say officers had pulled over after noticing smoke coming from a vehicle Monday.It happened in front of a home on the 800 block of Randall Street.Police say moments later, an unleashed pit bull came out, and charged at an officer and started biting him.The officer tried to kick the dog away, and that's when another officer stepped in and shot the dog.The dog died a short time later.The officer who was attacked is being treated for bite wounds.<span style="color:#000099;"><em> MORE TAXPAYERS MONEY AND LOST OF PRODUCTIVITY.<br /></em></span><br /><strong>Jan. 20. 2010 <span style="color:#ff0000;">FATALITY</span></strong><br /><a href="http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/jan/20/202004/man-kills-pit-bull-after-it-fatally-wounds-dog-att/news-breaking/">http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/jan/20/202004/man-kills-pit-bull-after-it-fatally-wounds-dog-att/news-breaking/</a> Paul Stucke heard the commotion of dogs fighting in his back yard this afternoon.He went out back and saw two pit bulls attacking his 6-year-old mixed breed dog, Dixie. When he tried to separate the dogs, the pit bulls went after him, according to his wife, Sharon.So he shot and killed one of the pit bulls, she said.After her husband shot the pit bull, the couple rushed Dixie to an animal hospital, but his injuries were too extensive. The dog was euthanized."We got Dixie when our son Justin was 3," said Sharon Stucke. "Dixie was his best friend."Hillsborough County Animal Services cited Dorothy York, the owner of the two dogs, for the dogs being vicious, being at-large and having expired dog tags and vaccinations. York, 36, of 801 Bills Circle, Brandon, faces several thousand dollars in fines and a court date, said Marti Ryan, animal services spokeswoman.This was not the first time that Red, the female pit bull that was shot, had been the focus of an investigation, Ryan said. In August, Red bit a 71-year-old man, but that person waived prosecution, she said.Animal services sent York a letter at the time that they were aware that her dog could be aggressive and she should take precautions."If she had been more responsible in the first place, that might have been the prevention," Ryan said. "She's the owner and the ultimate party responsible for these animals."On Wednesday, animal services also confiscated York's male pit bull, Smoke, but she hasn't relinquished ownership of the dog, Ryan said. She could also go to court to try to regain custody of the dog.The case remains under investigation, Ryan said.This afternoon, the Stucke family was shaken.Paul Stucke was trying to calm down after watching his dog die, then being attacked and having to kill an animal.Sharon Stucke was trying to figure out how to tell Justin, who was in school at the time, the bad news."How do you tell a little boy that his best friend was killed by another dog?" she asked. "How do you deal with that?"<span style="color:#000099;"><em> A NUTTER WILL SAY TO TELL HIM THAT HIS DOG STARTED IT.<br /></em></span><br /><strong>Jan 24, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20100124/BREAKINGNEWS/100124009/1006/NEWS01/Pit+bull+rampage++2+dogs+bite++injure+3+victims">http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20100124/BREAKINGNEWS/100124009/1006/NEWS01/Pit+bull+rampage++2+dogs+bite++injure+3+victims</a> KISSIMMEE — Two pit bulls attacked at least five people just after noon Saturday, Osceola County Fire Rescue officials said.The attack happened around 8700 Tierra Vista Circle, off State Road 192 in Kissimmee. Osceola County Public Information Officer Nikki Whistler told Local 6 News that an adult and two children had to be transported to a hospital with bite wounds. The adult suffered dog bites on the arm and stomach. An 8-year-old was bitten on the stomach and an 11-year-old was bitten in the arm, officials said. According to two more witnesses on scene, they said they were attacked after trying to help the children as they attempted to escape. The witnesses told Local 6 News there were two pit bulls they had never seen in the neighborhood before. One of the witnesses attacked had his shirt torn by one of the dogs. Animal control officers continue to look for the dogs, which they say were picked up by someone in a car and driven away. <span style="color:#000099;"><em>TYPICAL NAZI NUTTER DOESN'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT WHAT THEIR DOGS DO TO PEOPLE. </em></span><br /><br /><strong>Feb. 3, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.theledger.com/article/20100203/NEWS/100209894/1338">http://www.theledger.com/article/20100203/NEWS/100209894/1338</a><br />WINTER HAVEN A 26-year-old woman was injured when an all brown, mixed breed dog attacked her without provocation earlier today in Winter Haven.The Polk County Sheriff's Office Animal Control Section is asking for the public's help in locating the dog that attacked Misty Hawkins as she was walking along 34th Street Northwest and Avenue O.The Auburndale resident suffered approximately 50 puncture wounds and an approximately 6-inch cut on her head.Hawkins was treated and released from Winter Haven Hospital. A rabies shot series was initiated as a precautionary measure.Witnesses described the dog as a “pit-bull” mix, all brown in color, possibly with “tipped” ears, and medium length tail. The dog was described as having marks or scars on its face and bald patches on its skin.Other witnesses tell Animal Control Officers the dog is seen frequently in the area of the attack.Anyone who has information about the dog should contact the Polk County Sheriff's Office at 863-534-6200.Residents are cautioned not to approach the dog if it is seen. <em><span style="color:#000099;">LET THE NUTTERS BEGIN WITH THEIR MEDIA CONSPIRACY OF MISIDENTIFICATION EXCUSE!!</span></em><br /><br /><strong>FEB. 9, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news/orange_news/0209103-yr-old-recovering-from-dog-attack">http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news/orange_news/0209103-yr-old-recovering-from-dog-attack</a> Joshua Miranda wanted some quality time with his 3-year-old son Jeremiah. But out of no where, that bonding turned brutal."Some stray dog comes and bites my son in my own backyard. When you're supposed to be safe." Joshua ran to rescue his baby boy, "I just put my hands inside the dogs mouth and opened it."He was able to free Jeremiah and called for help. "Even the police knew he was an aggressive dog, he tried to charge police like he did my son. He didn't make it that far with them." That's because deputies shot the dog several times, after they say it became aggressive with them.Meanwhile, Jeremiah was released from the hospital. "He's not traumatized that I can see, but I know he's hurt." He had to have 38 stitches in his head. The dog also attacked Joshua, "Where did he bit you? My thumb and right finger."But this dad tells us, his experience in the Army helped him fight off the vicious pit bull quickly....he came back from Iraq and Afghanistan over the summer, "And then I got to deal with this." A much more emotional battle that threatened the life of his little boy.But this proud father says his son is a fighter, just like him. "Little Tonka, like the truck laugh. He's an awesome little boy," He now warns parents to be on alert, concerned other stray dogs are still roaming the neighborhood, "It can happen to your child too. It's not just my child it can happen to your child just like it happened to mine."Joshua says his own dog also helped fight off the pit bull. He hopes animal control officers remove other stray dogs from the area. <em><span style="color:#000099;">IF DAD WASN'T THERE, WE WOULD BE READING YET ANOTHER OBIT.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>Feb. 19, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.wptv.com/content/news/martin/indiantown/story/Martin-deputy-shoots-pit-bull-to-death/ouTaEFFk50aNIRl2dl18aQ.cspx">http://www.wptv.com/content/news/martin/indiantown/story/Martin-deputy-shoots-pit-bull-to-death/ouTaEFFk50aNIRl2dl18aQ.cspx</a> INDIANTOWN — A Martin County Sheriff’s Office deputy shot and killed a pit bull mix that had entered a woman’s yard and attacked her dog Wednesday.A 21-year-old woman called 911 when the 70-pound dog attacked her 40-pound mixed breed dog at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday in the 14900 block of Southwest Shawnee Street, the Sheriff’s Office report states.Two deputies responded to the call. Deputy Stephen Winegard said he and the other deputy used pepper spray on the pit bull with no results. The pit bull had the smaller dog clutched in its mouth and was dragging and shaking it, the deputies said. Winegard shot the pit bull twice, ending the attack and killing the pit bull, he said.A couple of hours after the attack, the pit bull’s owner, Jesus Alvarez, 35, contacted the Sheriff’s Office.“Though he was upset with the loss of his dog, he stated he understood the choice I was forced to make,” Winegard said in his report. “He stated once his dog attacked, it would have been impossible for me to pull him off his prey without possible injury to myself.”This story will be updated with more information when it becomes available. <em><span style="color:#000099;">NUTTERS PROVIDE A GOOD LIVING TO THE AMMUNITION COMPANIES.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>Feb. 20, 2010 <span style="color:#ff0000;">FATALITY</span></strong><br /><a href="http://www.ocala.com/article/20100220/ARTICLES/100229983?Title=3-year-old-fatally-mauled-by-dog">http://www.ocala.com/article/20100220/ARTICLES/100229983?Title=3-year-old-fatally-mauled-by-dog</a> A 3-year-old girl was killed late Saturday afternoon after it was attacked by a pit bull that was chained to a tree outside her home, sheriff’s officials said.The child was unresponsive when emergency personnel arrived on scene at 5:15 p.m., officials said. The attack occurred at 6540 NE 25th Avenue in Oak, just outside Ocala city limits, at a property marked “Haaker’s Dream Bulldog Ranch.”According to Jenifer Fisher, public information officer for the Sheriff’s Office, the child’s mother was cleaning the dog pen and the 3-year-old was playing in the yard outside the pen area. The mother went inside the home to use the restroom, at which point the child somehow wandered into the pen, where it became entangled in a chain harnessing one of four pit bulls, Fisher said. One of the dogs, a male, then attacked the child.Each of the American pit bulls, registered at the American Kennel Club, was chained to a separate tree inside the pen, Fisher said.“It was a bad dog attack,” Fisher said.It wasn’t clear whether the door to the pen was unlatched, or how the child managed to get inside the area housing the pit bulls. The mother did not immediately see the child when she came back outside. She suffered a minor injury on one of her fingers when she entered the pen and neared the animal.Marion County Animal Services took possession of all four pit bulls, even though only one is believed to have been involved in the attack.The pitbulls, white to beige in color, were driven off the property by Animal Services, two in each vehicle, caged in separate holding areas in the back of the van.If the dog involved in the attack is deemed “vicious” following an investigation, it will be euthanized, said Elaine Deiorio, an Animal Services representative. A fifth pit bull, a puppy, was inside the home at the time and will not be taken into possession.While authorities are not releasing the name of the child, the mother’s name is Lori Haaker, age 47. Another child, in his early teens, was inside the residence during the attack, Fisher said. The father and three other children were not home.The property is buffered by a large yard surrounded by a fence. A two-lane road is in front of the yard. There is a trailer behind the property, which the owners rent out to another individual, according to Fisher.The parents breed and shows pitbulls, according to Fisher. The Web site for Haaker’s Dream Bulldog Ranch indicates the club raises and shows bulldogs. Thomas Lamon, a neighbor, said he recalls the Haakers holding dog shows in their yard. He does not know the family personally, he said. The home, Lamon said, was occupied by former County Commissioner Randy Harris nearly a decade ago.The Major Crimes unit of the Sheriff’s Office is conducting an investigation into the child’s death. An assistant medical examiner was also on scene to determine the exact cause of death.Family members and friends arrived on the property as darkness set in. They hugged one another and declined to provide any comment. The sound of dogs barking could be heard near the property as the night wore on. <em><span style="color:#000099;">ANOTHER GREEDY PIT (AMERICAN BULLDOG, SAME THING) BREEDER WHO KILLS HER DAUGHTER.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>Feb. 23, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-orlando-pit-bull-attack-dog-killed-20100223,0,2782080.story">http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-orlando-pit-bull-attack-dog-killed-20100223,0,2782080.story</a> An officer with the Orlando Police Department shot and killed an aggressive pit bull Monday as it attacked him, a report today shows.Officers Livio Beccaccio and Andre Tankovich went to the 4200 block of Solomon Drive before 9 p.m. Monday after officials received a report of an "aggressive pit bull that was attacking people,'' a report says.Attempts to capture the dog failed, according to a brief report from Beccaccio released today.He wrote that the dog attempted to attack him."The dog was shot and killed,'' the report said.It marks at least the second time this month that law-enforcement officers in Orange County shot a reportedly aggressive pit bull.Earlier this month, a pit bull attacked a 3-year-old boy who was his father in their back yard.Later, several deputies spotted the pit bull near the home on Coral Reef Drive in east Orange County, and spotted a small amount of what appeared to be blood on his chin.The pit bull barked at the deputies, took an "aggressive posture," and then began to walk toward the deputies, a sheriff's report said.That's when, a deputy reported, he felt threatened for his safety. The deputy said he fired two shots at the pit bull, striking the dog in the chest. The dog continued to move, so the deputy fired a final shot at the dog's head to euthanize it.On Saturday in Marion County, a 3-year-old girl reportedly left alone in her family's backyard with four dogs was mauled to death by one of them, the Marion County Sheriff's Office said.Following the child's death, Marion County Animal Services picked up four American Bulldogs – one male and three females – from Haaker's Dream Bulldog Ranch, on NE 25th Ave., where the attack occurred.Authorities said Monday that at least one dog will be euthanized. <em><span style="color:#000099;">KEEP THOSE AMMUNITION COMPANIES IN BUSINESS.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>March 11, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/mar/11/dogs-maul-kill-horse-teen-thrown-horse-during-atta/">http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/mar/11/dogs-maul-kill-horse-teen-thrown-horse-during-atta/</a> GOLDEN GATE ESTATES — Two dogs attacked and mauled a horse to death, according a Golden Gate Estates woman. What should have been a smooth horseback riding trip turned into a life-threatening ride for a 15-year-old girl.Around 6 p.m. Tuesday, Penny Packard, 59, and the teen rode their horses on Second Avenue Southeast in Golden Gate Estates when a pit bull and a boxer started chasing after the horses attacking and biting them. A struggle ensued between the animals and the teen was thrown from her horse, Dancer, as it tried to elude the dogs."It was very scary having dogs diving towards your horses," Packard said.The dogs continued to chase the 25-year-old Dancer. Officials and the horse owners discovered Dancer mauled to death, apparently by the dogs, leaving a huge amount of blood on the trail.The blood area was as big as a dinning room table, Packard said."I just turned around and covered my face," she said.After a long pause, Packard said she felt terror."I was shocked," Packard said about finding Dancer killed. Dancer had lived on Packard's property for six years.The dogs were located. One of the dogs was taken into custody because it was loose when deputies arrived, Domestic Animal Services Director Amanda Townsend said.The case is under investigation by the Domestic Animal Services.The agency will conduct a dangerous dog investigation of both dogs, Townsend said.If Domestic Animal Services determines that the dogs are dangerous, the owners have three options. They could surrender the dog or both dogs and it would be euthanized, the owners could appeal the decision to a three-person panel, or they could choose to comply to keep the dog that has been declared "dangerous" by paying a $300 annual registration fee, keep the dog properly enclosed with signage on every entry of the house, muzzle the dog and provide a photograph to Domestic Animal Services.Packard said she knew something was wrong when they returned home and didn’t find Dancer after the initial attack."I knew the horse was hurt bad because horses always go back home," Packard, an owner of horses her entire life, said.Packard’s horse has three "good bite cuts.""I will not ride off of my property again," Packard, who has lived at Second Avenue Northeast off of Everglades Boulevard for six years, said. "I’m sacred to death."Packard disagrees with what Domestic Animal Services has told her that the dog owners also have the right to keep their dogs."I’m very concerned because the dogs weren’t removed from the house," Packard said. "I want the law to change."If there are children in the neighborhood, Packard said these dogs are dangerous and should be killed."These are people who haven’t controlled their dogs in the fist place," she said. <em><span style="color:#000099;">THIS HORSE DIDN'T DIE QUICKLY, IT ENDURED A HORRIBLE DEATH BEING EATEN ALIVE.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>March 19, 2010 </strong><br /><a href="http://www.wcsh6.com/news/national/story.aspx?storyid=115677&catid=45">http://www.wcsh6.com/news/national/story.aspx?storyid=115677&catid=45</a> CORAL GABLES, Fla. (NBC) -- A 7-year-old Florida girl is hospitalized after being attacked by her neighbor's large bullmastiff. The little girl was bitten on the head and several other parts of her body Wednesday evening in her Coral Gables neighborhood while she was riding her scooter just a few feet from her home. It took another neighbor's quick actions to save the girl, who was trying to fend off the dog. Police said John Christianson stabbed the dog, which forced it to retreat, and then the neighbor tied it to a tree. The dog was euthanized Thursday. The little girl's father said the dog ripped off her ear and dragged her several feet. The dog also bit her on the neck after she removed her helmet, he said. At a weight of nearly 150 pounds and a stout physique, bullmastiffs are considered gentle giants, so it's unclear what may have sparked the attack. No criminal charges are expected to be filed in the case, but animal services is investigating the incident. The unidentified girl is at Jackson memorial Hospital recovering from her injuries. <em><span style="color:#000099;">BULL MASTIFF, PIT ON STEROIDS</span></em><br /><br /><strong>March 21, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.bradenton.com/2010/03/21/2146099/police-briefs-pit-bull-shot-after.html">http://www.bradenton.com/2010/03/21/2146099/police-briefs-pit-bull-shot-after.html</a> BRADENTON — A police officer shot a pit bull after the dog bit his shoe twice and refused to back off, according to authorities.Two officers were flagged down just before 11 a.m. Saturday by a resident who told them there was a dog attacking people because the owners didn’t have it locked up, said Bradenton Police Lt. Darrell Akemon.When the officers knocked on the door at the residence in the 1900 block of Eighth Avenue East, the dog came out and latched on to the officer’s shoe. The officer, who was on his third day on the job, kicked the dog off and retreated toward the street, where the dog followed and reportedly bit at his shoe a second time. The officer, who was not injured, then drew his handgun and fired one shot that struck the dog in the shoulder.“The dog kept coming at him,” Akemon said.The dog, which is still alive, was taken into custody by Manatee County Animal Services, Akemon said. <em><span style="color:#000099;">THE POLICE NEED BIGGER GUNS.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>March 30, 2010 </strong><a href="http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/accidents/familys-pet-pit-bull-turns-into-a-terror-attacks-owners-and-landlord/1083982">http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/accidents/familys-pet-pit-bull-turns-into-a-terror-attacks-owners-and-landlord/1083982</a> SPRING HILL — There had been some unsettling changes in the family's dog over the past few weeks.Ruger, a 6-year-old pit bull terrier, had grown more restless, always tugging at the family to play. He seemed starved for attention. And early last week, he startled Erika Sullivan by scratching her on the shoulder as she tried to swat at a fly."I noticed a different look in his eyes," she said of the pet they've had for three years.But it was all just a precursor to Ruger's inexplicably violent frenzy last week.Eleonor Ramirez, Sullivan's landlord, stopped by the home in the 12200 block of Waco Street on Thursday to discuss making some changes to rent. Ramirez said she had met Ruger a number of times before, so she had little reason to fear him.On this day, Sullivan said, Ruger had been acting unusual, part of a pattern that had the owners considering getting rid of the 100-pound-plus dog.When Sullivan opened the door for Ramirez, Ruger rushed out and lunged at Ramirez, grabbing ahold of her inner right thigh. As Ramirez tried to fend off the attack, Sullivan tried to pull the dog off of her.Then the dog turned its attention on Sullivan, going for her throat.Ramirez picked up a ceramic pot and slammed it down on Ruger's head, causing the dog to loosen its grip for a moment. But he then renewed his attack on her."People don't realize the horror of that situation when your family dog turns on you," Ramirez said. "It felt like being eaten alive."When Sullivan tried to intervene again, the dog latched on to her right arm. Meanwhile, Sullivan's children were screaming at the sight of their family pet mauling their mother.The 3-year-old girl threw a toy at the dog, and then the animal made a move toward the child. Sullivan thrust herself into the fray again, this time using her arm as a shield and dragging the dog away from her children.Eventually, Ruger let go and Sullivan was able to trap the dog in the garage. Authorities and neighbors soon arrived at the home to help the women.Sullivan and Ramirez were rushed to Spring Hill Regional Hospital, with Sullivan suffering deep puncture wounds and gashes to both arms that required plastic surgery. Ramirez was discharged that day, while Sullivan was transported to Tampa General Hospital for more surgery. She was released from the hospital on Saturday.A 27-year-old wife and mother of two young children, Sullivan now sports bandages that run the length of her arms. She spends most of her days and nights sprawled on the living room couch, hoping medication dulls the intense throbbing in her arms and shoulder.Sullivan, who does not have medical insurance, will be unable to return to her job as a waitress at Texas Roadhouse for at least the next few months and has been told that she might not be able to regain full use of her right arm.But despite her troubles, Sullivan harbors no ill will toward Ruger."I'm not mad at him at all," she said. "I just want to know what triggered it."Ramirez said she's not mad at Sullivan. To the contrary, she's grateful."I'm indebted to her for my life," Ramirez said. "Had the dog done to me what it did to her, I probably would have died."Since then, Sullivan has struggled to understand why Ruger snapped. In the three years they owned the dog, she said they had never been a hint of violence from the dog."Ruger was never mean to anybody," she said. "I wish I could have been in his head to figure out what happened."The dog was taken to Animal control, where it was being tested and will likely be euthanized. <em><span style="color:#000099;">THIS GAMEDOG TOOK OUT HIS ENTIRE FAMILY, SO MUCH FOR THE LOYALTY MYTH.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>April 2, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/state/deputy-shoots-pit-bull-during-drug-investigation-in-511432.html">http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/state/deputy-shoots-pit-bull-during-drug-investigation-in-511432.html</a> A Broward sheriff's deputy shot and injured an attacking pit bull that was taking a bite out of a Davie police sergeant during an investigation in Pompano Beach, the Sheriff's Office said Friday.The incident took place at around 12:30 p.m. Friday. Deputies and the Davie sergeant were conducting a drug investigation when a suspect got into a scuffle with the sergeant, said sheriff's spokeswoman Dani Moschella. The two broke through a fence in the 1500 block of Northwest Fifth Avenue, and the pit bull on that property attacked, Moschella said. The sergeant suffered several bites before the deputy shot the dog.No one else was injured. Charges against at least one suspect are likely, she said.Pompano Beach Animal Control responded and transported the animal to a local animal hospital for treatment, Moschella said.Other details were not immediately available. <em><span style="color:#000099;">WONDER IF BEST FIENDS TAKES INTO ACCOUNT HOW MUCH IT COSTS THE TAXPAYERS TO <strong>NOT</strong> HAVE BSL. LOST PRODUCTIVITY AND ONE LESS OFFICER ON THE STREETS.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>April 12, 2010 <span style="color:#ff0000;">FATALITY</span></strong><br /><a href="http://www.theledger.com/article/20100412/NEWS/100419911?Title=3-Pit-Bull-Mixes-Executed-After-Killing-Chihuahua">http://www.theledger.com/article/20100412/NEWS/100419911?Title=3-Pit-Bull-Mixes-Executed-After-Killing-Chihuahua</a> BARTOW Three mix breed dogs were euthanized Monday by Polk County Animal Control after they attacked and killed a Chihuahua on Sunday in Bartow.The incident happened about 10:30 a.m. at Clower Street and Margaret Avenue.Polk County Sheriff’s Animal Control deputies said three pit bull mixed breed dogs jumped out of the bed of a pickup truck and attacked a Chihuahua owned by Elaine Thompson of Bartow.The dog later died from its injuries, but Thompson was not injured.The dogs’ owner, Trina Pickard, 33, was cited with having dogs at large and not having proper tags, the Sheriff’s Office said. She was fined $452. <em><span style="color:#000099;">DIDN'T STAND A CHANCE.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>April 13, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2010-04-13/story/first-coast-beaches-police-briefs">http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2010-04-13/story/first-coast-beaches-police-briefs</a> JACKSONVILLE BEACH - - A poodle was attacked by a pit bull dog that got out of a fenced-in yard about 11 a.m. Saturday in the 3500 block of Bay Island Circle. The poodle’s injuries were so severe it had to be taken to an emergency care veterinarian for treatment. <span style="color:#000099;"><em>THE POODLE DID IT!!!</em></span><br /><br /><strong>April 14, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/florida/fl-pit-bull-attacks-dog-20100414,0,6935394.story">http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/florida/fl-pit-bull-attacks-dog-20100414,0,6935394.story</a> JENSEN BEACH A pit bull has been quarantined at the Treasure Coast Humane Society after it attacked and bit another dog at Jensen Public Beach and injured two people who tried to intervene, according to a recently released sheriff's reports.The afternoon of April 7, the dog took the face of a golden retriever into its mouth and wouldn't let go, the reports say. Two people who were bitten on the hands were treated at Martin Memorial Medical Center.The pit bull, named Nina, was impounded and put on a 10-day quarantine. The dog's custodian, Brittany Edwards, 20, of Stuart, was cited for not having proof of a rabies vaccination or license and for not having under restraint an animal that caused injuries.Because the dog didn't attack people — just the dog, with the people having intervened — the incident doesn't fit state criteria for the pit bull being classified as a dangerous dog, a sheriff's official said.The owner of the golden retriever, Serina Colley, 36, of Palm City, told investigators she was sitting on the beach making sand castles with her 3-year-old daughter when "suddenly out of nowhere a pit bull came rushing over and started attacking my dog."It took her, her husband, Shawn, and her mother-in-law to pull off the pit bull, she said.Edwards told investigators she was keeping the pit bull for a friend who couldn't keep it because of where he lives. She had the dog on a retractable leash, but the dog overpowered her, reports say.According to a witness, the incident started with Edwards and another woman trying to get the pit bull in the ocean as the dog resisted. Then, the dog reared and broke away, running 20 feet to attack the retriever.Now, Edwards has to pay $870 in fines within 30 days. The dog's quarantine ends Saturday.If the dog isn't claimed by the owner it will be euthanized, said Rhonda Irons, Martin County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman. <em><span style="color:#000099;">PIT BULLY DIDN'T LIKE THE WATER????</span></em><br /><br /><strong>April 14, 2010 <span style="color:#ff0000;">FATALITY</span></strong><br />http://suncoastpasco.tbo.com/content/2010/apr/14/141626/4-day-old-child-hospitalized-after-encounter-dog/ Just seven days old, the tiny baby's bloody body was covered with more than 50 puncture wounds as Jackie Welch tried in vain to help. "It scared … me," Welch said. "I kept my mind together because I knew I had to do CPR to help revive him." Her efforts were not enough, however, and 1-week-old Thomas Carter Jr. died Wednesday afternoon after being mauled by a family pit bull mix described by one person as <strong>"lovable</strong>.'' The attack came in the same bed where the baby slept with his 16-year-old mother, Nicole Koezeno. The boy's mother apparently slept through the attack and wasn't aware her baby was hurt until someone knocked on her bedroom door about 11:45 a.m. Wednesday. "She started screaming, 'My baby! My baby!,' said Welch, a neighbor who had spent the night there and was in the mobile home's hallway. "Then she said, 'My dog bit my baby; he's bleeding.' " Welch went into the bedroom to try to help. The baby wasn't breathing, so she administered CPR as someone else called 911. The baby was pronounced dead a short time later at Morton Plant North Bay Hospital. It was the second fatal mauling of a child in the Moon Lake Estates neighborhood in the last four months. "It's very painful and shocking," Welch said. "I feel guilty because I wasn't able to save him." Welch, 32, lives next door, but spent the night there with her 2-year-old son. She does that from time to time because her brother, Jonathon Gibson, and his girlfriend live with Koezeno and the baby's father, Thomas Carter Sr. She said the pit bull mix, Sidon, routinely slept in the bedroom with the baby and his parents. There is tension between Sidon and her brother's pit bull, Buddy, who spent the night in her brother's bedroom, she said. Welch said she woke up at 7 a.m. and never heard a sound from the dog. "The dog didn't make a noise or nothing – no growling, no barking, no nothing," Welch said. She heard the baby cry at about 9:30 a.m., but shortly afterward the baby became calm. "It cried for two minutes and that was it," Welch said. "After that I didn't hear nothing." Welch has known the dog since it was a puppy and said there has never been a problem, even with her child. She guessed the dog was about 3 years old. She described Koezeno and Carter, 20, as loving parents who cared for and doted on the baby. They came back from the hospital excited with their new bundle of joy. "They took very good care of him," Welch said. "They didn't leave him out of their sight." Welch warned that people with pit bulls should keep them away from children. "If people have pit bulls, they either need to get rid of them or put them in a fenced-in area in the back away from children," she said. "You never know when they're going to turn." Neighbors said Thomas Carter Sr. once lived at a nearby mobile home with several pit bulls. He brought Sidon with him when he moved into the mobile home at 10548 Olsen Str. in Moon Lake Estates. Deputies got the call just after noon. David Lance, Carter's boss, was with him mowing lawns when he got the call from Koezeno. "She called, frantic," Lance said. "He couldn't even understand her." Carter rushed to meet the family at the hospital. "That was his pride and joy," said Lance, who has worked with Carter for three years. "They were both proud parents." He said he was stunned to hear of the attack. He's known Sidon for years and said the dog often would be outside when they mowed Carter's lawn. <strong>"That dog was lovable," </strong>he said. Pasco Animal Services officers took the dog to their facilities in Land O' Lakes, said Denise Hilton, manager of the agency. The dog will be euthanized, but it wasn't clear when, Hilton said. She couldn't confirm if the second dog at the mobile home during the attack also was taken. "It's heartbreaking all around," Hilton said. "It's something that's horrific and you never want to happen." This is the second child in Pasco — and in Moon Lake — to be killed by a family dog since December. On Dec. 12, 22-month-old Dallas Lee Walters was mauled to death by a relative's Rottweiler-Labrador mix during a birthday party at his great-aunt's house at 9615 Jerome Drive. The 100-pound dog was euthanized a short time later. It was Pasco's first reported fatal animal attack in at least 35 years. Near the site of Wednesday's mauling, Winona Walker has a 19-month-old daughter and a pit bull, but she said she keeps the dog and child separated. She said she doesn't like to walk on that street because so many dogs roam loose. Hilton said pet owners must keep in mind that no matter how tame and loving a pet might seem, it's an animal with animal instincts that can be unpredictable. "Just in general, people should not trust animals around children," she said. "We, as adults, have to protect our children … . Keep them (animals) away. It's the safest thing to ado." Hilton said she has no recorded animal complaints at the couple's current address but didn't immediately know if they had other complaints elsewhere. <em><span style="color:#000099;">YEAH, PITS WILL LOVE YA TO DEATH, LITERALLY.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>May 7, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/05/07/1618118/fla-deputy-kills-pit-bull-that.html">http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/05/07/1618118/fla-deputy-kills-pit-bull-that.html</a><br />DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. -- A Broward Sheriff's deputy has killed a pit bull after it bit an 8-year-old boy walking to school.Authorities received a call Friday morning that a pitb bull was loose and had bitten a child on the arm. When the dog moved toward the deputy, he shot and killed the animal.The boy's condition was not known. The investigation is ongoing. <em><span style="color:#000099;">DRIVE YOUR KIDS TO SCHOOL, PITS MAKE IT TOO DANGEROUS TO LET THEM WALK.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>May 19, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.ocala.com/article/20100519/ARTICLES/5191002/1402/NEWS">http://www.ocala.com/article/20100519/ARTICLES/5191002/1402/NEWS</a><br />REDDICK - A 6-year-old girl was attacked by a pit bull mix Monday afternoon.<br />She was airlifted to the Shands at the University of Florida hospital in Gainesville.<br />Marion County Fire Rescue officials said Tuesday the child received injuries to her face and neck.The tan and white 4-year-old canine was taken by officials from Marion County Animal Services and is being held in quarantine for 10 days because it was not current on its rabies vaccination.The dog also is being held for a dangerous-dog investigation, according to Elaine Deiorio, a program coordinator with Animal Services.The incident occurred in the 4400 block of Northwest 148th Place.Marion County Fire Rescue received the call at 3:45 p.m., from an unidentified male.It was not clear Tuesday what prompted the attack. <em><span style="color:#000099;">WHAT PROMPTED THE ATTACK??? IT'S A FUCKING PIT BULL!!!</span></em><br /><br /><strong>May 26, 2010 <span style="color:#ff0000;">FATALITY</span></strong><br /><a href="http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/may/26/pit-bull-killed-after-mauling-pug-death/">http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/may/26/pit-bull-killed-after-mauling-pug-death/</a> LEHIGH ACRES — A pit bull was shot and killed late Tuesday by a Lee deputy who arrived as the dog mauled to death Bailey, a pug, in Lehigh Acres.According to Lee County Domestic Animal Services and Lee County Sheriff’s Office reports:Deputies were called about 10 p.m. Tuesday by Christopher Jijon to his house in the 2700 block of 33rd Street West who said Bailey had been mauled by a pit bull which lives nearby. Jijon used a shovel to try to stop the attack, but was not successful.He said he’d been outside with Bailey when the pit bull ran from across the street and began mauling the pug. As a deputy arrived, he saw the pit bull with Bailey in his mouth in Jijons’ front yard.The pit bull, believed to be named Tank, had Bailey for about 15 minutes then became aggressive to deputies who ultimately shot him. The pit ran into Jijon’s garage and went back outside where he died.An animal control officer and deputy went to the house where the pit was believed to have lived. A woman who was outside asked what the officials wanted. They explained they needed to speak with the pit bull’s owner – whose name was given by Jijon to officials. The woman went inside, came back out a few minutes later and said the other woman/owner was sleeping.Officials asked the woman to awaken the owner, but she refused, went back inside and no one would answer officials repeated attempts to get someone to come to the door.Jijon had told officials there were two other pit bulls in the backyard of the house, so the deputies and an animal control officer walked around the house to the backyard. They found another male pit bull in a large homemade kennel and two cages away was a female who looked as if she had recently had puppies.Officials tried to speak with the owner again, but no one answered. Records show the woman owns a pit bull named Tank. She had yet to be cited because officials could not contact her.The animal control officer removed Bailey at Jijon’s request because his girlfriend was extremely upset about what had happened.<br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">NUTTER ASLEEP AND A FUCKING BREEDER ON TOP OF IT.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>May 26, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.news4jax.com/news/23685524/detail.html">http://www.news4jax.com/news/23685524/detail.html</a> JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A 4-year-old girl and her grandmother had some strong words to describe a pit bull they said attacked them Tuesday."It's stupid," 4-year-old Tytionna said."Kill it. They should put it down," her grandmother added.The two were on a walk with Tytionna's 2-month-old brother when the pit bull the family was dog-sitting got loose.It charged the trio and bit Tytionna in the face, dragging her to the ground. Then it bit her leg and shook her."It swallowed my earring," she said.A Good Samaritan, who didn't want to be identified, ran out just in time and started kicking the dog. She said she couldn't just stand by and watch."To see it happen was truly terrifying. Terrifying," she said. "You just don't know how vulnerable you are."Tytionna got five stitches in her face and six in her leg.The dog still hasn't been taken into custody or tested for rabies."It might bite someone else's child or an adult. They need to kill him," Tytionna's grandmother said. <em><span style="color:#000099;">DISFIGURING SCARS BECAUSE A NUTTER THINKS THEY ARE SPECIAL BECAUSE THEY HAVE A DANGEROUS ANIMAL.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>May 27, 2010 </strong><br /><a href="http://www.clickorlando.com/news/23698475/detail.html">http://www.clickorlando.com/news/23698475/detail.html</a> ORMOND BEACH, Fla. -- A 3-year-old boy was attacked and bitten in the head Tuesday night by his grandmother’s pit bull mix while she was baby-sitting him at her Ormond Beach home, according to deputies.<br />According to the Volusia County Sheriff's Office, the boy was lying on the floor of his grandmother's home when he grabbed the dog, prompting it to bite him.<br />The boy suffered three to four deep lacerations to the left side of his head and a large laceration to the left side of his forehead above his eye, deputies said.<br />He was taken to a hospital and was conscious and talking, according to a sheriff's report, which said the boy told police that "the mean dog bit him."The report also said that the officer at the scene noticed an old scar on the boy's left cheek.In the report, the boy's mother said the same dog bit her son a year ago and that the dog was supposed to be kept outside when his grandmother was baby-sitting him. Deputies said that she was visibly upset and angry at her mother when she arrived at the home after deputies called her and the boy's father.After the attack, the boy's grandmother quickly picked up the child to get him away from the dog, the report said. She immediately drove the boy and dog to Florida Hospital Oceanside in Ormond, where deputies later arrived.When asked why she didn't call 911, she said that she didn't want to wait, the report stated. When deputies asked why she took the dog with her, she said that her boyfriend was going to kill it, the report stated. The boyfriend was on the back porch at the time of the attack and did not witness the incident, the report stated.Animal Control officials told the grandmother to take the dog back to her house and wait for them to assess the situation. The owner later turned the dog over to authorities.The boy's current condition is not known.A copy of the report was forwarded to the Department of Children and Families for further review. <em><span style="color:#000099;">ONE WOULD THINK THEY WOULD TAKE THE CHILD, THE NUTTER PARENTS DON'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT HIM.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>May 28, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://staugustine.com/news/local-news/2010-05-28/hastings-farmer-kills-pit-bull-after-attack-cow">http://staugustine.com/news/local-news/2010-05-28/hastings-farmer-kills-pit-bull-after-attack-cow</a> HASTINGS -- A farmer who feared for the safety of her 4-year-old boy shot and killed a pit bull Thursday, seconds after it stopped attacking one of her cows and started to charge them.Barbara Secorsky, 41, and her child were feeding their livestock around 7:30 a.m. when they saw the black pit bull attacking one of their cows in a pasture close by.She ran back inside her home to grab a rifle, according to the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office. When she returned to the pasture, the dog had latched onto the cow's chest.Secorsky shouted at the dog, which released the cow and charged at her and her son, the report said. She shot the dog several times.The dog belonged to Michael Blanton, 38, a nearby neighbor. He declined to comment.This isn't the first time Secorsky has had to defend her livestock from Blanton's pit bull.A St. Johns County Animal Control official said Blanton's dog was involved in an attack against Secorsky's goat earlier this month. Blanton was found guilty in a St. Johns County courtroom two weeks ago and was fined up to $500 for the attack but was still able to keep the dog, said Paul Studivant, division chief of Animal Control.<br />Blanton will not face charges this time. Secorsky told deputies that she would work out a settlement with Blanton outside the courtroom.Studivant said that if the dog had not been shot and killed, it would have been confiscated anyway."Two attacks in one month deems the animal dangerous," he said.Animal Control is finding that pit bulls are over-bred in the county and now fill the majority of the county's animal shelters, Studivant said."We used to see a lot of these dogs in the rural areas of the county, but we're starting to see them through the city now, too," Studivant said.Studivant said there is not a common breed among the dangerous dog cases he investigates."For every good dog, there is a bad one, too," he said.According to dogsbite.org, a public education website that releases research on dog attacks, six out of 10 human deaths by dog attacks in the U.S. recorded this year were by pit bulls. <em><span style="color:#000099;">ANOTHER NUTTER ACO STUDIVANT, BUT HE LOOKS LIKE A FOOL IN THIS ARTICLE.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>May 29, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/05/29/1654096/dogs-attack-woman-in-fort-lauderdale.html">http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/05/29/1654096/dogs-attack-woman-in-fort-lauderdale.html</a><br />.A woman was taken to the hospital with minor injuries Friday after being attacked by two pit bulls and a Rottweiler in front of a Fort Lauderdale church.The 44-year-old woman, whose name was not released, was walking along the 1100 block of North Andrews Avenue when the dogs ran out of a nearby yard after a gate had been left open, according to Fort Lauderdale Police.People passing through the area saw the woman struggling for help and were able to stop the dogs from attacking further. They brought the dogs back to the yard and closed the gate. When police arrived, the dogs had been moved inside the house. Det. Kathy Collins, a spokeswoman, said the dogs' owners did not answer the door in an effort to avoid the police.The victim was taken to the hospital at her request.Her attack came just one week after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Dog Bite Prevention Week. According to the CDC, 4.5 million Americans are bitten by dogs each year, and about one in five of those attacks require medical attention. One-third of dog-bite related fatalities come from pit bulls. While pit bull ownership has been illegal in Miami-Dade County since 1989, Broward has no laws to forbid or control the breed. Florida has had a ban on breed-specific laws since 1990, but state legislators introduced a bill in March that would give all communities the right to regulate dogs based on breed. If the bill passes, cities and counties could require owners of specific breeds to muzzle their dogs or carry insurance. <em><span style="color:#000099;">STAY IN YOUR HOME WITH BOARDS ON THE WINDOWS IF THERE ARE PITS AROUND.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>June 2, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.news4jax.com/news/23771743/detail.html">http://www.news4jax.com/news/23771743/detail.html</a> JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Matt Geary was walking into a convenience store last Friday to buy a drink when he was mauled by a pit bull.The father of three thought he was going to die after suffering deep bite wounds on his arms and legs and undergoing multiple surgeries over two days to repair the damage."He had chipped the bone with his teeth when he bit," Geary said of the dog. "The feeling on the top of my thumb is gone."Geary said he was walking into a Jiffy Mart gas station on Post Street to buy a soda, and he saw the dog chained to a pole, with the owner a several feet away."I walked to give it wide berth, and as I was walking, I heard somebody say, 'No!'" Geary said.The dog's chain broke, and the animal charged straight at him. According to a police report, the canine attacked Geary until the owner "beat the dog until the dog released the bite."Police said the owner "grabbed the dog's leash and ran from the scene."Geary said he has no idea why."That is the $64,000 question," he said. "It took a day and a half to find him, but (the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office) was able to."Geary said he identified the owner and the dog with the help of a police officer. The owner told police he had no excuse for not returning to the scene, and he said the dog had bitten someone before, according to the report.Geary said he's upset the city's Animal Care and Protective Services still hasn't impounded the dog, even considering its violent history."If I had my children with me, it could have been catastrophic," Geary said. "It would've killed a kid. That's the biggest thing I want to happen: That dog has got to get off the street before it hurts somebody that isn't as fortunate as I am."No charges have been filed against the dog's owner, and Geary said he'll be satisfied only if the dog is euthanized.The dog's owner told Channel 4 he was turning the dog in Wednesday to be put down. <em><span style="color:#000099;">THIS MAN HAS THREE KIDS TO SUPPORT.<strong></strong></span></em><br /><br /><strong>June 6, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.winknews.com/Local-Florida/2010-06-06/Dog-bites-two-at-Cape-Coral-home">http://www.winknews.com/Local-Florida/2010-06-06/Dog-bites-two-at-Cape-Coral-home</a> CAPE CORAL, Fla. - Two people are taken to the hospital after they say the family pit bull turned on them.Police say the dog started acting aggressive inside the home on Northeast 7th Place. Two people suffered bites to their hands.The dog then circled outside the home for about an hour until animal control officers were able to safely contain it. <em><span style="color:#000099;">LET'S HEAR IT AGAIN ABOUT THE LOYALTY OF THE PIT BULLS.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>June 9, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2010/jun/09/fort-pierce-couples-pit-bull-terrier-attacked-to/">http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2010/jun/09/fort-pierce-couples-pit-bull-terrier-attacked-to/</a> <br />FORT PIERCE — A Fort Pierce man and woman are being sued after a pit bull terrier attacked a woman at the couple’s residence, according to the woman’s lawsuit.<br />Dana and Alan Branca of 700 Texas Court in Fort Pierce are named as defendants in a suit filed by Bridget McCormack. The suit alleges McCormack was attacked and bitten by the Branca’s dog on March 5.The suit alleges the couple showed negligence that resulted in injuries and damages. The civil suit was filed in the 19th Judicial Circuit Court, and McCormack is seeking more than $15,000, according to the suit. <em><span style="color:#000099;">CAN YOU SUE A PIT OWNER FOR JUST BEING STUPID??</span></em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904394899713773345.post-22501510650711393332010-02-05T13:13:00.018-05:002010-09-01T12:53:12.478-04:00GEORGIA ATTACKS SINCE 11/13/09<strong>Nov. 14, 2009<br /></strong><a href="http://romenews-tribune.com/pages/full_story/push?article-Boy+recovers+from+pit+bull+dog+bite%20&id=4476127-Boy+recovers+from+pit+bull+dog+bite&instance=home_news">http://romenews-tribune.com/pages/full_story/push?article-Boy+recovers+from+pit+bull+dog+bite%20&id=4476127-Boy+recovers+from+pit+bull+dog+bite&instance=home_news</a> Dylan Farris, 5, was in the front yard of his home on Friar Tuck Road, playing with some other children. A golden-colored pit bull appeared on the property, and before any of the children knew what happened, he attacked Dylan, biting him so ferociously on the face that the gash under an eye went all the way down to the bone.“He was pretty traumatized by it — he said he felt like he was dying and that his eyes were going to come out,” said Dylan’s mother, Tawnya. <span style="color:#000099;"><em>OF COURSE THE PIT NUTTERS WILL BLAME THIS VICTIM!! </em></span><br /><br /><strong>Dec. 22, 2009</strong><br /><a href="http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/mom-kills-pit-bull-251513.html">http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/mom-kills-pit-bull-251513.html</a> A DeKalb County girl may be able to go home from the hospital today after being attacked by a pit bull on Saturday, according to WSB-TV. Her mother killed the dog by hitting it with a brick and stabbing it with a knife, the station reported.According to WSB, 12-year-old A'lexus Zachary was standing at the front door of a friend's house. When the door opened, the dog sprang on Zachary, WSB said.Her mother, Tameka Zachary, ran to help but was unable to fend off the dog. She picked up a brick that was nearby and began hitting the dog in the head. Zachary's friend also spotted a knife, which the woman used to stab the dog repeatedly.The girl ran into the house, and the dog collapsed and died, WSB said.Zachary was taken to Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston. The owner of the dog is a cousin of Zachary's friend. That person may be facing criminal charges, WSB said. <em><span style="color:#000099;">A MOTHER IS THE BEST DEFENSE.<br /><br /></span></em><strong>Dec. 30, 2009</strong><br /><a href="http://www.macon.com/local/story/968413.html">http://www.macon.com/local/story/968413.html</a> A Bibb County deputy shot a stray pit bull Friday after it attacked two people, a report stated.<br />According to the report, the deputy responded to a call Friday afternoon at 3677 Franklinton Road. A woman who lives on that road called the sheriff’s office after her daughter was bitten on the leg while walking to a nearby store. While the deputy was interviewing the woman, the dog charged a nearby witness, grabbing him by the pants.The deputy shouted at the dog. According to the report, the dog charged the deputy and the deputy fired two shots, one in the dog’s side and one in its head. The woman told the deputy the dog was a stray. Neither victim needed medical treatment, the report stated. <span style="color:#000099;"><em>GOOD TO SEE THIS ONE END WITHOUT INJURIES.<br /><br /></em></span><strong>Jan. 7, 2010 <span style="color:#ff0000;">FATALITIES</span></strong><span style="color:#ff0000;"><br /></span><a href="http://www.macon.com/198/story/976735.html?storylink=omni_popular">http://www.macon.com/198/story/976735.html?storylink=omni_popular</a> A Bibb County man told sheriff’s deputies he killed two stray pit bulls in self-defense Sunday evening, according to a sheriff’s report.The report said the man went to feed his animals outside his Jeffersonville Road residence when he was aggressively approached by a pit bull. The man got a shotgun from his house and fired at the dog, missing it. The dog fled the scene.As the man approached his animal pen, he saw a second pit bull that tried to attack him and he shot it once, killing it, the report stated. He found a third pit bull in the pen and shot it as well. The man told deputies the dogs killed three of his hogs and a cow.No charges have been filed against the man. <span style="color:#000099;"><em>HE SHOULD BE GIVEN AN AWARD!!!<br /></em></span><br /><strong>Jan. 20, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.macon.com/197/story/991717.html">http://www.macon.com/197/story/991717.html</a> A Warner Robins woman was attacked by a pit bull Monday morning as she was taking out her trash, police said.Tabitha Pugh, public information officer for Warner Robins police, said the woman suffered extensive injuries to her right calf and was taken by ambulance to The Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon.Warner Robins Animal Control euthanized the dog Tuesday morning by order of the health department, Pugh said.Another dog that also snapped at the woman but did not bite her ran off before animal control officers arrived after the 10 a.m. attack at 300 King Arthur Lane, Pugh said.Police do not know who owned the pit bull involved in the attack, Pugh said.<br /><span style="color:#000099;"><em>HOW DO YOU PUNISH THE DEED WHEN THERE IS "NO OWNER"? HOW DO YOU SAY F**K YOU IN PIT BULL TALK?</em></span><br /><br /><strong>Jan 25, 2010 <span style="color:#ff0000;">FATALITY</span></strong><span style="color:#ff0000;"><br /></span><a href="http://www.wtoctv.com/Global/story.asp?s=11878041&clienttype=printable">http://www.wtoctv.com/Global/story.asp?s=11878041&clienttype=printable</a><br />SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC) - A Georgetown family is looking for answers after two neighborhood pitbulls killed their longtime pet.It happened Sunday afternoon off of Cobblestone Road in the Wild Herron subdivision.The dogs at large, from a neighborhood more than a few miles away, killed a cat, ran loose around the neighborhood and now neighbors want the owner held accountable.<br />Among the dog barks sits a backyard gravesite for one family's pet.<br />"A calico cat named Katie," Louise Campolongo told WTOC.Katie was almost 10-years-old when she was attacked by two pitbulls Sunday afternoon, in Campolango's parents front yard."A lady who was walking her dogs ran across the street suddenly, so I went to the front door," Campolongo told WTOC. "In the middle of the front lawn were two pit bulls pulling my cat apart. I open the door, the dog wanted to charge me in the house. What's the dog doing loose?"It's a question Campolongo asks over and over again. The same day, other neighbors reported the dogs roaming the streets to property managers."My cat looked so mangled and managed to get under the car," she said.Meanwhile, Katie didn't make it, dying on her way to the vet."These two big pitbulls could have mauled a child," Campolongo said. "What if my child was in the front yard playing with the cat? The owner showed up and said, 'Oh they are good dogs, they just got out'. It couldn't have been "just got out" because it had been a long time. He looked at me and said, 'I will get you another cat'. Like you can replace a pet who had been in your family for years."Upset and angry, Campolongo and her family called 911, but claims she has seen the dogs in action on the loose before, along a pond near their backyard."You'll see them dive in the water grabbing ducks. This isn't new for these dogs," she said."This is not the first time we have had a complaint about these dogs with this owner," Star Corporal George Smith told WTOC. Smith is with Chatham County Animal Control. He says the dogs were turned over by the owner and placed in a boarding facility until a dangerous dog hearing in a few weeks. Meanwhile, the owner has been citeD. "The owner of the dogs has remorse and he understands the process as we deal with these animals," Smith told WTOC. "Dogs should not be on the loose at anytime. They should be on a leash when outside a confined area.""Why are they loose if this is a responsible pet owner," Campolongo said.Campolongo has one other cat, a male named Carlitos. She's worried the dogs may eventually come back. "What are we doing about these loose dogs? I don't want to lose another pet," she said. "He should kennel them or he shouldn't have them."WTOC was unable to get in contact the owner of the dogs. <span style="color:#000099;"><em>HOW ABOUT KENNELING THAT NUTTER? </em></span><br /><br /><strong>Feb. 1, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.macon.com/149/story/1007075.html">http://www.macon.com/149/story/1007075.html</a> A Macon woman was bitten in the face by a pit bull Sunday morning as she walked to her car, Macon police said. Officers were dispatched to the 4000 block of Shirley Court at about 9:10 a.m. and found Melanie Rutland, 49, receiving care from emergency medical workers. She was later taken to a hospital by ambulance, according to a police report. Police Lt. Eric Walker said the woman was bitten on the nose and cheeks. She also may have had a leg injury. The extent of the injuries wasn’t clear Monday. A witness told officers he heard noises that sounded like two dogs fighting, but as he entered the yard he saw the dog attacking the woman. The man yelled at the dog and it ran down Elizabeth Court, according to the report. Officers later found a dog matching the description of the dog that bit the woman in the 4100 block of Elizabeth Court, according to the report. The dog was taken to Macon Animal Control where it is being quarantined for 10 days for rabies, Walker said. Brian Deandre James, 35, of Elizabeth Court, told police the dog had “apparently broken the chain that secured him in the backyard.” James was cited for failure to restrain the dog, according to the report. <em><span style="color:#000099;">THE ONLY TIME YOU CAN TRUST A PIT TO NOT ESCAPE IS WHEN THEY ARE A DEAD PIT.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>Feb. 16, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.ajc.com/news/cobb/cobb-county-girl-attacked-308526.html">http://www.ajc.com/news/cobb/cobb-county-girl-attacked-308526.html</a> A good Samaritan came to the aid of a 7-year-old girl as she was being attacked by a pit bull, according to Cobb County police.The child was walking alone Tuesday shortly after 3 p.m. in the Valley View mobile home park near Marietta when she was approached by the dog, Sgt. Dana Pierce said."A pit bull from a street over attacked her," Pierce said.A man who witnessed the attack came to the girl's aid and struck the animal with a piece of wood, Pierce said. The man separated the animal from the child and then drove the child to WellStar Kennestone Hospital in his own vehicle, Pierce said.An off-duty City of Marietta police officer, who was working a second job at Kennestone, called Cobb police to report the incident, Pierce said.The child, whose name has not been released, was later transported to Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston, where her condition was upgraded, Pierce said. The girl apparently suffered a severe wound to her leg, he said.The dog, which weighed about 115 pounds, was signed over to animal control officials and is expected to be euthanized on Wednesday and tested for rabies, Pierce said. Charges are expected to be filed against the dog's owners.Police believe the man's quick reaction to the attack likely saved the child. The good Samaritan has not been identified.“It was bad," Pierce said. "But it could have been worse had he not intervened.” <em><span style="color:#000099;">THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN ONE MORE DEAD CHILD IF HE HAD NOT INTERVENED.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>Feb. 23, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.wsbtv.com/news/22644903/detail.html">http://www.wsbtv.com/news/22644903/detail.html</a> MARIETTA, Ga. -- A neighbor saved a 67-year-old woman from two attacking pit bulls Tuesday morning by beating the dogs with a statue.Mattie Craig said she hit the dogs so hard the statue broke in half.The two dogs attacked the first woman in a hallway at the Walton Village Apartments on Roberta Drive as she took her Jack Russell terrier out for his morning walk. The Walton Village is a senior citizen apartment complex.Marl Roberts saw the dogs attacking the woman and her dog.He described them as "well fed, big dogs."Craig said she heard the attack and went to see if she could help."I said 'Maybe if I go down the elevator and be prepared to fight," said Craig. "I was prepared to fight."When Craig came out of the elevator the dogs were still attacking."The pit bull was standing up biting her dog and I hit him in the head with a statue and broke it," said Craig.She kept swinging until the dogs ran off."I don't know where I got the nerve," Craig said. "I just had to do something."Then she pulled the victim to safety."When I got home I thought, 'that was kind of brave,'" said Craig.Animal control officers captured the dogs Tuesday morning and are searching for their owner. <em><span style="color:#000099;">AND LET'S HEAR PUNISH THE DEED WHEN THERE IS NO OWNER TO BE FOUND. </span></em><br /><br /><strong>Feb. 24, 2010 <span style="color:#ff0000;">FATALITY</span></strong><br /><a href="http://www.wsbtv.com/news/22655771/detail.html">http://www.wsbtv.com/news/22655771/detail.html</a> CONYERS, Ga. -- A 5-day-old baby girl died Tuesday after being attacked by the family's pit bull dog, according to the Rockdale County Sheriff's Office.The infant's mother found the dog on top of the baby's bassinet on Thursday morning about 8:45 a.m. after hearing the baby crying."As she approached the bassinet, she realized that the dog had bitten her daughter," said Sgt. Jodi Shupe of the Rockdale County Sheriff's Office in a release e-mailed to Channel 2 Action News.The parents took the baby to Rockdale Medical Center where she was airlifted to Children's HealthCare of Atlanta at Egleston. Surgery was performed on the infant and she was listed in critical condition. She died Tuesday as a result of her injuries.No charges are expected to be filed.The Sheriff's Office did not release the name of the family. <em><span style="color:#000099;">IF THE BABY WERE LEFT IN A TUB OF WATER WOULD THEY FILE CHARGES? START CHARGING THESE PARENTS WHO HAVE PITS WITH THEIR CHILDREN.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>Feb. 26, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.11alive.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=141178&catid=3">http://www.11alive.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=141178&catid=3</a><br />COLLEGE PARK, Ga.-- A Fulton County police officer shot and killed a Pit Bull early Friday after it attacked a man the officer was attempting to arrest. The officer was investigating a report of a man looking into cars near Sturbridge Way. When police approached, the suspect ran a short distance before he was caught by the officer. The officer was still struggling with the suspect, when someone opened the door at 5590 Sturbridge Way and a dog raced outside toward the pair. The man in the house fired a shot into the air and the dog lunged at the suspect, biting his neck. That's when the officer shot and killed the dog. The suspect is being treated at a hospital for non-life threatening injuries. Police arrested the man who fired the shot. No names have been released. <em><span style="color:#000099;">NO NUTTERS, THIS IS NOT A CASE OF PROTECTING PROPERTY.</span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;"></span></em><br /><strong>March 5, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.cbsatlanta.com/news/22748086/detail.html">http://www.cbsatlanta.com/news/22748086/detail.html</a> JONESBORO, Ga. -- A 3-year-old boy is in the hospital after he was bitten by his family’s pets.Frank Harris lives nearby. He is the only witness and perhaps hero.Harris drove by the family’s yard off of Drakes Drive in Jonesboro. He said he saw their two German shepherds and two pit bulls and thought they were playing. But, he said when he got to the gate leading into the fenced-in backyard, he saw a child’s face.He quickly realized the child was trapped underneath the animals.Harris said the dogs were not growling or barking. He said, "Didn’t seem to be vicious, seemed to be more play behavior."He said there were no adults in the backyard and it did not appear anyone was home. He saw the child was in trouble.Harris entered the backyard. He said, "I picked up this stick up and started yelling and swinging the stick."According to Harris, the child ran to the house, opened the slider and went inside. His mother came downstairs. Harris yelled to a neighbor to call 911.Harris said the child was covered in bite marks. Paramedics arrived and Harris described the boy as in “pretty bad shape."Neighbors said there have never been any problems with the dogs. When Animal Care took the animals, the dogs were playful and licking the officers. They are now being kept in quarantine.Harris though is glad he happened to stop when he drove by the yard.When asked what concerns him most about the situation, Harris replied, “The fact of having the breed of the pit bull around a small child like that unattended. This could have been a play incident or the child could have lost his life."Neighbors said the family has only rented the home for the past six months and they knew little about them.Police have yet to release the boy’s name. He is in stable condition at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston.Investigators have talked with the mother. No charges have been filed at this time. <em><span style="color:#000099;">NANNY PITS WOULD NEVER DO THIS, THEY WERE JUST PLAYING WITH THE CHILD.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>March 9, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.11alive.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=141589&catid=3">http://www.11alive.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=141589&catid=3</a> DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. -- Police said a 7-year-old girl was attacked by two dogs in Lithonia late Tuesday afternoon. She is at the hospital in extremely critical condition. DeKalb Police responded to the scene of the attack on Margaret Court in Lithonia at around 4:15 Tuesday. They said the girl had been attacked by two American <strong>Staffordshire terriers</strong> - which are related to the pit bull. Investigators said one of the two dogs was shot and killed by police, while the second dog was captured by DeKalb Animal Control. They said the girl has extensive bites on both arms from the attack. DeKalb Police are continuing their investigation. <em><span style="color:#000099;">WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT STAFFIES BEING FRIENDLY TO HUMANS??</span></em><br /><br /><strong>March 12, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.wtvm.com/Global/story.asp?S=12131075">http://www.wtvm.com/Global/story.asp?S=12131075</a> COLUMBUS GA (WTVM) – News Leader 9 is following reports of a little girl who was bitten in the head by a dog.<br />The incident happened on Canterbury Drive in Columbus around 6:00 p.m. Thursday.<br />Police tell News Leader 9 the dog has been quarantined and tested for rabies. We're told the dog was a pit bull.The condition of the girl is not known at this time.News Leader 9 is following this story. We'll have the latest information beginning on News Leader 9 at 5. <em><span style="color:#000099;">NO NANNY DOG HERE.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>March 12, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.cbsatlanta.com/news/22828788/detail.html">http://www.cbsatlanta.com/news/22828788/detail.html</a> MARIETTA, Ga. -- A Marietta woman was treated and released from the hospital after being bitten by a pit bull.<br />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, "She was outside walking her mother's dog and her dog and this dog just ran toward her and attacked her."She said the dog was not on a leash.Cobb County Animal Control picked up the dog. It will remain in their care until the investigation is complete.CBS Atlanta asked the Pit Bull owner what happened but all she said was that her dog had never attacked anyone before.However, Wrenn said that was not true. She said the dog attacked a neighbor two years ago.Cobb County Police confirmed that animal control has responded to a dog-related incident at the Glynn Oaks Court address in the past.Police are now reviewing that previous case. <em><span style="color:#000099;">PIT OWNERS/NUTTERS ALWAYS LIE.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>March 22, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.walb.com/Global/story.asp?S=12181807">http://www.walb.com/Global/story.asp?S=12181807</a> ALBANY, GA (WALB) - An Albany woman who lives on Johnson Road, returned home to discover that her home had been burglarized over the weekend.When Syennie Braithwaite, who was just moving to Albany, went to her home 8:15AM Monday, she discovered clothing and gaming equipment missing, and called police to investigate.She said that her neighbor's pit bull/terrier mixed dog was roaming loose on her property.Owner Zellean Mackey came and collected her dog, but he broke away from her, and came at Braithwaite and nipped on her buttocks.Officer Terry Brown stepped between the dog and the victim, and tried to ward off the dog with his night stick, and told the dog's owner to control the animal.When the dog could not or would not be contained, and continued toward the officer, baring its teeth and snarling, he fired one shot from his weapon, and killed the dog. <em><span style="color:#000099;">GOOD SHOT OFFICER OR IT WOULD HAVE A NAME CHANGE AND ADOPTED TO A FAMILY.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>April 29, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.wtvm.com/Global/story.asp?S=12401998">http://www.wtvm.com/Global/story.asp?S=12401998</a> COLUMBUS, GA (WTVM) - Columbus Police say it is one of the worst dog attacks the city has ever seen.It was so serious, investigators had to take special steps to make sure the right canine was captured.It's been months and 13-year-old Brianna Watkins is still dealing with the scars you can see and others you can't.Both of her ears are missing and she wears hat to cover a wound that stretches across her head.Nerve damage has distorted the shape of her face."When something like that happens you don't know if you're going to live or die," she told News Leader 9.The attack happened nearly six months ago off Buena Vista Road at the Celia Drive home where Brianna lives with her grandparents.Columbus Police say a neighbor's pit bull got loose, climbed a fence five feet tall and made its way into Brianna's yard."I saw a dog outside and I went out and played with it. He grabbed my arm playfully. He took me around back and started to attack. He attacked my head. I tried pushing him off but I couldn't," she said.Brianna and her grandparents thought for sure her young life was over- right there in the backyard."When you pick up your child and she's got bites and blood all over her you just don't know what you're doing," her grandmother, Melba Warren, said.Columbus investigators feared the worst for Brianna as well. They say her injuries were so severe, they thought she was going to die.Afraid they may never get the chance to talk to her about the attack, they found a lab in Texas that specializes in animal DNA and sent evidence off to find out which dog was responsible for the attack.Authorities are still waiting for those results, which can take up to eight months.But after weeks in the hospital, Brianna started to improve and police say she identified the dog that left her mutilated.She pointed to a pit bull named Debo who lived two doors down.He now lives in captivity at the Animal Control facility on Milgen Road where a court order issued by Muscogee County Superior Court Judge Bobby Peters is attached to his cage.It says Debo cannot be released or put to sleep, as local officials wait for the DNA results to come in."It needs to be put to sleep. I don't want anything to happen to anybody else if that dog got loose," said Brianna.The dog's owner, Demetrius Miles, has been charged with reckless conduct because police say his pet was unattended and endangered Brianna's life.He's pled not guilty and his case is now in state court.Miles' lawyer, William Kirby, says he too is waiting to see if the DNA is a match to Debo."We have a DNA test pending. In other words, we're waiting on the results of it. By DNA, I mean DNA on the dog. I think the case will likely not proceed until we get the results of that DNA test and determine if this is the right dog or not," Kirby added.In the meantime, Brianna's family is taking action."The family has come to me regarding the possible follow up with a civil lawsuit against the owner of the pit bull. She was in her own yard, attacked unprovoked. She suffered extremely serious injuries as a result of this. We're looking into the aggravated nature of the injuries, compiling the medical bills at this time," their attorney, Richard Hagler, revealed.After what happened to her, Brianna's grandfather, Marvin Warren, also thinks tougher laws should be on the books in the city and in the state for owners of dogs deemed dangerous."Nothing should happen to a kid like it happened to my granddaughter and believe you, me it's going to happen again- somewhere, sometime, someplace it's going to happen if they don't do something about it," he said.As Debo's fate hangs in the balance, Brianna continues to heal.A former student at Midland Middle School in Columbus, she's now being home-schooled as she recuperates.So far, she's undergone two surgeries.Doctors have removed muscle from her back to cover her exposed skull and replace her scalp.A procedure scheduled for next week will help recreate one of her ear canals."She's got many, many more surgeries on down the road. It's going to take a long time for us to heal and for her to heal mentally and physically. When it first happened, we thought we were going to lose her. She's just an amazing child because she's never once cried or said she hurts anywhere so she's a tough little kid," her grandfather said."You just have to keep your hopes up and say you're going to make it through this because if you're not positive, you can't do it," Brianna added.Ben Richardson, the Solicitor General who oversees the state court system in Muscogee County, tells WTVM his office is trying to upgrade the pit bull owner's charges to a felony.Richardson says he is waiting on Brianna's medical diagnosis and whether or not she will be permanently disfigured.He hopes to receive the word from doctors in the next thirty days.A fund has been set up for Brianna.You can make donations at any Sun Trust Bank under the "Rehabilitation Fund for Brianna Watkins". <em><span style="color:#000099;">THINK THE PIT NUTTERS WILL CONTRIBUTE, I DIDN'T THINK SO.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>May 11, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.rockdalecitizen.com/newtonnews/headlines/93517159.html">http://www.rockdalecitizen.com/newtonnews/headlines/93517159.html</a> COVINGTON — A woman was attacked and seriously injured by her nephew’s pit bull dog Saturday morning, according to a Covington Police Department incident report.The report states that a 56-year-old woman, who lives on Newton Drive, customarily used the entry way of a fence to go into the back yard of the family members living next door.The woman’s nephew said he had let his 5-year-old pit bull out to relieve himself around 10 a.m. and then heard his brother saying, “Get off.”“ ... he ran outside and found (the victim) lying on the ground with the dog on top of her,” the report states.The woman was transported by ambulance to Newton Medical Center where it was determined she had a broken hip, broken arm and “also suffered from a bite to the neck which punctured (the victim’s) windpipe,” the report states.The owner of the dog told CPD officers that he took the dog to another relative’s house where he shot it in the head with a .380-caliber handgun and buried the remains.When Animal Control officers were called to the scene, the owner was informed that he would have to retrieve the dog’s body in order to have it tested for rabies.According to Freddie Ellis, senior administrative specialist with Newton County Animal Control, it turned out that there wasn’t enough of the dog’s brain tissue left to be tested and they are currently trying to ascertain if the dog was up-to-date on his rabies shots.“Nobody knows why the dog attacked,” she said. <em><span style="color:#000099;">STUPID NUTTER, WE ALL KNOW WHY IT ATTACKED, IT'S A PIT BULL, DUH!!!!!</span></em><br /><br /><strong>May 14, 2010 <span style="color:#ff0000;">FATALITY</span></strong><a href="http://www.wsbtv.com/news/23551011/detail.html">http://www.wsbtv.com/news/23551011/detail.html</a> ATLANTA -- A south Fulton County woman is reeling after watching her 4-pound Chihuahua get mauled to death by a pit bull.Monique Harris said she never saw it coming. She was walking along Proctor Street in northwest Atlanta when the pit bull jumped out and locked its jaws on her Chihuahua named Vegas.“And when he released my dog out of his mouth, my dog had two puncture wounds in his chest area. That’s all I could see at the time and Vegas just laying down on the ground and he just looked up at me with one last glance…like, ‘I love you, Mom,’ and he laid down,” said Harris.The pit bull owner was cited.Animal control officials said they did not impound the dog because the attack was not against a human. <em><span style="color:#000099;">THE NEXT ATTACK WILL TAKE DOWN A HUMAN AND WHO IS TO BLAME FOR THAT?</span></em><br /><br /><strong>May 18, 2010 <span style="color:#ff0000;">FATALITY</span></strong><br /><a href="http://daltondailycitizen.com/local/x712210717/Pit-bulls-kill-family-pet">http://daltondailycitizen.com/local/x712210717/Pit-bulls-kill-family-pet</a> When he found himself getting flanked by two pit bulldogs while two more pit bulls were attacking his daughter’s pet mixed-breed dog, Steve Bailey said he “sorta had to keep my head on a swivel.”“I’d never seen a pack of dogs around here before,” said Bailey, a Parker Road resident near Dalton Municipal Airport. “I was mowing by the road when I saw them tearing down my neighbor’s driveway. They were heading for our gate (across the driveway), which I’d left open to get the mower out.”Bailey said he scared the dogs away and got the gate closed but when he came out of the shower a while later heard a commotion in his front yard.“They had (the family’s dog) Maggie down on the ground, so I grabbed a shovel off the porch and tried to get them off her,” he said. “She was already dying, and then they started getting aggressive toward me. I had to use the shovel to thrust at them.”Bailey said he chased three of the dogs off his property in the incident that happened almost three weeks ago, but another wouldn’t leave. He called 911 and deputies came and shot the pit bull. But it was too late for Maggie, a dog that had been part of the family for 10 years. She died at a vet’s clinic four hours later.His wife, Amy, burst into tears when she started talking about the beloved family pet.“I try not to call her when I come to feed them,” she said of her two remaining dogs. “But it’s just a habit.”Sandra Arnett, 44, of 1035 Frye Road nearby, was cited on April 28 for four counts of having an animal at large, a misdemeanor, according to a Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office incident report for the day of the attack. She is scheduled to appear in Magistrate Court on June 10.“We have four runners (leashes) and we have the underground (electric) fence where they wear the collars,” Arnett said on Monday. She was asked how the dogs broke through their safeguards.“I’m not really sure, I was at work,” she said. “I came home and (the male dog) was gone. Everybody else was there, all the girls were there, we have three girls and a boy (dogs). So I went to look for him. I rode around the neighborhood and asked a couple of people (about the dog) and couldn’t find him. Some of the neighbors down the road had a police officer in their driveway, so I pulled up there and asked him had he been killed (and they said) the animal control guy shot him.”Arnett was asked if the dogs had gotten out before.“Not to my knowledge, as far as I know it was a one-time thing,” she replied. “Sometimes that happens, they’re just dogs.”She said the dogs were “free to roam” on five acres around her home, and that the border of the acreage has the electric fence buried under it. “We’re keeping a super close eye on them (now). They have a baby-sitter now, somebody’s with them at home all the time now (with) my nephew, he’s 33 years old.”But Brianna Evans, the Baileys’ adult daughter who was leaving Maggie with her parents, said the attack was not a one-time occurrence.“These pit bulls were witnessed doing this,” she said in an e-mail to Sheriff Scott Chitwood on the day of the attack. “I drove around the neighborhood trying to sight the dogs (and found) another neighbor had just buried her 15-year-old dog. It was also attacked by a pack of pit bulls. Apparently, they killed ‘Teddy’ before coming in to get my Maggie.”Amy Bailey said her neighbor did not want to talk to the newspaper about the attack on her dog.“This all happened just 45 minutes before the school bus let out,” said Steve Bailey. “What would have happened if there were children in the area when those pit bulls got loose? We still have three children at home. We have concerns about them and other children live across the street that are in elementary school.”He said he still hasn’t figured out how the four dogs got over his four-foot fence since he’d already shut the gate.The sheriff’s office handles animal control duties for the county.“(Officers) talked to all parties involved, (and) where the confusion comes in is the leash law requires for animals to be on a leash and if the owners are not there with them they have to be fenced in,” said Maj. John Gibson, who mentioned deputies have been to the neighborhood about the dogs “two or three times.”“The law allows the owner to have the dog outside the property if the owner is there,” he explained. “At the particular time when the owner was cited the other dogs were on her property (when officers arrived) and in her control. The only other way we have to prosecute is to have people testify in court that the dogs were off the property. No one has been willing to do that (and) we can’t prosecute what we can’t see.”Steve Bailey said he will be in Magistrate Court when Arnett makes her appearance.“What is it going to take to get action taken on this?” Evans asked Chitwood in her e-mail. “If the dogs went into a fenced yard in a pack ... would they really stay away from small children? Remember, they were ready to attack my own stepfather, and he was a grown man with a shovel.” <em><span style="color:#000099;">DALTON, GEORGIA - CARPET MILLS AND PLENTY OF PIT NUTTERS.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>May 24, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.cbsatlanta.com/news/23660771/detail.html">http://www.cbsatlanta.com/news/23660771/detail.html</a> ATLANTA -- A Southwest Atlanta man attacked by two pit bulls Saturday, said he nearly died in the attack.Frank Booker said he was walking along the 500 block of Mayland Avenue Saturday when two pit bulls attacked him.“They grabbed my pants on my leg,” said Booker. “The other one he came and hit me on my arm, so it was back and forth. He hit me all over my leg arm and one of them hit me in my face.”The wounds are so deep, Booker will spend a third night in Grady hospital. Doctors said they are concerned his wounds may get infected. Booker said he’s in constant pain and can’t move without it overwhelming him.“It is really bad,” Booker said. “I am having a hard time, the pain is just too much.”Booker credits an elderly woman for distracting the dogs long enough for him to get away. Despite what happened to him, he doesn’t blame the dogs, but he does say the dog’s owner could have prevented the whole thing by making sure they stayed in their pen.“They should have had chains on them,” he said. “Even though they are inside that little fence, the fence just isn’t high enough. Anybody could have jumped that fence! They should have had a bigger fence.”The dogs are being held by Fulton County Animal Control until their fate is determined. Meanwhile their owners have been issued two citations. <em><span style="color:#000099;">WALKING IS A TRIGGER FOR A PIT BULL.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>JUNE 11, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://romenews-tribune.com/pages/full_story/push?article-Man+bit+on+arms-+neck+in+dog+attack%20&id=7899661">http://romenews-tribune.com/pages/full_story/push?article-Man+bit+on+arms-+neck+in+dog+attack%20&id=7899661</a> A Rome man was taken to the hospital with wounds to the arm and neck after a mixed pit bull charged out of a house on Homestead Circle and attacked, reports stated.According to Rome police reports:The man, reported a neighbor, went next door to talk to the dog owner’s mother at 12:40 p.m. Thursday and once the door was open, the mixed pit bull charged outside and knocked the man to the ground and bit him.The man was transported to Floyd Medical Center and released after being treated for his wounds.Floyd County Animal Control director Jason Broome said the dog was still in Animal Control’s custody and that it was not clear if the owners “would try to get their dog back.”Broome also said the owners would be cited for not having their dog on a leash.Befor egetting the dog back, Broome said that Animal Control can “serve dangerous dog papers on the animal and require the owners to have a certain enclosure put in place before they can get the animal back.” <em><span style="color:#000099;">OKAY NUTTERS LETS HEAR HOW THIS PIT WAS JUST "DEFENDING" HIS HOME.</span></em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904394899713773345.post-88608374894758764622010-02-05T13:12:00.001-05:002010-03-28T16:10:56.897-04:00HAWAII ATTACKS SINCE 11/13/09<strong>Jan. 1, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.khon2.com/news/local/story/Two-Residents-Hospitalized-After-Dog-Attack/02rFNJtl10-Qmohwjd_VXA.cspx">http://www.khon2.com/news/local/story/Two-Residents-Hospitalized-After-Dog-Attack/02rFNJtl10-Qmohwjd_VXA.cspx</a> Two people on Naale Street in Papakolea were hospitalized Thursday morning after their dog turned violent. Witnesses say the pitbull kept attacking until it was stabbed several times. Neighbors say the first victim was a woman who had been caring for the dog since he was puppy. Now about three years old, the dog Champ is a bloody mess from the attack. But had shown no previous signs of violence. "The dog was really a good dog cause she would play with him and everything. She treated the dog like her baby and for something like this to happen it was really unusual," said neighbor Fanny Hopeau. Witnesses say the the dog was playing in the yard with his owners, as he's done so many times before, when he suddenly attacked. "The dog just grabbed on to her arm and she started screaming and everybody was hitting the dog and after a while the dog stopped and then the dog went after Jonah, her husband," said neighbor Anela Hudson. <span style="color:#000099;"><em>THAT'S LOYALTY, PIT NOT SATISFIED WITH ATTACKING ONE OWNER, HAS TO ATTACK BOTH OF THEM. </em></span><br /><br /><strong>March 22, 2010 <span style="color:#ff0000;">FATALITY</span></strong><br /><a href="http://www.kitv.com/news/22916056/detail.html">http://www.kitv.com/news/22916056/detail.html</a> Nanakuli woman has been cited by police after one of her dogs killed another dog last week. She’s the same woman who admitted that her two pit bulls killed two other dogs five years ago.A dog that lives on property at 87-1201 Hakimo Road in Nanakuli attacked and killed a pitbull and attacked a Rottweiler dog last week, police said. The attacks happened around 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, according to police. Officers cited the woman who owns the dog that attacked the others for having a "dangerous dog."The woman, 43-year-old Kim Tripp, was not home when KITV 4 News went to the scene late Monday afternoon. Her daughter asked our reporter and cameraman to leave the property.Tripp made news in 2005, when she admitted her two pit bull dogs killed two of her neighbor's dogs in two different incidents, also on Hakimo Road in Nanakuli."I understand that there are dogs that bite people and attack people. I don't deny that but my dogs are not those type dogs," she told KITV 4 News in 2005.She said the first fatal dog attack in April of 2005 happened when her neighbor's chow terrier wandered onto her property.And within six weeks, the second dog belonging to the same neighbor was killed, after Tripp said she left her gate open, so when the owner drove by with dogs in her car, another dog fight ensued. "The gate was slightly open where she pulled up her car. The dogs jumped out of her car and ran towards my gate," Tripp said.In 2005, Tripp had to go to court and the Hawaiian Humane Society seized her two dogs, because of the two dog deaths. The society returned her dogs after she agreed to build a secure kennel and have her pit bulls spayed and neutered.The Hawaiian Humane Society is not investigating last week’s case so far, because no one has filed a complaint with them and humane society investigators haven't received a referral from the Honolulu Police Department.Pet owners cited for having a dangerous dog could face fines of up to $2,000 and face prison time.Tripp did not return phone calls and messages left Monday night for comment. <em><span style="color:#000099;">THEY EARNED A DIRT NAP THE FIRST TIME.</span></em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904394899713773345.post-14323259489484261452010-02-05T13:11:00.025-05:002010-07-08T20:14:49.205-04:00ILLINOIS ATTACKS SINCE 11/13/09<strong>Nov. 14, 2009</strong><br />This is not quite an attack but since we are seeing so many now I will include those stories where a pit bull is used as a weapon and people are threatened.<br /><a href="http://www.pjstar.com/news_police/x1659501150/Pit-bull-used-as-weapon">http://www.pjstar.com/news_police/x1659501150/Pit-bull-used-as-weapon</a> PEORIA — .A large "pit bull type" dog was used as a weapon Friday morning, ultimately getting its 29-year-old owner arrested for aggravated assault.Timothy J. Jowers, of 1418 NE Madison Ave. was arrested shortly after 1:30 a.m. at his residence after allegedly telling his dog to sic a tow truck driver and passenger for removing a vehicle from his property. He was booked on the charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. <span style="color:#000099;"><em>THE ARTICLE STATES THE TOW TRUCK DRIVERS LEFT IN FEAR, THINK THEY WOULD HAVE RUN IF IT HAD BEEN A POODLE?<br /></em></span><br /><strong>Nov. 30, 2009</strong> <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">FATALITIES<br /></span></strong><a href="http://www.kmox.com/Pit-Bull-Terrier-kills-woman-and-her-dog/5784347">http://www.kmox.com/Pit-Bull-Terrier-kills-woman-and-her-dog/5784347</a><br />FLORA, Il. (KMOX) -- An elderly woman, walking her dog in Flora Illinois, was attacked and killed by a Pit Bull Terrier. Flora Police say the attack occurred in the 200 block of Austin Avenue around 2:18 P.M. 85 year old Rosie Humphreys was walking her smaller dog, which was also killed by the Pit Bull. Police managed to cage the Pit Bull, but both the elderly woman and her dog were dead on the scene. Animal Control in Clay County Illinois has taken custody of the dog. An autopsy will be performed on the woman's body. <span style="color:#000099;"><em>HEY, NUTTERS, WHAT IF THIS WAS YOUR MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, GREAT GRANDMOTHER? SUCKS!!!!<br /></em></span><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">UPDATE:</span></strong><br /><a href="http://mywabashvalley.com/content/fulltext/?cid=93811">http://mywabashvalley.com/content/fulltext/?cid=93811</a><br />Statement from Chief John Nicholson: Before I go into a timeline of the events of November 30th, I would like to clarify some mis-information, clear some dis-information and stop some on going rumors. The particular breed of the dog involved in the attack was an American Pit Bull Terrier. He was an un-neutered 3 year old male, with full registration. The dog was purchased from a registered breeder at 6 months of age by Brian Pennington of Flora. There is no available information that it had ever been trained by its owner, Brian Pennington to attack or fight in any manner. The dog was Pennington’s family pet. The Flora Police Department or the Clay County Health Department Animal Control office have never received a single call as to this particular dog or the owners address at any time. There has been no documented or reported cases, where this dog has displayed any aggression towards people or other dogs. The dog did not appear malnourished or abused and had no visible signs of mistreatment. The dog did not slip its collar, break the chain or dig its way out of the kennel. The dog according to several neighbors seemed friendly and was not habitually loose. <span style="color:#000099;"><em>TOOK THE WIND RIGHT OUT OF THE SAILS OF THE NUTTERS MAKING THEIR EXCUSES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br /></em></span><br /><strong>Dec. 6, 2009</strong><br /><a href="http://www.wbbm780.com/Dog-shot-by-police-after-attacking-five-people/5829253">http://www.wbbm780.com/Dog-shot-by-police-after-attacking-five-people/5829253</a> CHICAGO (WBBM) -- Five people were bitten by a dog on Chicago's South Side Sunday afternoon. An officer on patrol in the Grand Crossing neighborhood saw a dog chasing three little girls near 74th and Blackstone at around 1:45 p.m., according to Chicago Police news affairs. Officer Gabrielle Lesniak says the officer shot at the pit bull after he saw it latch on to one of the girl's legs. She says the dog was not hit, but it released the child and the officer then put the girl in his squad car. Lesniak says the pit bull then lunged at a second child and the officer fired a number of shots, killing the dog. Five people - including four children - were taken to Jackson park hospital, according to the Chicago Fire Department.The dog was not wearing a collar, according to Lesniak. <span style="color:#000099;"><em>SUPER NANNY DOG NAILS 4 CHILDREN IN ONE ATTACK</em></span>.<br /><br /><strong>Dec. 11, 2009</strong><br /><a href="http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1933812,south-side-dog-attack-121109.article">http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1933812,south-side-dog-attack-121109.article</a> Two police officers may have saved a man's life when they shot a dog that knocked down and attacked the man late Thursday on the South Side. The 49-year-old man was walking when a dog -- possibly a pit bull or pit bull mix -- “jumped up onto the citizen” at 6041 S. Vernon Ave. about 10:55 p.m. Thursday, according to a Grand Crossing District police lieutenant. <span style="color:#000099;"><em>JUST TRYING TO TAKE A WALK.<br /></em></span><br /><strong>Dec. 23, 2009</strong><br /><a href="http://www.southtownstar.com/news/1953846,122309dogbitegirl.article">http://www.southtownstar.com/news/1953846,122309dogbitegirl.article</a> Sticking out through the tip of Girthamarie Gary's middle finger is a metal pin. Doctors inserted the pin, which travels the length of her entire finger, so that her finger will have a structure until the bone heals and the tissue inside her finger is able to grow back the right way. Catina Jones, 37, 1520 Edgewood Ave., was subsequently given a ticket for not having a city license for her dog, which is still around. The day she was bit, Girthamarie was traveling from her home in the 400 block of Hickory Street to the Chicago Heights Public Library, 25 W. 15th St., she said. She was walking with her little sister on a sidewalk along Lincoln Highway when she ran into Jones, who was walking her dog on a leash on the sidewalk. Girthamarie said that when she walked past the dog, it bit her leg and hand. The attack lasted about five minutes.<br />"It was horrible," she said. "The hand was bleeding and I couldn't feel anything."<br />When dog removed its teeth from her hand, she saw that the animal had bitten the tip off of her ring finger and left her middle finger hanging "by some tissue and some bone." Following the bite, Girthamarie said the dog owner got frightened and ran off with her pooch, leaving the girl bleeding on the sidewalk. "I hope they get the lady because she ran off and left her," Girthamarie's mother, Diane Beattie-Gary said. "She could have bled to death, she's just a kid." On Wednesday, Jones denied that she or any of her family members were walking the dog Nov. 21. She said her two-year-old pit bull Star, which she keeps in her basement, is a gentle animal that would not maim another human. <span style="color:#000099;"><em>IF IT IS SO "GENTLE" WHY KEEP IT IN A BASEMENT, PUT IT IN YOUR BABY'S ROOM AND LET IT NANNY.<br /></em></span><br /><strong>Jan 18, 2010 <span style="color:#ff0000;">FATALITY</span></strong><span style="color:#ff0000;"> </span><br /><a href="http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/01/man-found-dead-after-apparently-being-attacked-by-dogs.html">http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/01/man-found-dead-after-apparently-being-attacked-by-dogs.html</a> Police are investigating the death of a 56-year-old man whose daughter came home Sunday night to find him covered in blood and apparently killed by the pit bulls she was raising, police sources said.Johnny Wilson, of the 10200 block of South Aberdeen Street on the Far South Side, was found in his living room with numerous bite marks on his body, according to a spokesman for the Cook County medical examiner's office. Other sources said he suffered massive head, chest and upper body trauma.Four pit bulls and two puppies in the home were turned over by police to Chicago Animal Care and Control.A source said the daughter was breeding the dogs, but there were no signs of dogfighting in the house. She told investigators that the dogs were afraid of her father because his voice was loud. <em><span style="color:#000099;">NUTTER KILLS HER OWN FATHER TO MAKE A BUCK FROM BREEDING. </span></em><br /><br /><strong>March 5, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.southtownstar.com/neighborhoodstar/homewood-flossmoor/2085104,030510dogattack.article">http://www.southtownstar.com/neighborhoodstar/homewood-flossmoor/2085104,030510dogattack.article</a> A 4-year-old Country Club Hills girl is recovering from a violent attack by a pit bull at her great-grandmother's home. The dog "pulled her scalp off her head," the girl's mother, Consuela Dawson, said Thursday. The girl was being treated at Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where she was taken after the violent attack, Dawson said. "She's doing better. I don't know how many stitches she had," said Dawson, who wouldn't release her daughter's name. The girl was bitten in the back of the head, according to the police report. Two other people suffered minor injuries, police said. The dog, which has since been put down, attacked the girl about 2:30 p.m. Sunday, police said. The girl was at the Country Club Hills home of her great-grandmother, Ella Lewis. The girl had stayed there overnight, Dawson said. The girl was playing when the dog suddenly attacked, police said. "We don't know why it happened. He's been around her before and nothing happened," Dawson said. According to the police report, Lewis said the dog had never before attacked anyone. When police arrived Sunday, the dog was running loose in the front yard, police said. They asked Lewis to secure the dog, and she did, police said. Earlier, while trying to get the dog away from the girl, Lewis, 77, was bitten on her right hand, police said. Shannan Lewis, 24, was also bitten on her right hand, police said. The younger Lewis is Dawson's cousin and lives with the elder Lewis in a bi-level home in the 18200 block of Ravisloe Terrace, Dawson said. Both women were taken to South Suburban Hospital for treatment, police said. "They're doing fine," Dawson said. Dawson said she hopes her daughter is not afraid of dogs despite the violent incident. "She's been asking about our dog. She misses him," Dawson said of Buddy, the family's Airedale terrier. There was no response when a reporter visited the Lewis home Thursday. But a dog was heard barking inside. <em><span style="color:#000099;">THE CHILD MAY NOT BE AFRAID OF DOGS BUT DOES NEED TO BE AFRAID OF A PIT NUTTER GRANDMA.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>March 10, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.sj-r.com/breaking/x324656978/Pit-bull-shot-by-police-after-attacking-another-dog">http://www.sj-r.com/breaking/x324656978/Pit-bull-shot-by-police-after-attacking-another-dog</a> A Springfield police officer shot a pit bull dog Tuesday afternoon after he attacked another dog and aggressively approached a porch where a 1-year-old boy was playing.The incident happened about 3:20 p.m. at 15th Street and Capitol Avenue. A woman who lives there told police her grandson was on the porch with her, when a stray pit bull walked toward them in an aggressive manner. The dog was going to attack the boy when the grandmother picked him up, she told police.As the dog went onto the porch, the woman’s dog, which was chained on the porch, intervened. The pit bull began to attack the woman’s dog, and the woman began to hit the pit bull with a bat as she held on to her grandson.A police officer arrived as the pit bull was still attacking the woman’s dog. He ordered the woman to step away and shot the pit bull multiple times until he stopped attacking the victim’s dog.Police searched the neighborhood for the owner of the dead pit bull but couldn’t find anyone. Animal control was notified and took away the pit bull. <em><span style="color:#000099;">JUST TRYING TO ENJOY THE DAY SITTING ON THE PORCH.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>March 11, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.thetelegraph.com/news/officer-37399-street-attacked.html">http://www.thetelegraph.com/news/officer-37399-street-attacked.html</a> A pit bull dog was shot to death after attacking an Alton police officer today in the 1000 block of Union Street.Officer Jonathan Lukowski was taken to a hospital by ambulance for treatment of an upper leg bite after the incident, which occurred at 9:35 a.m.The dog's body was in the middle of the street when other officers arrived. An animal control officer was called to retrieve it.The white, spotted pit bull terrier bit the officer in the inner thigh.It was not immediately clear if the attacked officer or another fired the shots that killed the dog. Several shots were fired, authorities said. Paramedics from the Alton Fire Department and an ambulance service took Lukowski to an Alton hospital for treatment. His condition was not immediately available. <em><span style="color:#000099;">ANOTHER OFFICER DOWN AT TAXPAYER EXPENSE.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>March 19, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/heraldnews/news/police/2111219,4_1_JO19_BLOTTER_S1-100319.article">http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/heraldnews/news/police/2111219,4_1_JO19_BLOTTER_S1-100319.article</a> JOLIET ­-- Police shot and killed a dog that kept attacking another dog and its owner Wednesday.The victim was walking the black dog around 3:35 p.m. near Catherine and Cleary streets when a loose tan pit bull ran up and started fighting with the other dog."When the owner and other witnesses attempted to separate the animals, the pit bull bit the man on his right hand," Deputy Chief Mike Trafton said.The dogs were separated as officers arrived, but the loose dog reportedly tried attacking again when officers shot it.Trafton said no citations had been issued, but police were planning to interview the pit bull's owner. <em><span style="color:#000099;">HOW DOES PUNISH THE DEED WORK WHEN THERE IS NO OWNER???</span></em><br /><br /><strong>April 7, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.sj-r.com/breaking/x1838129456/Pit-bull-attacks-man">http://www.sj-r.com/breaking/x1838129456/Pit-bull-attacks-man</a> Police are searching for a man whose pit bull dog attacked, bit and broke the hand of another man Tuesday morning.The victim, who is 24, suffered a broken right hand and dog bites to both hands. He was treated at Memorial Medical Center.The victim told police he was walking at 24th and Cook streets about 5:30 a.m. when a black pit bull charged him. The dog bit the man’s hands as he tried to push and punch the dog.Another man ran over, and the victim said he at first thought the man was going to help him. However, the man, apparently the dog’s owner, punched the victim in the face and nose, grabbed the dog and took it to a maroon four-door car parked nearby and drove away.The victim told police he did not know the man and he was unable to get a license plate for the car. He described the man as white, with blonde hair and apparently in his 40s. He wore glasses and a white rainbow-striped shirt.Anyone with information about the dog owner can call the Springfield Police Department at 788-8325. <em><span style="color:#000099;">NUTTERS ARE JUST AS CRAZY AS THE DOGS THEY OWN.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>April 10, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.pontiacdailyleader.com/news/x1661778946/Police-officer-takes-down-dog">http://www.pontiacdailyleader.com/news/x1661778946/Police-officer-takes-down-dog</a> Pontiac Police early Thursday evening were forced to kill a pit bull as it attacked another dog in the neighborhood.“Officers were called to 409 E. Madison St. where a brindle-colored pit bull was attacking a German shepherd that was tied out on a leash by its owner at that address,” said Pontiac Police Maj. Jim Woolford on Friday. “The residents at this address actually had two dogs tied out, one of which was a small beagle but it was not attacked. The beagle was also tied out in its yard and the two dogs tie-outs became entangled.” <em><span style="color:#000099;">NUTTERS AND THEIR PITS !!</span></em><br /><br /><strong>April 17, 2010 <span style="color:#ff0000;">FATALITY</span></strong><br /><a href="http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/newssun/somethingtotalkabout/2168030,5_1_WA17_DOGATTACK_S1-100417.article">http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/newssun/somethingtotalkabout/2168030,5_1_WA17_DOGATTACK_S1-100417.article</a> A peaceful afternoon of fishing went terribly wrong Wednesday afternoon for Mike Pengilly, who saw his leashed, 8-pound miniature pinscher mauled to death by a loose pit bull in unincorporated Gurnee."He cut him in half. It was horrible," Pengilly said of the attack by the male pit bull, who belongs to a neighbor. "The cops couldn't do anything about it."<br />The pit bull, named Astro, is now in custody of the Lake County Health Department, which is conducting an investigation.Health Department spokeswoman Tiffany Bronk said that under state law, because Astro did not bite a person, the strongest action the Health Department can take is to have the dog designated as dangerous.If a dog is declared dangerous in three separate instances not involving an attack on a human, it can be given a designation of vicious, the same designation given to a dog that seriously bites a person. At that point, the owner is required to take additional protections with the animal, such as muzzling it when it is not in an enclosed area.Pengilly, who lives on Walnut Lane, said he and his wife, Carla, were fishing Wednesday afternoon in a pond at Walnut and Washington Street with Louie, whom they have owned for two years, tethered to a stake next to them.He said his neighbor's two pit bulls, Astro and a female dog, apparently escaped the neighbor's home through a garage door and ran toward Louie. Astro attacked the smaller dog and killed it, although both Pengilly and the neighbor attempted to stop the attack."He loved everybody," Pengilly said. "He was a small little dog and he just loved everything."The neighbor has already provided him with his homeowners insurance information, but Pengilly said he is talking with an attorney about possible civil action over the attack.He also questioned state laws that only begin to have teeth if a human is attacked. "I kind of wish I did get bit," he said. <em><span style="color:#000099;">PIT NUTTER/BREEDER, NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO SEE THEIR PET KILLED LIKE THAT. ANOTHER PIT TRIGGER, FISHING.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>May 8, 2010 <span style="color:#ff0000;">FATALITY</span></strong><a href="http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local-beat/Lawsuit-Pit-Bull-Kills-Dog-at-Vet-93187469.html">http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local-beat/Lawsuit-Pit-Bull-Kills-Dog-at-Vet-93187469.html</a> Usually you take your dog to the vet expecting it to get better, but a Minooka woman claims the opposite happened.The Joliet Herald News reports that Cyndi Campbell filed a civil complaint this week against Minooka Animal Hospital after Tootsie -- her 12-year-old West Highland terrier -- was attacked and killed by a female pit bull at the facility.The suit accuses the hospital and its owner of negligence, and seeks up to $50,000 in damages.According to a Grundy County Animal Control report, the pit bull -- which was known to be aggressive -- was in an adjacent cage, chewed through it and "pulled Tootsie by her head and neck through the openingJay Frederickson, the animal hospital's owner, told the Herald News that the two outdoor kennels where the incident happened aren't being used now and that he's decided to never board agressive animals again.Campbell's attorney, Cosmo Tedone, says the hospital offered to reimburse her for the price of a new dog and a year of free services. <em><span style="color:#000099;">A MORE APPROPRIATE OFFER IS THE SURRENDER OF HIS LICENSE.<strong></strong></span></em><br /><br /><strong>May 11, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.pekintimes.com/news/x968909918/Terrier-recovering-after-pit-bull-attack">http://www.pekintimes.com/news/x968909918/Terrier-recovering-after-pit-bull-attack</a> PEKIN, Ill. — Spike The Man Jumping Bean (his full name) is a small terrier who was recently attacked and bitten by another dog, according to his master, David Brown.<br />“I just call him Spike for short. He’s my companion. I love him — we go everywhere together,” said the 49-year-old man who travels around town in a motorized chair. “Spike’s lovable.”But Spike got bitten by a pit bull recently and now is wearing a cast on his leg.“(The pit bull) was loose and out chasing dogs in the neighborhood. Some people saw it and called the police. I didn’t realize it until it was too late, but he started chasing Spike, so I grabbed Spike and (the pit bull) jumped up and started biting him like he was going to eat him. That’s why Spike’s leg is in a cast.”Dr. O’Rourke said Spike does indeed have a broken leg. “It’s a fracture … but it’s not displaced. We put a splint on it and he should do fine. It’s not a life-threatening thing; just a broken bone. I don’t expect any complications.”The veterinarian’s bill initially totaled $288, and both Brown and the pit bull’s owner have promised to pay on the bill, which now stands at $251. But O’Rourke said he isn’t worried about the money. “We’re okay with the situation — we’re not going to send it to a collection agency. I’m sure the bill will be paid eventually.”Brown, who said he is paralyzed and can’t walk, didn’t get hurt in the dog scuffle. He contends that “If I would have gotten bitten they would have put (the pit bull) to sleep. Spike is a small and timid dog and he wouldn’t hurt anyone. He’ll bark at people but he’s real good.”Nevertheless, Brown says he wants to “make it right with the vet.”“But I’m on disability with Social Security and just barely making it. I’m behind on a few bills (and) my credit isn’t very good … I’m trying to do everything possible to make ends meet now. I’m picking up aluminum, wire, old bicycle rims and whatever I can find to help pay my bills,” said Brown, who scours the city for aluminum, which he tosses into a make-shift wagon attached to the back of his motorized chair.He claims that little bit of recycling income helps with bills and extras. It’s not a lot, but he’s hoping to make “a killing” on aluminum cans at Pekin Mineral Springs Park this summer.“I’ll go to the park on the Fourth of July and pick up cans. Man, I’ll be making a killing on those ’cause I’ll have two wagons then,” Brown said, noting that Spike also will be riding along … and anyone is welcome to stop and sign Spike’s cast. <em><span style="color:#000099;">LET'S SEE IF A PIT OWNER PAYS UP, THEY NEVER DO.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>May 13, 2010 <span style="color:#ff0000;">FATALITY</span></strong><br /><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/southsouthwest/ct-x-s-blotter-pitbull-0514-20100514,0,3005275.story">http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/southsouthwest/ct-x-s-blotter-pitbull-0514-20100514,0,3005275.story</a> Four pit bulls escaped from a Joliet man's yard earlier this week, injuring two neighborhood dogs –– one of them fatally –– before police arrived, police said. Alberto Guzman, 37, had been keeping six adult pit bulls and six pit bull puppies at his residence in the 2500 block of Ruth Fitzgerald Drive and was cited for having too many dogs in violation of local ordinances. Guzman turned the dogs in the attack over to animal control, police said. <em><span style="color:#000099;">WONDER HOW MUCH GUZMAN IS PAYING IN TAXES FOR HIS BREEDING OPERATION.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>June 1, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/metro/elgin-pit-bulls-animal-ordinance-20100601">http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/metro/elgin-pit-bulls-animal-ordinance-20100601</a> Chicago - A hotly debated animal ordinance that lets animal control officers to designate a dog dangerous or vicious in case of an attack goes into effect Tuesday in Elgin.An earlier effort to have the ordinance apply specifically to pit bulls failed.A dog attack over the weekend involving a 9-year-old boy could refuel the debate. Two pit bulls attacked the boy.The child is expected to be okay, but officers were forced to shoot the dogs. <em><span style="color:#000099;">TIME TO THINK AGAIN, ELGIN.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>May 30, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=384671&src=1">http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=384671&src=1</a> Will Elgin leaders reconsider stricter laws for pit bulls and their owners?That's one question that has been raised after a weekend incident in which officers shot and killed two loose pit bull dogs after one bit a 9-year-old boy in front of about 100 people at the fountain at Festival Park.Councilman John Prigge, who pushed for a grandfathered pit bull ban earlier this year but later backed off, said he will meet with city officials and other council members to see what to do next."I knew we would be back here," Prigge said Sunday. "I'm rearing to go on this."The incident occurred about 4:44 p.m. Friday near the north end of the park at 132 S. Grove Ave.Officers had already been tracking reports of two stray dogs on the city's near east side for 20 to 30 minutes when the dogs were spotted at the park.Elgin Police Lt. Matt Udelhoven said two boys were walking down a sidewalk when one of the dogs that was laying in the grass bit a boy on his left hand and wrist area and started scratching at his back.When one of the responding officers moved forward to interrupt the attack, the dog then turned from the boy and lunged toward the officer, who shot it. The second dog then began circling the officers and lunged toward the second officer, who then shot it, police said. Both animals were taken to the Dundee Animal Hospital and later euthanized, Udelhoven said.The boy, from Elgin, was treated for minor injuries to his hand and released to his family with the understanding they would take him to receive medical treatment, Udelhoven said. The dogs' owner later was identified but was nowhere near the dogs throughout the incident, added Sgt. Dennis Hood. The owner has been cooperating with police's ongoing investigation into whether any ordinances were violated, Hood said. No charges had been filed or fines levied as of Sunday.In March, Elgin councilmen enacted a new law classifying any dog that attacks another animal or human as "dangerous," triggering a number of added regulations for the owner of such an animal.This was considered a compromise of an earlier proposal that would have automatically classified all pit bulls as "dangerous," thus mandating stricter laws.Some of the regulations that come with owning a dog classified as dangerous include muzzling it outside the home, building a 6-foot fence for any outdoor area where it's kept, obtaining $100,000 in liability insurance, use of a 6-foot-long leash whenever the dog is walked by a person who must be at least 18 years old and paying a $50 registration fee every three years.The new law is supposed to take effect Tuesday; the current law carries a $50 fine.Prigge, who vowed in March to be on the lookout for any further pit bull attacks in the city, said he wants to see what feedback he gets from the public from now until the next city council meeting June 9."I don't know what to tell you," said a frustrated Prigge. "Let's see what the people say. We listened to them in March. We'll listen to them again."One reason council members backed off the pit bull laws was because scores of pit bull owners said the city needed to hold owners responsible and to "punish the need, not the breed.""The whole thing we heard over and over again was 'make the owners responsible.' It's a long process. It's not going to happen overnight," said Mayor Ed Schock. <em><span style="color:#000099;">WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR, A DEAD KID??</span></em><br /><br /><strong>June 9, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.wjbdradio.com/index.php?f=news_single&id=22041">http://www.wjbdradio.com/index.php?f=news_single&id=22041</a> A Centralia Police officer was attacked and bitten by a pit bull dog Tuesday night when trying to gain entry to a home to make an arrest in a domestic battery case. Officer Billy White was able to draw his service revolver and shoot and kill the pit bull. He was later treated and released at St. Mary's Hospital in Centralia for the bite injury.<br />Meanwhile, Centralia Police eventually forced their way into the home where 27-year-old Joseph Tate of the 900 block of East Broadway refused to come out despite repeated requests. Once inside, police say Tate reportedly turned aggressively towards the officer with a clenched fist and didn't comply with the demand 'to get to the ground'. Police then tazed Tate, who fell to the floor and was handcuffed without further incident. Tate was taken to the Marion County Jail for alleged domestic battery, disorderly conduct and resisting a peace officer. The other person allegedly involved in the domestic disturbance also was arrested. 24-year-old Ashley Tate of East Broadway in Centralia is being held for alleged domestic battery and disorderly conduct. <em><span style="color:#000099;">LOST PRODUCTIVITY AT TAXPAYER'S EXPENSE.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>June 8, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.pjstar.com/news/luciano/x1602634232/Luciano-Neighbors-dogged-by-daily-fears">http://www.pjstar.com/news/luciano/x1602634232/Luciano-Neighbors-dogged-by-daily-fears</a> Neighbors Bob Buchanan and Kristen Michaud say they live in fear for the same reason: pit bulls.But they differ in their opinions about them.Buchanan was attacked by Michaud's pit bulls last month. He says all three of her dogs bit him; she says just two went after him.Two were put down. Buchanan fears the remaining pit bull might attack him."It's already attacked," he says. "It'll attack again."Meanwhile, with two dogs gone, Michaud frets that her Near North Side home isn't protected well enough anymore."We do not feel safe," she says. "We have had to lock up my house for the first time in 10 years."Buchanan, 72, owns Buchanan Insurance, 3327 NE Adams St., and the adjacent Irish Villa restaurant.Michaud, 29, lives around the corner, at 407 Homestead Ave. The exterior is marked with multiple "Beware of Dog" and "Private Property" signs.She got her first pit bull, Duke, as a puppy 10 years ago. Seven years ago, she got a female pit puppy, Saaya. She bred them four times, and kept one of the puppies: Rajah, now a year old. She says they are full-blooded American pit bull terriers.<br />Also living at her house are her three children, ages 15, 7 and 5 months. She says the dogs were wonderful around children. In fact, the baby bonded with the oldest dog on the day Michaud brought her girl home from the maternity ward, Dec. 31.<br />"I laid my baby right next to Duke," Michaud says. "And he laid with her and loved her to death."She says the dogs were well-behaved. "My dogs have never bitten anyone," she says.Well, three years ago, a passer-by reported having been bit by Duke. The Peoria Animal Welfare Shelter fined Michaud $100, as the bite wasn't serious. Reminded of that bite, Michaud said it was a case of mistaken identity; her dogs weren't even in town on the day of that alleged bite.She acknowledges that she'd often let the pit bulls outside without a leash."My being a single parent with no job, I have no money to put up a fence," she says.<br />Buchanan says he had never seen the dogs attack anyone, but they have chased pedestrians. He'd never had trouble with the dogs before.But on the afternoon of May 2, Buchanan went behind his businesses to mow a small plot of grass. He saw a flash from the rear of Michaud's house."They opened the door back there, and out charged three pit bulls," he says.But she says there were only two pit bulls outside; the youngest stayed inside. Still, there's no doubt that Buchanan was attacked. Her dogs knocked him down, and he tried to push them off. But they ripped their teeth through his clothes and into his left arm and stomach."They were going for my jugular," he says.Michaud heard the commotion, came outside and pulled off the pit bulls. Buchanan says he asked her to call 911, but she wouldn't. Michaud says she had her hands full with the dogs, no thanks to Buchanan."Bob laid in the (expletive) grass, saying he was dying," she says. "I asked him to get off the ground so I could contain my dogs. But he just stayed there."As she pulled off the animals, Buchanan struggled to his feet and staggered into his eatery. There, he called 911, and an ambulance took him to Methodist Medical Center. The wounds required multiple stitches, which were covered with gauze bandages for three weeks."It still hurts," he says.Michaud acknowledges, "It was an unfortunate event. . . . I'm sorry the man was bit."<br />But she says he bears some responsibility."Common sense would say that if I'm gonna mow (the grass), I'm gonna knock next door and say, 'I'll be out here,' " Michaud says.Plus, she says, when the dogs would approach Buchanan previously, they'd back off as soon as he'd say, "Whoa." But not on that fateful day."Instead . . . he raised up his hand and started screaming," Michaud says.That gesture threatened Duke, who attacked out of protective feelings toward Michaud, she says. And Saaya joined in.All three dogs were quarantined that day by PAWS. But it let loose the youngest after witnesses said only two had attacked.Buchanan says that's not fair: Most of the witnesses know Michaud. Still, as PAWS Director Lauren Malmberg says, "We did not have enough evidence to say the third dog was outside."PAWS deemed the two dogs vicious, a designation that alleges serious physical injury and permits euthanasia. That designation can be fought in court, but Michaud declined to do so."These are not dangerous pets," she says. "They are family pets. . . . If I'd had the money, I would've fought PAWS."Instead, she agreed to having the dogs put down."I'm hurting," she says, her voice cracking with emotion. "My entire family is hurting. We feel like we lost a member of the family."Plus, she says, she's penalized further. She has to pay more than $1,000 in fines and other costs.Plus, when customers of Buchanan's eatery come outside to smoke, they routinely shoot her nasty looks."I'm so tired of this man telling people I have a vicious dog," she says. "I feel harassed."Meanwhile, Buchanan can't believe Michaud is allowed to keep the remaining pit bull. He thinks that if you are an irresponsible pet owner, you should not be allowed to keep animals.PAWS' Malmberg agrees. She and other animal advocates are working toward a state law prohibiting pet ownership after a serious bite."This is, I think, a serious (legal) flaw," she says.Michaud thinks the idea is crazy. The remaining pit bull wouldn't hurt anyone, she says."She is a puppy," Michaud says. "What the hell could she do?" <em><span style="color:#000099;">THIS PIT NUTTER NEEDS TO BE IN A LUNEY BIN TELLING THE MAN TO GET UP SO HER PITS WOULD STOP ATTACKING AND HE SHOULD HAVE LET HER KNOWN ABOUT HIS MOWING HIS YARD.</span></em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904394899713773345.post-45822426486574957202010-02-05T13:11:00.018-05:002010-05-15T16:09:50.214-04:00IDAHO ATTACKS SINCE 11/13/09<strong>Feb. 19, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.idahostatesman.com/2010/02/19/1087368/caldwell-police-shoot-kill-pit.html">http://www.idahostatesman.com/2010/02/19/1087368/caldwell-police-shoot-kill-pit.html</a> Caldwell police officials say an officer had to shoot a pit bull that attacked a K-9 police dog during a standoff Friday morning.Caldwell police parole absconder Jason Bradford eventually turned himself in, following the short standoff with the CPD tactical response team at a home at 5251 Obsidian Way around 9:15 a.m. Friday.Caldwell Police Chief Chris Allgood said Bradford was accompanied by the pit bull when he tried to run away from the home Friday morning. The pit bull attacked a K-9 dog and the officer shot it.At that point, Bradford ran back inside the home. A short negotiation ensued. Two adults and a child, who live at the home, came out first. Bradford then surrendered without incident minutes later, Allgood said.Treasure Valley law enforcement agencies had been looking for the 36-year-old Bradford in earnest since Feb. 12, when he avoided capture by Boise police after they said Bradford tried to run over two officers before he crashed a stolen car and ran away following a short pursuit.Police say Bradford wrecked the stolen car in the Targee/Shoshone streets neighborhood in the early evening on Feb. 12 and got away, despite officers setting up a five block perimeter to catch him.Boise police found a gun at the accident scene. Caldwell police called in their tactical response team Friday after getting a tip on Bradford's location, because they suspected he may have been armed and was prone to violence, Allgood said.Bradford is being held in the Canyon County Jail on charges of aggravated assault on a police officer, filed in connection with the Feb. 12 incident, and a warrant for a felony parole violation.Bradford has a lengthy criminal history, including a felony second degree kidnapping conviction from 2003 and a variety of misdemeanor crimes, like domestic disturbance, battery, and DUI, according to Idaho court records.Later Friday, Caldwell police arrested two Caldwell residents for felony harboring a fugitive and drug possession.Nikki L. Faull and Merlin L. Himerch lived in the home where Bradford was found and arrested. Police said the two knew Bradford was a fugitive. Both were booked into the Canyon County Jail.Police said a child in the home is staying with relatives. <em><span style="color:#000099;">ONLY BREED AMBASSADORS ARE ALLOWED TO ATTACK POLICE K-9S.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>April 8, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.cdapress.com/news/local_news/article_8806e085-cdee-5792-bed1-10f6611e92f4.html">http://www.cdapress.com/news/local_news/article_8806e085-cdee-5792-bed1-10f6611e92f4.html</a> POST FALLS - A wandering pit bull that has had multiple aggressive incidents since Friday was shot to death by police on Wednesday after it was spotted near school playgrounds and became a traffic hazard along Interstate 90.The adult male dog, which weighed 80 to 90 pounds, was shot to death by an officer around noon on the north side of I-90 near the Slab Inn after it had been seen in the vicinity of Seltice Elementary and CornerStone Christian Academy."We became very concerned because it was aggressive," Post Falls Police Lt. Greg McLean said. "When officers tried to catch it, it would intentionally run toward them, then veer off. With all the kids in the area, a lot of things weighed into the decision."The dog's owner is unknown because it wasn't wearing tags.The pit bull attacked and injured a black lab along 14th Avenue on Friday, ripping both of its ears, McLean said. The pit bull was stunned with a Taser gun before it ran off.It later attempted to attack another dog and when the owner approached the pit bull to shoo it away, it chased him.Police spotted the pit bull again on Monday, but it remained on the loose after a 45-minute search.On Wednesday, an officer shot the pit bull in the back on the south side of the freeway. It then ventured to the north side, where it was Tazed. When the dog attempted to take off, it was shot twice and died.McLean said officers checked to see if there was a reported missing pit bull after it attacked the lab, but none was reported."This dog was constantly sprinting toward people and other dogs in an aggressive demeanor," McLean said. "It was determined not to be captured."He said it seemed to be hanging out in the 14th Avenue area before it ventured south toward I-90 on Wednesday.A Kootenai County deputy shot and killed a loose pug along I-90 at Post Falls last year after multiple agencies couldn't catch it and it nearly caused a crash during rush hour. The incident drew outcry, including from some who witnessed the incident.McLean said he believes officers had even more reasons to shoot the pit bull. In addition to it being a traffic hazard, it had attacked another dog, chased a man and was an aggressive threat to officers and children."We weren't just dealing with little Fluffy causing a traffic hazard on the freeway," McLean said.Police Chief Scot Haug said he supported his staff's decision."Based on the information our staff had, and the potential injury to citizens, including children as well as other animals, the officers made the difficult decision to euthanize the animal," Haug said. "Our staff handled this vicious dog professionally with the community's safety in mind." <em><span style="color:#000099;">NO OWNER, NO PUNISH THE DEED.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>April 9, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.localnews8.com/Global/story.asp?S=12285931">http://www.localnews8.com/Global/story.asp?S=12285931</a> BLACKFOOT - A man in Blackfoot is facing several charges after officers say his pit bull attacked a dozen people at the Blackfoot Sixth Grade School Thursday. 11 of the 12 were students, one was a teacher. Three of the students were sent to the hospital.Abel DeLuna, 28, is facing misdemeanor charges of harboring a vicious dog, dog rushing a person, failure to get a dog license and failure to get a rabies shot.Thursday was an unusual day for sixth grader Jaylinn Eddy. Her recess at the Blackfoot Sixth Grade School ended with her classmates in the hospital."He grabbed onto his pants and started biting him and wouldn't let go of him," said Jaylinn."It's just not an everyday occurrence anymore I don't think. Well not in Blackfoot anyway. It was just kind of shocking to see something like that hit so close to home," said Jayson Eddy, Jaylinn's father.Students say a gate was open allowing a pit bull to get inside. The dog was allegedly antagonized by students and started to attack."The dog started coming towards me and so I just went and Mr. Peterson, which is my P.E. teacher, told me to just come to him. He was just trying to get the dog to go away," said Jaylinn."The kids have to take a little bit of responsibility on that part too. I mean you don't go up and kick a dog and expect them just to look at you," said Jayson.The gentleman that owns the pit bull that is in question has signed a release form turning over ownership to the city. His dog will now remain in quarantine in the animal shelter for the next 10 days."The dog has not had its rabies shot so we're going to hold it for 10 days to see if it develops any signs or symptoms of rabies. Then after that we're going to determine what we're going to do with it," said Captain Kurt Asmus, Blackfoot Police Department.The dog had been reported as missing before the attack happened. Students are left wondering why the attack happened in the first place. "Why would you throw something at a dog that you don't know if it's dangerous or anything. Whoever did that should be punished," said Jaylinn.DeLuna will be arraigned on his charges during a preliminary hearing April 22nd. Those injured in the attack had mostly scratches and bruises and have been released from the hospital. <em><span style="color:#000099;">NANNY DOGS, NANNY DOGS, NANNY DOGS!!!!</span></em><br /><br /><strong>April 27, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.kidk.com/news/local/92273074.html">http://www.kidk.com/news/local/92273074.html</a> FORT HALL - What started as a weekly horseback ride, turned into an unforgettable nightmare. Trudy Hernandez's two daughters and 11-year-old granddaughter, went riding in Trudy's backyard fields last Saturday afternoon. That's when they saw a strange dog come toward them from their neighbor's yard. It didn't bite the family, but it did go after their horses. "This dog she was getting more aggressive more aggressive starting to jump at their faces, all over, just attacking everywhere," says the grandmother and owner of the horses, Trudy Hernandez. The family has been riding their horses in these same fields for the past 35 years, and they've never encountered anything like this. The dog chased them for a quarter-mile before, the mother, Wendy Hernandez, guided her horse, Zip, to stand between the attacking dog and her daughter, Bailee, who was riding another horse. That's when the potentially deadly bite happened."The dog reached up on the front end and grabbed her horse by the neck," says Hernandez. . Immediately Zip reared back throwing Wendy to the ground. The dog didn't attack Wendy. Luckily, it lost it's drive and went home. Wendy called Trudy right before she fell and told her mom they needed help."The terror on that phone call is something I'll have in the back of my head forever, of the pure terror that dog growling, barking, screaming they couldn't get her off," describes Hernandez. Trudy spoke with the dog's owner. He says he couldn't believe his family dog was capable of attacking. "When he saw the horses he truly apologized," says Hernandez. The Bingham County Animal Shelter picked up the dog soon after. Animal shelter employees say the dog will be euthanized. <em><span style="color:#000099;">DUMBASS NUTTER, PITS ARE NOT PETS, THEY WERE BRED TO KILL.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>May 9, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.kidk.com/news/local/93231609.html">http://www.kidk.com/news/local/93231609.html</a> A seven year old Idaho Falls girl was attacked by a pit bull on Second Street Thursday afternoon. We are told the dog ripped at the girls face and she has received over 60 stitches. An Animal Control Officer said, the dog is being quarantined and will most likely be euthanized. One neighborhood girl says the dogs have never been a threat before... They normally just bark and jump on the fence of the house. A man who witnessed the attack claims it was not the dogs fault and that the dog owner is devastated. Others saY the girl is very small and kind... AND there's no way she Would have provoked the dog. The parents chose not to talk at this time, but they say they are grateful for the support they've received. <em><span style="color:#000099;">BLAME THE 7 YEAR OLD, FUCKING NUTTERS.</span></em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904394899713773345.post-29274732434739974222010-02-05T13:09:00.016-05:002010-07-08T18:21:20.984-04:00INDIANA ATTACKS SINCE 11/13/09<strong>Nov. 25, 2009</strong><br /><a href="http://www.wsbt.com/news/local/73802607.html">http://www.wsbt.com/news/local/73802607.html</a> STURGIS — A dog attack on a postal worker caused the postal service to stop delivering to one neighborhood.It happened Saturday afternoon on West Congress Street in Sturgis, Michigan. Police say a 3-year- old pit bull bit the carrier while she was trying to deliver mail to the house. She told police a second pit bull came at her, but did not bite her. As Ranji Sinha reports, mail carriers say the area is too dangerous for them to deliver to. "With the show of aggression those dogs had, they did leave their own yard and attack, the attack didn't happen in their yard," said Picker, "So we just don't feel safe having a mail carrier anywhere in the neighborhood." <span style="color:#000099;"><em>THIS AIN'T RIGHT, PRISONERS OF PIT BULLS!!<br /></em></span><br /><strong>Jan. 4, 2009</strong><br /><a href="http://gcdailyworld.com/story/1599445.html">http://gcdailyworld.com/story/1599445.html</a> A 52-year-old Solsberry woman was hospitalized late Saturday morning after she was viciously attacked by a neighbor's pit bull dog in eastern Greene County. The attack was ongoing until Greene County Sheriff's Reserve Deputy Jeffery Payton arrived on the scene and shot and killed the dog. But the pit bull dog which was attacking the woman when the officer arrived was owned by Brandon Artis who also resides on the Mulvey property. Wade said he was first told the attacking dog was a bull mastiff mixed breed but according to veterinary records, the breed of the dog was pit bull. <span style="color:#000099;"><em>EVEN THEIR NUTTER/OWNER DOESN'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.<br /></em></span><br /><strong>Jan. 20, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.wishtv.com/dpp/news/local/marion_county/cps-takes-child-following-dog-attack">http://www.wishtv.com/dpp/news/local/marion_county/cps-takes-child-following-dog-attack</a> INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - CPS removed a child from her family’s home Tuesday after her parents allegedly failed to report a dog attack. In fact, Lighthouse Charter School told Metro Police that the girl’s family said they kept the girl out of school for a week because she was sick.Police were called to the school Tuesday after officials there noticed bite marks, cuts and bruises on the girl’s body.Once at the school, police say they met with the girl’s grandmother who told them she was a medical professional and decided the girl’s injuries did not require medical attention.The child’s grandmother told officers that she heard screams and thought the girl was just playing with the family's pit bull. She told police she did not witness the dog attack but one of the girl’s siblings alerted her to it.The officer described the girl’s injuries in the police report saying:“I looked at the child’s injuries and observed healing deep bite marks on the child’s left leg, arms, shoulders, waist, arms and kneck (SIC). I also observed that the child limped as she walked and visible swelling on the left calf leg and well as (SIC) redness, bruising discoloration." Police called CPS and animal control to the school to conduct their own investigations. As a result, CPS removed the child from the home and animal control took the dog into their custody. <span style="color:#000099;"><em>PROBABLY GOT THE $4 SPECIAL FROM DOUG RAE</em></span>.<br /><br /><strong>Jan 26, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.southbendtribune.com/article/20100126/News01/1260318/0/googleNews&Template=printart">http://www.southbendtribune.com/article/20100126/News01/1260318/0/googleNews&Template=printart</a> According to police reports from the South Bend Regional Airport and St. Joseph County officers, the bizarre incident started just after 3 a.m. Sunday, when an Airport Authority officer spotted two dogs on the south side of the intersection of Lincoln Way West and Lexington Avenue.The officer was patrolling the area and stepped out of his vehicle after spotting the two pit bulls, a brown female and a black male. As the officer approached the female dog, he said the black dog ran around his car and came back to bite the officer in the leg.The Airport Authority officer, seeking backup, called St. Joseph County police and the Humane Society of St. Joseph County to remove the dog.According to Sgt. Bill Redman, St. Joseph County police spokesman, a county officer arrived to find the two dogs but was unable to get out of the vehicle as the male dog kept lunging at his driver's side door.Hoping to keep the dog calm until Humane Society workers arrived, the officer reported that he threw potato chips out the car window, which the dog ate.Redman said Humane Society workers attempted to capture the dog using a noose-pole, but the dog attacked the stick and lunged at the workers' van.The black pit bull then began running north toward the airport, Redman said, and police became fearful that it could hurt someone coming out of the terminal.Redman said an officer, after rolling down his driver's side window, then shot the pit bull, killing it.Humane Society workers were able to capture the female dog and, although neither dog had identification, the female dog reportedly had an identifying microchip imbedded in its body.South Bend Regional Airport Director John Schalliol said the Airport Authority officer received minor cuts on his leg but was able to return to work shortly after the incident. <span style="color:#000099;"><em>THE POLICE DON'T SCREW AROUND WITH THESE DANGEROUS DOGS</em></span>.<br /><br /><strong>March 4, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.theindychannel.com/news/22739247/detail.html">http://www.theindychannel.com/news/22739247/detail.html</a> INDIANAPOLIS -- A 23-year-old man was injured Thursday morning when he was attacked by two pit bulls in his yard on Indianapolis' north side.The incident happened in the 5900 block of Grandview Drive before 9 a.m., 6News' Julie Pursley reported.Indianapolis police said James Bates was taking out the trash when his next-door neighbor's pit bulls began biting him.Officers were told that the pit bulls somehow escaped from a fenced-in yard. They ripped the shoes and jacket off Bates, biting him in the face and feet.Bates' cousin -- Jada Carson, 5 – saw the attack when she looked out a window and yelled for her mother, who called 911 and attempted to scare the dogs away.An officer tried to distract the dogs, but they charged him, forcing him to shoot them, police said.One of the dogs was killed and the other was shot and ran back into his yard. Animal Care and Control took custody of that animal.James was taken to Methodist Hospital with puncture wounds from bites to his face and ears.Police said the neighbors had been cordial with each other, but that there had been previous concern about the dogs.Carson had been told to stay in the house if the dogs were outside out of fear that they might attack her.The names of the owners weren't released, but 6News was told one of them works for the Marion County Sheriff's Department. <em><span style="color:#000099;">A NEIGHBORHOOD HELD CAPTIVE BY A SHERIFF NUTTER.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>March 5, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.indystar.com/article/20100305/NEWS02/100305008/IMPD-officer-hurt-in-2nd-pit-bull-attack">http://www.indystar.com/article/20100305/NEWS02/100305008/IMPD-officer-hurt-in-2nd-pit-bull-attack</a> In a second pit bull incident on the same day, an Indianapolis Metropolitan police officer investigating a report of gunshots being fired was bitten on the Southwestside Thursday.Officer Jeffrey Viewegh was bitten on the right knee and left boot while chasing a suspect into a house on the 800 block of South Sheffield Avenue at 7:30 p.m., according to an Indianapolis Police report.Viewegh was at the rear of the house where a boy suspected of firing gunshots was believed to be. The suspect came out of the back door but turned back inside when he saw the officer.Viewegh went to the back door and, as he stood inside the doorway, a pit bull clamped onto his knee with its jaw. Viewegh kicked the dog several times to unhinge its grip but when he shook the dog loose it began biting his boot.Vieweigh was taken to Methodist Hospital with bruising, swelling and cuts on his right knee, according to the police report.It was the second Pit Bull attack on an IMPD officer Thursday. Earlier, an officer shot two Pit Bulls that had mauled a 23-year-old man on the Northwestside, then charged the officer when he arrived. <em><span style="color:#000099;">NUTTERS LOVE THIS TWO FER ONE MAULINGS, THEM THAR ARE GAME DOGS!!</span></em><br /><br /><strong>March 9, 2010</strong> <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">FATALITY</span></strong><br /><a href="http://www.indystar.com/article/20100309/NEWS02/3090398/IMPD-officer-wounds-charging-pit-bull">http://www.indystar.com/article/20100309/NEWS02/3090398/IMPD-officer-wounds-charging-pit-bull</a> .A police officer shot and wounded a pit bull that fatally mauled a neighbor's Chihuahua then lunged at the officer Monday, police said.It was the third time in less than a week that a pit bull attacked an officer. For the second time, the officer shot the dog.Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Officer Benjamin Owens said in a report that when he arrived on the 1700 block of East Kelly Street at 8:45 a.m. the pit bull had the Chihuahua in its mouth but the small dog was already was dead.A man was holding the pit bull back from attacking bystanders but warned that he couldn't keep it back for long, Owens said in a report. Minutes later the snarling pit bull escaped and ran toward Owens."The pit bull then stood up with the small dog in its mouth still, and then began to charge me," Owens wrote in the report.Owens fire twice at the pit bull but said he didn't kill it. Animal Care and Control officers took the dog away.Last Thursday, an officer shot two pit bulls that had mauled a 23-year-old man on the Northwestside, then charged the officer when he arrived. That same day, an IMPF officer was bitten on the leg by a pit bull on the southwestside but was able to shake the dog loose. <em><span style="color:#000099;">ARE THEY KNOCKING ON YOUR DOOR YET, MIKE SPEEDY???</span></em><br /><br /><strong>March 9, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.wlky.com/news/22785573/detail.html">http://www.wlky.com/news/22785573/detail.html</a> WLKY<br />NEW ALBANY, Ind. -- Two pit bulls invaded a New Albany home in the 1900 block of Culbertson Avenue Monday afternoon after attacking the resident's pet.Carol Sevedge's Irish Setter, Musafa, was in her backyard Monday evening when a pair of pit bulls, Sampson and Daniel, got into her yard and attacked Musafa."They were biting my dog. They both had a hold of his ears and they were shaking him and every thing," Sevedge said. "He's got puncture wounds in his ear drums, in his head stitches and they had to staple over the stitches to keep them together.""I could hear the commotion and I heard my neighbor, Carol," said Albert Cross, owner of the pit bulls.Cross hopped his fence to help."He tried to control them and they wouldn't stop, so he said get water. And I went into the house and the kitchen door was still open and I guess Musafa got away just a little bit and came in the house," Sevedge said.Daniel and Sampson ran into the house behind Musafa."But when they caught up to her dog inside of her house, there was no additional attack there was nothing else that occurred, so I don't want people to think that these dogs went into this house and attacked this family. They didn't," Cross said.Instead Cross, Sevedge and her live-in friend managed to get the pit bulls out of the house, but then Daniel bolted around to get inside one more time."That's when my friend had to shoot him because it's like he was going mad because he could have turned on us," Sevedge said."He had a split second to make a decision," Cross said. "I love my dogs, but I value human life more than that and that's really what it was. He had to make that decision with what was at stake at that time.""The police officer said he did everything that he was supposed to do and it upset us both that we had to kill a dog, but he almost killed ours," Sevedge said.No people were reported injured in the attack.Cross paid the $300 emergency vet hospital bill for Musafa's care after the attack.Cross said he has no hard feelings about what happened.He already had plans to give away his dogs before the attack. Someone is picking up 1-year-old Sampson on Sunday.No charges have been filed against Cross. <em><span style="color:#000099;">THAT'S RIGHT, GIVE THEM A NEW NAME AND SHIP THEM TO ANOTHER AREA SO THEY CAN CONTINUE TO MAUL.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>March 11, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.wishtv.com/dpp/news/local/marion_county/officer-kills-aggressive-pit-bull">http://www.wishtv.com/dpp/news/local/marion_county/officer-kills-aggressive-pit-bull</a> INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - An IMPD officer shot and killed a pit bull Thursday morning while coming to the aid of a woman who was being attacked by the dog.Officers were dispatched to the 1400 bock of Samoa with reports of a person in distress.24-Hour News 8 has a crew on the scene and will update this story as more information becomes available. <em><span style="color:#000099;">NUTTERS ABOUND IN INDY BECAUSE OF THE COUNCIL NOT DOING WHAT THEY SHOULD, FOLLOWING MIKE SPEEDY'S LEAD OF BSL.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>March 11, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.theindychannel.com/news/22816790/detail.html">http://www.theindychannel.com/news/22816790/detail.html</a> INDIANAPOLIS -- An Indianapolis woman claims she told officers to use a Taser on one of her dogs, not shoot and kill it, after it fought with other pit bulls early Thursday.Mary Meadors made a frantic call to 911 just before 11 a.m. to report a stray pit bull had come through her fence and was fighting with her three dogs in the 2100 block of Brookside Parkway North Drive, 6News' Rick Hightower reported."Hurry please. Oh my gosh, they're fighting," she is heard screaming during the call.Lt. Jeffrey Duhamell said that when officers arrived, they found two of the dogs fighting, but were able to pull them apart. Meadors then slipped and fell, and witnesses said she told officers to shoot the dog so it wouldn't attack her."They say they heard her say 'Shoot him,' and about that time we tried to Taser it, and it was ineffective, and that's when the officers shot and killed the dog," Duhamell said.Meadors told Hightower that she only wanted the officers to stun her dog, Simon, not kill it."He just kept shooting him until he died. I never told them to shoot him. I begged them not to shoot him," she said. "I was not in danger … That was a part of my family. They took that away from me."One of Meadors' neighbors said he could hear the dogs fighting down the street, telling 911, "They're up there screaming, yelling. It sounds like somebody is dying.""It sounded like a girl was getting attacked. It didn't even sound like a dog fighting," Mike Burghy told Hightower.Another nearby pit bull owner said he believes what happened is the dog owner's fault, not the animal's."When you pin them up in a yard they're going to lash out eventually," said Wes Wheeler, who has two dogs of his own. "They're pit bulls. They were unfortunately bred to be pit bulls, but they also can be the greatest dogs in the world."Duhamell said the incident is under investigation.<em><span style="color:#000099;"> THE STUPID NEIGHBOR NUTTER IS IN FOR A BIG SURPRISE WHEN HE IS NEXT IN LINE FOR A MAULING.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>March 17, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.wishtv.com/dpp/news/local/hamilton_county/boy-6-mauled-by-dog-at-humane-society">http://www.wishtv.com/dpp/news/local/hamilton_county/boy-6-mauled-by-dog-at-humane-society</a><br />NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (WISH) - A 6-year-old Noblesville boy was attacked by a pit bull mix dog Tuesday afternoon.The attacked happened inside the Hamilton County Humane Society shelter in the 1700 block of Pleasant Street in Noblesville. The boy was visiting there with his aunt.The shelter executive director says the boy was not properly supervised.According to the dog bite report, the attack was unprovoked. Workers at the Humane Society say the dog, named Guido, was in a visitation room that had a no access sign on the door.The dog was in seclusion because he has a back injury. The boy opened the door to the room. The dog escaped and then attacked the boy.According to the report, the boy’s aunt did not see the dog until the animal was on the boy.Paramedics took the boy to St. Vincent Hospital where he was treated for injuries to his face, hand, wrist, ankle and foot. The 6-year-old received dozens of stitches.He is back at home having been released from the hospital. The boy's mother told 24-Hour News 8 the family has hired a lawyer.Humane Society workers moved the dog into quarantine for a ten day period. <em><span style="color:#000099;">IT WAS A PIT BULL UNTIL IT ATTACK NOW THE LYING NO KILL SHELTER IS TRYING TO PASS IT OFF AS A BOXER.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>March 22, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.theindychannel.com/news/22911691/detail.html">http://www.theindychannel.com/news/22911691/detail.html</a> INDIANAPOLIS -- Indianapolis Animal Care and Control is reviewing its shelter policies after a young volunteer was bitten during a fight between two dogs.A 15-year-old girl was on her first day of walking dogs at the facility on Friday when she was bitten by a husky-pit bull mix, 6News' Rick Hightower reported.IACC spokeswoman Teri Kendrick said the girl, who suffered a puncture wound and a scrape, stepped between two dogs as they fought "Obviously, when you're around a large number of animals, they all have teeth and it's always possible, in theory, for anyone to be bitten," she said.The girl's father, Joseph Wolpert, told Hightower that he isn't upset by the bite, but by the way in which it was handled by shelter workers."If I hadn't gone back inside with my daughter when we came to pick her up and forced them to make a report, I don't think anything would have been known about it," he said.Volunteers at the shelter are required to attend two hours of orientation and are given training handouts. Kendrick said the agency will review its volunteer policies."We shouldn't be taking anything for granted, and we are going to ensure that, in the future, all volunteers are specifically told never get between two dogs that are fighting," she said.The dog that bit the girl will be held in an investigation kennel for 10 days.Wolpert said his daughter will not return to the IACC to complete her service project. <em><span style="color:#000099;">KIDS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO BE AROUND PITS IN A SHELTER.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>April 6, 2010 <span style="color:#ff0000;">FATALITY</span></strong><br /><a href="http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=509984">http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=509984</a> A pit bull killed another dog Monday in Elkhart, according to police. The dog was apparently chained up in a yard on Roys Avenue, but got loose, according to an Elkhart Police report. The pit bull then went to a neighbor’s yard a few houses away and attacked and killed a chihuahua. Lt. Ed Windbigler said the department has no other reports of the pit bull in question attacking before. So far, no citations have been issued. The case is being assigned to an animal control officer. If the pit bull hasn’t been registered with the city and is not up to date on shots, the owner would be in violation of Elkhart’s animal control laws. <em><span style="color:#000099;">A CHAIN IS NOTHING TO A PIT. </span></em><br /><br /><strong>April 9, 2010 <span style="color:#ff0000;">FATALITY</span></strong><br /><a href="http://news-tribune.net/local/x1612531625/New-Albany-man-reportedly-threatens-animal-control-officials">http://news-tribune.net/local/x1612531625/New-Albany-man-reportedly-threatens-animal-control-officials</a> NEW ALBANY — A 40-year-old New Albany man was arrested at about 9:40 am. Thursday morning at New Albany Police Headquarters after he allegedly made threats to officials at the New Albany- Floyd County Animal Control office, in the 200 block of West Market Street.The events that led to the arrest of Majestis Maighale Cummings, who lives in 2300 block of Shelby Street in New Albany, began shortly after 5 p.m. Wednesday when police and animal control officers were called to Cummings’ home to investigate a report of vicious dogs.When the officers arrived at the home they observed two pit bulldogs inside a fenced yard at the residence mauling another pit bull that appeared to already be dead. Animal control officials and police officers attempted to remove the two living animals from the fenced enclosure, but were unable to do so. The decision was made to destroy the two attacking dogs. Another dog, that was unharmed in the incident, was seized and taken to the animal shelter pending further disposition. A fourth dog, found inside Cummings’ home, was left at the scene pending investigation of the animal’s vaccination status.Cummings was not at home and could not be contacted until after the two attacking animals had been destroyed. He did arrive afterwards and was given instructions as to how to follow-up on the matter.On Thursday morning, Cummings went to the shelter where he allegedly made death threats to officials there. Cummings then went to police headquarters where he was arrested after officers investigated the incident.Cummings was booked into the Floyd County Jail on the preliminary charge of Intimidation, a class D felony. <em><span style="color:#000099;">AT LEAST IT IS ONE OF THEIR OWN!!</span></em><br /><br /><strong>May 7, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.whas11.com/news/local/S-Indiana-man-attacked-by-neighbors-pit-bulls-93137509.html">http://www.whas11.com/news/local/S-Indiana-man-attacked-by-neighbors-pit-bulls-93137509.html</a> (WHAS11) – An elderly southern Indiana man was attacked by his neighbor's Pit Bulls south of Corydon, Ind. in Harrison County.Three adult dogs involved in the attack and a litter of Pit Bull puppies are in an animal shelter in quarantine to make sure they aren't infected with rabies. They will be held for the next 8 days.All but one adult dog has been surrendered and will likely be euthanized or sent to a Pit Bull rescue organization.But the owner wants one of the dogs back and the victim is fighting to keep that from happening.For almost all of his 86 years, Marvin Brown has been in training; which may be the only reason that this former Navy boxer is alive today. Earlier this week, Brown was in for the fight of his life against his neighbor's pit bulls.“Them darn dogs come out from there,” Brown said. “All three of them and they jumped me.”Animal Control officials say the dogs crossed a functioning invisible fence and went into the Brown's yard after one female dog carried her puppies into a shed on their property.They attacked Brown when he walked into the yard.“One had his mouth right here and i hit it on top of its head. Knocked him down, but he got back up and bit me here,” Brown said. Marvin's wife, Joyce, looked on from inside.“It was the most horrible nightmare that you can imagine,” Joyce Brown said. She called 911, but the dogs bit Marvin several times before a deputy arrived and was forced to use a taser on the main attacker. <em><span style="color:#000099;">AS LONG AS THERE ARE PITS, WE AREN'T SAFE ANYWHERE, EVEN IN OUR OWN BACKYARD.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>May 14, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.wsbt.com/news/local/93767999.html">http://www.wsbt.com/news/local/93767999.html</a> LA PORTE — Criminal charges are being sought against a La Porte man whose pit bull attacked an 83-year old neighbor.<br />According to La Porte Police, warrants are being sought for the arrest of Adam Gilbert on Class B misdemeanor harboring a non-immunized animal. George Cummings said Thursday he was still recovering from the attack, which resulted in 12 stitches in both wrists."I'm sore all over," said Cummings.Cummings said he was taking his garbage out to the road in the 700 block of C Street on May 6. He says a pit bull next door broke his chain and knocked Cummings to the ground."He went right for my face," said Cummings.He said the dog went after his daughter later in the day. She rushed inside the house and shut the door in the nick of time. "You don't know how it feels to be on your back and that dog is on top of you. It really scares you I'll tell you," Cummings said.Prosecutors will review the police findings and decide whether to pursue formal charges in the case. Harboring a non-immunized animal could bring an up to six month sentence.Gilbert was also cited for allowing the pet to run at-large, the animal being a public nuisance and dangerous and not having the dog properly registered, according to police.Officers say Gilbert told them he was looking at putting a muzzle on the dog and keeping him on a larger chain.Cummings said he wants the dog gone more than anything else."I have lived here for over 60-years. I don't think I should have to move out to keep away from the dog," Cummings said.<br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">JUST A FUCKING NUTTER NOT OBEYING THE LAW.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>June 4, 2010 <span style="color:#ff0000;">FATALITY</span></strong><a href="http://www.fox59.com/news/wxin-pitbull-victim-dies-from-injuries-060310,0,3240215.story">http://www.fox59.com/news/wxin-pitbull-victim-dies-from-injuries-060310,0,3240215.story</a> Indianapolis - A Howard County, Indiana girl severely injured in a pit bull attack last Saturday has died. Savannah R. Gragg, 9, of Kokomo died at Riley Children's Hospital in Indianapolis Thursday afternoon.Gragg was transferred to Riley from Kokomo's Howard Regional Hospital by Life Line helicopter. The child suffered trauma to her neck and trachea. Investigators learned that Savannah was opening a door at the residence to the let the families pit bull dog outside when the dog jumped on her, knocking her to the floor. The animal then bit the child around the neck, and shook her violently. The child's grandmother witnessed the attack, and tried to free the child from the dog's grip. When Deputies arrived at the scene they found Savannah Gragg unconscious and unresponsive. "The child suffered a lacerated trachea which resulted in a lack of oxygen to the brain," said Sheriff Marty Talbert. Doctors determined the child was brain dead shortly after 3:30 p.m. Thursday. "The grandmother and the parents were home when the incident occurred. Samantha was not a very big girl. When she fell to the floor the dog bit her," the Sheriff added. "We had a deputy within two miles of the call. Everyone who responded that day is saddened by this tragic news. This was not the outcome we had hoped for." Savannah would have been a fourth grader at Taylor Intermediate School next fall. The Marion County Coroners Office is now assisting with the investigation. <em><span style="color:#000099;">SHE LASTED 5 DAYS, IMAGINE IF THIS WERE YOUR CHILD.</span></em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904394899713773345.post-591632587198200712010-02-05T13:08:00.005-05:002010-06-10T13:08:34.650-04:00IOWA ATTACKS SINCE 11/13/09<strong>April 6, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.argusleader.com/article/20100406/UPDATES/100406011/-1/weather03">http://www.argusleader.com/article/20100406/UPDATES/100406011/-1/weather03</a> Sioux Falls Police are looking for a dog that bit another dog on April 1Around 11 p.m. a man was walking his dog in the area of West 10th Street and South Covell Avenue when a stray pit bull-type dog attacked the man’s dog, according to a press release. The attack resulted in open wounds to the man’s dog and the man also received puncture wounds to his hand as he pulled the pit bull off his pet. The pit bull-type dog was described as dark brown with a dark collar with tags. After the bite, the stray dog left the area and no owner was with it. The dog needs to be identified to verify its vaccinations. Anyone with information should call Animal Control at 367-7000. <em><span style="color:#000099;">IT'S NOT SAFE TO WALK THE STREETS ANYMORE BECAUSE OF PITS.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>April 10, 2010</strong><br />http://www.messengernews.net/page/content.detail/id/523814.html?nav=5010 Fort Dodge police are seeking the public's help to find a dog that bit a city employee Thursday.<br />The dog, described by police as a ''pit bull mix,'' was reportedly turned loose in the area of Coalville and Otho following the incident.According to police reports, the city worker was attacked by the animal at about 4 p.m. Thursday at 1715 13th Ave. S.W.The city employee was bitten on one hand. He was treated at Trinity Regional Medical Center where doctors used several stitches to close the wound.The employee didn't work Friday but is expected to be back on the job Monday, according to Jim Vollmer, the city's human resources director.''My understanding is that the employee went to the address because the residents there expressed a concern about their water meter not working properly,'' Vollmer said.Officials didn't name the worker.The dog was reportedly chained to the house at 1715 13th Ave. S.W. When police went to that address to investigate, the dog was gone.Officers reported that the owner of the dog told them that he took the animal to the area of Otho and Coalville and let it go. The owner was not identified in a press release provided by the Police Department.A woman who answered the door at 1715 13th Ave. S.W. Friday afternoon said she did not live there. She said it was her cousin's home and she was just visiting.Police officers described the dog as a dark pit bull mix with a white face.Anyone who spots the animal is asked to call the Police Department at 573-2323. They can also contact Webster County Crime Stoppers at 573-1444 or webstercountycrimestoppers.com. <em><span style="color:#000099;">LYING PIT NUTTERS, DO THEY KNOW THE TRUTH?</span></em><br /><br /><strong>April 18, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://wcfcourier.com/news/local/article_9ea478a8-4b42-11df-b568-001cc4c03286.html">http://wcfcourier.com/news/local/article_9ea478a8-4b42-11df-b568-001cc4c03286.html</a> WATERLOO - A resident killed a pit bull with a knife after it attacked his own dog Saturday night.The stabbing was the second weekend incident where an attacking dog was slain, according to police reports.In the most recent incident, William Leasure said two loose pit bulls went after Buddy, his 3-year-old black lab-German shepherd mix in his own backyard in the 1000 block of West Third Street.Leasure was in the front yard when he heard the commotion at about 11:20 p.m."I thought he had a cat. I grabbed a flashlight to go look," he said.But before he got there, other family members told him two dogs were attacking Buddy, and Leasure snatched up a fillet knife instead.Leasure went to defend his dog, and one of the attackers came after him and bit at his arm, grazing it, according to the police report.He stabbed the dog three times in the side with the knife."I did what I had to do," Leasure said.The second four-legged assailant continued to go after Buddy, and Leasure clubbed him with a metal bed rail that was in the yard.Authorities later found the stabbed pit bull dead in a nearby alley, and Animal Control seized the other pit bull.Buddy was also injured."He's fine. He's got a little limp, he's got gash mark on his forehead," Leasure said.Neither of the attacking dogs had tags, and it wasn't clear who owned them. Animal Control officials are investigating the incident.Also on Saturday afternoon, a Waterloo police officer shot a pit bull that went after a couple pushing a child in a stroller in the 1800 block of Commercial Street.Animal Control workers and the officer were trying to capture the dog when it charged the officer, and the officer fired his handgun to defend himself.The dog had to be put down because of its injuries. <em><span style="color:#000099;">ONCE A PIT STARTS THEY DON'T STOP UNTIL THEY DIE.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>May 24, 2010</strong><br />http://wcfcourier.com/news/local/article_d23265c6-6736-11df-a6eb-001cc4c002e0.html WATERLOO - A Waterloo police officer is back on the job after she was bit by a pit bull while investigating an assault over the weekend.Details of the attack weren't immediately available, but Officer Eryn Hageman received a minor bite on her arm at the dog owner's home at 928 W. Mullan Ave. shortly before 7:20 p.m. Saturday, said Capt. Tim Pillack with the Waterloo Police Department.The dog was seized by Animal Control officers, Pillack said. He said the owner, Scott Matthew Clark, didn't have documents showing the dog had its vaccinations.Clark was arrested for disorderly conduct, public intoxication, interference and first-degree harassment. He was shocked by a Taser during the arrest, Pillack said.Police were investigating an assault on Lafayette Street and Hageman went to the Mullan Avenue address for followup, Pillack said. He said shortly after she pulled up, she was bitten outside.When other officers were sent to the house, Clark stood in the front yard yelling at police for coming on to his property, according to court records. He allegedly acted like he wanted to fight and then struggled when officers tried to detain him.He allegedly told one of the officer's "You're dead" during the incident, records state.<br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">FINE EXAMPLE OF A NUTTER.</span></em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904394899713773345.post-26885101972782702672010-02-05T13:07:00.009-05:002010-07-08T15:21:12.442-04:00KENTUCKY ATTACKS SINCE 11/13/09<strong>Nov. 17, 2009</strong><br /><a href="http://bgdailynews.com/articles/2009/11/17/news/news5.txt">http://bgdailynews.com/articles/2009/11/17/news/news5.txt</a> A 6-year-old Bowling Green girl remains hospitalized after being reportedly attacked by a pit bull Monday afternoon. “It ripped up her whole face, from one eye all the way across and down her face, and from the corner of her mouth to the corner of her lip back up to the eye,” Skaggs said. “She didn’t have any chance to protect her face or nothing.” <span style="color:#000099;"><em>THE PIT ATTACKED HER AS SHE CAME OUT OF THE BATHROOM AND THE OWNER HAD ANOTHER ANIMAL RELATED CHARGE AGAINST HIM.<br /><br /></em></span><strong>Nov. 27, 2009</strong> <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">FATALITY<br /></span></strong><a href="http://www.fox41.com/global/story.asp?s=11578951">http://www.fox41.com/global/story.asp?s=11578951</a> A horrifying Thanksgiving for a Hardin County family, as they find out what killed one of their family members. Karen Gillespie, 53, was searching out in the woods -- somewhat near her home -- for an old, one-room schoolhouse she wanted to take pictures of. Photography was her hobby. Karen lived in Eastview, Kentucky, which is in western Hardin County. Her husband reported her missing Tuesday night, when she did not come back home after dark. Wednesday morning, search crews found her body in a field near the family's house. The coroner's office conducted an autopsy on Thanksgiving Day and says Karen died of head injuries caused directly by a dog mauling. The dog's owner, Howard Miller, lives just down the street from the Gillespies. The Millers told us their American bull dog is a stray they were feeding and he was not fenced in.<br /><span style="color:#000099;"><em>ANOTHER FAMILY DESTROYED BY THESE DANGEROUS DOGS!! </em></span><br /><br /><strong>Feb. 23, 2010 <span style="color:#ff0000;">FATALITY</span></strong><br /><a href="http://www.lex18.com/news/jessamine-county-pit-bull-attack">http://www.lex18.com/news/jessamine-county-pit-bull-attack</a> A Jessamine County woman is upset because a pit bull killed her dog as she walked it Tuesday morning.<br />Rita Curtis was walking her miniature chihuahua on a leash in her yard when a pit bull charged her dog. She says before she could do anything about it, the pit bull had the smaller dog in his mouth. Jessamine County Animal Control officers say this isn't the first time the pit bull's owner, James Gilaus, had been warned about this dog running loose, and Animal Control has cited Gilaus for allowing his dog to run at large in the past.Curtis and her neighbors say the attack could have been prevented."This could've been a child," Cheryl Holland, a neighbor, said.Gilaus has apologized to Curtis, saying the dog pushed open a door without him knowing it. Animal Control cited him for allowing his dog to run at large.The pit bull was put down. <em><span style="color:#000099;">NUTTERS DON'T RESPECT LEASH LAWS.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>May 31, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.wave3.com/Global/story.asp?S=12571334">http://www.wave3.com/Global/story.asp?S=12571334</a><br /> LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - A Louisville toddler is being treated at Kosair Children's Hospital after the family dog attacked him.Around 4:30 p.m. on May 31, Metro Police and Animal Services were called to the 2800 block of South 6th Street near Churchill Downs. When they arrived, they found a 2 1/2-year-old boy visiting his grandmother's home had been bitten in the face by the woman's dog."They come here, and, from what I'm understanding, it was familiar," said Dwight Mitchell, a LMPD spokesperson. "It's one of those unfortunate situations that it turned tragic."The unfortunate situation caught Elizabeth Bower, a neighbor, off guard."I feel like someone's got a pit bull, there's children around, I'd be leery of it," said Bower.Bower says she isn't an animal lover and she wouldn't own a pit bull."They're scary and I, you know, I wouldn't have one around children at all," said Bower. The child, whose name has not been released, was rushed to Kosair Children's with non-life threatening injuries. His grandmother went with him.The family voluntarily handed over the young pit bull mix to Metro Animal Services. MAS said the owner made a quick decision to euthanize the dog. <em><span style="color:#000099;">NOTHING UNFORTUNATE ABOUT IT, IT IS A PIT, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT?</span></em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904394899713773345.post-69327746540597234412010-02-05T13:07:00.008-05:002010-06-09T20:31:03.390-04:00KANSAS ATTACKS SINCE 11/13/09<strong>March 1, 2010 <span style="color:#ff0000;">FATALITY</span></strong><br />http://www.kansas.com/2010/02/28/1202948/woman-vet-city-shares-blame-in.html Skeets was not just any dog.When the phone rang, the short-legged Corgi would run to the sound and howl — alerting his hearing-impaired owner, Jeanette."He was my ears. He was my life," the 76-year-old Wichita woman said. He slept by her. He stood between repairmen and his master. True to his breed, he was a herder.Around 9:30 a.m. Feb. 12, Jeanette let Skeets into the fenced-in backyard right before the phone rang. If the call hadn't interrupted her, she would have ambled out on her replacement hip and knee to hang laundry in the crisp air. "The phone call saved my life," she would say later.While she took the call, three pit bulls from next door somehow got through multiple fences — some as high as 6 feet — between the two yards. One or more of the powerful dogs mauled Skeets. At 5 1/2 years old, he was dead.It could have been prevented, Jeanette and her veterinarians say. They blame the dogs' owner and the city, saying that the owner was irresponsible and city enforcement was lacking.The owner, a woman named Kristi, said she is sorry for Jeanette's loss but didn't see the mauling coming. An official is defending the city's response to complaints about the pit bulls.The incident occurred amid a continuing local and national debate about how much pit bulls — a controversial breed because of their reputation as fighting dogs — should be regulated.The two women are not being identified with first names only because of concerns about their security.Months before her pet's death, Jeanette said, she had at various times told her neighbor, City Council members, a 911 operator, police and city animal control officials that the pit bulls were coming into her yard and posing a danger.One of her veterinarians, William Skaer, said of the city: "Had they enforced the existing ordinance" — including requirements that pit bulls be spayed or neutered and have an identifying microchip —"this wouldn't have happened. They had plenty of warning."His daughter, Christen Skaer, another veterinarian, said: "I believe that animal control is underfunded and understaffed, and that contributed to this problem."Don Henry, the city environmental services manager, who helps oversee animal control, said the problem was animals running loose, not a lack of staffing. At any one time, from two to five animal control officers respond to such calls, he said.The city has known of complaints about dogs running loose from Kristi's address dating to July 2007, and "staff took appropriate enforcement actions in every case," he said.The enforcement included filing charges and getting 15 misdemeanor animal-control convictions against the dogs' owner. The citations were for license violations and animals running loose. The city also euthanized two of the woman's pit bulls in an earlier case in which the dogs were aggressive. At least one of them chased a postal carrier, he said.After the Feb. 12 mauling, the city euthanized three pit bulls involved in the attack, and 15 animal-control counts are pending against the owner, Henry said. The misdemeanor charges involve the mauling and accuse the owner of license violations, letting the dogs run loose, and failing to comply with pit bull requirements that they be spayed or neutered and have identifying microchips, he said.Before the mauling, City Council members worked with city staff on the complaints, and animal control increased monitoring of the property in April 2009. Animal control staff advised police so they could help watch for the dogs, and the city "red-flagged" the address so that any complaints would get priority treatment, Henry said.The last complaint involving the pit bulls' address came in June 2009, he said.Jeanette said the most recent incident before the mauling occurred in December, when she reported to 911 that the pit bulls had shredded a pillow in her backyard.'I'm embarrassed' The pit bulls' owner is also to blame — for irresponsibility, said Christen Skaer, the veterinarian whose clinic had treated Skeets.Kristi, the dogs' owner, said: "I'm appalled with what my dogs did." Still, she said, "I would not have expected in a million years that they would ever do anything like that."I'm embarrassed."The city's recently toughened animal control law limits the number of pit bulls per household to two unless the owner has a current animal maintenance permit that would grandfather in more than two.It appears the owner in the mauling case had such a permit, Henry said.Christen Skaer said she questions why someone should be able to have such a permit if they had "that many" violations."It's like being allowed to have a driver's license if I have 15 DUIs," she said."They didn't do enough," she said of the city's enforcement.Henry said it is "important that we deliver the message that as tragic as this situation was ... this really reinforces the importance of responsible ownership," including not having more animals than can be maintained and properly cared for and not letting them run loose."Pit bull owners need to be aware that they have a stronger breed," he said. "They can be determined animals."William Skaer said pit bulls are different from other dogs "because of the power of the jaws, and they were bred for fighting. They can be wonderful animals if properly raised."Kristi said she is a single mother with five children, ages 12 to 21, and that she got her first pit bulls about four years ago to help protect her family. Over the 15 years she has lived at her home, thieves have stolen a trailer, bicycles and other items.To help secure her house, she put up a sign on her door with a picture of a pit bull and "Warning. Bad dog."One of her pit bulls, a 90-pounder named Big Momma, had four litters. "She was the most loving dog," Kristi said.Kristi said she sold the pups and considered herself "a little bit" of a breeder."These dogs were raised around kids," she said. Her 12-year-old would wrap his arms around the dogs and roll around with them. The dogs never harmed her children. "They were a pet, just as much for security purposes," she said.Besides Big Momma, there were Big Momma's two sons, Kujo II and Hydro. Kujo II was named after Kujo I because they looked alike.Kristi said that about a year ago she turned Kujo I and another of her pit bulls, Milo, over to the city to be euthanized after Milo barked at a postal carrier and Kujo kept clearing a 6-foot fence. "I couldn't contain him," she said.In a letter dated June 19, 2009, the U.S. Postal Service told residents of "a continuing problem with a dog that is loose in your neighborhood. This is a very serious situation." If the problem continued, residents would have to get their mail at curbside boxes. Five days later, the residents received a letter saying that front-door mail service would continue because the owner had relinquished her dogs to the animal shelter.Kristi still had three other pit bulls, the ones that eventually were involved in the recent mauling.Kristi said she sometimes took her dogs into her front yard so the animals could relieve themselves and that she promptly brought them back in."Before this incident, they never harmed anybody or anything," Kristi said.Source of worry But Jeanette said the dogs had long been a source of irritation and worry for her and others.Sometimes the pit bulls would wander into her garage, she said. Sometimes, she would turn around while outside and find a loose pit bull staring at her. Sometimes, her visitors wouldn't get out of their cars or leave her porch because the pit bulls were out.Last March, almost 11 months before Skeets died, Jeanette was trying to communicate her concerns.In a note dated March 13, 2009, she wrote to Kristi about one of her dogs: "I go into the backyard to come into the house, and he has me stopped against the garage door."In a May 6, 2009, e-mail to City Council members, Jeanette wrote: "Do I have to be literally attacked by this dog to do anything?"'Heart-sunk feeling' The day that Skeets died, a neighbor walking out to get her newspaper heard a number of dogs barking."And then I heard this really agonizing, painful cry from a dog," she said.She went inside, looked out a window and saw two pit bulls — one at each end of Skeets. His body had gone limp.Jeanette didn't realize Skeets had been attacked until after it happened. After the phone call, she saw the pit bulls at her back door. She went next door, knocked with her cane and told Kristi's daughter: "Your dogs are in my yard."Kristi had been asleep. She told Jeanette that her dogs were in a back room, where she had left a window open about an inch for circulation. Later, Kristi said she concluded that the dogs had nosed open the window and pushed through the screen to get outside."I thought they were secure inside the premises," Kristi said.She has yet to figure out how the three pit bulls and her 9-pound poodle got into Jeanette's yard.That morning, as Kristi walked to Jeanette's back yard, Kristi saw Skeets' still body, lying near a birdbath in the patchy snow. She said she had a "heart-sunk feeling knowing that the dog was probably dead and my dogs had probably caused that.""I put my arms around her, repeated to her that I was sorry."Jeanette's 30-pound house dog didn't have a chance against the pit bull jaws. His throat had been ripped open, his chest and abdomen punctured.After Jeanette saw him, she began to sob.Later that morning, Kristi said an animal control officer told her, "You know we have to take the dogs.""I didn't have a choice," she said."I love my dogs, but at the same time, it's not OK for what they did. So I know they had to go."Kristi estimates that Big Momma was worth $1,800.Jeanette said she invested about $5,000 in Skeets, including surgeries.'An innate fear' Kristi said she faces a March night-court hearing on the case involving the mauling.She said she might get another pit bull, "but not anytime soon.""They're a handful, and it takes a lot of prep to make sure they're secure in your yard and cannot get loose," Kristi said.She said a key question for her is whether she can afford secure fencing. If not, she said, "then I need to do the responsible thing and not bring that kind of dog to this situation again."Even with the three pit bulls gone, Jeanette said, "I still have an innate fear" that a dog from next door will harm her or another dog.She said she needs proof that no more pit bulls live next door.<strong>As it stands, Jeanette said, "My question to the city is: Why am I not safe in my own backyard?"</strong> <em><span style="color:#000099;">NUTTER BREEDER IS "EMBARRASSED"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</span></em><br /><br /><strong>March 17, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.gbtribune.com/news.php?id=3076">http://www.gbtribune.com/news.php?id=3076</a> HOISINGTON – A young Hoisington boy remains at Promise Regional Medical Center in Hutchinson after being attacked by a pit bull terrier here Tuesday afternoon.According to Hoisington Police Chief Kenton Doze, the 9-year-old boy was playing outside at a neighbor’s home when the dog got out of the house. “It just came up and bit him” on the ear. The names of the parents and the child are not being released.The parents took him to the Hutchinson facility where he is expected to stay at least through today. Doze said he didn’t think surgery was required but he did need stitches.Doze said Hoisington doesn’t have any specific dog breed bans. But, the owners of the dog are being charged under a vicious dog ordinance.The dog was put to sleep and its head sent to the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at Kansas State University to be tested for rabies. <em><span style="color:#000099;">DARN NANNY DOG STRIKES AGAIN.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>March 24, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.kansas.com/2010/03/24/1239430/pit-bull-shot-after-threatening.html">http://www.kansas.com/2010/03/24/1239430/pit-bull-shot-after-threatening.html</a><br />WICHITA — A Wichita police officer shot and killed a pit bull that attacked him after threatening children playing in their south Wichita yard Tuesday, authorities said.The children were playing in the 2400 block of South Saint Clair at about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday when two pit bulls running loose charged at them, their mother told police.An officer arrived at the scene to investigate and was attacked by one of the dogs, police said. The officer fired one shot, hitting the dog in the head.The children were not injured. <em><span style="color:#000099;">THAT'S ONE LESS PIT BULL IN KANSAS, TOTO.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>May 25, 2010</strong><br />http://www.thekansan.com/news/x1070026191/Woman-is-critically-injured-in-dog-attack<br />HESSTON —<br />A Hesston woman was critically injured Monday when her pitbull attacked her in her home.<br />The name of the woman was not released.<br />A Chihuahua that also belonged to the woman became entangled in some string at the woman’s home about 2:40 p.m. Monday in the Country Village Trailer Park in the 400 block of East Hickory in Hesston.<br />The victim told police she tried to help the Chihuahua. She thought the pit bull must have thought she was trying to hurt the smaller dog.<br />She said she thought the dog attacked in defense of the Chihuahua, Hesston Police Chief Doug Schroeder said.<br />The woman was bitten in multiple areas around her body and was taken by Hesston EMS to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita in critical condition, said Russ Buller, Hesston director of emergency services.<br />Schroeder said the animal was seized and will be under observation for 10 days to see if it has rabies or other diseases.<br />Pitbulls are prohibited in the city of Hesston, so the woman will not be allowed to keep the pet at her residence.<br />Schroeder said the city prosecutor will decide if there will be a determination hearing to decide if the dog is vicious and should be put down or if the pitbull can be returned to its owner under the stipulation it is not kept within the city limits. <em><span style="color:#000099;">RETURN A KILLER PIT TO THE OWNER????</span></em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904394899713773345.post-80715072627012248332010-02-05T13:05:00.009-05:002010-07-08T14:43:44.143-04:00LOUISIANA ATTACKS SINCE 11/13/09<strong>Nov. 13, 2009</strong><br /><a href="http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20091113/HURBLOG/911139975?Title=Dog-s-new-lease-on-life-cut-short-by-attack-on-officer">http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20091113/HURBLOG/911139975?Title=Dog-s-new-lease-on-life-cut-short-by-attack-on-officer</a> THIBODAUX – A pit bull whose life was spared after a court hearing stemming from his attack on a Lafourche Parish woman last month mauled an animal control officer Thursday at the Lafourche Parish animal shelter, and was put down shortly after the incident. <em><span style="color:#000099;">WHAT?? NO REHAB??</span></em><br /><br /><strong>Jan 1, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/80456052.html">http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/80456052.html</a> LOCKPORT — Deputies arrested a dog-leash-wielding woman accused of attacking a mother, daughter and a cat while the woman tried to retrieve her roaming pit bull, the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office said Thursday.Wendy Dodge, 50, 233 Louis St., Lockport, was booked Wednesday into the Lafourche Parish Detention Center on counts of aggravated assault, aggravated battery, cruelty to animals, remaining after being forbidden, dogs roaming at large and vaccination required, deputies said in a statement.A man who claimed Dodge’s pit bull killed his pet Chihuahua in January 2009 had called deputies at 11 a.m. Wednesday about the same brown pit bull roaming near the 300 block of Hamilton Street in Lockport, deputies said.Deputies said they called Dodge and told her to pick up her dog and it needed to be housed in her home or leashed in the yard.According to the Sheriff’s Office, Dodge, who could not provide proof her pet was vaccinated, told deputies she would retrieve the pit bull.Around noon Wednesday, deputies called to the 300 block of Hamilton were told Dodge attacked a woman and the woman’s daughter with a metal leash while Dodge tried to retrieve the pit bull from their yard.The mother told deputies she asked Dodge to leave several times, but Dodge refused, deputies said.According to the Sheriff’s Office, the mother also told deputies Dodge missed her daughter with the leash but hit the mother on the back and hit the family cat.<br /><span style="color:#000099;"><em>NUTTERS ARE JUST AS DANGEROUS AS THEIR DOGS, BAN THEM BOTH!!!<br /></em></span><br /><strong>Jan 7, 2010</strong> <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">FATALITY<br /></span></strong><a href="http://www.dailycomet.com/article/20100107/ARTICLES/100109622?Title=Houma-family-8217-s-duck-falls-victim-to-dog-attack">http://www.dailycomet.com/article/20100107/ARTICLES/100109622?Title=Houma-family-8217-s-duck-falls-victim-to-dog-attack</a> The fluffy, white bird had her own “posse,” neighbors who protected her if she was in the street and a car was close to hitting her, said her owner, David Callahan Sr.But New Year's morning, as Quacky explored a neighbor's driveway near Point and Roussel streets, a roaming pit bull attacked and killed the pet.“It was like a family member,” said Cheryl Callahan, David's wife. “They loved that duck, and it was ripped to pieces.” <span style="color:#000099;"><em>NUTTERS DON'T CARE ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE'S PETS.</em></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><br /><br /><strong>Feb. 2, 2010</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2010/02/jpso_deputy_shoots_pit_bull_af.html">http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2010/02/jpso_deputy_shoots_pit_bull_af.html</a> A Jefferson Parish deputy sheriff shot and killed one of two pit bulls accused of attacking a Metairie woman on Friday and arrested the dogs' owner for allegedly allowing them to roam freely.The incident occurred in the 1000 block of South Starrett Road in Metairie just after Noon, according to Sheriff's Office incident and arrest reports. Deputies were dispatched to a residence in that block after reports of a dog attack. The victim, a 36-year-old woman who lives on the street, said the she was bitten on the leg by the dogs, according to the reports. The woman had made it back inside of her residence by the time deputies arrived, but they noticed a vehicle in her driveway with a caved-in roof and blood running down the rear window, the incident report said.As the deputies approached the victim's front door, a pair of pit bulls charged out of the backyard of a home at 927 S. Starrett Road., the incident report said. While one dog came to a halt, the second dog kept running and lunged to bite the deputy, the incident report said.The deputy opened fire, hitting the dog three times. Both animals ran back inside of the home at 927 S. Starrett Road. Jefferson Parish Animal Control officers arrived and collected the dogs.The victim refused treatment at the scene, but said she would go to the hospital on her own, the incident report said. The wounded dog was taken to Metairie Small Animal Hospital for emergency veterinary care, according to Tiffany Peperone, interim director for the Jefferson Parish Animal Shelter."They stabilized it, but it had severe injuries. The owner released the animal to the animal shelter and it was euthanized," said Peperone, who confirmed that the owner would be held responsible for the veterinary bills related to the dog's treatment.The owner, Kim Hutson, 48, of 927 S. Starrett Road, Metairie, was not at home at the time of the attack. She was taken into custody Saturday and booked with letting dogs run at large and having dogs that cause a public nuisance, according to Peperone and Sheriff's Office arrest reports. She was also held on three unrelated traffic attachments.Hutson could not be reached for comment Tuesday.Peperone said the Hutson has not relinquished ownership of the second pit bull, which is being held under observation by the shelter. Officials will determine the dog's temperament and hold an adjudication hearing to determine exactly what happened. <em><span style="color:#000099;">WASTING TIME WITH A TEMPERAMENT TEST, THEY DON'T WORK WITH PITS.</span></em></p><strong>March 20, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.wfie.com/Global/story.asp?S=12176084">http://www.wfie.com/Global/story.asp?S=12176084</a><br />BATON ROUGE, LA (NBC) - A reporter for an NBC affiliate in Louisiana was rushed to the emergency room after she was bitten by a pitbull.Reporter Emily Turner, from WVLA in Baton Rouge, was working on a story featuring pitbulls on Friday after several area residents were attacked by the feisty canines.Turner was interviewing a family who owned a pitbull, to show how safe the animals can be, when she got a little bit more than she bargained for.During the interview the family's pitbull, named Polo, lunged at Turner and bit her on the wrist.Doctors treated Turner and she is recovering at home.Animal control officials will quarantine Polo for 10 days to make sure he does not have rabies. <em><span style="color:#000099;">GUESS THAT REPORTER LEARNED THE HARD WAY TO NOT LISTEN TO PIT NUTTERS.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>April 1, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.wwl.com/Pit-bull-mauls-little-girl---SPCA-investigating/6707579">http://www.wwl.com/Pit-bull-mauls-little-girl---SPCA-investigating/6707579</a> A five-year-old girl from Gentilly was last reported in critical condition after a pit pull mauled her. It happened as the five-year-old girl was playing with friends.New Orleans police killed the dog to get it to let go of the child."The animal was shot on the scene," Katherine LeBlanc with the Louisiana SPCA told WWL First News.When cops arrived, the pit bull had the girl's head in its mouth."We need to find out about the animal," LeBlanc said. "We need to find out if the animal has an owner. We need to find out if the animal has any prior violations... we need to find out the situation involved."The attack was in the 5500 block of Warrington Drive. <em><span style="color:#000099;">FIND OUT WHAT, THAT A CRAZED PERSON OWNS A PIT BULL??? </span></em><br /><br /><strong>April 1, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/Second-Pit-Bull-attack-in-Algiers-injures-7-year-old-89719562.html">http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/Second-Pit-Bull-attack-in-Algiers-injures-7-year-old-89719562.html</a> NEW ORLEANS – A 7-year-old child was attacked by a pit bull as she walked between two homes in Algiers Thursday, according to the LASPCA.The incident, which occurred in the 1100 block of Valette Street, was the second pit bull attack in Algiers in two days.According to LASPCA spokesperson Katherine LeBlanc, the girl suffered an injury to her ankle. Her condition was not immediately known.LeBlanc said three dogs were involved in the incident – all intact Pit Bulls. It is uncertain what provoked the attack, but apparently the three dogs were fighting one another when a neighbor came and broke it up.The owner of the brown Pit Bull which was identified as the attacking dog was issued citations for owning a vicious dog, roaming at large, and having no proof of rabies. The dog will be held for 10 days to determine if he has rabies. The judge in the vicious dog case will determine what happens to the dog at the time the case is brought to trial. The dog will remain at the LA/SPCA until then.The owner of the two other Pit Bulls was issued citations for roaming at large and having no proof of rabies. The dogs will be released to the owner once it is proven the dogs will be restrained to the property through runs or an enclosed kennel. The dogs will receive a rabies vaccination while at the LA/SPCA. <em><span style="color:#000099;">ISN'T THAT NICE, THE GIRL RECEIVES A LIFE TIME OF SCARRING WHILE THE PITS GET VACCINATED.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>April 6, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.wwl.com/Another-pit-bull-attacks-child-in-metro-area/6745109">http://www.wwl.com/Another-pit-bull-attacks-child-in-metro-area/6745109</a> Another pit bull attacks child in metro area.The New Orleans Police Department says that officers tazed and captured a pit bull dog after it attacked a child in New Orleans East. It is the <strong>third such attack on a child by a pit bull in the last few days</strong>. According to NOPD spokesman Officer Gary Flot, the dog apparently got away from its owner and bit a child playing nearby. Flot said that the dog's owner was able to get the animal back inside his residence, but when officers arrived on the scene, the dog was still "irate." Using a "leash stick" and a stun gun, Flot says officers were able to catch the dog inside the residence. The child is reportedly in stable condition in a local hospital. "We're very emotional right now, just trying to find out if he's doing OK," said Lillie Thompson, the victim's grandmother told WWL-TV. Last Thursday, police say a pit bull attacked a 7-year-old girl in Algiers, biting her on the ankle. The day before, a pit bull mailed a 5-year-old girl in Gentilly. Police shot and killed the Gentilly dog as it was attacking the girl. <em><span style="color:#000099;">GUESS THOSE PITS HAVEN'T READ THE BOOK ABOUT THEIR BEING NANNY DOGS.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>May 1, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.wafb.com/Global/story.asp?S=12409636">http://www.wafb.com/Global/story.asp?S=12409636</a> ARABI – A five-year-old boy received 32 stitches and will require plastic surgery after he was attacked by a neighbor's pit bull while in his family's driveway Thursday night.The boy, whose name wasn't released by the Sheriff's Office, was treated at Tulane Medical Center after the incident in the 2200 block of Mehle Avenue in Arabi and has been released, St. Bernard Parish Chief Deputy Sheriff James Pohlmann said.According to Pohlmann, the boy was outside playing with his Godfather in their driveway, when the pit bull, which was running free at the time, attacked the boy, biting him in the face before his Godfather hit the dog several times to get him to let go.The dog's owner, Rosalie Aguilar, 47, who said the animal had never hurt anyone before, was cited by parish animal control officers for allowing the seven-month-old male pit bull to run free.Beth Brewster, director of animal control, said the owner signed the dog over to the parish and because he would be deemed vicious and non-adoptable because of the unprovoked attack, the animal will be held 10 days and then euthanized. <em><span style="color:#000099;">INFAMOUS LAST WORDS FROM A PIT NUTTER, NEVER WAS AGGRESSIVE BEFORE.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>May 28, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.fox8live.com/news/local/story/Woman-attacked-by-pitbull-in-Chalmette/MR-mlir1TEO5wFMRx_sKyQ.cspx">http://www.fox8live.com/news/local/story/Woman-attacked-by-pitbull-in-Chalmette/MR-mlir1TEO5wFMRx_sKyQ.cspx</a> Chalmette - A 51 year-old woman was rushed to the hospital Friday afternoon after she was attacked by a pitbull.A spokesman with the St. Bernard Sheriff's Department says the woman was visiting a friend in the 300 block of W. Virtue when the dog attacked her. She sustained serious injuries to her chest and face. She was taken to University Hospital in New Orleans.The dog was removed from the home and taken to the the St. Bernard Animal Shelter. It is unclear if the dog's owner will be cited. <em><span style="color:#000099;">THE LESSON HERE IS NOT TO VISIT FRIENDS WHO OWN PITS.</span></em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904394899713773345.post-77218634694060735172010-02-05T13:04:00.002-05:002010-03-30T21:19:07.526-04:00MAINE ATTACKS SINCE 11/13/09<strong>March 30, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.wgme.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.me/3a9dab8b-www.wgme.com.shtml">http://www.wgme.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.me/3a9dab8b-www.wgme.com.shtml</a> LIVERMORE FALLS, Maine (AP) -- Police say an 11-year-old boy was mauled by a pit bull while visiting family friends at a home in Maine.Livermore Falls Officer Vern Stevens said the dog bit the boy's lower legs and abdomen during the attack Tuesday morning. He said it was the dog's second attack this month.Stevens told the Sun Journal the boy lost a "massive" amount of blood and was taken to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, where he was in stable condition. He said the attack took place while a 12-year-old girl was baby-sitting the boy and her two siblings, who are 7 and 3 months, while her mother was away.Stevens said an animal control officer was handling the dog until it could be determined what to do with it. <em><span style="color:#000099;">WHAT TO DO WITH IT? GIVE IT A FREE DIRT NAP LIKE YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE ON THE FIRST ATTACK.</span></em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904394899713773345.post-10121490560063171382010-02-05T13:03:00.014-05:002010-07-08T20:18:13.559-04:00MARYLAND ATTACKS SINCE 11/13/09<strong>Nov. 17, 2009</strong><br /><a href="http://www.explorehoward.com/news/67125/columbia-dog-shooting-angers-owner-friend/">http://www.explorehoward.com/news/67125/columbia-dog-shooting-angers-owner-friend/</a><br />But Howard County police, who investigated the shooting, said the pit bull, which was not on a leash, attacked the officer’s dogs and then his wife, and that the officer shot the dog to protect them. Obermaier said Brody was three years old and had been rescued from a shelter in Massachusetts, a year-and-half ago. <span style="color:#000099;"><em>AND THE ATTACK IS BEING DENIED BY THE OWNER, "IT NEVER HAPPENED, MY DOG WAS NOT UNDER CONTROL AND JUST WANTED TO "PLAY".<br /></em></span><br /><strong>Nov. 29, 2009</strong><br /><a href="http://wjz.com/wireapnewsmd/Police.in.Rockville.2.1339485.html">http://wjz.com/wireapnewsmd/Police.in.Rockville.2.1339485.html</a> ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) ― Rockville police shot and killed a 120-pound Rottweiler-pit bull mix early Sunday after trying for hours to subdue the dog after it attacked its owner. Officers first tried using a Taser on the dog, named Jesus, but the dog ignored the shocks. Police say the dog's 38-year-old owner underwent surgery Saturday night for injuries including puncture wounds to his chest and thigh. Three children were in the house but weren't injured. Police were called to the home at 6:20 p.m. Saturday and spent hours trying to capture the animal. The dog apparently became agitated when its owner closed his bedroom door to keep it out.<span style="color:#000099;"><em> A DEADLY COMBINATION THAT A TASER WON'T STOP.<br /></em></span><br /><strong>Dec. 24, 2009</strong> <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">FATALITIES</span></strong><br /><a href="http://www.abc2news.com/news/local/story/Pit-Bull-Pack-Attacks-Herd-Of-Sheep-Five-Die-Dogs/jNX-eNUAB0ip-0T5_ak1Jw.cspx">http://www.abc2news.com/news/local/story/Pit-Bull-Pack-Attacks-Herd-Of-Sheep-Five-Die-Dogs/jNX-eNUAB0ip-0T5_ak1Jw.cspx</a> They never stood a chance.<br />When he went to the fence he saw five dogs ripping though the herd.Three animals were dead, their blood staining the snow....two others were ripped apart and still alive.They were later euthanized.Infante called authorities who couldn't stop the dogs.'They were unable to go into the area where the dogs were because of the aggressive violent nature that these animals were acting in and at that point the officers fearing for their safety as well as the safety of the other animals there discharged the weapon and put these animals down.' Anne Arundel County Police Spokesman Justin Mculhey told ABC 2 News.One of the animals was pregnant...and the friendly herd now just huddles in the center of the field. ‘They seem very stressed they're very stressed the one older sheep that was the companion of the one that was pregnant she doesn’t want to eat she doesn't want to do anything they don't want to come up to us like they did they seem very upset." Campbell says. <span style="color:#000099;"><em>YEP, THEY NEVER STOOD A CHANCE</em></span>.<br /><br /><strong>March 24, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/display.htm?StoryID=102829">http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/display.htm?StoryID=102829</a> A 4-year-old girl was seriously injured when her grandmother's pit bull attacked her about 8 p.m. Monday in a home in the 1200 block of Little Brook Drive, according to Frederick County Animal Control.The girl suffered severe head and facial injuries, although they are not believed to be life-threatening, said Animal Control Director Harold Domer. The girl suffered puncture wounds to the left side of her face and scrapes on her neck and chest, and her left eye was swollen shut, Domer said. The girl was initially taken to R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore and transferred to Johns Hopkins Hospital, Domer said. Surgery was performed midday Tuesday. Doctors anticipate the girl will need follow-up procedures.The 7-year-old unspayed female pit bull, named Mystic, was destroyed Tuesday morning at Animal Control, Domer said. The dog was surrendered to the center by the child's grandmother. The girl, whose name was not released, lives with her grandmother, Domer said. Mystic was roaming freely in a bedroom Monday night when the girl opened the door and went in. The child's grandmother had to take "aggressive action" and used "several methods" to remove Mystic from the girl during the unprovoked attack, Domer said. Animal Control Officer Ed Mitchell responded to the home but did not see the girl, he said. EMS officials told him about the severity of her injuries. The girl will not be interviewed, but Domer anticipates speaking with the grandmother about the attack. It is too early to say if charges will be filed, he said. Mystic had bitten the girl in the same home before, Domer said. She was bitten on the face by the dog in a provoked attack on Oct. 21, 2008. The dog was being trained and was given food as a reward, he said. The girl was handed a piece of the food and the dog bit the girl on the face while trying to get it. One other dog, a Pekinese, remains at the home. While Mystic was current on her rabies vaccination until 2012, Animal Control will test the dog to make sure it was not rabid. <em><span style="color:#000099;">WHAT KIND OF GRANDMOTHER ALLOWS THE SAME DOG TO BITE HER GRANDCHILD TWICE? A PIT NUTTER GRANNY.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>April 3, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.abc2news.com/news/local/story/Baltimore-City-Officer-Bit-By-Dog/pjMoxQDO7km0INA0epytFQ.cspx">http://www.abc2news.com/news/local/story/Baltimore-City-Officer-Bit-By-Dog/pjMoxQDO7km0INA0epytFQ.cspx</a> An officer with the Baltimore City Police Department was bit by a dog just before noon when police responded to a call that the same dog had bit another man.According to police spokesman Det. Donny Moses several officers arrived at the 500 block of Winston Avenue after recieving a report that a pit bull had bit a man. The dog was running loose and bit one of the officers in the thigh. Another officer shot at the dog, but did not hit it. Officers were eventually able to contain the dog until animal control arrived.Both the man who was initially bit as well as the officer recieved medical treatment and are expected to be ok according to police. <em><span style="color:#000099;">WONDER IF BEST FIENDS COUNTS LOST PRODUCTIVITY IN THEIR BULLSHIT COST OF BSL.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>April 7, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/for/2010/04/07-21/Dog-shot-as-medics-try-to-help-fall-victim.html">http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/for/2010/04/07-21/Dog-shot-as-medics-try-to-help-fall-victim.html</a><br />An ambulance with two paramedics pulled into the circular gravel driveway in front of a quaint waterfront home at 223 Lees Lane at about 12:15 p.m.The emergency crew had been called to the home in the Southdown Shores community to assist a 70-year-old woman who had fallen and injured herself, said Division Chief Michael Cox, a county Fire Department spokesman.Posted on a large tree in the center of the driveway at the house is a black and orange sign that says, "Beware of dog."The two paramedics got out of the ambulance and began walking past the sign, but were stopped in their tracks by a pit bull. The dog chased the paramedics back to their vehicle, Cox said.A fire engine with two firefighters pulled up shortly thereafter, but the paramedics warned them to stay inside their vehicle.Paramedics contacted the emergency dispatcher and told her to call the woman. Cox said a dispatcher spoke to the woman, but she was too injured to control the pit bull.Police and county Animal Control officers were called to assist the firefighters, but the dog wasn't going to let them inside the house either.An officer was forced to Taser the animal after it went after police, said Justin Mulcahy, a county police spokesman. When the dog continued to go after officers, Mulcahy said, police shot the pit bull in the muzzle.Paramedics quickly went inside the home to help the dog's owner. She was taken by ambulance with minor injuries to Anne Arundel Medical Center in Parole, Cox said.The woman's son arrived at the home at about 1:45 p.m. to take the injured dog to the vet. The dog's condition is unknown, but Mulcahy said the animal survived.Two other dogs, a poodle and a presa canario, were at the home yesterday, but did not act aggressively toward police or paramedics and were not harmed, Mulcahy said.Neighbors declined to talk to The Capital yesterday. The dead end where the shooting took place was quiet at 2 p.m., with only the sound of dogs barking.This is the second time in less than a month that county police have shot a pit bull.On March 13, an officer shot and killed a pit bull while the dog was attacking him during an arrest in Severn.The officer tried to stop a motorcyclist who was riding on Pioneer Drive without a helmet or license plate, but the man sped off, police said. The officer called for backup and found the man walking in the 8200 block of Dunfield Court.The man ran inside a nearby home and police followed. As they tried to arrest the man, a 4-year-old female pit bull bit one officer on the right leg. The officer was unable to shake the dog off and eventually shot the pit bull.<br /><strong>CORRECTION: </strong>Due to inaccurate information provided by county police, this story incorrectly reported what dog had been wounded.Police shot a presa canario named “Tiny,” according to a family member. Their pit bull was not injured.We regret the error. <em><span style="color:#000099;">MAYBE YOU REGRET IT BUT THE WORLD IS GRATEFUL.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>April 9, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://somd.com/news/headlines/2010/11677.shtml">http://somd.com/news/headlines/2010/11677.shtml</a> April 9 at 6:02 a.m., officers responded to the 2900 block of Downs Drive in Bryans Road to serve a court approved search and seizure warrant relating to a narcotics investigation. As officers entered the house, they deployed a "flash bang" - a device that makes a loud sound- to distract two aggressive pit bulls that were known to be on the premise. One pit bull retreated but the other pit bull charged at the officers. An officer discharged rounds from a non-lethal weapon, striking the dog but the rounds did not take effect. The pit bull continued outside of the residence in an aggressive manner, quickly charging and circling officers who were positioned near the front of the house. Officers again discharged a non-lethal weapon but as the dog advanced, they discharged their issued firearms, fatally wounding the dog. Two other adult pit bulls were found chained on the property. A search of the house revealed a quantity of prescription drugs sufficient for a distribution charge. In addition, officers found a small amount of marijuana. The target of the investigation, Bryan Wayne Burkett, 28, was arrested and charged with possession with intent to distribute. Other arrests are pending. A 49-year-old relative who lives in the house was injured as he was being detained after resisting to comply with officers. He was treated by medical personnel who were on the scene but refused immediate transport to a hospital. The investigation is on-going. <em><span style="color:#000099;">MORE DESERVED DIRT NAPS.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>May 4, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.wmdt.com/news-archive.aspx?item=6649">http://www.wmdt.com/news-archive.aspx?item=6649</a> EASTON, Md - The pit bull has caused a lot of controversy in America's neighborhoods, some counties in Maryland have even banned the pet, due to the nature of its attacks.<br />Now an 8 year-old in Easton is recovering after a pit bull near her home turned on her. Deanna Critchlow is still healing after a pit bull in her neighborhood, 1-year-old Bear, broke free from his owner's screen door Monday morning. "Deanna says she was sitting on the bus stop on Hollyday Street and Sycamore Avenue, and that is when the pit bull came up to her. First she said it started licking her on the face, then it turned on her and attacked.<br />Deanna says the dog bit her on the back, armpit, and on her scalp. "I was like bouncing. If I wouldn't have rolled over on my stomach I think it would have gotten my face instead.<br />"What I think happened was the little girl had an umbrella and when the umbrella opened, it startled him and he just panicked," said Cortez Mills, the owner of the pit bull. Luckily, the dog's owner was nearby and was able to free the girl, from Bear's jaws. "I picked her up on my back and he was still coming. I took her umbrella and hit him a couple of times and that's when my man called his name," said Mills.<br />A friend of Mills who was nearby during the attack, Wilberto Morales, shouted the dogs name and that is when they say the dog snapped out of his trance. However, some are asking if pit bulls should be banned in Easton. "People are going to criticize it just because it's a pitt bull and that's not right. Just because it's a pit bull that doesn't mean that all pit bulls bite," said Morales.<br />"Pit bull, lab, sheppard it doesn't matter any dog can attack," said Mills.<br />Through it all, Deanna says she is not going to let her recent scare stop her from playing with dogs. "I still love them they're my favorite animals. Deanna had surgery and is expected to be okay.<br />The Humane Society says they put the pit bull to sleep Tuesday afternoon.<br />Council members in Easton say they have not had any complaints about pit bulls from residents.<br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">A DESERVED DIRT NAP.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>May 8, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.abc2news.com/mostpopular/story/9-Year-Old-Girl-Bit-By-Pit-Bull-In-Essex/49sXCBJNK0GJ8fMXK2Vmjg.cspx">http://www.abc2news.com/mostpopular/story/9-Year-Old-Girl-Bit-By-Pit-Bull-In-Essex/49sXCBJNK0GJ8fMXK2Vmjg.cspx</a> Baltimore County Police have confirmed that they have officers on the way to an Essex neighborhood where a 9-year-old girl was bit by a pit bull just after 11 a.m. this morning.Police say they recieved a report from an woman in Essex who said her daughter, a 9-year-old girl, and her friend were walking in their neighborhood at 735 W. Kings Way when she was bit in the back of a leg by a pit bull.The mother told police that her daughter was bleeding, but was inside the house.Baltimore County Police are on their way to the home to investigate. <em><span style="color:#000099;">WE CAN'T WALK OUR NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE OF THESE DAMN PITS.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>May 9, 2010 <span style="color:#ff0000;">FATALITY</span></strong><br /><a href="http://www.newstribune.info/news/x968907180/Pit-bull-attacks-kills-pet-dog">http://www.newstribune.info/news/x968907180/Pit-bull-attacks-kills-pet-dog</a> KEYSER – Residents of a subdivision near Wal Mart are gathering signatures for a petition pushing Mineral County animal control officials to take action against a pit bull that mauled a smaller dog to death last Sunday.<br />With last weekend’s attack occurring less than two weeks after a 3-year-old Rawlings boy was severely mauled and nearly killed by a rottweiler, residents of the trailer park on Trenum Drive said they are afraid to let their children play outside with a vicious animal still in the neighborhood.<br />“People won’t let their kids out in the yard to play anymore,” said Judy Morton, whose dog died in the attack. “Once that dog gets a taste of blood, you’d better watch out. I can’t believe they won’t do anything.”<br />Last Sunday Morton was walking her “Poma-Chu” Pomeranian-Chihuahua mix “Scrappy” around the yard of her trailer home, as she has done countless times in the eight years she had the dog. Turning the corner at the front of her home, she came face to face with one of her next door neighbor’s two pit bulls, its leash held by a 5-year-old girl.<br />In an instant, the pit bull lunged for Scrappy, breaking free from from the girl’s grip and clamping its powerful jaws around the smaller dog. The next few minutes played out in slow motion, a terrifying, surreal episode punctuated by screams, blood and horrific images Morton will never forget.<br />“I didn’t see (the other dog) until it was was too late,” Morton said. “I was screaming bloody murder; everybody heard me.”<br />Morton tried to beat off the bigger dog, which bit her hand, causing nerve damage and a chipped bone. Neighbors came out at the sound of her screaming. Her 8-year-old son watched in horror as Scrappy was thrashed about like a rag doll, still in the animal’s jaws.<br />“This happened in front of a lot of people, in front of little kids,” said Crystal Blanks, a resident of Trenum Drive.When the pit bull finally let go, Scrappy lay motionless, and Morton was in shock.“I had blood down both arms, down my shirt, on my legs,” she said. “My little boy, I thought he was going to go into a seizure.”In the wake of the attack, the dog warden investigated, but did not order the pit bull removed from the home. Morton said the dog was ordered to be kept in the house for 10 days because its rabies shots weren’t up to date, but no other action was taken. As Morton described the attack while sitting on her deck Thursday afternoon, the second pit bull lounged on a dog box behind the neighbor’s house.<br />Morton said the animal control officer chided her for not having Scrappy’s rabies shots up to date. While she initially declined to press charges, Morton soon contacted the animal control office to advise that she had changed her mind.<br />“He said if they charge him (the owner of the pit bull), they have to charge me too” for the rabies shots.Angry, Morton said she invited the officer to do so, but still no charges have been filed.Contacted Thursday afternoon, animal control officials said they would respond on Monday.In the meantime, neighbors are pressing for the dog to be removed from the house. A petition circulated Thursday quickly drew 30 signatures. Residents plan to present it to the Mineral County Commissioners.“People up here are afraid to walk their dogs or have their kids out,” Blanks said.Adding to the concern is the plight of Jacob VanPelt, the three-year-old who was nearly mauled to death last month near Rawlings. The boy’s intestines were ripped open in the attack, and his foot nearly severed. Residents don’t want to take a chance.“You don’t know what that animal’s going to do,” Blanks said.For Morton, those moments of terror continue to replay like a bad dream, so much worse for the fact that it was real. “I had my dog on a leash and he was on his own property,” she said, staring blankly at the spot at the base of her porch steps where the fatal attack occurred, her eyes tearing. “I tried to save him, but I couldn’t. I still can’t get it out of my head.” <em><span style="color:#000099;">WE LIVE IN FEAR SO NUTTERS CAN PUT THEIR PITS ON A RAPE RACK.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>May 13, 2010 <span style="color:#ff0000;">FATALITY</span></strong><br /><a href="http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/local/pitbull-injures-ellicott-city-man-kills-his-dog-051310">http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/local/pitbull-injures-ellicott-city-man-kills-his-dog-051310</a> ELLICOTT CITY, Md. - An Ellicott City man and his dog were attacked by a runaway pitbull during an afternoon walk on Mother's Day.Isaiah Harrison's right arm was badly injured. His 11-pound yorkie-poo named Stewie was killed."The attack keeps coming back in my mind," Harrison told Fox 5 from his living room Thursday evening. "I couldn't do anything but holler and cry."Harrison said the pit bull came charging from across the street. The man chasing it arrived a few minutes later."He was punching the dog and it still wouldn't let go," said Harrison. "And by the time when the dog did let go, my dog was already sitting there dying."Howard County Police said the dog that attacked Harrison and killed little Stewie did not live in the neighborhood. It was staying at the home of a friend of its owner. He was taking care of the dog and said a child in his home accidentally opened the front door and the pitbull escaped.Harrison's wife Pat said she is outraged."That is just inexcusable," said Pat. "That's negligence. To me that's negligence. There's no excuse."The pitbull has been surrendered to Howard County Animal Control. Police said it is under quarantine and will likely be euthanized.Harrison is a police officer at the Federal Reserve in Washington."He's going to be okay as far as his job is concerned," said Pat. "But he loves law enforcement and he's right-hand dominant. We don't know if he'll be able to handle a gun anymore."Police are not identifying the pitbull's owner or his friend. They said the attack is still under investigation and criminal charges are possible. <em><span style="color:#000099;">AND STEWIE WAS A REAL CUTIE, DIDN'T STAND A CHANCE.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>May 21, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://wjz.com/pets/Charles.County.officer.2.1707975.html">http://wjz.com/pets/Charles.County.officer.2.1707975.html</a> The Charles County sheriff's office says an officer pursuing an assault suspect was injured in a pit bull attack. Authorities say the officer responded to a call from a woman who said her boyfriend was beating her Thursday in Indian Head. They say Joseph Romanowski, 35, of Harford County ran from the house, and the officer went after him. But then a pit bull charged at the officer, grabbed his ankle and tried to bite him. The officer fell and shot the dog, fearing it would attack again. Other officers arrested and charged Romanowski with second-degree assault. The injured officer was treated at a hospital. The dog was taken to a clinic, where it died. Authorities say when Romanowski heard police were on their way, he unchained the pit bull, which was being trained for dog fights. <em><span style="color:#000099;">WHO NEEDS A FUCKING GUN WHEN YOU HAVE A PIT BULL??</span></em><br /><br /><strong>May 25, 2010 <span style="color:#ff0000;">FATALITY</span></strong><br /><a href="http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20100525/NEWS01/100525035">http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20100525/NEWS01/100525035</a> ACCOMAC — An Accomac man’s pet cat was killed May 14 when two unleashed dogs came up onto the porch of his Courthouse Road home and attacked the animal.<br />“They came up and just dragged her off the porch and killed her,” said Christopher Newman. “Dogs should be on leashes; they should not be running through this town,” he said.<br />The 10-year-old cat, Mildred, was adopted from the SPCA and raised from kittenhood by Newman’s 90-year-old mother.“It was very difficult to tell my mother that our Mildred was dead,” Newman said, adding, “We loved this gentle little spirit. She was a friend and nearly a relative. People who know and love cats will understand this. We miss her so much.”Newman reported the incident to the Accomack County Sheriff’s Office.He had not previously seen either dog — a large black dog and a black and white dog that appeared to be a pit bull — in the neighborhood. But he said Accomac has an ongoing problem with unleashed or stray dogs running through town. “Every other month there are strange dogs in my yard,” he said.Newman’s neighbors told him the dogs that killed his cat were seen roaming through town for several hours on Friday and also on Saturday morning. They were last seen on Lilliston Avenue.“They could have killed a small child,” he said. “Obviously they are dangerous to other animals and people and need to be controlled or put down.”The incident happened around 6 p.m. Another cat Newman owns was able to escape by climbing a tree, where it remained for seven hours afterward.The killing is the latest in a string of reports in Accomack County of aggressive dogs causing injury to other animals or people — one of those also occurred in Accomac.In February 2009, a Rottweiler escaped from its pen and attacked a woman on Coley Street. The dog later was surrendered to Animal Control authorities. The victim had been walking outside holding her small dog near a neighbor’s yard where the dog was penned when the Rottweiler escaped and bit her, causing injuries that sent her to the hospital by ambulance.The same month in Onancock a leashed pet dachshund was fatally mauled on a busy sidewalk by a pit bull that escaped from a parked vehicle.In July 2009, a Chincoteague woman required 48 stitches after a pit bull chained on its owner’s property attacked her, one month after another incident on the island in which a pit bull running at-large attacked and injured the 6-year-old great-granddaughter of Accomack County Supervisor Wanda Thornton.Newman called the unknown owners of the two dogs “irresponsible people (who) should face some legal or financial consequences for the murder of our cat and the pain inflicted upon our household.” <em><span style="color:#000099;">DO YOU THINK THEY'VE HAD ENOUGH, TIME FOR BSL. </span></em><br /><br /><strong>June 9, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-police-dog-shooting-20100609,0,5824750.story">http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-police-dog-shooting-20100609,0,5824750.story</a> A 14-year-old boy is in the hospital after a city police officer shot a dog who was attacking a group of youths and the bullet then hit the teen in the leg, a police spokesman said Wednesday night.Officers on patrol in Northeast Baltimore came across a group of youths being attacked by a pit bull at Fenwick and E. 28th St. One officer shot the dog, but the bullet either ricocheted or went through the dog and hit the teenager in the leg, police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said.No other youths were injured; the 2-year-old pit bull died.<br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">FIRST ATTACKED BY A PIT, THEN GETTING SHOT BECAUSE OF THE PIT, DESERVED DIRT NAP.</span></em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904394899713773345.post-25032536485575901082010-02-05T13:02:00.013-05:002010-07-08T19:19:40.807-04:00MASSACHUSETTS ATTACKS SINCE 11/13/09<strong>March 13, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.gloucestertimes.com/punews/local_story_071222419.html">http://www.gloucestertimes.com/punews/local_story_071222419.html</a> A Gloucester woman has been cited after police say her two unleashed pit bulls bit a leashed dog yesterday morning.Maylyn McGillivary, 23, of 20 Columbia St., was issued a $10 fine for an unleashed dog violation.Police were called to School Street at 8:05 p.m. on reports that a dog was bit by two unleashed pit bulls. When police arrived, they found the leashed dog bleeding and saw the pit bulls running away. The officers followed two pit bulls to 20 Columbia St., where they were let in by McGillivary. When police questioned the dog owner, she told them she had had the dogs for three weeks. According to police reports, the dogs were not licensed in the city, McGillivary did not have any rabies shot information and did not know the address and phone number of the person from whom she bought the dogs.Firefighters and emergency medical technicians at the scene identified the dogs as the ones who chased two local boys into the Central Fire Station last week. The dogs also match the description of two dogs who attacked another dog last week. Yesterday's incident remains under investigation.No information was available about the condition of the bitten dog. <em><span style="color:#000099;">THIS NUTTER IS ALSO A BIG FAT LIAR.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>March 19, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/local/pit-bull-attacks-lynn-great-grandmother-20100319">http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/local/pit-bull-attacks-lynn-great-grandmother-20100319</a> LYNN (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) - A great-grandmother was mauled by the family pit bull earlier this week.76-year-old Margaret Murphy was visiting her great-grandson on Mall Street in Lynn on Wednesday. When she tried to enter the home, a brown pit bull terrier attacked Murphy bit her throughout her whole body.Murphy was rushed to a hospital where she received stitches on her face, arm and leg.An animal control officer was able to corral the pit bull. According to The Daily Item , not much is known about the dog. Officials haven't been able to track down records about the dog to determine whether it has had rabies shots. <em><span style="color:#000099;">GOOD WAY TO GET RID OF A GREAT MOTHER IN LAW, GET A PIT.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>April 9, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/BO139647/">http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/BO139647/</a> LYNN, Mass. -- A teenage girl was attacked by a pit bull in Lynn. Lashaunda Hogan, 17, is an all-star basketball player for English High School in Lynn. However, Hogan is now stuck on the coach, trying to recover from a vicious pit bull attack that left deep bite marks on her leg. She was out playing basketball at the Marian Gardens basketball court on Wednesday when a 65-pound pit bull attacked her. “I just felt him tearing into my skin and I just felt the blood coming down and it was painful,” Hogan said of the incident. She was able to run away, but the dog would not give up. “I ran about 15 feet away from the dog and it attacked me again, so I tried to kick it away and it was still biting me, I fell to the ground,” That’s when her friends stepped in and attacked the dog with a garbage barrel. “Just grabbed it and threw it at the dog, hit it over the head so it got off of me and then it ran and chased my brother,” Hogan said. Everyone involved jumped up on top of a friend’s car until help arrived, as the dog continued to run loose. Lashaunda was supposed to play in a basketball tournament this weekend. “I’m obviously upset because I was looking forward to playing because college scouts are going be there and I’m not sure where I’m going to college next year,” Hogan said. According to the family, the dog’s owner was nowhere to be found at the time. When he eventually did show up, he claimed the dog and paid a $75 fine. <em><span style="color:#000099;">A CHILD'S DREAMS FOR THE FUTURE SNUFFED OUT BY A PIT BULL!!</span></em><br /><br /><strong>April 13, 2010 <span style="color:#ff0000;">FATALITY</span></strong><br /><a href="http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_102220618.html">http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_102220618.html</a> BEVERLY — A police officer had to shoot a dog to stop a "vicious" dog-on-dog attack near Dane Street Beach on Saturday morning.As a result, both animals ended up dying, one from being shot and the other from the injuries sustained in the attack. The incident happened just before 9 a.m. near 7 Bay St., when a 4-month-old border collie was "suddenly, without provocation ... viciously attacked" by Ernie, an English bull terrier, according to Beverly police Officer April Clarizia. The collie was being walked by its owner, a Butler Street resident.Ernie's owner, Michelle Meyer of 11 Bay St., declined to comment yesterday about the attack. Clarizia, the Police Department's spokeswoman, said Meyer told police her dog "somehow got loose from her house." The dog was roaming unattended and unleashed in the neighborhood.Meyer tried to remove Ernie from the border collie, but her dog would not loosen his grip. The jaws of the terrier clenched around the upper body and neck area of the collie, Clarizia said.Patrolman Stephen Collins arrived at the scene and told both owners to clear the area so he could pepper-spray the dogs. Collins used the spray numerous times on the terrier without any reaction, Clarizia said. Collins then drew his service weapon and, in a close downward angle, fired a shot into the shoulder of the terrier. Clarizia said the decision to fire the gun at the terrier was made after Collins determined the terrier was "an obvious danger to other animals and persons in the area."The terrier finally stopped its attack, and both dogs were taken to Beverly Animal Hospital by Animal Control Officer John Manganaro. Dr. William Friedman of the animal hospital said the terrier had to be put down at his Cabot Street facility. The border collie was taken to an emergency veterinary hospital, where it also had to be put down. "I think it's just a sad story," Friedman said. "It's just a horrible, sad thing that happened." Friedman said he and one of his veterinary technicians were coughing from the pepper-spray residue.The owner of the border collie, James Lafontaine, could not be reached for comment yesterday. The animal control officer is investigating. <em><span style="color:#000099;">REPORTED LATER TO BE A PIT BULL, DOESN'T MATTER, IN THE SAME FAMILY OF KILLER DOGS.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>May 1, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.enterprisenews.com/news/cops_and_courts/x1195009806/Animal-control-officer-recovering-from-dog-attack">http://www.enterprisenews.com/news/cops_and_courts/x1195009806/Animal-control-officer-recovering-from-dog-attack</a> BROCKTON — Animal Control Officer Brian Pische was treated in the emergency room early Saturday evening after being attacked by dogs during an animal welfare check earlier in the afternoon.According to neighbors, Pische was attacked about noon while checking on the home of George Glennon, an elderly man who owns two pit bulls on Crestfield Terrace on Brockton’s east side.Donald Persson, who lives across the street, said Glennon opened his back door for Pische, but his pit bulls pushed through the opening, knocking Glennon down, and attacked Pische, biting at his knee.Persson heard the three gunshots that Pische, retreating down the rear steps of the house, managed to fire off, killing one dog and injuring the other.By mid-afternoon, a puddle of blood still sat in the back yard where one of the dogs had lain.Persson said he helped clean Pische’s wounds while waiting for medical help to arrive. The officer was “pretty shaken up,” he said.“They’re not very friendly dogs,” Persson said. “They’ve gotten out before and started barking at me. I was in the garage, so I grabbed my pitchfork. If they were going to come at me, I was going to stab them.”Pische was taken to the emergency room at Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital for treatment.Kim Heise, shelter manager at the Animal Protection Center in Brockton, said dogs can attack for all kinds of reasons.“It's not about the breed. It’s about each individual dog,” she said.Plenty of Chihuahuas can get short-tempered, she said, but they can’t cause much damage if they get aggressive. “(A pit bull) is a bigger dog, so if it does decide to do something it's going to be bad,” she said. <em><span style="color:#000099;">THE SHELTER MANAGER IS A PIT NUTTER, COMPARING CHIHUAHUAS TO PITS, TYPICAL.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>May 3, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.thedailyitemoflynn.com/articles/2010/05/03/news/news06.txt">http://www.thedailyitemoflynn.com/articles/2010/05/03/news/news06.txt</a> LYNN - A man was treated and transported to Union Hospital on Saturday after being attacked by two loose pit bulls.The victim, 67, whose name has not been released, was walking his puggle past 28 Forest St. when two dogs escaped from their yard and attacked him around 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. Several people assisted in separating the pit bulls from the man before the owner took control of them.The man was treated on the scene by Atlantic Ambulance personnel for bite wounds on his forearms before being transported to Union Hospital. His injuries were not considered life threatening. The puggle also sustained injuries from the attack and was later taken to the animal hospital by its owner.Animal Control Officers reported to the scene and took custody of the pit bulls. <em><span style="color:#000099;">STAY IN YOUR HOME, BAR THE WINDOWS AND DOORS, PITS WILL GET YOU ANYWAY.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>May 8, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.eagletribune.com/latestnews/x1008078883/Man-kills-attacking-pit-bull-with-kitchen-knife">http://www.eagletribune.com/latestnews/x1008078883/Man-kills-attacking-pit-bull-with-kitchen-knife</a> ANDOVER — A Fosters Pond Road man grabbed an eight-inch kitchen knife and stabbed to death a pit bull that was attacking his wife and its owner early yesterday.Police said Michael Moulden rushed into his house shortly before 7 a.m. and grabbed the knife as the dog was attacking his wife Sandra Moulden, 47, who suffered serious bites to both her legs.Dog owner Howard MacMillan, 53, of 24 Pomeroy Road, also suffered serious bites to his left arm and leg as he tried to stop the dog from attacking Sandra Moulden, police said.Detective Sgt. Charles Heseltine said MacMillan had parked his truck at the end of Fosters Pond Road and the pit bull dog jumped out of the back of the truck and ran to Sandra Moulden who was outside, and attacked her without provocation.MacMillan ran to her aid and when he tried to pull the dog off Sandra Moulden, the dog turned on him and began attacking him, Heseltine said.That is when Michael Moulden ran from the house with the knife and killed the dog to end the attack, police said.Moulden was taken to Lawrence General Hospital for treatment of bites and lacerations to both legs, Heseltine said.MacMillan sought medical attention on his own, he said.The body of the dog was taken to Andover Animal Hospital for testing.MacMillan told investigators he bought the dog from a woman in New Hampshire two weeks ago.He was issued a town by-law violation for having an unlicensed dog and having an unrestrained dog.In 2005, MacMillan was sentenced to two years in jail for admitting to criminal harassment and malicious destruction of property.The charges stemmed from neighbors' complaints, accusing MacMillan of terrorizing them for years by breaking windows, cutting boat lines and leaving nails in their driveways.Neither MacMillan nor the Mouldens could be reached for comment for this story.<br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">NEVER KNOW WHEN A PIT WILL COME OUT OF NOWHERE.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>May 15, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/local/off-duty-state-trooper-shoots-pitbull-after-it-attacks-child-20100515">http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/local/off-duty-state-trooper-shoots-pitbull-after-it-attacks-child-20100515</a> HYDE PARK (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) - An off-duty state trooper shot a pitbull that was attacking a 12-year-old boy in Hyde Park Saturday afternoon.The off-duty state trooper was on the front porch of his home when he noticed the dog roaming around without a leash. He saw the dog attack 12-year-old Terrell Owens and tried at first to physically separate the pitbull from the boy but was unsuccessful.The trooper fired one shot from his personal handgun, shooting the dog, named Kano.Owens was transported to Carney Hospital with injuries from the dog to his arms and legs. The shooting is under investigation by State Police and Boston Police. Preliminary investigation indicates the trooper fired his weapon in defense of the child, to prevent more serious or even fatal injury to the boy.**UPDATE** The pitbull was found at a vet's office in Weymouth after the dog's owner took it from the scene of the shooting. It is being held in quarantine. The owner was issues citations. <em><span style="color:#000099;">FUCKING NUTTER THOUGHT ENOUGH OF THE DAMN DOG TO TAKE IT TO A VET, JUST LEFT THE VICTIM LAYING IN THE STREET.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>May 18, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/23593021/detail.html">http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/23593021/detail.html</a> BOSTON -- A Lowell man came to the rescue of his neighbor, who was being attacked by his own two dogs at his home Tuesday morning.Police were called to 789 Chelmsford St. at about 8 a.m., where they found David Spaulding, 68, with severe injuries.Neighbor Bruce Briere said he heard Spaulding in his back yard yelling and dogs barking. Briere looked over the fence and saw Spaulding being attacked by his two dogs."I kind of, like, took action. I was swearing and hollering at the dog to get (it) to stop," Briere said. "I started ripping the fence apart."Briere grabbed a wooden board, broke down the fence and was able to force the dogs off of Spaulding, who was taken to Saints Medical Center.Officials said Briere's actions likely saved Spaulding's life."I would think anyone would do the same thing. The way I saw him laying there on the ground and everything," Briere said.The dogs were taken into custody by Lowell's Animal Control Officer and were euthanized, police said. <em><span style="color:#000099;">THOSE PITS ARE REALLY LOYAL!!!!</span></em><br /><br /><strong>May 20, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.patriotledger.com/topstories/x289827502/">http://www.patriotledger.com/topstories/x289827502/</a> Quincy-woman-recovering-from-pit-bull-attack QUINCY - Jeanne Silva suffered a broken tibia when a pit bull knocked her down as she was walking her dog on Bay State Road on May 1.“He just leaped out of nowhere and grabbed the side of my dog,” said Silva, 76, an East Squantum Street resident who is recovering at a Braintree rehabilitation facility after undergoing surgery. “I had my dog’s collar and he pulled the dog and me in the middle of the street, right off the curb. I’ve gone up that street many times. I never saw him before.”The pit bull’s owner, identified by police as Dan Blackley of Bay State Road, was fined $125 for not having the dog licensed or on a leash. He was ordered to quarantine the dog for 10 days, Quincy police Capt. John Dougan said.The dog is still not licensed, according to the city clerk’s office.Dougan said police had received a call about a loose pit bull in the neighborhood prior to the attack.Silva’s dog, a terrier named Punto, was badly injured in the attack, suffering deep wounds to its side. The dog underwent surgery and is recovering at the home of one of Silva’s friends, Barbara du Jardin,Silva said the pit bull’s owner came to the scene and tried repeatedly to pry the pit bull off of her dog. The dog only relented after hot water was poured on it, she said.“Those pit bulls should be muzzled, absolutely,” Silva said. “Once they get their jaws on you, they don’t let go.” <em><span style="color:#000099;">ALL DOGS BITE BUT PITS DON'T LET GO.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>June 7, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.necn.com/06/07/10/Proposed-Lynn-pit-bull-muzzle-law/landing_newengland.html?blockID=248925&feedID=4206">http://www.necn.com/06/07/10/Proposed-Lynn-pit-bull-muzzle-law/landing_newengland.html?blockID=248925&feedID=4206</a> - A quiet neighborhood street, a routine walk around the block then Leah Attaya and her husband and baby were confronted with a sudden horror. "Coming from the other direction was a woman with a dog. The dog was on a leash. The whole time, she couldn't control him and he came at us," Attaya said.The 61-pound pit bull bit into six month old Eva Attaya's leg as she slept in a chest-pack. "They're powerful animals," Lynn City Council President Tim Phelan said.Phelan is proposing an ordinance to muzzle all pit bulls in Lynn while they're out in the street on a leash. He cites recent pit bull attacks in the city. In May on six month old Eve Attaya and an eleven year old boy. In April, on a 17-year-old girl playing basketball at a playground. And in March, on a 76-year-old grandmother."You just don't see yellow labs in the news attacking people all the time," Phelan said."Pit bulls do have the reputation of being strong and making you feel like you're a tough guy," Dr. Amy Marder of the Animal Rescue League of Boston said.But Sidney hasn't bitten anybody, according to the shelter director at Boston's Animal Rescue League. He was found neglected, confined to a basement with a half-dead companion dog. He's friendly. So is eight week only Sasha, who's been adopted by the director of the Rescue League's veterinary medical services. She says pit bulls are commodities in a cruel urban street trade. "She'd sell for five hundred dollars on the street. And then that five hundred dollars could be used for something else. so as a commodity," Dr. Martha Smith, director of veterinary medicine with the ARL, said.Dr. Smith confirms that this is something drug dealers do. "Yes, and as a commodity, she's not going to be treated like a household pet. She wouldn't be trained on social responsible dog behavior. She probably wouldn't be spayed," Dr. Smith said.As for a muzzle law, these veterinarians note that Boston has one. "There is no evidence that there is a decrease in the bites," Dr. Marder said."I understand completely why people are desperate to find a solution, but unfortunately a muzzle law is not going to solve the problem," Dr. Smith said.What does City Councillor Phelan say to charges he discriminating against one breed?"Tough," he said.Tough talk. And it gets its first test next Tuesday when Phelan is expected to propose the ordinance to the rest of the Council. There would be a public hearing. <em><span style="color:#000099;">A BABY IN A CHEST PACK ASLEEP TRIGGERED THIS PIT.</span></em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904394899713773345.post-48487850068296555402010-02-05T13:01:00.016-05:002010-09-01T13:03:09.773-04:00MICHIGAN ATTACKS SINCE 11/13/09<strong>Nov. 18, 2009<br /></strong><a href="http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/sw_mich/dog-quarantined-after-biting-postal-carrier">http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/sw_mich/dog-quarantined-after-biting-postal-carrier</a> STURGIS, Mich. (WOOD) - A pit bull is quarantined to its owner's home for 10 days after it bit a U.S. postal carrier, police say. Sherry Hansman was delivering mail at around 12:30 p.m. Nov. 14 in the 100 block of W. Congress Street in Sturgis, according to a news release. The dog was in control of a 14-year-old at the time. A pit bull puppy also approached Hansman but did not bite her. <span style="color:#000099;"><em>THIS WOMAN HAS NO IDEA HOW LUCKY SHE WAS TO NOT BE IN THE HEADLINES AS A "FORMER" POSTAL WORKER. LOST PRODUCTIVITY TOO</em></span>.<br /><br /><strong>Dec. 3, 2009</strong><br /><a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2009/12/woman_attacked_by_friends_pit.html">http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2009/12/woman_attacked_by_friends_pit.html</a> FLINT, Michigan — A Flint woman may have to undergo surgery after being attacked by a friend's 9-month-old pit bull on Wednesday in a neighborhood on the city's southwest side. Animal Control officers were called in to seize Rip, the 9-month-old pit bull, who was unlicensed. The other two dogs, both 5-year-old mixed breeds, were confined at the home. The pet owner was also cited for their licenses not being up-to-date. She told police all three were up-to-date on rabies vaccinations. <span style="color:#000099;"><em>THIS ONE IS STARTING YOUNG AND WITH ANOTHER NUTTER WHO HAS NO RESPECT FOR LAWS.<br /></em></span><br /><strong>Dec. 10, 2009</strong><br /><a href="http://www.wlkm.com/?p=9423">http://www.wlkm.com/?p=9423</a> Police were called to a location in the 100 block of South Andrews Street around 8 p.m. Monday (December 7th) regarding a dog attacking a two-year-old child inside the residence. Investigation showed the dog had grabbed the child by the head, causing severe injuries to the head and face area. Preliminary medical treatment showed the child will need cosmetic surgery to repair the injuries.The owner of the dog voluntarily turned the animal over to Animal Control for quarantine.Police say the dog in question was a “Presa Canario” (Canary Dog), similar to a pit bull and originally bred specifically for dog fighting. Aggression and dominance are part of its breeding and, if not properly trained, the dog could view an adult as well as a child as a threat and attack unprovoked. As a result, this is not the type of dog an average person can train and control. <span style="color:#000099;"><em>NUTTERS WILL DEFEND THIS BREED TOO BECAUSE IT IS JUST A PIT ON STEROIDS.<br /></em></span><br /><strong>Dec. 7, 2009</strong><br /><a href="http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news/Woman_Attacked_by_Own_Pit_Bulls">http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news/Woman_Attacked_by_Own_Pit_Bulls</a> DETROIT (myFOXDetroit.com) - A Detroit woman is attacked by her own dogs inside her home. She talked to FOX 2 about her frightening ordeal and the drastic measures police took so the dogs wouldn't attack again.Theresa May adopted her two pit bulls Rambo and Bones, still a puppy, to stave off crime."For protection, and I had no problem out of these dogs up until yesterday," said May.Sunday, the two dogs meant to keep Theresa safe almost mauled her to death."My heart was just faint. I just was panicking," May said.The dogs, usually kept separate, got loose and met in the basement. They started fighting. When Theresa tried to break it up, "One latched on to my arm and the other one latched on to my leg, ripping me apart," said May.Her own pets turned on her, clamping on, biting almost to the bone nearly a dozen times. <span style="color:#000099;"><em>GET A GUN, TAKE THE SAFETY OFF, PUT IT ON THE COFFEE TABLE AND TURN YOUR 2 YEAR OLD LOOSE, IT'S SAFER.<br /></em></span><br /><strong>Feb 1, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.wwmt.com/articles/margin-1372037-bottom-portage.html">http://www.wwmt.com/articles/margin-1372037-bottom-portage.html</a> PORTAGE, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - A dog attack has left a family pet near death.Blue, the Austrailian sheep dog received the brunt of that attack. Two neighborhood pit bulls attacked the 7-year-old dog.When his owner stepped in the dogs turned on her.She managed to escape with minor injuries.Lisa is still too shaken up to go on camera. She told us Sunday that she's petrified of walking outside for fear that the dogs will attack again."I'm still scared. It's upsetting even walking to the front yard," said Lisa.Animal Control wants to take the pit bulls, but the owner won't allow it.<em><span style="color:#000099;"> DOG AGGRESSION IN PITS GETS PEOPLE MAULED AND KILLED.</span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;"></span></em><br /><strong>Feb. 1, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.wwmt.com/articles/margin-1372036-kalamazoo-bottom.html">http://www.wwmt.com/articles/margin-1372036-kalamazoo-bottom.html</a> KALAMAZOO, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - A Kalamazoo Public Safety officer had to shoot a pit bull in self defense over the weekend, according to police.It happened Saturday afternoon on Minor Street.Officers were called out on reports of a pit bull trying to attack neighbors.When they showed up the dog charged them, forcing the officer to shoot it. It will have to be euthanized.We're told nobody was hurt in the incident. <em><span style="color:#000099;">NICE SHOT, OFFICER.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>Feb. 5, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20100205/NEWS01/302050026/-1/newshome">http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20100205/NEWS01/302050026/-1/newshome</a> LANSING – A police officer shot and killed an attacking pit bull this morning, as authorities tried to arrest four Lansing men as part of a fraud sting.The incident happened at about 11 a.m. in the 200 block of Shepard Street on the city's east side.Officers went to a house to arrest the men. One man fled inside, said Lansing police Lt. Noel Garcia. Officers chased the man into the home, and the pit bull attacked one of the officers.“The officer had to shoot the pit bull to prevent any injury to himself,” Garcia said.Another suspect, a 23-year-old Lansing man, was arrested after a traffic stop in the city, Garcia said.The other two men were still at large early this afternoon.Garcia would not give details about the fraud sting. He said Lansing police are working with several agencies, including the U.S. Marshals, postal inspectors and the Eaton County Sheriff’s Office. <em><span style="color:#000099;">THE FRAUD WAS PIMPING PITS AS NANNY DOGS.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>March 6, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/article/20100306/NEWS01/303060006/Dogs+to+be+euthanized+after+attack">http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/article/20100306/NEWS01/303060006/Dogs+to+be+euthanized+after+attack</a> Two dogs will be euthanized after Battle Creek police said they attacked two workers at the Calhoun County Animal Shelter Friday.<br />Police said the two male pit-bull terriers had been seized and were being held after police said they attacked another dog and person. The owners of the dogs had released them to the city and they were to be destroyed.On Friday morning a 20-year-old worker said she was taking the dogs outside at the shelter, 165 S. Union St., when one of them attacked her in the leg and then the second dog bit her on the wrist. Another worker came to assist and she was bitten on the hand. The first woman was taken to Battle Creek Health System for treatment and the second said she would seek her own treatment. <em><span style="color:#000099;">MORE MONEY FROM TAXPAYERS AND LOST PRODUCTIVITY.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>April 8, 2010 USED AS A WEAPON</strong><br /><a href="http://www.thedailyreporter.com/news/x1031049729/Man-seriously-injured-by-pit-bull">http://www.thedailyreporter.com/news/x1031049729/Man-seriously-injured-by-pit-bull</a> Sherwood Township, Mich. — A pit bull seriously injured Rene Garcia early Thursday morning. The dog’s owner, Charles Burns, and his girlfriend now face two felony charges in the attack.According to the probable cause affidavit filed in Branch County District Court, Garcia and his girlfriend were partying with Burns and his girlfriend Autumn Zobel-Hohlhoff, 18, at Burns’ home on Athens Road.Burns challenged Garcia to a slapping contest, which Garcia refused. Burns went outside and brought in his pit bull and told him to “get the nigger,” court reports indicate. <em><span style="color:#000099;">NUTTER GONE WILD.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>April 18, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2010/04/flint_woman_bitten_by_pit_bull.html">http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2010/04/flint_woman_bitten_by_pit_bull.html</a> FLINT, Michigan — A Flint woman said she was attacked by two dogs when she was walking in the 1600 block of Euclid Avenue on April 16, according to police reports.The woman said one of the dogs, a brown pit bull, bit her on her left thigh, according to police.The woman said she believes the dogs belong to someone who lives on Euclid Avenue, police said.The woman sought medical treatment and is in good condition, according to reports. She is in contact with animal-control officers for information on the dogs' condition, police said. <em><span style="color:#000099;">THIS WOMAN DOESN'T REALIZE HOW LUCKY SHE WAS.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>April 18, 2010 <span style="color:#ff0000;">FATALITY</span></strong><br /><a href="http://www.livingstondaily.com/article/20100418/NEWS06/4180311">http://www.livingstondaily.com/article/20100418/NEWS06/4180311</a> A 19-year-old Unadilla Township man is facing possible charges after his pit bull attacked his neighbors' two German shepherds Thursday.Chief William Cook of the Unadilla Township Police Department said police were dispatched at about 10:50 a.m. to an East Trebesh Drive home to investigate a report of a dog attack.Upon arrival, officers learned from the owner of the German shepherds that his neighbor's pit bull had gotten out of its fenced-in yard and attacked his two dogs.One of the German shepherds suffered life-threatening injuries and later died, and the second dog suffered "serious" neck injuries, Cook said.Because of the vicious nature of the attack, and because the pit bull did not have a dog license or vaccinations, the dog was seized by Livingston County Animal Control.On Friday, Cook said the owner of the pit bull indicated that he had to have his dog put down due to its injuries, but Cook was not able to confirm that information with Animal Control.Police have presented a criminal complaint on the 19-year-old Unadilla Township man to the Livingston County prosecutor's office for review for chargesof failing to control a vicious dog.<em><span style="color:#000099;"> TWO SHEPHERDS AND THE PIT BULL WON.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>April 22, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.thedailyreporter.com/news/police_and_fire/x57964800/Teen-severely-injured-by-pit-bull-in-Sherwood-Twp">http://www.thedailyreporter.com/news/police_and_fire/x57964800/Teen-severely-injured-by-pit-bull-in-Sherwood-Twp</a> Sherwood Township, Mich. — For the second time in two weeks, a victim of a pit bull attack in Sherwood Township was hospitalized Wednesday night.Joshua John-Allen Hicks, 13, of Coldwater, was at his uncle’s home on Lilac Lane when a pit bull broke its chain and lunged at the boy. The reddish-colored dog bit and mauled the teen on both arms causing severe damage to his left one. It also bit Hicks on the chest and face.When the dog lunged at the boy’s uncle, he shot and killed the dog with a .357 pistol. <em><span style="color:#000099;">GIVE THE UNCLE A MARKSMANSHIP AWARD.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>June 2, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.candgnews.com/Homepage-Articles/2010/06-02-2010/Sterling-biker-pit-bulls.asp">http://www.candgnews.com/Homepage-Articles/2010/06-02-2010/Sterling-biker-pit-bulls.asp</a> STERLING HEIGHTS — Passers-by came to the aid of a bicyclist who was attacked by four pit bulls near Metropolitan Parkway and Mound June 1.According to Sterling Heights Police Lt. Dale Dwojakowski, the 59-year-old victim, a resident of Warren, sustained bite wounds to his ankles and wrist after the encounter with the dogs at around 1:18 p.m. “This was on the sidewalk on 16 Mile Road … west of Mound,” he said. “He was just riding his bike. The dogs started charging him.”When the man attempted to speed up to avoid the approaching animals, he lost control of the bike and fell to the ground, at which time the dogs began gnawing on his ankles, said Dwojakowski.Several bystanders intervened, chasing the dogs away, though police and animal control officers managed to capture all four of the pit bulls shortly thereafter.“Two of the dogs we kind of cornered right in that general area at 16 (Mile) and Mound, by the shopping plaza,” said Dwojakowski. “The other two dogs kind of ran into the subdivision, the surrounding streets.”Dwojakowski said police later identified the dogs’ owner, who lives nearby. The woman, whose name has not been released, is not facing criminal charges at this time, but was cited for violating city ordinances, he said.“Right now, a couple of ordinance violations were written for vicious dog attack and unlicensed dog,” he said. “Obviously she’s going to have her day in court on this to explain how this happened and how the dogs got out of her possession.”The woman told officers she was uncertain how the animals escaped from her home, which is located in the vicinity of where the man was attacked, he said.The dogs were being kept at the Macomb County Animal Shelter pending completion of a criminal investigation and outcome of the court proceedings. Dwojakowski said owners often sign away their rights and turn the animals over to the police and the shelter.“At this point, I’m not sure what’s going to happen with the animals,” he said. “If a dog bit someone and it was pretty serious, in the past, dogs have been euthanized. But that doesn’t happen on every attack or bite. In this case, nothing’s been determined yet about that.”The victim was treated at the hospital and released, he said.Dwojakowski said it’s mandatory for all Sterling Heights residents to register their dogs, and though a license wouldn’t have prevented an attack, it would have helped officers identify the source of the animals more rapidly because the owner’s address would have been affixed to the dogs’ collars. Dog licenses are available through City Hall.According to City Clerk Walter Blessed, city ordinance allows residents to have four animals, but prohibits more than that.Anyone with information on the pit bull attack is asked to call the Sterling Heights Police Department at (586) 446-2800. People also can submit anonymous tips by texting the information, with “shpolice” as the first line, to tip411 (847411) on their cell phones. <em><span style="color:#000099;">PITS HATE BICYCLES, CRYING BABIES, LEAVES FALLING, HELL, THEY ARE TRIGGERED BY EVERYTHING.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>May 30, 2010 </strong><a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2010/05/flint_womans_dog_attacked_by_p.html">http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2010/05/flint_womans_dog_attacked_by_p.html</a> FLINT, Michigan — A Flint woman was walking her rat terrier on May 28 when it was attacked by a pit bull, according to police.<br />The woman said she was walking on the sidewalk along E. Hamilton Avenue, when the pit bull dog approached and attacked the rat terrier, police said.The pit bull comes from a house on Broadway Boulevard, and the woman said she has knocked on the door several times, but has gotten no response from the owner, according to reports.It will cost about $1,000 to place the necessary pins in the rat terrier's leg, police said. <em><span style="color:#000099;">THE NUTTER WILL SAY THAT THE RAT TERRIER ATTACKED HIS PIT.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>June 4, 2010 <span style="color:#ff0000;">FATALITY</span></strong><a href="http://www.annarbor.com/news/milan-police-repeatedly-taser-pit-bull-that-attacked-small-dog/">http://www.annarbor.com/news/milan-police-repeatedly-taser-pit-bull-that-attacked-small-dog/</a> A Milan man could be cited for violating the city's animal ordinance after police say his pit bull got loose and mauled a neighbor’s dog, which later died.Officers were called to the 600 block of Allen Road on May 12 when a neighbor saw the pit bull roaming free at about 2 p.m., reports said. Police arrived just as Marilyn Gilson let out her black Cairn Terrier and saw the pit bull bolt toward them across the street.The pit bull bit Gilson’s dog, “Tyler,” on the back and violently shook the 14-pound animal back and forth as Gilson tried to separate them.Gilson’s husband, Michael, was checking e-mail and said he heard screams outside.“That dog charged right over, grabbed hold of his neck and shook side to side. The police were there but it was just too late,” he said.An officer ordered Marilyn Gilson back and fired his taser gun, but one probe missed, reports said. He reloaded and fired again, subduing the pit bull long enough for Gilson to pick Tyler up.Reports said the officer fired his taser two more times as the dog tried to go after Gilson and her pet on the porch. The dog eventually ran behind a home across the street. Tyler was bleeding from wounds on his back and mouth and was rushed to the nearest veterinarian, Gilson said. The dog was bandaged and stabilized, but his wounds were so severe he was taken to the Animal Emergency Clinic in Ann Arbor. Veterinarians said he suffered a collapsed lung, three broken ribs, and lost his canine teeth, according to reports. After exploratory surgery, Gilson said veterinarians gave them a bleak prognosis and Tyler, 10, was euthanized. Gilson said his two 6-year-old grandchildren were with them during the incident, and one witnessed the attack. Police spoke with the pit bull’s owner, who said he let “Hooch” out to urinate and must have fallen asleep, reports said. The owner - identified as Terry Bell - said it was the third time his dog bit another dog, but was the first incident in five years. He could not explain how the dog got out of the back yard and was informed that city ordinance requires dogs to be leashed outdoors. An animal control officer with the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department was called, and Bell signed over his rights. Hooch was euthanized.Bell could not be reached for comment.Milan police forwarded the report to the city prosecutor for review, and a decision is pending.Gilson said the neighbor apologized in person, which they appreciated - but he and his wife are left with a $1,700 veterinarian bill and the pain of losing their pet.“It’s just like losing a family member,” Gilson said. “We grew really close to him and it’s just quiet around here now.” <em><span style="color:#000099;">ARE NUTTERS INCAPABLE OF UNDERSTANDING THE FIRST TIME???</span></em><br /><br /><strong>June 4, 2010 <span style="color:#ff0000;">FATALITIES</span></strong><br /><a href="http://www.wnem.com/news/23794282/detail.html">http://www.wnem.com/news/23794282/detail.html</a> HURON COUNTY, Mich. -- Two unlicensed pit bull dogs are accused of killing as many as 20 sheep at a farm in Huron County’s Rubicon Township, about 70 miles east-northeast of Saginaw.Huron County Sheriff Kelly J. Hanson said Carol Roggenbuck, who was boarding the sheep for a Port Hope farmer, saw two pit bull dogs attack the herd on their Rasmey Road property just after 8 p.m. Thursday. She was able to scare the dogs away before calling 911.A deputy searched the area and found the suspected dogs at a home approximately one mile away from the farm.Hanson said the deputy noticed blood on of the dogs and that they both "smelled like a gutted animal.”The homeowner told the deputy that his two 2-year-old male pit bulls did in fact run off earlier in the night.The animals were confined and transported to the Thumb Animal Shelter to be held while charges are being sought.The value of the dead livestock hasn't been determined, but the dog owner says he has offered to compensate all damages.The attack remains under investigation. <em><span style="color:#000099;">IF THE NUTTER CAN'T PAY FOR A LICENSE HOW CAN HE PAY FOR THOSE SHEEP?</span></em><br /><br /><strong>June 5, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/23800972/detail.html">http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/23800972/detail.html</a> OAK PARK, Mich. -- An 11-year-old girl is in the hospital after a pit bull attack that police describe as brutal.According to police, Shamia Griffin and her mom were walking down the 2300 block on Condon Street in Oak Park when the pit bull came charging toward them.“The dog ran off the porch and he attacked her backpack first,” said Shawana McLawyer, who witnessed the attack. “My mom tried to take off the backpack, and once she got the backpack off, the dog went for her leg.”Shamia Griffin, a fifth grade Key Elementary student, suffered a severe wound to her calf muscle in the attack, witnesses said.“People were standing on the porch, but they didn’t want to come and help,” said McLawyer.The dog was eventually restrained and residents told Local 4 the dog lives at a home nearby.Oak Park Police said they are investigating but have not determined who owns the dog. The animal is now in police custody.The victim is recovering but police said they are concerned she may be at risk of infection. <em><span style="color:#000099;">ANOTHER TRIGGER FOR A PIT ATTACK, A BACKPACK.</span></em><br /><br /><strong>JUNE 13, 2010</strong><br /><a href="http://www.candgnews.com/Homepage-Articles/2010/06-09-2010/Sterling-dog-attack.asp">http://www.candgnews.com/Homepage-Articles/2010/06-09-2010/Sterling-dog-attack.asp</a> <br />STERLING HEIGHTS — Sterling Heights police responded to an attack involving multiple dogs June 13, the second such incident in less than three weeks.In the latest situation, officers were dispatched to the 36000 block of Tulane, near Dodge Park Road and Canterbury, at around 2 p.m., for reports of a woman being attacked by two dogs that police identified as pit bulls. Officers arriving on scene found that the victim, a 62-year-old woman, had sustained injuries while attempting to intervene in a fight between her two cocker spaniels and the pair of pit bulls. A neighbor dialed 911 after seeing the commotion, said Lt. Luke Riley of the Sterling Heights Police Department.According to Riley, the pit bulls had ceased biting the woman by the time police arrived, but were still fighting with the cocker spaniels. When a responding officer tried to separate the animals, one of the pit bulls “approached him in an aggressive manner, forcing the officer to fire a single shot, injuring the animal,” he said. “The dog turned at him and came at him and he fired his sidearm at it.” Both pit bulls and both cocker spaniels fled the scene of the incident in the wake of the gunshot, but were recovered shortly thereafter. Officials at the Macomb County Animal Shelter euthanized the injured pit bull due to the severity of its wound and tested the dog for rabies. Riley said the tests were negative, and it turned out the animals had been vaccinated. The other pit bull remains at the shelter.Riley said the pit bulls’ owner, who lived nearby, was located and cited for having vicious dogs and dogs running at large. It’s unclear how the animals escaped from their yard, he said.At press time, police were not releasing the names of the victim nor the owners.Riley stressed that dog owners need to ensure their fences are sufficient for restraining their pets. “It’s pretty much a common-sense thing: If you’re going to have these things, you’ve got to make sure you keep them under control,” he said. And if you witness a confrontation involving a pit bull or large dog of any kind, it’s wise to arm yourself with something to drive the dogs away, because it’s rare for them to bite once and retreat; typically, such incidents involve a prolonged attack, he said. <em><span style="color:#000099;">NOTE THE REFERENCE TO THE PITS AS "THINGS".</span></em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com