tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82318472559122220472024-03-13T05:15:26.940-07:00Safety Before Pit BulldogsUseful information, data, studies, and expert opinion about the dangers of pit bulls in communities and the value of BSL to keep communities safe.Small Survivorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05150912262473853541noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231847255912222047.post-14260773924597499272019-09-02T20:14:00.001-07:002021-09-21T15:22:38.331-07:00Index of Posts<h2>
Index</h2>
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<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/search/label/Experts">The Experts</a></h3>
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<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/04/animal-science-experts-on-pit-bulls.html">Animal Science Experts on Pit Bulls</a></div>
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<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/04/medical-professional-experts-on-pit.html">Medical Professional Experts on Treating Victims of Pit Bulls</a></div>
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<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/04/animal-care-experts-on-pit-bulls.html">Animal Care Experts on Pit Bulls</a></div>
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<a href="https://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2015/05/experts-genetics-and-aggression-in.html">Genetics Experts: Aggression, Temperament, Behavior in Canines</a></div>
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<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/04/legal-and-industry-experts-on-pit-bulls.html">Other Experts on Pit Bulls: Law, Journalism, Insurance, Government</a></div>
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<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/06/nineteenth-century-views-on-gripping.html">Historical Experts on Gripping dogs: Bulldogs and their Kin</a><br />
<a href="https://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2019/09/how-to-stop-pit-bull-attack-questions.html">How to Stop a Pit Bull Attack</a><br />
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<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/search/label/extreme%20attacks">Extreme Attacks</a></h3>
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<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/05/list-of-pit-bull-attacks-that-result-in.html">List of Pit Bull Attacks that Result in Dismemberment or Amputation</a></div>
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<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2016/10/extreme-attacks-list-of-pit-bulls-up.html">List of Pit Bulls Up for Adoption or Recently Adopted From Shelters That Seriously Attack</a></div>
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<a href="https://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/09/list-of-pit-bulls-that-had-to-be.html">List of Pit Bulls That Had to be Stabbed to Stop an Attack</a></div>
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<a href="https://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2016/03/extreme-attacks-list-of-pit-bull-other.html">List of Pit Bull & Other Dangerous Breed Attacks Inside Petsmart, PetCo & Other Pet Stores</a></div>
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<a href="https://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2015/01/extreme-attacks-list-of-pit-bulls-that.html">List of Pit Bulls That Have Attacked Cars and Other Improbable Objects</a></div>
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<a href="https://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/04/pit-bull-attacks-with-no-warning-or.html">List of Pit Bull Attacks With No Warning or Provocation</a></div>
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<a href="https://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/03/collection-of-home-invasion-pit-bull.html">List of Invasion Attacks by Pit Bulls</a></div>
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<a href="https://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2015/10/list-of-pit-bull-attacks-on-police-k9.html">List of Pit Bull Attacks on Police K9 Dogs</a></div>
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<a href="https://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2015/08/extreme-attacks-family-pit-bulls-that.html">Family Pit Bulls That Launch a Maiming of Fatal Attack</a></div>
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<a href="https://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/05/list-of-pit-bulls-leap-from-upper-story.html">List of Pit Bulls Leaping from Upper Story to Attack</a></div>
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<a href="https://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/07/pit-bull-victim-penny-loved-everyone.html">Pit Bull AttackVictim Penny Loved Everyone and Everything</a><br />
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Debunking Pit Bull Propaganda</h3>
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<a href="https://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2011/04/find-pit-bull-game-debunked.html">Find the Pit Bull Game </a></div>
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<a href="https://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/03/dangerous-dogs-as-pets-with-their.html">The Photos Lie: Killer Pit Bulls & Other Dangerous Dogs with their Victims</a><br />
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Historical Breed Specific Legislation</h3>
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<a href="https://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/05/1772-colonial-williamsburg-va.html">1772 Colonial Williamsburg VA: Historical BSL for Bulldogs and Mastiffs</a></div>
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<a href="https://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/03/early-20th-century-breed-specific.html">Early 20th Century Breed Specific Legislation in Utah</a></div>
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<a href="https://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/05/historic-bsl-laws-regulating-pit-bulls.html">Historical BSL: Laws Regulating Pit Bulls (BSL) as Uniquely Dangerous from the 18th C to the Early 20th C.</a></div>
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<a href="https://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/02/pawtucket-rhode-island-pit-bull-ban-and.html">Pawtucket RI Animal Control Supervisor Comments on Success of Pawtucket's Pit Bull Ban</a><br />
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Historical Accounts of Gripping Dogs and Calls for Pit Bull Regulation</h3>
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<a href="https://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2016/04/the-alaunt-medieval-ancestor-of-bulldog.html">The Alaunt; The medieval Ancestor of the Bulldog</a></div>
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<a href="https://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/04/1892-bulldogs-unsafe-pets.html">1892 Bulldogs Unsafe Pets</a></div>
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<a href="https://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/06/early-20th-century-calls-for-pit.html">Late 19th Century Calls for Pit Bulldog Regulation in Chicago</a></div><div><a href="https://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/10/historical-news-editorials-letters-to.html" target="_blank">Historical News, Editorials, Letters to the Editor about the Pit Bulldog Problem</a></div>
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Lucy Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16125975766622360954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231847255912222047.post-87280804504169520822019-09-01T22:47:00.002-07:002020-11-06T22:42:42.380-08:00How to Stop a Pit Bull Attack - Questions, Advice, ExperienceThe more people learn about how grave pit bull attacks can be, the more helpless and unsure people feel. Anyone who bothers to research pit bulls even a little learns that power and a drive to launch an unrelenting, lethal attack are the hallmarks of pit bull attacks. The word "unstoppable" is often used to describe pit bulls. So, it is not surprising that many people from all walks of life have asked the questions: "How can I avoid a pit bull attack?" and "How can I stop an attacking pit bull?"<br />
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The mainstream media are quick to provide "how to avoid a dog attack" articles after a pit bull mauling. They often include pit bull-friendly dog trainers, rescuers and pit bull advocates assuring us that pit bulls aren't more aggressive or dangerous than other kinds of dogs, which is completely untrue. The advice given, (stand like a tree; curl up like a rock; don't pet a strange dog) is largely useless when faced with a pit bull attack, but it is safe, non-threatening, and palatable advice to give that is sure to not raise the ire of pit bull defenders.</div>
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The harder and more urgent question is "How can I stop a pit bull attack?" Media outlets don't want to tackle this one. The answers are difficult because pit bulls are bred to be game. One dogfighter's definition of gameness in pit bulls is "a drive to kill, or die trying." This means that answers to the question, "how to stop a pit bull attack" will necessarily be extreme. The first answer is, "most people can't stop a pit bull attack." And the rest of the answers involve violence, weapons and strategies to use lethal force. <br />
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To make matters worse, pit bull advocates condemn people for wanting to know how to protect themselves. A quick internet search shows that all kinds of good and decent people who only want to protect themselves from grave injury and death are worried about avoiding pit bull attacks. This isn't about a desire to kill anything, just a desire to not be a victim.<br />
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Below are few of the many advice articles which detail ways to stop a pit bull attack. Inclusion in the list below is not an endorsement of any particular method. The purpose of this list is to demonstrate that the concern people have about stopping pit bull attacks is widespread and common. After the list of advice articles is a very short list of stories about people who stopped an attacking pit bull.<br />
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The Stranger<br />
How to Defeat a Pit Bull with Your Bare Hands<br />
<a href="https://www.thestranger.com/seattle/how-to-defeat-a-pit-bull-with-your-bare-hands/Content?oid=3708968">https://bit.ly/2lMZvOp</a><br />
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Animals 24-7<br />
<a href="https://www.animals24-7.org/2019/02/24/15-real-life-tips-for-surviving-a-dog-attack/">https://www.animals24-7.org/2019/02/24/15-real-life-tips-for-surviving-a-dog-attack/</a><br />
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Wired<br />
<a href="https://www.wired.co.uk/article/how-to-survive-a-pit-bull-attack">https://www.wired.co.uk/article/how-to-survive-a-pit-bull-attack</a><br /></div><div><br />
Sports 24-7<br />
<a href="https://247sports.com/college/kansas/Board/103726/Contents/How-would-you-defend-yourself-against-a-pitbull-attack-71128752/">https://247sports.com/college/kansas/Board/103726/Contents/How-would-you-defend-yourself-against-a-pitbull-attack-71128752/</a><br />
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Inside Edition<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhlcwxBPsCc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhlcwxBPsCc</a><br />
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Let’s Run<br />
<a href="https://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=8018870">https://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=8018870</a><br />
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Secrets of Survival<br />
<a href="https://www.secretsofsurvival.com/survival/dog_attack.html">https://www.secretsofsurvival.com/survival/dog_attack.html</a><br />
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Expert Security Tips<br />
<a href="https://www.expertsecuritytips.com/how-to-defend-yourself-against-a-dog-attack/">https://www.expertsecuritytips.com/how-to-defend-yourself-against-a-dog-attack/</a><br />
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Ammoland<br />
<a href="https://bit.ly/2lPSCvK">https://bit.ly/2lPSCvK</a><br />
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Responsible Citizens for Public Safety<br />
<a href="https://rc4ps.org/how-to-protect-yourself-from-a-pit-bull-attack/">https://bit.ly/2miWzJJ</a><br />
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Exigent Circumstances<br />
Combative Anatomy: How to fight a dog<br />
<a href="https://bit.ly/2kNnJYL">https://bit.ly/2kNnJYL</a><br />
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Police Station: Crime Prevention & Personal Safety<br />
https://bit.ly/2kMFR4R<br />
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Crime Safety Security<br />
<a href="https://www.crime-safety-security.com/outdoor-safety-dog-attack.html">https://bit.ly/2kdbhkC</a><br />
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City Data<br />
Whats a good weapon against vicious dogs besides firearms?<br />
https://bit.ly/2kkPDev<br />
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Martial Arts<br />
How to Defend Against Dog Attacks?<br />
<a href="https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/questions/2334/how-to-defend-against-dog-attacks">https://bit.ly/2kkPM1x</a><br />
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High Road Forums<br />
Am I Justified in shooting an Attacking Pit Bull in my Back Yard?<br />
<a href="https://bit.ly/2lUzL2w">https://bit.ly/2lUzL2w</a><br />
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Runner’s Blueprint<br />
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_981092262">How to Prevent and Handle a Dog Attack While Running</a><br />
<a href="https://bit.ly/2Yg7gy3">https://bit.ly/2Yg7gy3</a><br />
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The Shorthorn<br />
Protect yourself from dog-inflicted wounds<br />
<a href="https://bit.ly/2mh9ufcml">https://bit.ly/2mh9ufcml</a><br />
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Self Defense<br />
How do you kill a dog in self defense with your bare hands?<br />
<a href="https://bit.ly/2lMYQMV">https://bit.ly/2lMYQMV</a><br />
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People who defended themselves or others from a pit bull attack</h3><div><br /></div>
Man uses martial arts chokehold on pit bull to save his dog<br />
<a href="https://bit.ly/2kKz7V6">https://bit.ly/2kKz7V6</a><br />
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Boy stops pit bull attack with jujitsu choke hold<br />
<a href="https://bit.ly/2klumkQ">https://bit.ly/2klumkQ</a><br />
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Man choked to death his pet Staffordshire bull terrier of ten years when it attacked him for no apparent reason<br />
<a href="https://bit.ly/2kAO1xr">https://bit.ly/2kAO1xr</a><br />
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MMA fighter chokes out pit bull with poodle in its jaws<br />
<a href="https://bit.ly/2kB5EgA">https://bit.ly/2kB5EgA</a><br />
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Man strangles attacking pit bull in Conroe TX<br />
<a href="https://bit.ly/2kB7Nc6">https://bit.ly/2kB7Nc6</a><br />
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Man Saves Neighbor’s golden doodle by Strangling Pit Bull to Death<br />
<a href="https://bit.ly/2kiuW2N">https://bit.ly/2kiuW2N</a><br />
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Used a Machete to defend against pit bull attack<br />
<a href="https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2011/08/15/man-arrested-for-using-machete-to-defend-against-pitbull/">https://cbsloc.al/2lOU81i</a><br />
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Field & Stream<br />
I Shot a pit bull yesterday morning with my bow.<br />
<a href="https://answers.fieldandstream.com/forum/other/other-aa/25667-i-shot-a-pitbull-yesterday-morning-with-my-bow-story-is-the-first-answer-make-sure-you-read-it-before-posting-anything-under">https://bit.ly/2mh9prU</a><br />
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Very long list of pit bulls that were stabbed to stop an attack<br />
<a href="https://bit.ly/2maOmHh">https://bit.ly/2maOmHh</a><br />
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Facebook page about pit bulls shot by police to save themselves or victims<br />
<a href="https://bit.ly/2lWNLsH">https://bit.ly/2lWNLsH</a><br />
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Neighbor shot attacking pit bull<br />
<a href="https://bit.ly/2lW9hO5">https://bit.ly/2lW9hO5</a><br />
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Aunt shoots, kills pit bull to stop attack on 9-year-old boy<br />
<a href="https://bit.ly/2kkNMGo">https://bit.ly/2kkNMGo</a><br />
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Lucy Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16125975766622360954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231847255912222047.post-72016411747614759702018-05-07T19:36:00.004-07:002021-05-29T13:42:05.668-07:00Extreme Attacks: List of Pit Bull Attacks that Result in Dismemberment or Amputation of a limbList of recent attacks in which the pit bull ripped off a limb or a limb was so damaged by the pit bull attack that it had to be amputated.<br />
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Victims Working to End These Extreme and Devastating Attacks Like the Attack<br />
That left this pit bull owner with no arms, one eye, no ears, and no scalp<br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">2021 CA - A woman visiting a pit bull owner's property to help him was attacked by the pit bulls, dragged under a vehicle and had both her legs mauled seriously. One of her legs has been amputated 4 inched below the knee so far and doctors will do more surgeries to try and save her knee.<br /><a href="https://bit.ly/2L4oABx">https://bit.ly/2L4oABx<br /></a><a href="https://bit.ly/2MipQRV" target="_blank"> https://bit.ly/2MipQRV</a></div><p style="text-align: left;">2019 MI - In response to the fatal pit bull attack on a girl in Detroit, the family of a Detroit girl mauled so badly in 2017 her arm was amputated retold their story to help people understand how dangerous pit bulls are.<br />
<a href="https://bit.ly/2lBvz7F">https://bit.ly/2lBvz7F</a><br />
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2018 GA - A man just walking down the street was mauled so badly by two loose pit bulls that both his hands had to be amputated. The pit bull owner was especially depraved. He got his dogs and told a samaritan not to call for help because he would take care of it, but instead, he just left his victim on the ground. Two hours later that same samaritan found the man and called for help.<br />
<a href="https://bit.ly/2wD4e85">https://bit.ly/2wD4e85</a><br />
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2018 OK - Four pit bulls attacked a woman who was just walking down the street. Someone left the gate open. She is in critical condition and her arm was amputated.<br />
<a href="https://bit.ly/2I1Si3f">https://bit.ly/2I1Si3f</a><br />
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2018 TX - Doris Mixon Smith's neighbors' pit bull attacked her while she was gardening in her own yard. She was mauled so badly that she lost her arm. The neighbors were convicted of allowing their pit bull to maul her. The husband received 4 years in prison and the wife received 10 years probation.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/2DOPZ4w">http://bit.ly/2DOPZ4w</a> <br /><a href="https://bit.ly/3c3a7ju">https://bit.ly/3c3a7ju</a><br />
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2017 MI - A pit bull that was known to be vicious and that had previously attacked a man was allowed to attack a 10 year old girl severing her arm. The pit bull also severed her foot, "but not completely" and doctors were able to reattach that, too. Doctors have reattached the arm and are watching for infection. She is in very critical condition. This is what happens when cities believe it's a great idea to allow people to keep vicious animals in communities. Detroit Police Chief James Craig believes it is wrong to allow the public to keep vicious dogs. Thank You Chief Craig. Pit bulls have been mauling children in Detroit at an extraordinary rate and public officials are doing nothing about it.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/2thRSyQ">http://bit.ly/2thRSyQ</a><br />
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<a href="http://bit.ly/2sIrNMi">http://bit.ly/2sIrNMi</a><br />
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2016 AR - A 78-year-old man's left leg had to be amputated after three pit bulls attacked him in Jefferson County.<br />
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2016 FL - A man who was killed by a pack of mixed breed dogs was dragged back into their yard and dismembered. A witness said that there was only 30 percent of the body left.<br />
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2016 CA - A 90 year old woman was attacked by a pit bull and was severely injured. She has lost several fingers and has severe damage to her arm. Police had to shoot the pit bull because it came back after first responders arrived and wanted to attack them.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/2b4CmPd">http://bit.ly/2b4CmPd</a><br />
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2016 NZ - A domestic worker who had worked for a family for 14 years and has taken care of their dogs was dismembered by the family's pit bull. She lost her arm and now the family is telling her to go on disability because they can't afford to keep her on.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/2aPE5Fj">http://bit.ly/2aPE5Fj</a><br />
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2016 CT - Jocelyn Winfrey, 53, was attacked by Dr. Hamilton Hicks' pit bulls. She lost both of her eyes, her right leg, and an arm. She later passed away.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/2co2poH">http://bit.ly/2co2poH</a><br />
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2016 GA - In June, a woman was attacked by her son's pit bulls so badly that she lost a leg. A year later, she is scheduled to have the other leg amputated. First responders didn't rush to the scene because when asked what kind of dog attacked, the son's girlfriend sarcastically said chihuahua mixes. The son and girlfriend were convicted on several charges related to the attack and the pit bulls.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/2vkOvZv">http://bit.ly/2vkOvZv</a><br />
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2016 CA - A woman was walking her grandson home from school when a pit bull attacked the boy. The grandmother stepped in between her grandson and the pit bull and took the brunt of the pit bull's mauling attack. Her leg was so badly mauled that it had to be amputated below the knee. Her insurance will not pay for a prosthetic limb. News outlets are not publishing the negligent owner's name to protect him.<br />
<a href="https://www.gofundme.com/29c29pv8">https://www.gofundme.com/29c29pv8</a><br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1YB3LuP">http://bit.ly/1YB3LuP</a><br />
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2016 CA - A woman was attacked by pit bulls that escaped a fenced yard. The woman is in very critical condition with extensive injuries. Doctors had to amputate an arm. Police tried to identify her using a fingerprint scanner, but the pit bulls had done so much devastating damage that she had no fingerprints left. Two pit bulls attacked and will be killed. Two mixed breeds probably did not attack and will be evaluated.<br />
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2016 UK - A woman walked her son's illegal pit bull as a favor to him. His pit bull attacked her so severely that her hand was detached from her arm.<br />
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2016 FL - Four pit bulls in an apartment suddenly began attacking family members. The mother saved her children by getting them into other rooms. She thought the pit bulls had calmed down, but instead, after a moment, they launched a nearly fatal attack on her that left her hospitalized for 6 months, needing specialty care in Chicago. She lost one arm, had the other reconstructed and has scars on her stomach from where the pit bulls braced their feet so they could rip the flesh off her bones. They finally stopped when they had exhausted themselves. The police came and shot them.<br />
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2015 MO - A woman's American Bulldog attacked her causing her foot to be amputated. She also had a large portion of her hair torn out and the ambull had removed most of her clothes. She was in critical but stable condition after her surgery. She had owned the 3 year old dog for about a year. The story does not say if the dog was a rescue dog.<br />
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2015 DC - Two loose pit bulls launched an unprovoked attack on a man who was looking at an apartment. He lost his foot in the attack.<br />
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2015 SC - A pit bull mauled its owner's sister's arm so badly that it had to be amputated. All the victim did was call Bull's name. Witnesses said that the arm was completely snapped and hanging only by the "meat." The pit bull tore off the woman's knee cap as well. The owner was upset that the pit bull was shot as she and the pit bull were inseparable. Her daughter emphasized that he was a good dog. This attack also appears on the list of <a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2015/08/extreme-attacks-family-pit-bulls-that.html">family pit bulls that attack</a>.<br />
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2015 SC - A woman's arm was ripped off by her boyfriend's pit bull. Witnesses saw the pit bull attack the woman, latch onto her arm, pull her down, and rip her arm off her body. Her boyfriend, the owner, did not want to relinquish the pit bull, but animal control eventually took it and put it down.<br />
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2014 MI Twelve pit bulls attacked a man who was feeding them alongside the owner. He lost three limbs and the pit bulls consumed part of his arm.<br />
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2013 UK An American bulldog mauled a man's arm so severely, that it had to be amputated.<br />
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2013 CT Pit bull tears off woman's arm and other hand<br />
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2013 LA Westwego woman lost eye, ear and both arms after pit bull attack<br />
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2013 FL - Sandra Lambert loses one arm at the shoulder to pit bull attack<br />
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2013 KY - A pit bull bit off a boy's nose and swallowed it. Initially, the nose could not be found so the pit bull was taken to the vet to have the nose removed from the pit bull's stomach. It was reattached to the boy's face. The owner had owned the pit bull since it was a puppy and it had never been violent.<br />
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2012 FL - Laura Miller loses arm after pit bull attack at veterinary clinic<br />
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2012 FL - Robin Johnson loses arm and leg after pit bull attack<br />
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2012 IL - Jogger who lost leg wants pit bull regulation<br />
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2011 CA - Emako Mendoza lost arm and part of leg to pit bull mauling. She later dies from her injuries.<br />
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2011 AZ - Michael Cook was attacked by his own pit bull so severely that both his arms had to be amputated and he required over 100 pints of blood, depleting the City of Tucson's blood supply. He died 20 days after he was attacked.<br />
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2011 FL - 61 year old Karin Carter lost her leg in an attack by family pit bulls that she would have sworn with her dying breath would never be aggressive because they were raised right by her family. Doctors were initially unsure whether she would survive her injuries.<br />
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2011 MI - A boy jumps a fence to get a wayward ball and the pit bull in the yard attacked his leg so badly that it had to be amputated. The pit bull's jaws locked on the boy and the pit bull would not let go until it was shot to death.<br />
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2011 FL - The neighbors' three pit bulls escaped and attacked 78 year-old Roy McSweeny in his own yard and tore off both his arms. He later died from his injuries.<br />
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2011 ME - <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "tahoma" , "verdana" , "arial"; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">A 28-year-old man last known to be living in LaGrange was convicted in absentia and received the maximum sentence under civil law Tuesday for </span><a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fnew.bangordailynews.com%2F2010%2F11%2F12%2Fnews%2Fbangor%2Fwomanrsquos-injury-major-in-lagrange-dog-bite%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGOasmDzmeyzpzhXSD016siEOiibw&ref=inline" style="border: 0px none; color: #666699; font-family: georgia, tahoma, verdana, arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">his dog’s brutal attack two months ago</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "tahoma" , "verdana" , "arial"; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"> on a former friend, Karen Stewart, who </span><a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fnew.bangordailynews.com%2F2010%2F11%2F26%2Fnews%2Fdog-bite-victimrsquos-right-arm-amputated%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFpNgG3S8iZotEkIaRvtgD7w9xmCg&ref=inline" style="border: 0px none; color: #666699; font-family: georgia, tahoma, verdana, arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">lost most of her right arm</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "tahoma" , "verdana" , "arial"; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"> and whose left arm </span><a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fnew.bangordailynews.com%2F2010%2F11%2F15%2Fnews%2Fdog-attack-victim-was-ripped-apart%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGRNdyMD30RagStH73DJiG5mD6LPg&ref=inline" style="border: 0px none; color: #666699; font-family: georgia, tahoma, verdana, arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">was badly mauled</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "tahoma" , "verdana" , "arial"; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">.</span><br />
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2010 WA - A man was attacked by a pit bull and lost both of his arm to amputations.The 61-year-old recently lost his arm in an operation. The victim also has a deep gash on his right leg as a result from the pit bull attack that took place on Aug. 3. <br />
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2010 GA - 8 year old Erin Ingram lost part of left arm in an horrific off-property pit bull attack in the middle of the street. Initially doctors feared she might die. In 2015 a jury awarded her $72 million dollars.<br />
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2009 US - In a study done by Dogsbite.org of all pit bull attacks reported in the media during the year 2009, 35 people were reported to have lost a body part that year.<br />
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2009 PA - A pit bull bit off its owner's hand and when police arrived, the pit bull was shot because it would not allow responders to aid the 48 year old victim.<br />
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2008 LA - 83 year old Luna McDaniel was out for a walk when three loose pit bulls mauled her. She never lost consciousness during the mauling. She lost her leg below the knee, but never made it out of the ICU and died 11 days after the attack.<br />
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2008 FL - Roger Lindee was attacked by two pit bulls and was found lying in a ditch when two good samaritans pulled the pits off and held them until authorities came. He was attacked so severely that his right leg was amputated below the knee.<br />
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2008 IN - Woman loses both arms in sustained attack from her own pet pit bull that she raised from a puppy. She just let him out like she did every day and he launched an horrific attack that was described by a police lieutenant with 35 years experience as "the grossest thing he had ever seen...The dog was literally eating her to death."<br />
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2006 TX -Woman Loses Both Arms After Pit Bull Mauling. Vicky Jeffries was brutally attacked by her own pit bull when she tried to stop her pit bulls from attacking each other.<br />
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2005 CO - A 10-year-old boy lost his arm after being mauled by three pit bulls in his own yard. The attack happened 2 days after Aurora passed a pit bull ban. His mother was criminally charged for the attack.<br />
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2004 CA - 91 year old woman loses both arms when she attempted to feed her great-grandson's pit bull, Zion.<br />
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2000 NY - 51 year old plumber Dennis Whitcomb was mauled by his neighbor’s pit bulls while he was shoveling his driveway. He spent weeks in the hospital and underwent 12 operations for extensive wounds to his face, neck chest and right arm which was amputated above the elbow. Whitcomb was recuperating from open-heart surgery when he was attacked.<br />
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1990 CA - In an attempt to save a 70 year old grandmother after she was mauled for about 30 minutes, surgeons amputated her left arm during a 6 hour long surgery. She had puncture wounds on most of her torson and all the flesh had been eaten off both arms from the wrist to the shoulder. Marjee Lilly remained conscious for the entire 30 minutes, watching the pit bulls tear the flesh from her arms. She was able to tell police that she was attempting to feed the pit bulls when they mauled her. Despite all efforts, she died.<br />
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1983 FL - Two pit pulls dragged 11-year-old Jorge Cuartas from his bicycle and bit him more than 100 times. His left foot was nearly severed and had to be amputated. ``If you had seen the injuries,`` the boy`s doctor said, ``you probably wouldn`t have believed they had been done by a dog.``<br />
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Sadly, these perceived experts often are not required to have much expertise at all. More importantly many have sworn no oath and have no mandate to protect public safety and they are often extremely misguided. They refuse to acknowledge the inherent dangers of pit bulls and believe if they foist off an "iffy" pit bull on someone, well, it gives the pit bull another chance for a home, and it might turn out alright. Sometimes, the shelter does tell the adoptive owner that the pit bull has "dog aggression" and minimizes the significance of the danger to neighborhood pets and protective owners. Other times, shelter workers have reportedly failed to provide known information about aggression, and in some cases, when pit bulls attacked right after being adopted, they blamed the adopter.<br />
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It may surprise people to know that while these perceived experts often have little knowledge or expertise in safely adopting pets, dangerous dog advocates have been educating shelters in how to avoid liability when adopting out potentially or known dangerous dogs.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-c257JfMFRTo/YEmyJpr0lEI/AAAAAAAAAgw/6CKeY2ckxX03i0ZssAuvsN8KrhEsMq3pQCLcBGAsYHQ/do-not-adopt-a-pit-bull-dogbitelaw.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="485" height="198" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-c257JfMFRTo/YEmyJpr0lEI/AAAAAAAAAgw/6CKeY2ckxX03i0ZssAuvsN8KrhEsMq3pQCLcBGAsYHQ/do-not-adopt-a-pit-bull-dogbitelaw.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <p></p><p>The following list shows the results of these misguided priorities and lack of mandated responsibility or accountability by these animal care "experts." Most of these articles are about recently adopted pit bulls that launched a serious attack, sometimes killing a person. Many of these pit bulls came with assurances that the pit bull was non-aggressive and/or had been temperament tested. A few articles concern other dangerous dogs, and some articles concern attacks that occurred while the dog was still in the care of the animal control, shelter, rescue or foster. The list is not complete or comprehensive, but merely highlights the growing and seriously dangerous problem.<br />
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The pit bull came with tranquilizers to be taken every 12 hours. The pit was so aggressive the man in the family was in constant fear of being attacked. And, as usual, when the foster family tried to communicate their worries about how dangerous the pit was, the rescue simply rebuffed their worries.</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4204781044808213439" itemprop="" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 876px;">This is so incredibly irresponsible and dangerous.</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4204781044808213439" itemprop="" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 876px;"><a href="https://bit.ly/3bGA3BQ">https://bit.ly/3bGA3BQ</a><br /> </div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4204781044808213439" itemprop="" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 876px;">2021 CO - A boy was mauled by a pit bull that was recently adopted out from the Aurora Animal Shelter. This is the first mauling by a rescue pit bull in Aurora since the City Council ignored the will of the public and voted to repeal the pit bull ban. When given a chance to vote on the issue, 63% of voters voted to keep the pit bull ban. Then the City Council got rid of it anyway. The boy was hospitalized with gruesome injuries to his face from the rescue pit bull that was going to be his best friend according to his family. They had asked for a pit bull that was good with kids and AAS assured the family that this mauler was good with children. AAS also gave the pit bull the SAFER temperament test which is completely useless on pit bulls.</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4204781044808213439" itemprop="" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 876px;"><a href="https://dpo.st/3l53pN6">https://dpo.st/3l53pN</a><br /></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4204781044808213439" itemprop="" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 876px;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EoZelGYLyco/YFqE7VpYHII/AAAAAAAAAhQ/xaDUVNuEPq0I5e78TuO2l2nZHLVa25CVwCLcBGAsYHQ/s641/159885689_149162243731342_2885654512123098933_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="478" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EoZelGYLyco/YFqE7VpYHII/AAAAAAAAAhQ/xaDUVNuEPq0I5e78TuO2l2nZHLVa25CVwCLcBGAsYHQ/w149-h200/159885689_149162243731342_2885654512123098933_n.jpg" width="149" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The third Pit bull adopted by AAS after the pit bull ban was repealed mauled this child<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4204781044808213439" itemprop="" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 876px;">2021 NS - Known Aggressive Pit mix from Georgia was sent to Canada and adopted out without telling the adopter, Stacey Lynn McMullen, that the pit had a history of aggression, only that it "didn't like" dogs. Four days later, the pit killed a bichon while on a leash and injured 3 people trying to stop the attack inflicting broken ribs and deep bites. The owner found out that the the pit had a attacked another dog only after adopting it. The rescue that deceived the owner threatened to sue her for handing the dangerous dog over to AC as she was obliged to do. As part of a plea deal, the rescue "Fly With Me" is banned from adopting out dogs that are not dog friendly.</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4204781044808213439" itemprop="" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 876px;"><a href="https://bit.ly/3egkrqf">https://bit.ly/38jgkFY</a></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4204781044808213439" itemprop="" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 876px;"> </div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4204781044808213439" itemprop="" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 876px;">2021 PA - A pit bull coonhound mix had been adopted by a family, but 5 months later began showing signs of aggression. After the family had decided to rehome the pit mix, it attacked their 3 year old child. <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #2e2e2e; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">"Ripped his face down to his jaw bone, ripped his leg open, fractured his femur, punctured his femur bone, ripped his arm apart," Chelsey Royer said.</span></span></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4204781044808213439" itemprop="" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 876px;"><a href="https://bit.ly/3efbyNN" target="_blank"> https://bit.ly/3efbyNN</a></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4204781044808213439" itemprop="" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 876px;"> </div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4204781044808213439" itemprop="" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 876px;">2020 FL - A pit bull that had been rescued two weeks previously from Mastiffs of Florida Rescue killed the new owner's elderly mother. Before killing the woman, the pit bull had slept in the victim's bed with her. This is the second vicious attack in Broward county within a week. After the pit bull killed a woman, pit bull advocates defended the killer pit bull.</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4204781044808213439" itemprop="" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 876px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4204781044808213439" itemprop="" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 876px;"><a href="https://bit.ly/3qnDGAw">https://bit.ly/3qnDGAw</a></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4204781044808213439" itemprop="" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 876px;"><a href="https://bit.ly/3hfEmXZ">https://bit.ly/3hfEmXZ</a></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NcHg0eSXsfo/YJlgSOiw9KI/AAAAAAAAAiA/mTGtfaKOFJMoXEVbS2zdcnRtgQPO4xMrgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-05-10%2Bat%2B10.46.44%2BAM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1642" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NcHg0eSXsfo/YJlgSOiw9KI/AAAAAAAAAiA/mTGtfaKOFJMoXEVbS2zdcnRtgQPO4xMrgCLcBGAsYHQ/w321-h400/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-05-10%2Bat%2B10.46.44%2BAM.png" width="321" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Click to enlarge and read the depraved advocacy for a killer</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4204781044808213439" itemprop="" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 876px;"><br /></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4204781044808213439" itemprop="" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 876px;"><br /></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4204781044808213439" itemprop="" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 876px;">2020 FL - A foster pit bull attacked two children in the foster family, one son stabbed the pit bull to stop the attack. The foster "mom" had a couple scratches, while both sons were sent to the hospital. A dog trainer is associated with the same address. The mauler was first treated for its stab wounds and then euthanized. This attack is also found in the list of <a href="https://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/09/list-of-pit-bulls-that-had-to-be.html" target="_blank">pit bulls stabbed to stop an attack</a>.<br /><a href="https://bit.ly/2Qnp2ts">https://bit.ly/2Qnp2ts</a></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4204781044808213439" itemprop="" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 876px;"><a href="https://bit.ly/3sVbQx9">https://bit.ly/3sVbQx9</a></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4204781044808213439" itemprop="" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 876px;"> <br /></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4204781044808213439" itemprop="" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 876px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4204781044808213439" itemprop="" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 876px;">2019 FL - Reporting on a lawsuit against PAWS (Panhandle Animal Welfare Society) for adopting out a pit bull with previous serious attacks that severely mauled a child in 2017 revealed that the pit bull attacked several people and a cockapoo in a veterinary clinic in 2015 and had to be stabbed in the neck to stop the attack. </div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4204781044808213439" itemprop="" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 876px;"><a href="https://bit.ly/3mhlaIv">https://bit.ly/3mhlaIv</a></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4204781044808213439" itemprop="" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 876px;"><a href="https://bit.ly/3mweOoX">https://bit.ly/3mweOoX</a></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4204781044808213439" itemprop="" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 876px;"><br /></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4204781044808213439" itemprop="" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 876px;">
2019 TX - Austin Animal Center is adopting out dangerous dogs that bite and kill pets AGAIN!. Scroll down to 2016 for the last report on this. One Pit bull was brought home newly adopted and killed the owner's other dog. The excuse, once again, is that they're spread thin. They are also over capacity, a state they seem to have been in since 2016. This is all due to No Kill policies. They do not work and are dangerous.<br />
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2019 CA - No Kill LA Animal Shelter allowed a German shepherd dog that had been dropped off for biting and aggression to be put up for adoption. While a father and two young children were meeting the dog, it bit one of the children in the face very seriously with no provocation. The child had to be transferred to a second hospital equipped to do the extensive kind of reconstructive surgery required to repair the damage and ay lose an eye. No Kill must be abandoned or outlawed because of the great harm it does to children and pets.<br />
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2019 VA - A pit bull mix that has put two people IN THE HOSPITAL is up for adoption again. One victim was the foster handler for BANDIT'S ADOPTION & RESCUE OF K-9's. She couldn't walk or live independently for 2 months. The second victim was the AC officer who took the dog after the first attack. She was hospitalized and couldn't work for a while. BARK took back the dangerous pit mix and put the thing up for adoption three years later without revealing the SERIOUS bite history of this dog. The operators at BARK have no care or concern that their actions put two people in the hospital already, and they have zero concern that they will put more people in the hospital if they adopt the pit out again. The investigative report revealed the dangerous pit's adoption page, which seems to have subsequently taken down.<br />
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<br />2019 FL - A pit bull that was up for adoption killed a volunteer at the Humane Society of St. Lucie County.<br />https://bit.ly/2DqOMT3</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4204781044808213439" itemprop="" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 876px;"></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4204781044808213439" itemprop="" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 876px;"></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4204781044808213439" itemprop="" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 876px;"></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4204781044808213439" itemprop="" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 876px;"></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4204781044808213439" itemprop="" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 876px;"></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4204781044808213439" itemprop="" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 876px;"><br /></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4204781044808213439" itemprop="" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 876px;">2019 NY - Once again a friendly pit bull mix (this one was falsely being called a boxer mix) that had never shown aggression severely mauled a child in the new adoptive home. This one only waited 24 hours to maul. And it isn't even certain that the pit bull will be put down.</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4204781044808213439" itemprop="" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 876px;"><a href="https://bit.ly/3qnHhyw">https://bit.ly/3qnHhyw</a></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4204781044808213439" itemprop="" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 876px;"><a href="https://bit.ly/30h6LTP">https://bit.ly/30h6LTP</a> <br /></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4204781044808213439" itemprop="" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 876px;"><br />
2019 OH - A pit bull mix that was being fostered by the Pit Bull Advocates of Armstrong County (PA) allowed their pit bull with a known bite history to severely maul a dog groomer. The pit bull had to be tased and then stabbed to get the attack to stop and the victim has severe facial wounds and compound fractures in both bones of one of her forearms as well as other injuries. This pit bull, Lucian, is believed to be the same pit bull that severely mauled a 5 year old girl the day after it was adopted five months previously in April.<br />
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2019 OH - An American bulldog mix was adopted out by the Trumbull County Trumbull County Dog Warden with the assurance that it was good with everyone. The next day it severely mauled a 5 year-old girl. It later was revealed that the huge pit bull mix had shown protective and aggressive behavior and one person had said the dog should not go to a home with children.<br />
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2018 PA - New investigative report on yet another county animal control service that is adopting out dangerous dogs with bite histories, mostly pit bulls, in order to maintain a No Kill status. This time it is Lebanon County PA Humane Society. Look below for 4 previous investigations into the same kinds of reports into the unethical No Kill practices in Contra Cost CA (2016), Fairfax County VA (2016), Austin City TX (2016), Albuquerque City NM (2015).<br />
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2018 FL - A pit bull mix that had been adopted out, and temperament tested by, Pinellas County Animal Control 7 months previously killed a 7 month old girl. (This baby was born just about the time this pit mix was adopted out). The foster father and his father, the pit bull owner, both were Clearwater Police Detectives. This is a second killing in a week by a temperament tested, adopted pit bull. Know this - temperament tests DO NOT and cannot predict unprovoked attacks from pit bulls. <br />
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2018 IL - An adopted Pit bull from, and temperament tested by, South Suburban Animal Rescue in Chicago Heights 9 months previously sent two people to the hospital in separate attacks. One person was an insurance adjuster who entered the rental unit when the pit bull’s owners were not present. The second person was a police officer who was later dispatched to search for the loose pit bull.</div>
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2018 MD - A pit bull named Bullet and renamed Snowball was surrendered to the Logan County Pound in West Virginia and was eventually slated for euthanasia for lack of space. At least two rescues, The Paws Squad (WV )and Ray of Hope Rescue (MD) and a dog transport rescue, Wheels 4 Paws, worked together to raise funds for Snowball, arrange for transportation and vetting and got him to Robin Conway who agreed to foster Snowball. Two weeks later, Snowball killed Conway after having been taken for a walk. None of the rescues have publicly expressed regret for having been a part of delivering a killer pit bull to its victim or seem to have noticed that friendly pit bulls in the hands of knowledgeable and caring owners will kill with no warning or provocation.<br />
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2018 CA - Another pit bull attacked a worker at Los Angeles Animal Services. The worker was trying to clean the kennel of a pit bull that was being held pending a dangerous dog hearing. The dog lunged violently and bit the worker's hand breaking her finger. This is just a few weeks after another dog attacked a volunteer. LAAS has achieved the dubious distinction of being No Kill which critics suspect is the reason that LAAS has had so many serious dog attacks. Last year, a longtime worker was also attacke by a pit bull.<br />
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2018 CA - A medium-sized, male shepherd-mix that was up for adoption severely mauled a volunteer who was walking the dog. The volunteer believes that had the behaviorist who had been recently fired been there to evaluate the dog, he could have warned her about the dog's behavior. LAAS wants to maintain its "No Kill" status which could account for them keeping so many dangerous dogs.<br />
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2018 OH - A family took in a stray pit bull. After five days with the pit bull behaving friendly towards adults and children, the pit bull viciously mauled a grandchild inflicting damage that required a life flight. Perry County animal control took the pit bull and said the pit bull would be quarantined for 10 days as required, and then euthanized. However, the family found the pit bull listed for adoption with the small caveat that blames the victim and lies to potential adopters. When a family member called to say the pit bull should be put down, the employee at the shelter said that she was told the child had been taunting the dog. Which is untrue. As of this writing, the ad has been taken down, but despite multiple calling, there has been no statement issued that indicates the shelter will dog the right, legal, moral and appropriate thing and put the mauling pit bull down.<br />
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<br />2018 NV - Recently Adopted Mastiff Killed Owner three days after a couple adopted it. The dog was adopted from the Animal Foundation. The husband had posted on facebook asking if anyone had info about the breed saying he planned to take the dog on hikes in the mountains, to lakes, and parks.</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4204781044808213439" itemprop="" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 876px;"><a href="https://bit.ly/32TrrSv">https://bit.ly/32TrrSv</a></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4204781044808213439" itemprop="" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 876px;"><br /></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4204781044808213439" itemprop="" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 876px;">2018 NV - Two pit bulls adopted from the Henderson Animal Shelter viciously mauled and killed their new owner after 8 months.</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4204781044808213439" itemprop="" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 876px;"><a href="https://bit.ly/2F5mIFm">https://bit.ly/2F5mIFm</a></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4204781044808213439" itemprop="" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 876px;"><br /></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4204781044808213439" itemprop="" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 876px;">
2018 IA - A "large dog" attacked two shelter workers when one of the victims was trying to take the "large dog" out to the exercise area. The second victim rescued the first victim, and then was subjected to a protracted attack which attracted the attention of nearby workers and a bystander with a gun who shot the dog TWICE before it released. Both victims received bites to the neck and face (kill bites) and the woman received bites to her legs as well. This has all the hallmarks of a pit bull's attack.<br />
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2018 TX - The Humane Society of North Texas allowed a chihuahua mix in an unsupervised pen with two pit bulls for unsupervised play. One of the pit bulls played the game pit bulls were bred to love - "kill the dog". The humane society says that all dogs must be supervised during play. They don't say they will stop the horrific practice of putting small dogs in pens with pit bulls. Pit bulls kill regularly when they are being supervised.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/2pu0hht">http://bit.ly/2pu0hht</a> <span style="color: #eeeeee;"><a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/p/video-no-workers-in-sight-as-pit-bull.html">archive</a></span><br />
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2018 ME - A young man was interested in adopting a pit bull from the Greater Androscoggin Humane Society shelter and was allowed to take it for a walk to get to know it. He took it to his friend's house where the pit bull immediately grabbed and killed the friend's family's dearly beloved 5-year-old yorkie named Rocco Armani in front of the family.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/2u5E4M6">http://bit.ly/2u5E4M6</a> <span style="color: #eeeeee;"><a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/p/shelter-dog-brought-into-lewiston.html">archive</a></span><br />
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2018 OH - Veterinarian blows whistle on the Muskingum County Dog Warden and Adoption Center revealing that it has been adopting out dogs with aggression and bite histories. The vet revealed that one dog was brought into his clinic that hat been adopted out three times and returned twice for aggression. The third adopter paid to put the dog down so the highly irresponsible county animal control could not adopt it out a fourth time.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/2EsV2Wd">http://bit.ly/2EsV2Wd</a><br />
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2018 IL - A delivery person was seriously attacked by a pit bull at the no-kill Cache Creek Animal Rescue in Frankfort IL. She is suing for more than $50,000. She alleges that the attack was unprovoked and vicious.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/2ncNU95">http://bit.ly/2ncNU95</a><br />
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2017 TX - A toddler was mauled unprovoked by a pit bull mix that was up for adoption at an adoption event in a park in Dallas. The toddler was with his mom and had just pet the pit bull without incident and walked away. When the mom and toddler turned back toward where the pit bull was, it launched an unprovoked attack. Amazingly, the rescuers and animal control are so incompetent that they cannot determine from the severity of this unprovoked attack that the pit bull needs to be put down. They are calling in "experts" to evaluate the pit bull that failed the real world temperament test by launching a vicious, unprovoked attack on a toddler.<br />
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2017 LA - A rescue lied to a family telling them that a pit bull mix was a mastiff mix. The family was used to small dogs. After spending 3 hours with the pit before adopting him, and having him home 2 hours, the pit bull attacked a five-year-old boy.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/2ipbUmU">http://bit.ly/2ipbUmU</a><br />
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2017 NY - A child and an adult were attacked by a rescue pit bull during a Mermorial Day celebration at the Pound Ridge Fire Department.<br />
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2017 WI - A pit bull mix being fostered for Shelter From the Storm rescue escaped it's foster's fence and attacked two dogs being walked by a woman. The pit killed one dog and injured the other and severely injured the dogs' owner. The rescue is lying about the breed saying the pit mix is a shepherd greyhound mix which is ridiculous when you look at both the photo that was shared AND the nature of the the attack.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/2poaoXr">http://bit.ly/2poaoXr</a></div>
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2017 MI - A newly adopted pit bull mauled a child with no warning or provocation.<br />
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2017 PA - A volunteer for Angel Ridge Animal Rescue brought her 4 and 7-year-old daughters with her to the rescue. While she was walking a pit bull, it attacked her younger daughter. She got the pit off her daughter, and was being severely mauled when a man came, got the pit off her, and tied a belt and a leash around each arm as tourniquets. She is in the hospital in serious condition after surgery. Her daughter was also hospitalized. The man said he'd never seen a dog persist in an attack like that. That's what pit bulls do.<br />
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<a href="https://bit.ly/2vjxe6C">https://bit.ly/2vjxe6C</a> <span style="color: #eeeeee;"><a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/p/woman-speaks-out-1-year-after-being.html">archive</a></span><br />
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2017 NC - A rescue group volunteer and her son were attacked by two rottweilers at a private shelter, For the Love of Dogs. The child sustained severe injuries including large lacerations over all of his body.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/2oG0xM5">http://bit.ly/2oG0xM5</a><br />
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2017 NM - The Albuquerque Animal Welfare Department has been found once again to be adopting out dangerous dogs. After designing a process that had 3 experts designate dogs that needed to be euthanized for aggression, the new director has once again been found to be unilaterally removing dogs from the euthanasia list and putting them up for adoption.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/2nK5qQu">http://bit.ly/2nK5qQu</a><br />
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2017 NV - The founder of Happy Acres Animal Sanctuary was seriously mauled by a newly acquired dangerous pit bull and was in fair condition at the hospital. Sanctuaries take unadoptable animals, including animals that are dangerously aggressive, instead of humanely euthanizing them. The new dangerous pit bull that attacked Steve Benson was attacked by another pit bull which is believed to have saved Benson's life.<br />
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2017 IA - A pit bull was transported from Louisiana to the Clinton IA Humane Society where it was adopted out to a family. Less than two hours later the pit bull had attacked a 15-month old child doing horrifying, permanent damage to his face.<br />
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2017 LA - Pit bull attacked the deputy director of the St. Lanry Parish Animal Control Shelter and her dog. The pit bull was put down and the shelter has been closed.<br />
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2017 GA - Two women have filed a lawsuit against Macon’s All About Animals Rescue Inc., alleging they were mauled by a pit bull while volunteering at the no-kill shelter in 2015. During a walk, and without provocation from the volunteers, Hooch “viciously attacked and mauled” Archibald, according to the lawsuit, filed in Bibb County State Court on March 3.</div>
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2017 FL - After at least two recent instances of pit bull mixes adopted by the shelter biting people, Lake County Animal Control has changed its rules so that those adopting the animals know up front whether the creatures have been aggressive at the shelter and whether they’ve been returned by an owner for biting. Excellent opinion piece about this craziness.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/2nwHx1T">http://bit.ly/2nwHx1T</a><br />
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2017 MI - A woman went to the Center for Animal Health and Welfare in Williams Township to adopt a sweet beagle named Penny. They were just about to take Penny home when a pit mix broke free from its handler and mauled Penny horribly for no reason. Penny's throat was ripped open and her jaw was left hanging. At last report she had had surgery. The pit bull was put down, thankfully.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/2jzFa9E">http://bit.ly/2jzFa9E</a><br />
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2017 CA - A 10-year-veteran Animal Care Tech was viciously mauled by a pit bull at LAAS North Central Shelter. She required a 5-hour-long surgery, both arms are bandaged from her fingers to her shoulders and from photos, one person believed her entire biceps were gone on one arm.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/2oZSfi7">http://bit.ly/2oZSfi7</a><br />
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2016 NJ - A pit bull attacked an 11-year-old boy inflicting such serious damage that the boy required 80 stitches. The pit bull that had been adopted from the Bloomfield animal Shelter a couple weeks previously during the week of October 10th. A judge allowed the irresponsible shelter to take the mauling pit bull back. They plan to find a sanctuary for it. And they want more money to do so.</div>
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2016 CA - Yet more shelters are found to be adopting out dangerous dogs that are known to be aggressive and bite histories. This time it is Sonoma County that is the subject of an expose by DogsBite.org .<br />
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2016 CA - A pit bull owned by The Tiny Pitbull Rescue attacked a dog and the woman fostering it when she tried to stop the attack. The Tiny Pitbull Rescue will put the attacking pit bull down.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/2cltoMU">http://bit.ly/2cltoMU</a></div><div><br />
2016 FL - A man was bitten by a shepherd mix that he had adopted two days previously from the Gulf Coast Humane Society. When he returned the dog, he was told that it had happened before and the man wants to know why he wasn't told. Other workers at the Humane Society said the dog had been returned, but not for aggression or violence.<br />
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2016 PA - A pit bull attacked and severely mauled his owner putting him in the hospital and will need to be in a nursing home for a few weeks to recover. The owner said he'd rescued the pit bull a year earlier when it was six months old. He called his pit bull a "gentle giant" who was not aggressive and said he'd nursed it back up to a healthy weight and cared for it with love to be part of the family. Then one night, the pit bull, believed to be scared by a storm, mauled.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/2brDMFy">http://bit.ly/2brDMFy</a></div><div> </div><div>2016 CA - Contra Costa Animal Services killed another innocent dog with one of their adopted pits. On the very day a pit bull was adopted, it grabbed a 6 lb Maltese named Teddy and killed him on the street in front of an ice cream store.</div><div><a href="https://bit.ly/30h5Ket">https://bit.ly/30h5Ket</a></div><div><br />
2016 CA - An update to the investigative report about the dangerous dogs Contra Costa Animal Services is adopting out describes how a pit bull killed a cute little maltese the very day it was adopted out to a woman. The ugly pit bull had been at CCAS for a month, but had not been temperament tested. They just won't stop even after they've been exposed.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/2bo9vEH">http://bit.ly/2bo9vEH</a><br />
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2016 VA - An update to the investigative report about the dangerous dogs Fairfax County Animal Services describes how a dangerous pit bull with a known history of aggression was adopted and just a few months later it killed an adorable and beloved Cavalier King Charles Spaniel leaving his owner devastated because he adored his little dog.</div>
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2016 VA - Fairfax County Animal Services is yet another publicly funded animal control that is striving to achieve No Kill status and in doing so, is keeping dangerous dogs alive, exposing shelter workers to dangerous dogs, and adopting out dangerous dogs to the public. Once investigative reporters began looking into the situation and exposed the fact that several shelter workers had been seriously mauled and that people had been bitten by adopted dangerous dogs that were returned and then adopted out again, the interim Shelter Director resigned. A pit bull, pit mix and a German Shepherd were identified as among the attacking breeds in the investigative report.</div>
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2016 CA - Contra Costa Animal Services knowingly and purposefully adopted out a German Shepherd to a couple that was so aggressive the veterinary director of CCAS said that staff could not touch him to examine him. The German shepherd also attempted to bite a dog trainer in the face. That veterinarian said that CCAS is jeopardizing public safety to keep their “live release rate” numbers up. That live release rate is a useless measure created by No Kill advocacy that is putting people at risk around the country. CCAS director Beth Ward asks this question which proves that she is incompetent. “Do you euthanize any animal that shows any kind of negative behavior?” If by “negative behavior” you mean “aggressive” or “unstable" behavior the answer is yes, Beth. It is yes. Especially when you say you’re so overburdened with dogs that you don’t have time to thoroughly examine the dogs you have.</div>
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2016 NV - The founder and two volunteers of A Home 4 Spot rescue were put in the hospital and required surgery following an attack by one of the rescue dogs. Initially news reports said that the dog was a shepherd/lab mix and the founder was specifically quoted as saying:<br />
"The dog was a mutt and a member of the Board of Directors emphasized that "this was not a vicious pit bull attack." The member also said the dog has never shown reason for concern and the volunteers were in shock after the attack."<br />
Both those statements were later deleted. In an update posted 2 days after the attack, the dog was identified as a pit bull mix:<br />
"UPDATE: Representatives from the city of Las Vegas say the dog was a pit bull mix and is being evaluated at the Animal Foundation."<br />
Diana England, the rescue's founder, who lied to protect pit bulls, was still in the hospital 4 days after the attack.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/29JVv70">http://bit.ly/29JVv70</a><br />
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2016 AL - A 12-year-old boy was brutally attacked by his mother's rescue pit bulls. The news report suggests there was a breeding pair with puppies, but the mother says on her facebook page that all the pit bulls but one were rescues.<br />
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2016 OH - Two pit bulls bust out of a gate for the express purpose of killing a little dog being walked on a leash knocking down the 60 year old owner. The owners say the pit bulls are "rescue" dogs.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/28O9Cto">http://bit.ly/28O9Cto</a><br />
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2016 TX - Austin City Animal Control has sent over 500 aggressive dogs to Austin Pets Alive! No Kill animal shelter. Really obscene lack of responsibility here.<br />
"Max is one of more than 500 dogs quarantined for biting, which the city then transferred to APA in the last five years, according to city records. More than 200 of those dogs appear to meet the city's own definition of a dangerous dog: attacking unprovoked and causing injuries. In at least 40 of those attacks, city staff said the person received moderate to severe injuries. Hundreds more dogs are noted in city records as "aggressive" but were still given to APA." And they are defending their actions. Wow!<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1TLWKSd">http://bit.ly/1TLWKSd</a><br />
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2016 CA - Brenda Barnett of LA Animal Services allowed someone who claimed to represent a rescue in Arkansas to take an extremely dangerous pit bull that had bitten a AC worker. That pit bull, after released, but still in LA, attacked a potential adopter. The vicious pit bull had to be stabbed 19 times to stop the attack and was later euthanized. (This attack is also listed in <a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/09/list-of-pit-bulls-that-had-to-be.html">Pit Bulls That Must Be Stabbed to Stop an Attack</a>)<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/27TgvAO">http://bit.ly/27TgvAO</a><br />
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2016 MI - A family adopted a pit bull from the Taylor Animal Shelter. The family said that as soon as they brought it in the home, it attacked their daughter. The shelter took the dog back and gave them their money back. The rescue won't put the dog down. They want a rescue to take it.<br />
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2016 WI - A recently adopted pit bull mix jumped over a 4 ft fence to get into a yard so it could kill a lab dachshund mix. After several people, including the pit bull's owner, tried to get the pit bull off the victim dog, a neighbor got a gun and shot the pit bull dead. The report didn't bother to mention how the victim dog was doing. The mauling pit bull was adopted from a shelter in Rice Lake, WI. (This attack is also listed in <a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/03/collection-of-home-invasion-pit-bull.html">Invasion Attacks</a>.)<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/23vDEUV">http://bit.ly/23vDEUV</a><br />
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2016 NY - In July 2015 a boy and his mother went to the city animal services shelter in Rochester to find a dog to adopt. A "boxer mix" was brought out for them to look at. The mother got confirmation that the dog was "suitable for children". After a brief introduction, the "boxer mix" was taken off the leash at which time it immediately mauled the child, biting him in the abdomen resulting in severe and permanent scarring and disfigurement." The mother has filed a lawsuit. This story was not reported when it happened. "Boxer mix" often means pit bull and this shelter is full to the brim with pit bulls.<br />
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2016 CA - The pit bull mix that killed a 3-day-old baby had been adopted from the San diego Humane Society 6 months previously. The pit mix had been judged as an individual by experts to be "a happy, social dog who enjoyed going on walks and playing with other dogs" that had shown no signs of aggression. The head of the San Diego Humane Society, who just wrote a book about how to understand animal communication seems unaware that happy, well adjusted pit bulls are known for mauling and killing unprovoked with no previous signs of aggression. It has been less than a year since the Asheville Humane Society adopted out a pit bull that killed a boy a few days later. That pit bull had also been deemed non-aggressive by "experts."<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1YUHgP9">http://bit.ly/1YUHgP9</a><br />
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2016 TX - Two volunteers, one a teenage girl, at the Montgomery County Animal Shelter allowed two pit bulls to attack a little dog. An off-duty sheriff who was about to adopt a dog saw the teenager trying to get the pit bulls off the little dog. He decided not to shoot, but to hit one of the pit bulls with a board. This worked to stop the attack and get the little dog away from the pit bulls which began attacking each other. The sheriff was accused of beating dogs by people on social media as thanks for saving the teenager.<br />
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2016 MD - A child was bitten by a dog at the humane Society of Hartford County. The child was flown to the hospital with serious, but not life-threatening injuries. The breed of dog has not been released. The vast majority of dogs at the shelter are pit bulls.<br />
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2016 ON - An illegal pit bull that had been recently adopted escaped its owner's condo and pushed through the front door of a neighbors condo and killed the neighbor's dog in a bloody, vicious, horrific invasion attack. The owner said he could tell his April was already dead in seconds because the pit bull had literally ripped April completely open. One of the neighbors was scratched trying to keep the invading pit from attacking their other dog. (This attack is also posted in <a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/03/collection-of-home-invasion-pit-bull.html">invasion attacks</a>).<br />
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2016 NJ - A pit bull escaped from a home, rushed to a woman walking a baby stroller and attacked the 11 month old girl in the stroller. The pit bull was recently adopted from a shelter. The baby girl was hospitalized for three days, received 70 stitches and plastic surgery. (This attack is also listed in <a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/04/pit-bull-attacks-with-no-warning-or.html">attacks with no provocation or warning</a>.)<br />
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2016 IN - A woman went to the Marion-Grand County Humane Society. A pit bull that had been deemed safe for adoption was led into a room to meet the potential adopter and immediately jumped up and bit the woman on the face sending her to the hospital. On top of that, the Humane Society gave her the runaround for DAYS about whether the pit bull had been vaccinated for rabies. It had not. And now she is waiting to see if the pit bull will show signs of rabies. That is a very bad idea since she was bitten in the face.<br />
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2016 CT - A rescue pit bull escaped containment and attacked a donkey while at large. The owner says the pit bull will be returned to the rescue after the 14-day quarantine period is over.<br />
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2016 CO - The Longmont Humane Society, the only HS in the country to have been charged as an irresponsible dangerous pit bull owner with allowing a dangerous dog to attack, has adopted out another dangerous dog with a history of biting animals and people. This time an American Bulldog recently adopted from LHS bit a meter reader and inflicted "significant" injuries to the woman who needed surgery. Longmont HS prides itself on taking problematic pit bulls from all over the country and "rehabilitating" them. Then they dump them on the city of Longmont and environs. The citizens of Longmont then have to deal with the fact that this "rehabilitation" is fantasy.<br />
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<a href="http://cravendesires.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-longmont-humane-society-is-killing.html">Craven Desires - Longmont Humane Society</a><br />
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2016 AZ - A 7 year-old girl was rushed to the hospital after being attacked by a pit bull terrier mix that had been adopted 6 months previously. She had non-life threatening injuries to her hand and scalp.<br />
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2015 CA - A family is suing Labrador and Friends Rescue and San Diego County after a lab they adopted from the rescue severely mauled their son. They later found out that the dog had attacked a woman just two weeks previous to the adoption, both SDAC and the rescue knew about the attack, and no one told the family.</div>
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2015 OH - Lucas County Pit Crew adopted out a pit bull to a couple and three days later the pit bull bit the husband leaving a gash that required two stitches. Lucas County Pit Crew and founder Jean Keating have been criminally charged with obstruction of official business and violating rabies quarantine. Keating insists that Bosco, the biting pit bull who was declared dangerous, has never shown aggression despite the fact that Bosco bit a man.<br />
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2015 NS - The St. Mary’s University student was about to leave for work when a pit bull showed up and chased, Diamond, her pomeranian from their yard into the living room of her home on Fourth Street in Dartmouth. She tried desperately to save her little dog whom she regarded as her child, but the pit bull ran off with her baby's lifeless body. The pit bull owners feel their pit isn't aggressive because it didn't also try to kill the people in their own home and that their killer pit bull shouldn't be put down. The pit bull had been recently bought from Homeward Bound Rescue (yeah, it was homeward bound alright.) (Also listed in the <a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/03/collection-of-home-invasion-pit-bull.html">invasion attacks list</a>.)<br />
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/h34fv3s">http://tinyurl.com/h34fv3s</a><br />
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2015 MD - A 5 year-old boy suffered serious facial injuries after an attack by a "boxer-bulldog mix" (pit bull) that had been adopted earlier the same day. The county animal shelter suspended adoptions to review their adoption protocols, but did not find that adopting out pit bulls and lying about the breed were problems.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1ZLSWDh">http://bit.ly/1ZLSWDh</a><br />
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2015 VA - A family is suing the Fluvanna SPCA for adopting an aggressive dog to them without informing them of previous attacks by the dog. The dog, Max, attacked a 5 year-old child of the family. Previously, SPCA adopted out a dog that killed a puppy the same day it was adopted. Max is supposedly a German shepherd and husky mix. However neither of those two breeds would have given Max terrier ears.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1jkA13Q">http://bit.ly/1jkA13Q</a><br />
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2015 TX - A pit bulls was adopted from the Corinne T. Smith Animal shelter on Oct 22 and on Nov 9, it was reported that the owner stabbed and beat the pit bull after it killed two other household pets and began attacking a third pet in front of a 4 year old child. The pit bull was reportedly stabbed to stop the attack, but it is unclear whether the pit bull was tied up before or after it was beaten. The shelter blames the owner saying they told the owner the pit bull wasn't good with cats. The focus of most of the reporting has been on the pit bull as a victim. The bloodbath the pit bull created and the two pit bull mauling victims have barely been reported. The rescue wants to adopt out this pit bull again and has shown no concern for the pets that were killed and ignores the dangers to people and pets of this highly predatory pit bull.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
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2015 MA - A pit bull that had been rescued six months previously attacked an 18 month old baby after an 8 year old sibling opened a door and the pit bull rushed in from another room. The toddler suffered injuries to the sides of her head and ears.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
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2015 CA - San Diego AC, against policy, gave a lab that had almost amputated the finger of an adult woman to a rescue which then adopted it out without telling the new family about the severe bite the lab has inflicted. Days later, the lab bit off the nose of a 21 year old family member.</span></span></div>
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2015 WI - A pit bull that was adopted October 19 leapt out of a car window for the express purpose of killing a little bichon on October 21. The pit bull was put down.</span></span></div>
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2015 OH - A sweet little dog was boarded at Promway kennel so often, he was called "The Prince of Promway." Then the owner of Promway Kennel decided to foster a rescue pit bull. The rescue pit bull killed the sweet, loving little prince of a dog. His owners are devastated.</span></span></div>
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2015 GA - A volunteer was attacked at the Cobb Animal Shelter by a chow. The shelter refused to pay the $16,000 medical bill their chow inflicted serious wounds on the volunteer.</span></span></div>
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2015 OH - Clermont County has been suffering from many pit bulls attacks recently. The most recent victim was a young woman with special needs who was attacked by a pit bull her mother had recently adopted. Neighbors report seeing many pit bull attacks recently.</span></span></div>
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2015 NY - A rescue pit bull brought home on a trial basis attacked the potential adopters a couple days later. The SPCA of Niagara is now "evaluating" it. Both the man and the woman received medical treatment.</span></span></div>
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2015 NY - A recently adopted pit bull being walked on a leash by a young boy attacked and killed a pomeranian that was being walked on a leash. The mother of the boy said she was going to turn the killer pit bull in to the SPCA.</span></span></div>
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2015 MI - Police were called to a home by a 23-year-old pit bull owner after the pit bull attacked him. The man's other dog, a pomeranian, lunged at the pit bull to protect the man and the pit bull killed the pomeranian instantly with one bite. The pit bull had been adopted just 7 months previously and had multiple bite mark scars and what appeared to be two bullet holes. The pit bull will be put down.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">2015 SC - TWO children were bitten by a male, one-year-old “boxer mix” from the Charleston Animal Society in a busy public square. At the time of the attack, The Charleston Animal Society’s adoption page showed only one dog labeled as 1-year-old male boxer, and that dog was obviously a pit mix. After the first child was bitten in the leg, police told the foster handler of the pit mix to stay at the event which is when the second child was bitten in the shoulder requiring surgery. The Charleston Animal Society said that the dog had passed multiple aggression tests and had never shown any aggressive behavior before the two attacks.</span></span>
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2015 CA - An 11-year-old boy was taken to the hospital after a pit bull his neighbor was fostering attacked him in Costa Mesa, police said. The dog chased the boy and bit him on his right leg. Some of the lacerations were four to six inches in length. There are questions about whether it will be euthanized or adopted out.</span></span></div>
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2015 TX - Family wins lawsuit against Petsmart which hosted an adoption event. A rottweiler up for adoption at the event launched an unprovoked, serious mauling on a 4 year old girl. Lawyers for the girl said, "This was a preventable injury. Had Petsmart had in place a requirement that potentially dangerous breeds of dogs, such as Rottweiler’s and Pitbulls be muzzled before being brought into the store, this would not have happened. We hope that PetSmart will make a policy change to require muzzles on potentially dangerous breeds inside their stores." (Also posted on the list of <a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/09/list-of-pit-bull-attacks-inside.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">attacks inside of PetSmart</a>)</span></span></div>
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2015 IL - The Animal Protection League is still set on adopting out a pit bull that attacked one of their volunteers unprovoked. The volunteer is trying to sue the APL to force it to do the responsible thing and put down the dangerous dog.</span></span></div>
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2015 WV - A pit bull broke out of its cage Saturday morning and attacked a hound dog returning to the shelter after a walk. Several employees tried to stop the attack but could not, so an employee grabbed a gun from his vehicle and shot and killed the attacking pit bull. A shelter employee was injured while attempted to stop the dog fight.</span></span></div>
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2015 OH - Five months after an Ohio couple adopted a rescue pit bull from a shelter in California, it escaped containment and attacked a woman and her little dog on the street unprovoked. The woman required 10 stitches and the little dog required 25 stitches. The couple want to give the pit bull back to the rescue.</span></span></div>
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2015 GA - DeKalb County Animal Shelter employees were allowed to take a dog into their office as an office dog. One employee decided to take a pit bull that has never showed aggression in the three months it had been there. When another employee walked past the office and fell, the pit bull slipped its collar and seriously mauled her.</span></span></div>
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2015 MS - A previously friendly pit bull that all staff had interacted with attacked a shelter worker during a routine kennel cleaning that the pit bull was familiar with. The pit bull mauled the employee's leg and an animal control officer was attacked when he got the pit bull off the shelter worker's leg. Both people attacked had "vicious dog training certificates" (whatever that is) and neither had anticipated that this pit bull would attack. The two supposed experts are "trying to figure out" why the pit bull attacked because they are apparently unaware that friendly pit bulls regularly launch vicious attacks out of the blue. The shelter worker had to have two reconstructive surgeries on her leg.</span></span></div>
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2015 NC - A 6 year old child was killed by the neighbors' newly adopted pit bull from the Asheville Humane Society right around the time the Humane Society had launched a new "Project Pit Bull" initiative to encourage people to adopt more pit bulls. The neighbors left the pit bull outside unattended in a fenced yard while they were away. The boy left the house and climbed the fence to see the pit bull in the few moments the mother took to go to the bathroom. Reportedly, the child had played with the pit bull before and the pit bull had given the boy kisses through the fence, and the mother and owner believed the pit bull was safe and friendly. The AHS subsequently wiped their Facebook and web pages of all traces of their "Project Pit Bull."</span></span></div>
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2015 NC - About a month before an Asheville Humane Society pit bull killed a boy, AHS had adopted another temperament tested pit bull to a family with a 5 year old boy. Less than 24 hours later, the pit bull seriously mauled the boy according to a commenter on a news story who claimed to be the mother who adopted the pit bull.</span></span></div>
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2015 KY - The Smith County Animal Control Director was attacked by a pit bull when she tried to put him back in his kennel and had to lock herself in her office to stop the attack. Another AC officer was forced to kill the pit bull. Still, the director says she'd love that the mauling pit bull if it hadn't been shot to death because "these dogs are my life."</span></span></div>
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2015 CA - Animal control head, DR. JENNIFER HAWKINS, removed the "vicious" dog label from a pit bull that had bitten someone in the face. The label would only have required the pit bull to be leashed and muzzled. The pit bull then launched an unprovoked, off property attack on a pregnant woman requiring that labor be induced so the victim could undergo reconstructive surgery.</span></span></div>
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2015 FL - A newly adopted pit bull mix from an adoption event at the Alachua County shelter bit a toddler the very next day so badly that she needed reconstructive surgery.</span></span></div>
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2015 CT - A pit bull severely mauled an assistant animal control worker at her home and also injured another person at the home. The pit bull was a "rescue" pit bull that she was caring for in her home, presumably as a foster arrangement. The animal control worker had to be life-flighted to a larger hospital remained hospitalized.</span></span></div>
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2015 DC - A rescue pit bull in the care of a rescue/for-profit-doggie-day-care business called Wagtime was allowed to attack a yellow lab owned by a paying customer of the daycare service. The owner of the non-profit/for profit combo business acknowledged the pit bull attacked, but minimized the injuries and asked that the aggrieved lab owner shut up because he might ruin the chances of the pit bull getting adopted and damage her business.</span></span></div>
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2015 NE - A woman was attacked seriously in the leg by a pit bull she had adopted 10 months before. Neighbors from across the street heard her screaming and came to her aid. The news outlet refused to mention breed, but displayed a photo of the pit bull.</span></span></div>
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2015 AR - A toddler was attacked by a pit bull adopted 3 days before. The toddler's father tried to kill the pit bull because it would not leave off the attack. The pit bull escaped outside and police had to shoot it. The family had been told the pit bull had never shown signs of aggression when they adopted it.</span></span></div>
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2015 NM - Former employees allege that the Albuquerque city animal shelter director adopted out over one hundred dogs that failed temperament tests, were demonstrably dangerous, or had histories of attacking people or killing pets. Some of these dangerous dogs have attacked people and pets after they were adopted to the public.</span></span></div>
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2015 CO - A pit bull that had just been adopted from the humane society was let off leash to play fetch, but instead decided to chase a deer which got away. The pit bull then saw a woman walking two dachshunds and it killed one of them in a brutal, unprovoked, off property attack. This same story also describes a home invasion attack which is listed on <a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/03/collection-of-home-invasion-pit-bull.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">the invasion attack list</a> page.</span></span></div>
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2015 CO - A little girl was severely mauled by a new neighbor's pit bull in her front yard when the new neighbor accidentally let the pit bull slip out the front door. The pit bull owner had previously said that the attacking pit bull had been abused and still had behavior problems when he adopted it.</span></span></div>
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2015 PA - A "very friendly" pit bull attacked a mother and her two children two days after it was brought home from ACCT, the local publicly funded animal control, during a promotional pit bull 1/2 off sale for St. Patrick's Day. The mother and daughter were treated and released at the local hospital, but the son was transferred to CHOP because injuries to his arm were severe including a broken arm. It was subsequently reported that the pit bull had shown extreme aggression to a dog before and the AC organization that adopted it out knew about it.</span></span></div>
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2015 TX - A sheltie named Piper was being walked on a leash when she was attacked by a cattle dog mix that busted out of a house window and made a bee line for the sheltie. The sheltie was seriously injured. The cattle dog mix was known to be aggressive and was being fostered by a volunteer for Critter Shack Rescue.</span></span></div>
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2015 TX - A shelter volunteer was attacked by a pit bull she was exercising. She suffered serious injuries. The shelter willfully ignored the problem of breed and says they're going to change temperament assessment protocols for all dogs even though temperament tests can't predict which pit bulls will attack and does not address the problem: pit bulls' willingness to launch unprovoked attacks with no warning.</span></span></div>
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This is the victim's description of her injuries: I am the volunteer who was attacked at Bastrop Animal Sheter and almost mauled to death last February. I spent 27 days in Brackenridge, had 7 blood transfusions, 12 surgeries and spent months and months in painful rehab. I had my finger torn off and reattached, my face and neck ripped open, and I have a dead persons nerve in my arm so it can partially function. My leg is full of skin grafts and looks like it was attacked by zombies."</span></span></div>
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2014 WA - Report reveals that one rescue worker who adopted dogs through Petsmart adoption events was responsible for adopting out 3 dogs that killed pets soon after they were adopted or fostered. One of these was named as a pit bull, the breeds of the other two maulers wasn't mentioned.</span></span></div>
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2014 BC - A p<span class="_5yl5" data-reactid=".w.$mid=11432144535438=20800d8418daf907d83.2:0.0.0.0.0">it bull adopted from the Humane Society in Whitehorse, Yukon and brought to Vancouver launched an unprovoked attack on a 5-pound miniature pinscher, a therapy dog for its autistic owner. The owner of the pit bull told neighbours the pit bull came from a dog fighting background, yet she did not ensure it had a proper muzzle or leash. The Humane Society had originally quarantined the dog before a behavior expert assured them it was safe for adoption. </span></span></span></div>
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2014 TX - A rescuer is killed by pit bulls she was fostering. She worked with a rescue called For The Love Of Strays. A commenter on the story said that he had to return a pit bull he adopted from her because it was too aggressive. The victim was trying to adopt it out again. She also had allowed two pit bulls to escape in the past.</span></span></div>
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2014 OH - Pit bull rescue told a foster family the pit bull was a great dog. Two days later it put a grown man in the hospital for 3 days - turning from sweet to aggressive in a split second. And the 501c3 rescue had let its insurance lapse.</span></span></div>
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2014 OR - Face tattooed ex-con set up his own self-styled, unregulated, dangerous pit bull "rehabilitation" rescue in a residential neighborhood. He failed to make his dangerous pit bulls inaccessible to anyone who wanted to open the fence and one of his pit bulls "somehow" got loose and immediately took down a 16 year old girl, seriously injuring her. There had been previous calls for a bite to person and a fatal dogfight. The offending pit bull had gotten loose before and neighbors had called about dangerous dogs several times, telling Animal Control that someone was going to get hurt.</span></span></div>
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2014 UT - A 5 year old boy was attacked while playing with the pit bull the family had adopted 2 weeks before from an unnamed shelter. The pit bull broke the child's ribs, ripped open his body cavity to expose his bowels, and nearly ripped off the child's ear.</span></span></div>
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2014 PA - Woman fostering at least three pit bulls for a shelter was severely attacked by one of the pit bulls when she tried to break up a fight between pit bulls. She was hospitalized. A police officer said that it is an extremely rare event in that area for anyone, especially an owner, to be attacked severely enough to require hospitalization.</span></span></div>
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2014 IL - A new No Kill director was at the helm when Oak Park Animal Care League adopted a dog to a family and 3 hours later, the dog killed the family cat. After the dog was returned, long-time employees felt like they were forced to lie to the second family who adopted the dog without being told that the dog had killed a family pet cat. Employees, volunteers and community members are upset about safety issues and conditions in the shelter since the new director decided to make the shelter No Kill. One former employee described "the dishonest practice of marketing dogs as ready for new homes and good pets despite a history of violent behavior toward humans and other pets."</span></span></div>
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2014 MA - An unnamed Rescue Network adopted a pit bull to a couple that seriously attacked a man, a woman and their dog in an unprovoked, off property attack on a sidewalk. Instead of having the pit bull put down, the owners gave the pit bull back to the rescue network. The victims found out later "that the dog was not euthanized. Instead, the volunteer network tried to find a new home for the dog by posting a listing on its website that indicated the animal had no history of violence."</span></span></div>
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2014 NC - Rowan County AC adopted an aggressive, stray German Shepherd that had bitten a Sheriff's Canine Deputy who was assessing it to a "certified trainer." While "socializing" the dangerous dog in a public park two weeks later, the GSD attacked the two women handling the dog, and a deputy had to shoot the GSD.</span></span></div>
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2014 NY - A pit bull owner wanted to keep and not put down their pit bull after it had bitten two people, so the shelter agreed to keep it for the 10 day rabies quarantine. They observed the pit bull for 10 days and saw no signs of aggression. Hours before the pit bull was to be given back to the owner and allowed to bite the public, the pit bull attacked four people in the shelter, two severely. The shelter workers reveal they are unaware that pit bulls are unpredictable and that friendly pit bulls can suddenly and severely maul for no reason and with no warning.</span></span></div>
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2014 IL - Dog rescuer allowed her pit bulls to escape twice and on each occasion, they killed a small, neighborhood dog.</span></span></div>
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2014 CT - Stamford Animal Shelter manager was fired, arrested and charged with three counts of reckless endangerment for repeatedly adopting dogs out with bite histories and not telling potential adopters about the dangers. Despite her arrest, she has passionate followers and defenders because she saves dangerous dogs.<br /></span></span>
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2014 CT - A pit bull that had been adopted only months before ran out of a house to attack a 93 year old woman leaving devastating wounds. The shelter reports conducting extensive testing, training and socializing. The shelter director also prides herself on "rehabilitating" vicious dogs. Neighbors and the shelter say the owners were good people and extremely responsible about owning their pit bull. The victim died 6 weeks after the attack.</span></span></div>
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2014 TN - Blount county Animal Shelter was sued for negligence after newly adopted pit bull attacked a child unprovoked</span></span></div>
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2014 OH - After BAD RAP's Tim Racer and Donna Reynolds, nationally acclaimed pit bull "expert evaluators," temperament tested and gave the green light for adoption to six fight bust pit bulls, two of the fight bust dogs that had passed a temperament test conducted by the "experts" had to be put down for dangerous behavior concerns.</span></span></div>
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2014 WV - A rescuer adopted a fight bust pit bull to an 18 year old girl assuring her that the pit bull was "peaceful." The pit bull launched its first full blown attack while the family was snowed in. The pit bull chewed through two doors to get to the family while the family waited 2 hours barricaded in the basement for animal control to get there.</span></span></div>
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2014 - "We were talked into adopting a rescued pitbull ... One day we let it out, and it attacked my son ... Luckily, I had a gun in the home"</span></span></div>
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2014 NY - A shelter allegedly withheld info about a pit bull's past and the pit bull attacked children a day after it was adopted. The shelter blamed the new adoptive owner who was having none of it saying that he was an experienced dog owner.</span></span></div>
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2014 GA - A newly adopted pit bull showed never-before-seen aggression and attacked a boy completely unprovoked.</span></span></div>
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2014 NY - A woman attacked by her adopted pit bull sued the town for not disclosing violent pit fighting history of the dog.</span></span></div>
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2014 Jun IL - A pit bull in foster care created a "bloodbath" in a vet office seriously injuring 2 veterinary assistants. The foster owners want to "save" mauling pit bull. The rescue owner was fined $250 for allowing a dangerous dog to attack.</span></span></div>
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2014 Mar FL - A volunteer at the Second Chance Animal Rescue brought her children, 3 and 5 years old, to the rescue. While there, a pit bull escaped from its kennel and lept through passenger side window of the volunteer's mini-van and attacked her 3-yr-old in the second row. She wrestled it out and into its cage where it broke out and went through the window a second time attacking her daughter. (This attack is also listed in the list of <a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/03/collection-of-home-invasion-pit-bull.html">invasion attacks</a>)<br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/florida/pit-bull-jumps-into-car-window-attacks-2-children/271209174">First Coast News</a><br /></span></span>
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2014 Feb OH - A happy, playful pit bull seriously mauled a Hancock Co. Humane Society volunteer who had taken the pit bull out for exercise and playtime. The pit bull joyfully began using a human being as a chew toy and would not let go inflicting serious injuries. The Humane Society admits that all three of the recent attacks on volunteers and workers were inflicted by pit mixes. The HS is now installing panic buttons and implementing a "buddy system" to protect themselves from pit bull maulings. These are some of the suggested protocols the ASPCA developed specifically for keeping pit bulls but then abandoned and hid when they decided to pretend pit bulls are just like other dogs (link below).</span></span></div>
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2014 Jan MA - A pit bull that was adopted less than a month ago from BARCS in Baltimore mauled a woman and two of her children. The two brothers ages 10 and 11 were playing basketball outside their home in York County, when a neighbor's pit bull attacked unprovoked. The pit bull pulled away from the leash when it heard the boys playing and went to them specifically to attack. When the boys' mother pulled the pit bull off her child then the pit bull attacked the woman.<br /></span></span>
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2013 CO - Longmont Humane Society placed a pit bull that had been designated "dangerous" in another county in foster care in the community of Longmont because they felt they had "rehabilitated" it. Then the "rehabilitated" pit bull attacked a dog and a person, just as it had done several times before. LHS may be the first Humane Society to be fined for allowing a dangerous dog to attack. Longmont takes in dangerous and aggressive dogs from other locations, "rehabilitates" them and adopts them into the community.</span></span></div>
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2013 NC - Gaston County Animal Shelter showed a prospective adopter and her 7 year old son a pit bull puppy they thought would be a good match for them, and the pit bull puppy promptly attacked both the mother and son.</span></span></div>
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2013 IL - Recently adopted pit bull with supposedly stellar temperament attacked the family's other dog in front of young child. The pit bull had to be shot by police to stop the attack.</span></span></div>
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2012 AZ - A 5-year-old girl was hospitalized after being attacked by a pit bull the family had adopted a month before from Santa Cruz County Animal Control.</span></span></div>
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2012 PA - Owner cited after a newly adopted pit bull seriously, and without provocation, mauled a child it was familiar with . The pit bull had supposedly passed behavior tests at the shelter, but had only been at the shelter for five days before it was adopted out again.</span></span></div>
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2012 IL - Three days after a couple adopted a pit bull from the Huntley Animal House Shelter, it suddenly yanked free of its leash, left its property for the express purpose of mauling a basset hound. The new pit bull owner sustained wounds necessitating a 2 night stay in the hospital and it cost $1,100 to care for the damage the basset hound sustained.</span></span></div>
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2012 CO - Longmont Humane Society lied and said a pit bull was "dog selective" when actually it was predatory. It had attacked a dog in the shelter. Three months after it was adopted, it viciously ripped apart and killed a Yorkie.</span></span></div>
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2012 MI - A child was bitten on the face and thigh. She was taken to a hospital for treatment after being mauled with "heavy bleeding". The department described the dog as a "rescue animal" that had been adopted by the family.</span></span></div>
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2012 AR - A child had to be air-lifted to a hospital with a trauma center after he was attacked on April 4 by a pit bull that his family had adopted from the local Humane Society in March.</span></span></div>
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2012 PA - On April 4, a three-year-old Pit Bull adopted from the Humane League of Lancaster County in February 2012 mauled a seven-year-old boy at about 5 p.m. outside the owner’s home at 25 Parkside Drive, in Penn Township, according to Police Sgt. George Pappas. Pappas told WHPTV that the boy’s arm, shoulder and ear were badly torn up in the brutal attack.</span></span></div>
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2012 NY - One year after adopting a pit bull from an unidentified pit bull rescue organization, a woman decided to put the dog down because of increasing aggressive tendencies. While being euthanized, the pit bull bit the woman in the face, sending her to the hospital.</span></span></div>
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2012 KS - Rescued pit bull with known "dog aggression" was touted as friendly with people. It killed 2 year old Savannah Edwards</span></span></div>
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2012 CA - Beloved 21 year old little pup named Penny was savagely attacked by three pit bulls from Shadow's Fund rescue that were at an adoption event in a park. The pit bulls also severed Penny's elderly owner's finger and she required surgery on both hands.</span></span></div>
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2011 PA - A veterinarian who was attacked by a pit bull up for adoption at Animal Protectors Shelter in New Kensington blows the whistle on dangerous adoption practices. Pit bulls that were considered adoptable were one that killed another dog at the shelter and another that had bitten the foot off another dog at the shelter. Still another pit bull had bitten a police officer. The article says that none of the attacks were reported.</span></span></div>
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2011 MA - Seven months after being adopted, "the nicest" pit bulls from <span id="RDS_site">MSPCA </span>got into a vicious fight. They bit the owner when he tried to stop the fight. The pits had to be euthanized because of their viciousness and the severity of their injuries.</span></span></div>
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2011 - Pit Bull owned by Wadena County Humane Society attacked a border collie service dog at a pet expo event. The Humane Society blamed the service dog for provoking their pit, but witnesses said the service dog was just sitting quietly in the shade of a tree when the Humane Society's pit attacked. TheWadena County Humane Society shirked their responsibility and refused to apologize or pay for the vet bills their pit caused by their irresponsible handling of their pit bull.</span></span></div>
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2011 - recently adopted fighting "boxer" (pit bull) attacked the newly adoptive owner's other dog. The owner mourns for the mauler that they put down.</span></span></div>
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2011 MI - The owner of a dog boarding facility who agreed to house a pit bull for a rescue and then got attacked sued the rescue.</span></span></div>
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2011 NYC - Social Tees Rescue adopted and fostered out two pit bulls that seriously attacked two dogs in separate incidents. In addition, the same rescue's pit bulls were responsible for several less severe attacks at a dog park in New York City</span></span></div>
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2011 MO - Shelby was a sweet little dog housed in the St. Louis county pound with a pit bull that mauled the poor little dog. The pit bull had to be shot to get it off Shelby. Shelby's leg was almost torn off and she needed surgery and a long rehabilitation period.</span></span></div>
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2011 CA - Lucky was attacked by a pit bull while in the care of 46 yr old humane society volunteer FRANCINE M LUCAS. Lucas failed to seek medical care for the little dog whose leg was so badly injured, he chewed off the injured portion. FRANCINE LUCAS pled guilty to felony animal cruelty and will be sentenced to jail and 3 years probation. Lucky had the rest of his leg amputated and has been adopted.</span></span></div>
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2010 RI - One day after the Warren Animal Shelter adopted a pit bull to a family, it severely mauled a passive, leashed labrador retriever. It injured two people who tried to help the labrador victim. The labrador required 5 hours of surgery.</span></span></div>
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2010 CA - Shadow's Fund pit bull "rescue" brought pit bulls to an adoption booth set up in a public park. A 22 year old 14 pound dog was attacked and her owner had a finger removed by one or more of the pit bulls that escaped from the booth to attack.</span></span></div>
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2010 DE - An undisclosed chapter of the Delaware SPCA adopted out a pit bull that displayed severe aggression to both people and pets on several occasions culminating in a severe attack on the adopter's pet dog despite rigorously following guidelines that were supposed to rehabilitate the pit bull. The adopter returned the pit bull saying that it should be put down, but the SPCA decided to adopt it out to another family.</span></span></div>
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2010 IN - Humane Society of Indianapolis is sued after a recently adopted pit bull launched a terrible attack two months after adoption.</span></span></div>
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2010 NY - Out of the Pits Rescue in New York adopted out a pit bull that attacked Frankie Flora who initially required 1,000 stitches and will require years of reconstructive surgery.</span></span></div>
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2010 SC - Amanda Conrad is a pit grifter who collected donations for dogs she didn't have. But she also allowed one of her mutants to bite another pit nutter.</span></span></div>
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2009 TN - Eleven Eleven Bully Rescue in Tennessee adopted out a pit bull that attacked a man and a woman, the new adoptive owners, 30 minutes after being adopted. The woman needed 60 stitches and the man needed reconstructive surgery on his leg.</span></span></div>
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2009 CT - The lawyer pit bull rescuer allowed her american bulldog to attack two small dogs at a park. The little dogs' owner was bitten trying to save her dogs.</span></span></div>
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2009 ID - Pitbull attacks owner 24 hours after adoption.</span></span></div>
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2007 OH - a rescue in the Chicago area adopted out a pit bull to a woman planning a move to Ohio. That pit bull attacked a horse in a public park soon after being trafficked across state lines. The pit bull owner refused to name the rescue group during her deposition. During the deposition it was stated that the dog had been "given away" two more times after the attack on the horse.</span></span></div>
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2007 CA - Rescuer believes she can magically rehabilitate a sick and abused American bulldog that in hindsight she says was a very bad idea. The bulldog attacked and nearly killed her, crushing her trachea and turning her arm into ground beef.</span></span></div>
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2003 NJ - Ten days after adopting a doberman pinscher from the Associated Humane Societies Shelter in Newark, NJ, 66 year old Valerie deSwart was mauled to death. The shelter did not disclose that the dog had been turned in to be killed after it seriously attacked its previous owner.</span></span></div>
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2003 NY - Six weeks after adoption from a shelter where it had lived for a year, a pit bull killed the 75 year old owner in a ferocious, unprovoked attack. Presumably, after living at the shelter for a year, the staff were very knowledgeable about the pit bull and deemed it safe for a 75 year old woman to adopt.</span></span></div>
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2002 SC - A pit bull attacked a woman in the animal shelter parking lot after being held there for biting another person. Dottie Watson, 62, and her granddaughter were leaving the New Hanover County Animal Control shelter with Watson's Jack Russell terrier, Ladybug, when the attack occurred, said Animal Control Supervisor Judy Evonko.</span></span></div>
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1988 - Ft. Walton Beach, Florida - Four-year-old Nathan Carpenter killed by a neighbor's recently acquired hybrid that had been featured as "pet of the week" at the shelter from which it was adopted; Panhandle Area Welfare Society (PAWS) paid a $425,000 settlement to the boy's family.</span></span></div>
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"The overall inter-rater reliability of the B.A.R.K. protocol was moderate to strong however the test–retest reliability was relatively weak. Amongst dogs that initially passed the test and were subsequently rehomed, the predictive validity of the protocol was also quite poor, with ‘fear’ (r = 0.42, n = 67, P < 0.01) and ‘friendliness’ (r = 0.49, n = 67, P < 0.01) being the only measures that proved to be predictive. The results of the study imply that a standardised behavioural test may be of less value in identifying the suitability of dogs for placement in the community than is currently believed. If so, this has significant implications for how such tests are employed."</span></span></div>
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Mornement KM, Coleman GJ, Toukhsati S, Bennett PC. Development of the behavioural assessment for re-homing K9′s (B.A.R.K.) protocol. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 2013; Article in Press.<br /></span></span>
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Abstract states that these tests are only erroneously called "temperament" tests because they actually test behavior.<br />
"Few (behavior tests) have been tested for reliability and validity. Those that have either fared very poorly or are not feasible within the constraints of normal workplace practices.<br />
This clearly presents a significant problem for those wanting to assess canine behaviour. The use of invalid tests may result in dogs being incorrectly classified as safe or unsafe, with potentially devastating consequences. Mornement K, Toukhsati S, Coleman G, et al. Reliability, validity and feasibility of existing tests of canine behavior."</span></span></div>
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"Our results strongly suggest that there are certain types of aggressive tendencies that are not exhibited reliably during temperament testing using the techniques de- scribed above. A significant number of dogs passing this temperament test exhibited aggressive tendencies in situations suggesting motivations such as territorial, predatory, and intra-specific aggression."</span></span></div>
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Aggressive behavior in adopted dogs that passed a temperament test in a shelter setting<br /></span></span>
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In the study, 55% of the dogs that were deemed to be food aggressive based on the fake hand test were judged to be not food aggressive by the adopting family. Conversely, 22% of the dogs that passed the fake hand test in the shelter and were deemed to be not food aggressive based on the test, were reported to be food aggressive in the adoptive home.<a href="http://200.132.77.47:8080/aulas/BicharadadaFURG/ArtigosBichos/adopteddogs.pdf" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;"><br /></a>Food-related aggression in shelter dogs: A comparison of behavior identified by a behavior evaluation in the shelter and owner reports after adoption<br /></span></span>
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Caution: what the researcher's results indicate is that the fake hand test for food aggression is not reliable to identify or rule out food aggression. The conclusion they draw from those results, that it is OK to adopt out dogs that show aggression on temperament tests is foolhardy, however.<br /></span></span>
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Fitchburg becomes third public shelter to suspend operations due to liability concerns about pit bulls</span></span></div>
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Stamford shelter manager is first in U.S. to be charged with reckless endangerment for rehoming dangerous dogs</span></span></div>
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Shelter dogs wreak havoc at either end of the Taconic Parkway</span></span></div>
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Pet Therapy: Adopters of imported rescue dogs must consider liability </span></span></div>
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Lucy Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16125975766622360954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231847255912222047.post-56873390992419841682018-01-31T15:32:00.007-08:002022-05-03T01:14:56.706-07:00Extreme Attacks: List of pit bulls that had to be stabbed to stop an attackIt is commonly known that pit bulls are very often dog aggressive and that when they launch an attack on a pet, it is completely uninhibited and very likely to be lethal without intervention. Pit bull owners are constantly putting us in an impossible situation by demanding that the we give the pit bull the benefit of the doubt and treat the pit bull like a normal dog when a wrong guess about the pit bull's intentions means a horrific mauling or death to us, a loved one or our pets. Pit bull owners often become irate when people refuse to allow their pit bulls to maul and kill unimpeded.<br />
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Pit bull owners also demand that we put our children's and our own lives in jeopardy in order to give pit bulls the benefit of the doubt. Even though pit bulls are constantly launching off property, unprovoked attacks on people on the street and even children in their own secured yards, pit bull owners demand that we treat them like normal companion animals.<br />
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It is important to note that many of the people are traumatized by being forced by pit bull advocates to perform such a violent act to protect their family. And many of these people who ended up stabbing a pit bull to stop an attack were not armed at the time. Many had to stab a pit bull in their home and retrieved a kitchen knife or had to leave their pet being attacked to run inside the house to get a knife.<br />
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But, the public is becoming aware of pit bull dangers to people and pets and are increasingly arming themselves for protection in the overwhelming absence of action from legislators and civic leaders to regulate pit bull owners.<br />
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<b>The number of pit bulls that have had to be stabbed by desperate pet owners to stop a vicious attack is astounding</b>. But, arming against pit bulls is not an ideal solution as many of the victims pets died anyway. At the very least regulation requiring pit bull owners to muzzle their pits or carry break sticks, or better yet a ban, is what will save us from having to think about how to kill a pit bull to save our loved ones.<br />
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2022 CA - A one-year-old girl was mauled by her randmother's two pit bulls. The child's mother had to stabe the dogs to stop the attack. She managed to kill one of the attackers. The mother was also seriously injured. The other pit bull survived the stab wounds and was euthanized.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://bit.ly/39zeKn5">https://bit.ly/39zeKn5</a><br /><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4204781044808213439" itemprop="" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 876px;"> </div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4204781044808213439" itemprop="" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 876px;">2020 MA - A woman stabbed her own pit bull to stop it from attacking her other pit bull mix. The attacking pit bull was euthanized.</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4204781044808213439" itemprop="" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 876px;"><a href="https://bit.ly/38QXoQa">https://bit.ly/38QXoQa</a></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4204781044808213439" itemprop="" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 876px;"><br /></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4204781044808213439" itemprop="" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 876px;">2020 FL - A foster pit bull attacked two children in the foster family, one son stabbed the pit bull to stop the attack. The foster "mom" had a couple scratches, while both sons were sent to the hospital. A dog trainer is associated with the same address. The mauler was first treated for its stab wounds and then euthanized. This attack is also found in the list of <a href="https://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2016/10/extreme-attacks-list-of-pit-bulls-up.html" target="_blank">pit bulls up for adoption attacks</a>.<br /><a href="https://bit.ly/2Qnp2ts">https://bit.ly/2Qnp2ts</a></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4204781044808213439" itemprop="" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 876px;"><a href="https://bit.ly/3le982V">https://bit.ly/3le982V</a></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4204781044808213439" itemprop="" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 876px;"><br /></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4204781044808213439" itemprop="" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 876px;">2019 FL - Reporting on a lawsuit against PAWS (Panhandle Animal Welfare Society) for adopting out a pit bull with previous serious attacks that severely mauled a child in 2017 revealed that the pit bull attacked several people and a cockapoo in a veterinary clinic in 2015 and had to be stabbed in the neck to stop the attack. </div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4204781044808213439" itemprop="" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 876px;"><a href="https://bit.ly/3mhlaIv">https://bit.ly/3mhlaIv</a></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4204781044808213439" itemprop="" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 876px;"><a href="https://bit.ly/3mweOoX">https://bit.ly/3mweOoX</a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">
2019 NJ - A leashed dog on a designated path was attacked by a pit bull and the victim dog's owner was forced to fatally stab the pit bull. The pit bull's owners live next to the path and just let their pit out unleashed. The pit bull owners are claiming the victim dog was not being attacked despite the fact that the victim dog was at the vet being treated for wounds.<br />
<a href="https://bit.ly/2ku9wQm">https://bit.ly/2ku9wQm</a><br />
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2019 OH - A pit bull was stabbed by the foster owner to stop a brutal mauling on a dog groomer. This attack is also on the list of attacks by pit bulls that are up for adoption.<br />
<a href="https://bit.ly/2lOiTuy">https://bit.ly/2lOiTuy</a><br />
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2019 MA - A pit bull went through a window to attack two dogs walking past the its house. The owner of the dogs tried to stop the attack but couldn't, so he stabbed the pit bull to death killing it.<br />
<a href="https://bit.ly/2lVK06F">https://bit.ly/2lVK06F</a><br />
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2019 CA - A pit bull was stabbed to death while it was attacking another dog at a dog park. The victim dog's owner tried to separate his dog from the pit, but could not. The pit bull's owner feels he went too far.<br />
<a href="https://bit.ly/2kmNyPe">https://bit.ly/2kmNyPe</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">2018 VA - An 82 year old man tried to save his two elderly dogs' lives when a pit bull invaded his front porch and began attacking them. He hit the pit bull with a rock and then stabbed it with a pocket knife. The attack did not stop until both of his beloved pets were dead, and he was injured.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://bit.ly/3p6zBAx">https://bit.ly/3p6zBAx</a><br />
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2018 MA - A father had to stab the family pit bull to death as it mauled his 1-year-old daughter's face so badly she needed three blood transfusions and lengthy surgery. The attack was unprovoked.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/2DT3HQE">http://bit.ly/2DT3HQE</a><br />
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2017 FL - A family pit bull attacked the mother for absolutely no reason directly after cuddling with the daughter in another room. The pit bull's pregnant owner had to stab her pit bull to stop it from attacking her mother who said the pit bull was going to kill her. The pit bull died soon after. A family friend said that the mauling pit bull was the sweetest dog ever. This attack is also listed under the <a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/03/dangerous-dogs-as-pets-with-their.html">Photos Lie list </a>of photos with beloved family pit bulls looking safe and loving that later mauled or killed someone.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/2hTrcjc">http://bit.ly/2hTrcjc</a><a href="http://dailym.ai/2BmR5QX">http://dailym.ai/2BmR5QX</a> <span style="color: #eeeeee;">archive ready</span><br />
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2017 CA - Another confessional about the day the pit bull owner's beloved pit bull attacked him and he had to stab it to get it to stop attacking. Then he had it put down.</div>
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<br /><div style="text-align: left;">2017 TX - Two pit bulls pulled a border collie named Cherry through a hole in her fence and maul her in front of several children. The owner and children's mother got a knife jumped over the fence and stabbed both pit bulls in order to save Cherry. One of the pit bulls died at the scene and the other was so badly injured it was later put down. Cherry died on the way to the vet.</div></div>
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2017 NC - A teenager was arrested for animal cruelty when he stabbed his mom's pit bull to stop it from attacking his mom's other dog.</div>
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2016 NC - A woman stabbed a pit bull after it attacked her dog, and then got aggressive with her brother. Maria Saavedra said the pit bull belonging to a neighbor broke loose from its chain and came into her yard, attacking Saavedra’s dog. Saavedra stabbed the pit bull with a knife to get it off her dog. Both dogs were treated at an emergency veterinary clinic. The pit bull was put down.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/2hZgSVA">http://bit.ly/2hZgSVA</a><br />
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2016 FL - A couple tried to put a Christmas sweater on their pit bull, Scarface, and it attacked them. The son stabbed the pit bull in an attempt to get it to stop attacking. It went berzerk and police had to use a tazer and a bean bag gun to subdue it. The women was severely mauled.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/2iF1LkD">http://bit.ly/2iF1LkD</a><br />
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2016 CA - After a pit bull killed a 10 month old poodle, it continued to try to attack people, so the poodle's owner dragged the pit bull into his kitchen and slit its throat. The pit bull owner has been charged with animal cruelty, but the pit bull owner who allowed their pit bull to tear apart a sweet little dog was not.</div>
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2016 ID - A man walking his dog had to stab 2 pit bulls, killing one, to stop them from attacking himself and his small dog.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/2ezwyRR">http://bit.ly/2ezwyRR</a><br />
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2016 CA - Brenda Barnett of LA Animal Services allowed someone who claimed to represent a rescue in Arkansas to take an extremely dangerous pit bull that had bitten a AC worker. That pit bull, after released, but still in LA, attacked a potential adopter. The vicious pit bull had to be stabbed 19 times to stop the attack and was later euthanized. (This attack is also listed in <a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/05/list-of-pit-bulls-recently-adopted-from.html">Pit Bulls Up For Adoption that Attack</a>)<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/27TgvAO">http://bit.ly/27TgvAO</a><br />
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2016 TX - An 11 year-old girl was knocked off her bike and seriously attacked by three loose pit bulls. Their attack was completely unprovoked and off property. Two men came to the girl's rescue and one of the men vigorously stabbed the pit bulls with his pocket knife to stop the attack.<br />
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2016 SA - A pit bull jumped over a wall and entered a house to attack a small terrier named Turbo inside. An owner stabbed the pit bull to get it to stop attacking the little dog. The pit bull died a couple days later from the stab wounds. The pit bull owners feel it wasn't necessary to stab their sweet pit bull. Turbo was left with deep wounds in his neck. The pit bull had attacked Turbo and another dog before. (<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/03/collection-of-home-invasion-pit-bull.html">This attack is also listed in the Invasion Attacks list.</a>)<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1RzccFv">http://bit.ly/1RzccFv </a><br />
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2016 ND - An unattended pit bull mix attacked a boxer mix at a dog park. The boxer's owner tried to get the pit bull off with no success until he stabbed it to death to stop the attack. The pit bull owner came, collected his dead pit bull, apologized and then took off before anyone could get his information.<br />
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2016 WI - A loose pit bull attacked a pit bull boxer mix on a leash. The owner of the loose pit bull told the other owner to do what he had to do. He fatally stabbed the loose pit bull to get it to stop attacking his pit bull.<br />
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2015 OTT - A couple was badly bitten by their own pit bull. The pit bull first attacked the 20-year-old woman, and the man was attacked when he tried to help. When the police arrived they found both people badly bitten with deep lacerations and the pit bull stabbed to death. (mentioned in the video)<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1UMXlmZ">http://bit.ly/1UMXlmZ</a><br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1MhJR3i">http://bit.ly/1MhJR3i</a><br />
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2015 LA - A 48 year old woman stabbed and killed her own pit bull to stop its attack on her. The pit bull was fighting with the woman's other pit bull and when she attempted to stop the attack, it began attacking her and would not stop until she killed it.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1BUKSVl">http://bit.ly/1BUKSVl</a><br />
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2015 IL - A 5 year old boy, James W. Nevils III, was fatally attacked by a pit bull according to witnesses. Neighbors came and beat, bludegeoned and stabbed the pit bull to death with a brick, pole and knife to get it to stop the attack. <br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1QFWrqa">http://bit.ly/1QFWrqa</a><br />
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2015 WV - A pit bull attacked a woman walking her small dog. Her son came out of their house with a knife and stabbed the pit bull to get it to stop attacking the woman.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1af3441">http://bit.ly/1af3441</a><br />
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2015 CT - A pit bull attacked a puppy and the owners tried to stop the attack. The female owner was attacked first, and then the male. The male owner had to stab his own pit bull to stop it from attacking him.<br />
<a href="http://aol.it/1BYRCDH">http://aol.it/1BYRCDH</a><br />
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2015 FL - A man let his lab out into his own yard and the neighbor's 2 pit bulls scaled a 6 ft. fence for the express purpose of attacking and killing the lab. The lab owner was forced to retrieve a hunting knife from his house and stab the neighbor's attacking pit bulls to stop the attack. He killed one pit bull.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1ET2lmB">http://bit.ly/1ET2lmB</a><br />
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2014 CA - A woman tried everything to get a pit bull to stop attacking her corgi before she went to her car to get a knife and then stabbed and stabbed and stabbed the pit bull, but it wouldn't let go. She then slit the pit bull's throat, but that didn't stop it. She had to gut the pit bull from groin to chest before it stopped its attack. She may have permanent nerve damage to her hands.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1DJoWgd">http://bit.ly/1DJoWgd</a><br />
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2014 NJ - The family pit bull mastiff mix that had never before shown aggression clamped down on a 1-year-old's head and would not let go until it was stabbed.<br />
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2014 FL - Pit bulls escaped from electric fence and attacked a 70 pound coonhound in a garage. The owner had to stab one of the pit bulls to stop the attack. The pit bull owner had previously terrorized the neighborhood with three other pit bulls until they were put down.<br />
<a href="http://fcnews.tv/1s0lopL">http://fcnews.tv/1s0lopL</a><br />
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2014 FL - Sister stabs relative's pit bull to stop the pit bull from attacking her brother. The stab wounds were so severe, the pit bull was euthanized.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1oQyU8l">http://bit.ly/1oQyU8l</a><br />
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2014 GA - A west highland white terrier named Lexie was attacked by a pit bull with a Humane Society adoption event inside a Petsmart when the westie's owner stabbed the pit bull to stop the attack.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1tKk8TP">http://bit.ly/1tKk8TP</a><br />
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2014 MN- Man fatally stabs pit bull to get it to stop attacking his golden retriever.<br />
<a href="http://cbsloc.al/1rngVfm">http://cbsloc.al/1rngVfm</a><br />
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2014 CA - A pit bull attacked a small dog. The owner stabbed the pit bull to try and make it release the animal. The small dog died; the pit bull survived.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/WWi0xk">http://bit.ly/WWi0xk</a><br />
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2014 CA - A woman used a filet knife to kill two pit bulls that got out of a yard and attacked her three leashed German shepherds while they were on a walk.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1rWAHtC">http://bit.ly/1rWAHtC</a><br />
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2014OR - A man stabbed a loose pit bull to death while it attacked him and his 4 year old lab mix.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/YF1ZxO">http://bit.ly/YF1ZxO</a><br />
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2014 GA - A man stabbed a pit bull to try to save his chihuahua from a pit bull that invaded his yard and attacked. Little Gizmo was killed, which has devastated his owner. The pit bull owner threatened Gizmo's owner with a gun. The pit bull was euthanized.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1sFkb5p">http://bit.ly/1sFkb5p</a><br />
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2014 CA - A man stabbed one of the three pit bulls that attacked him, his wife and their two dogs. One of their dogs was seriously mauled.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1sFd9gU">http://bit.ly/1sFd9gU</a><br />
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2014 - Loose pit bull rushes into a woman's home to attack her chihuahua. Woman stabs the pit bull. Attack did not make it to the news.<br />
<a href="http://17barks.blogspot.com/2014/06/i-just-saved-my-dogs-life.html">http://17barks.blogspot.com/2014/06/i-just-saved-my-dogs-life.html</a><br />
also listed in home invasion attacks<br />
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2013 BC - a 72-year old Vancouver man was walking his pug when they were approached by a woman who was walking a pit bull. The larger pit bull bit down on the neck of the smaller dog. The man and woman were unable to separate the dogs, and the owner of the pug stabbed the pit bull with a folding knife to make it stop attacking. The pit bull died.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1qR0FRp">http://bit.ly/1qR0FRp</a><br />
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2013 WA - A pit bull grabbed a bulldog puppy out of its owner's arms and the owner tried to stop the attack but then had to get his knife out and stab the dog to stop the attack.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1uzVNSp">http://bit.ly/1uzVNSp</a><br />
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2013 NY - The owner of two pit bulls stabbed them to death after they attacked him and two other people. A police investigation found that the mauling pit bulls were well cared for.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1ISqdcr">http://bit.ly/1ISqdcr</a><br />
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2013 IL- An unleashed pit bull rushed to attack a beagle on a public sidewalk and the beagle owner stabbed the pit bull 6 times to stop the attack, fatally injuring the attacking pit bull.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1wou5ev">http://bit.ly/1wou5ev</a><br />
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2013 FL - Pit bull invades home trying to kill cat. Homeowner has to stab the pit bull to death.</div>
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2013 GA - When a stray pit bull enters a yard and attacked a 2 year old shepherd/husky mix, Jasper, Jasper's owner tried to get the pit bull off Jasper, but couldn't. She retrieved a butcher knife from her kitchen and stabbed the pit bull about a dozen times before it stopped attacking, staggered away, and died.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1OGO2XP">http://bit.ly/1OGO2XP</a><br />
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2012 CA - A family member was forced to stab their pitbull with a steak knife after it attacked a 3-year-old-girl.<br />
<a href="http://on.news10.net/1xW8HyM">http://on.news10.net/1xW8HyM</a><br />
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2012 NM - A man stabbed two pit bulls that were attacking his collie.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1D2JoLy">http://bit.ly/1D2JoLy</a><br />
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2012 WA - A pit bull was stabbed to death by a man in Roseburg Tuesday, after witnesses say it attacked a Dachshund and 6-8 men couldn't separate the animals.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1D2vysA">http://bit.ly/1D2vysA</a><br />
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2012 WA - Security camera footage of a man and a woman attacked by pit bulls. The man is armed with a knife and stabs them to stop the attack<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/ZjWrJ8">http://bit.ly/ZjWrJ8</a><br />
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2012 NY - A city man had to stab and club to death a pit bull that got loose in his home and was attacking his dogs on Saturday.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1uMa7GD">http://bit.ly/1uMa7GD</a><br />
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2011 FL - Two pit bulls and a lab were running loose together. The two pit bulls attacked a dog being walked. The owner of the victim dog stabbed one of the pit bulls to death to stop the attack. The lab did not attack.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1s0ubI3">http://bit.ly/1s0ubI3</a><br />
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2011 CO - A Nederland man survived pit bull attack by stabbing the attacking pit bull. The victim calls pit bulls a dangerous breed and says that even with a knife, if you don't know how to use it, a pit bull will kill you.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1DX1HSO">http://bit.ly/1DX1HSO</a><br />
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2011 SC - Woman saves her dog and her toddler by stabbing pit bulls that invaded first her yard and then her home.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1D2">http://bit.ly/1D2</a><br />
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2011 MA - A pit bull escaped its yard and went to a neighbor's yard and attacked their akita. the Akita owners stabbed the pit bull.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1tKJ7Xc">http://bit.ly/1tKJ7Xc</a><br />
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2010 IN - A New Albany woman says her friend shot and killed one of two dogs that unexpectedly attacked her dog as it sat in her back yard.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1uM5Enc">http://bit.ly/1uM5Enc</a><br />
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2009 CA - A former Marine in California stabbed a pit bull to death after it pounced on his wife and two dogs, a husky and an eskie, as they were walking in their Anaheim neighborhood. Their dogs survived. The pit bull was killed.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1Cs3j95">http://bit.ly/1Cs3j95</a><br />
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2008 NC - Pit bull ran into blind woman's home and killed her dog. Another woman stabbed the pit bull to death.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1g5DRWZ">http://bit.ly/1g5DRWZ</a><br />
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2007 MN - A woman stabbed a pit bull that got into her house and attacked her cat. The cat did not survive; the pit bull did.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1Enlfg8">http://bit.ly/1Enlfg8</a><br />
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2007 CA - A pit bull attacked a doberman twice at a dog park. The second time the owner could not get the pit bull off and it was choking off the doberman. The owner of the doberman stabbed the pit bull until it let go.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1CpKQbV">http://bit.ly/1CpKQbV</a><br />
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1908 IL - A leashed pug-dachshund mix being walked past a drug store was attacked by a white bulldog that had a stranglehold on the pug's throat. The pug's owner slashed at the bulldog with a knife until the bulldog let go. The crowd wished the bulldog had been killed.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1gn0Zq3">http://bit.ly/1gn0Zq3</a><br />
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1906 IL - A bull dog belonging to Ed Hartnett was stabbed to death yesterday morning at the corner of Avon and State streets, it is said, by a man owning a smaller dog which the bull dog had encountered. Seeing that the larger dog was getting the better of the smaller and threatened the latter. The man is said to have drawn his knife and stuck the dog in the throat, causing it to bleed to death soon after.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1NzILAl">http://bit.ly/1NzILAl</a><br />
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1853 IL - Springfield Bulldog Attacks Man Who Must Cut Its Throat to Escape<br />
Springfield
- The Register of yesterday morning says: On Friday, Mr. T.A. Bradford,
of this city, was set upon and severely bitten by a fierce bulldog.
The dog fastened so completely, that Mr. Bradford only got clear by
cutting the dog's throat with his knife.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1II3rQX">http://bit.ly/1II3rQX</a><br />
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<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/05/list-of-pit-bulls-leap-from-upper-story.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">List of Pit Bulls Leaping from Upper Story to Attack</a></div>
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<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/03/collection-of-home-invasion-pit-bull.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">List of Invasion pit bull attacks</a></div>
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<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/09/list-of-pit-bulls-that-had-to-be.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">List of pit bulls that had to be stabbed to stop an attack</a></div>
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<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/05/list-of-pit-bull-attacks-that-result-in.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">List of Pit Bull Attacks that Result in Dismemberment or Amputation of a limb</a></div>
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<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/04/pit-bull-attacks-with-no-warning-or.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">List of Pit Bull Attacks With No Warning or Provocation</a></div>
<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2015/10/list-of-pit-bull-attacks-on-police-k9.html">List of Pit Bull Attacks on Police K9 dogs: Extreme Attack</a></div>
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<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2015/08/extreme-attacks-family-pit-bulls-that.html">Extreme Attacks: Family Pit Bulls That Launch a Maiming or Fatal Attack</a></div>
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Lucy Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16125975766622360954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231847255912222047.post-23750367600915335572017-12-28T21:25:00.000-08:002018-07-05T15:58:14.292-07:00Extreme Attacks: List of pit bull & other dangerous breed attacks inside Petsmart, PetCo, & Other Pet StoresPit bulls and other dangerous breeds have attacked children and attacked and killed pets in Petsmarts and Petco.s across the nation. Why they continue play host to this carnage is beyond comprehension. Below is a list of attacks that have been reported in the media and shared witness accounts. Most attacks are by pit bulls but other dangerous breed dogs are included. Notice that Petsmart lost a lawsuit in 2015 and the lawyers representing the victims stated that these horrendous attacks are preventable if Petsmart would require muzzles on dangerous breed dogs.<br />
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2018 MI - A beagle had to be put down after it was attacked by a pit bull at Petsmart.<br />
<a href="https://bit.ly/2zdPtfl">https://bit.ly/2zdPtfl</a><br />
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2017 MA - A pit bull was brought into the Hyannis Petsmart for grooming with a muzzle on. The owner was informed that it was store policy that the muzzle be removed for grooming, and the owner said that the pit bull had attacked a dog before, but was "as sweet as can be" with people. The pit bull then proceeded to severely maul the groomer. It was later discovered that the pit bull had severely mauled a woman a few months previously, and that the second victim was a pit bull owner and advocate who had her own aggressive pit bull problems.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/2BRmFWS">http://bit.ly/2BRmFWS</a> <span style="color: #eeeeee;">Ready for Archive</span><br />
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2017 PA - A 12 yr old family Bichon Frise named Brewster was dropped off for grooming at the Dickson City Petsmart where Petsmart employees allowed a pit bull to fatally maul Brewster. Petsmart corporate issued yet another statement that they really care about clients' pets that is disproved by their next statemen in which they confirm that they will continue to refuse to ban or require muzzles for breeds that habitually maul and kill in their stores.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/2zp0qY5">http://bit.ly/2zp0qY5</a><br />
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2017 FL - Pet store owner's pit mix fatally mauled an 8 week old labradoodle named Buddah. The owner of the Magic Pet Store had the gall to lie about the breed of dog when there are photos of the nasty thing. Buddah's owner had asked if it would be OK for Buddah to greet the pit mix. NEVER NEVER NEVER DO THIS. Asking pit owners if their pit is safe is never an assurance. They will invite you to kill your own dog with no thought whatsoever.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/2im28oo">http://bit.ly/2im28oo</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Beautiful Sweet Labradoodle Puppy Named Buddah<br />
And the nasty mauler that killed him.<br />
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2017 VA - A six month old pit bull puppy severely mauled a toddler in a completely unprovoked attack at a Virginia Petsmart. All it took was for the pit bull to escape from the training area, and it ran around the store, and instead of seeking love and affection, it sought prey to attack. Yes, toddlers are prey to pit bulls. This is why they are unacceptable as pets.</div>
<a href="http://bit.ly/2u36VLR">http://bit.ly/2u36VLR</a><br />
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2017 FL - A pit bull attacked a golden retriever at a pet hotel named TyVy.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/2tw5aKs">http://bit.ly/2tw5aKs</a><br />
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2017 TX - A mastiff killed a sweet little bichon named Luna in Petsmart. The Luna's owner is devastated, and Petsmart is mouthing platitudes. Their empty platitudes over the regular attacks on our pets in their stores might suggest they might care more about profit than our pets.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/2qJmDuY">http://bit.ly/2qJmDuY</a><br />
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2016 PA - A dog groomer was attacked by a bullmastiff at a Petsmart in South Philadelphia. Medics came and treated her at the scene and then she was taken to the hospital. After the bullmastiff attacked the groomer, it attacked a pomeranian. No word on how badly the pomeranian was hurt. Police say there was no provocation for either attack.<br />
<span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://bit.ly/1olXi7N">http://bit.ly/1olXi7N</a></span></span><br />
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2015 GA - In the same Petsmart where a pit bull was stabbed to stop an attack earlier this year, another pit bull attacked a Great Dane. The pit owner seemed to think it was OK to bring a fighting breed dog into a store so long as she told other dog owners they better back off her aisle 'cuz she didn't know how her pit bull might react.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1Jrgqeg">http://bit.ly/1Jrgqeg</a><br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1E4hbrE">http://bit.ly/1E4hbrE</a><br />
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2015 TX - Family wins lawsuit against Petsmart which hosted an adoption event at which a rottweiler up for adoption launched an unprovoked, serious mauling on a 4 year old girl. Lawyers for the girl said, "This was a preventable injury. Had Petsmart had in place a requirement that potentially dangerous breeds of dogs, such as Rottweiler’s and Pitbulls be muzzled before being brought into the store, this would not have happened. We hope that PetSmart will make a policy change to require muzzles on potentially dangerous breeds inside their stores."<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1JWH7Sv">http://bit.ly/1JWH7Sv</a><br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1hc3xIm">http://bit.ly/1hc3xIm</a><br />
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2015 CA - An upscale PetCo brand Pooch Hotel in Hollywood allowed a pit bull to play with other dogs including two french bulldogs. The temperament tested, deemed friendly pit bull killed one of the french bulldogs.<br />
<a href="http://www.webcitation.org/6X9pPomJU">http://www.webcitation.org/6X9pPomJU</a><br />
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2015 MI - A leashed pit bull bit a PetsMart customer in the store putting a gash in his thigh. The pit bull owner left without giving information. The victim followed the pit bull owner into the parking lot where he saw him get into a Mercedes and leave. According to the victim's lawyer, though at least one PetsMart employee saw the incident, no employees helped detain the fleeing pit bull owner.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1w0ZeiV">http://bit.ly/1w0ZeiV</a><br />
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2014 GA - A pit bull attacked a westie and wouldn't let go, so the owner of the westie stabbed the pit bull to get it to stop. The pit bull was euthanized because its lung was punctured. The westie had to be transferred to an emergency vet overnight.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1tUDDLK">http://bit.ly/1tUDDLK</a><br />
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2013 TX - An Austin police officer killed a pit bull that was mauling a Maltese in a Petco.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1r4qKcX">http://bit.ly/19F7jqh</a><br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1BEQTnm">http://bit.ly/1BEQTnm</a><br />
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2013 - A pit bull lunged at and mauled a young child in PetsMart. Bitten to the bone, the child lost color and went into shock. A good samaritan tried to block the pit bull owner from leaving before police came, but the pit bull owner pointed gun at the man as he raced away in a truck.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1rsc23z">http://bit.ly/1rsc23z</a><br />
<a href="http://www.webcitation.org/6XAp1JAaa">http://www.webcitation.org/6XAp1JAaa</a><br />
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2012 - A Petsmart employee attempted to train a pit bull on a long lead inside the store, but he lost control of it and it attacked a customer's dog.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1nYRZ7R">http://bit.ly/1nYRZ7R</a><br />
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2010 FL - A pit bull attacked a 4 month old Jack Russell terrier in a PetsMart. PetsMart's chain vet clinic tried to bill the owner for the emergency care they gave the puppy after the attack they allowed to happen.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1nYRQkP">http://bit.ly/1nYRQkP</a><br />
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2009 CO - A yorkie was mauled to death by the PetsMart grooming manager's own pit bull which she had in a city with a pit bull ban, so she lied and called it an american bulldog/mastiff mix. She also lied and told the owner of the yorkie that another dog killed her dog.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1t1QAk3">http://bit.ly/1t1QAk3</a><br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1qzbMhJ">http://bit.ly/1qzbMhJ</a><br />
http://bit.ly/1unfs7X (original link - dead)<br />
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2009 - Dog owner reported that their dogs were almost attacked at a Petsmart during a pit bull adoption event and claimed the rescue knew the pit bull had aggression issues.<br />
<a href="http://yhoo.it/1y2JF12">http://yhoo.it/1y2JF12</a><br />
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2008 MD - A friendly beagle/collie mix approached an American Bulldog in a Petsmart and both greeted each other in a friendly way. Then the Ambull killed the beagle/collie mix.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1nxw1ca">http://bit.ly/1nxw1ca</a><br />
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2008 CO - An American bulldog mauled a 4 year old child in Petsmart. <br />
<span style="color: #0000ee;"><u><a href="http://bit.ly/1vPMmRu">http://bit.ly/1vPMmRu</a></u></span><br />
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2007 NE - A pit bull attacked and killed golden retriever puppy at a Petsmart<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1nZjsq8">http://bit.ly/1nZjsq8</a><br />
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2006 A pit bull mix in a Petco that had been acting aggressively attacked a little dog and attacked people who were trying to save it. The witness said it looked as if the little dog was mortally wounded.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1r50n6S">http://bit.ly/1xRSL0Q</a><br />
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2005 IL - A pit bull killed a yorkie puppy in a PetsMart while both dogs were waiting in line for the vet clinic. The pit bull got loose when the owner handed the leash to the store employee and it made a bee line for the yorkie puppy and killed her in one bite. PetsMart was careful to communicate several times that they were not responsible for the puppy's death, but they paid the owner for a replacement dog.<br />
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All Extreme Attacks Posts:</div>
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<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2015/01/extreme-attacks-list-of-pit-bulls-that.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">List of Pit Bulls that have Attacked Cars and other improbable objects</a><br />
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<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/09/list-of-pit-bull-attacks-inside.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">List of pit bull attacks inside Petsmart and PetCo</a></div>
<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/05/list-of-pit-bulls-recently-adopted-from.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">List of Pit Bulls Up for Adoption or Recently Adopted From Shelters That Seriously Attack</a><br />
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<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/05/list-of-pit-bulls-leap-from-upper-story.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">List of Pit Bulls Leaping from Upper Story to Attack</a></div>
<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/03/collection-of-home-invasion-pit-bull.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">List of Invasion pit bull attacks</a><br />
<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/09/list-of-pit-bulls-that-had-to-be.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">List of pit bulls that had to be stabbed to stop an attack</a><br />
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<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/05/list-of-pit-bull-attacks-that-result-in.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">List of Pit Bull Attacks that Result in Dismemberment or Amputation of a limb</a><br />
<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/04/pit-bull-attacks-with-no-warning-or.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">List of Pit Bull Attacks With No Warning or Provocation</a></div>
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Lucy Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16125975766622360954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231847255912222047.post-23439676779180787452017-11-28T11:12:00.000-08:002020-02-28T08:17:42.215-08:00Extreme Attacks: List of Pit Bulls that have Attacked Cars and other improbable objectsAttacking cars and heavy metal objects is another characteristic that is virtually exclusive to pit bulls of all dog breeds. I am aware of two attacks on cars attributed to other breeds of dogs. One was a rottweiler.<br />
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Here is a non-exhaustive list of pit bull attacks on cars and other objects made of heavy plastic, metal or rubber<br />
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2020 OK - Two pit bulls attacked and tore up a Cadillac SUV trying to get to a cat hiding from them inside the engine. The pit bulls left deep scratches and bite marks, and ripped off parts of the hood and windshield wipers. This is not normal pet animal behavior.<br />https://bit.ly/2vnk8Ws<br /><br />
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2019 MI - Two pit bulls destroyed the front of a car trying to get to the cats they wanted to kill. The pit bulls punctured the steel hood of the car with their teeth, ripped off parts of the grille and bumper. Animals that are willing and able to do this kind of damage are unacceptable as pets.<br />
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2017 IA Police afraid to stop pit bull they claim is not aggressive from attacking a car so it can have the joy of killing the cat that ran and hid inside the engine. INSANE<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/2kgu1Q8">http://bit.ly/2kgu1Q8</a><br />
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2017 - Video of pit bull biting through a car tire. You can imagine that human flesh and bone would be no match for this pit bull. <br />
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2013 FL Pit bulls attack a Yaris to get to a cat.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1tPEIY9">http://bit.ly/1tPEIY9</a><br />
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2012 AL - Pit bull mastiff mixes tore apart a minivan in an attempt to rip apart and kill a cat that took refuge under the hood.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1W8bEZ6">http://bit.ly/1W8bEZ6</a><br />
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2012 CA Kitten hid in a minivan to avoid being torn apart by the pit bull owner's four pit bulls (hope it was worth being a pit bull owner). The pit bulls tear apart the minivan, puncture a tire instead.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/2AMz2GR">http://bit.ly/2AMz2GR</a><br />
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2011 TN - Pit bull used Glock as a chew toy.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/2AMXO9U">http://bit.ly/2AMXO9U</a><br />
2011 NM Pit bull tore off Volvo's bumper<br />
<a href="http://exm.nr/1tPcxbO">http://exm.nr/1tPcxbO</a><br />
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2010 TN Ambull tears bumper off police cruiser. Notice normal dog breeds barking, but not ripping the bumper off.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1xSZxn6">http://bit.ly/1xSZxn6</a><br />
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2010 PA Two pit bulls rushed and mauled a student driver's car doing thousands of dollars of damage to it.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1FoNyky">http://bit.ly/1FoNyky</a><br />
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2010 Unbelievably aggressive pit bull tore bolts out of concrete, bent chainlink fence and destroyed several kennels and cage doors in addition to killing tons of animals.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1xSrjNg">http://bit.ly/1xSrjNg</a><br />
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2009 TN Police officers responding to a dog at large call must taze a pit bull to get it to stop attacking their police cruiser.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1BNpqlR">http://bit.ly/1BNpqlR</a><br />
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2009 KS After two pit bulls attack two teen joggers, they bite through and flattened two tires of a responding volunteer firefighter's vehicle.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/2kgrncX">http://bit.ly/2kgrncX</a><br />
2009 NC Pit bull deflates all four tires on a police cruiser.<br />
<a href="http://exm.nr/1tPcxbO">http://exm.nr/1tPcxbO</a><br />
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2009 TX Pit bull chewing up sprinkler heads<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/14pH4AQ">http://bit.ly/14pH4AQ</a><br />
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2009 AR Police were called by the owner of a car two pit bulls were attacking.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1xFPgsM">http://bit.ly/1xFPgsM</a><br />
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2007 GA Pit bulls attack car in driveway<br />
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2007 TN The two pit bulls that killed Jennifer Lowe had previously attacked two police cruisers when police responded to a call about the pit bulls attacking her dog.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1yBo9Az">http://bit.ly/1yBo9Az</a><br />
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2004 AU Police shot and killed two pit bulls that had attacked their car, biting through a tire and tearing off a mud flap.<br />
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2003 NY - A pit bull on an American Airlines flight chewed through its kennel to escape and then chewed through the forward bulkhead panel destroying 3 cables for both navagation and communication systems.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/2q9r45N">http://bit.ly/2q9r45N</a><br />
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This list of attacks does not include attacks without provocation or warning when <a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/03/collection-of-home-invasion-pit-bull.html">invading homes to attack</a> or <a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/05/list-of-pit-bulls-leap-from-upper-story.html">leaping from upper stories to attack</a> to attack. Those attacks are listed separately.<br />
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2019 - MI A pit bull crashed through his owners plate glass window in order to attack a dog being walked on a leash past its house. The victim dog was not hurt but the victim owner had to be taken to the hospital for treatment. The owner acted like a typical pit bull owner and was arrested.<br />
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2017 - When a family pit bull slipped its collar and got loose, it randomly attacked any living thing it encountered in separate attacks. Rabid dogs in the throes of pain and anguish are the only other kind dogs known to commit these serial, unprovoked, unnatural attacks. Unlike rabid dogs, pit bulls are just having fun when they do this. This pit bull was described as "sweet."<br />
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2017 KY - A pit bull broke free of its fenced-in yard to attack a girl unprovoked as she was walking to the school bus stop. These incidents with children waiting for the bus are so many that this is a pattern that should also be tracked.<br />
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2017 - The video of this completely unprovoked and unnatural kind of attack shows just how perverse pit bulls are. Notice the pit bull isn't agitated in any way and seems to skid to a halt after jogging past two people and realizes it wants to attack one of them. It then makes a u-turn, turns back to attack the woman from the front and launches an uninhibited protracted attack on the woman for no earthly reason.<br />
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2017 FL - Video from FB. A pit bull jumped out of a car and attacked a rottweiler. According to the man who took the video, the car was moving at a high rate of speed when the pit bull jumped out o the window and rolled about 200 feet after it hit the pavement before it began attacking the rottweiler.<br />
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2017 CA - Pit bulls attacked a 10 year old poodle named Bobo while Bobo was being walked on a leash by his owner. Watch the video of these pit bulls pulling their owner over just to have the pleasure of killing another dog.<br />
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2017 NY - A woman's beloved Maltese was killed by a pit bull that jumped out of a car window and attacked him. This does not happenwith other kinds of dogs. From facebook.<br />
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2017 TX - Two pit bulls bust out of a window to attack a man who was just walking down the sidewalk. The victim was driven to a medical center and treated for injuries to his leg and foot. This is not acceptable pet behavior. Pit bulls are unacceptable as pets.<br />
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2017 FL - Horrific attack when pit bulls bust through the window of their house to attack two women on the street.<br />
The news outlet had just done an "investigative report" that showed that pit bulls weren't the most dangerous dog (according to pit bull advocates), so the news anchors were mystified on why they were reporting pit bull attack after pit bull attack (get better experts).<br />
<a href="http://on.wtsp.com/2tFitbv">http://on.wtsp.com/2tFitbv</a><br />
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2017 IL - Completely unprovoked predatory attack on a little dog that didn't interact with the pit bull at all caught on video. Watch the nasty pit bull run down the street to attack an innocent little dog.<br />
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2017 TX - Unprovoked pit bull attack seen on video taking a 7-year-old down like puma takes down a goat. Is that all our kids are worth to us? Is having pit bulls in our neighborhoods really worth this price? No and no.<br />
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2017 NY - Pit bull caught on video launching a devastating attack on a toddler completely unprovoked. Do we value our children this little?<br />
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2017 AR - A boy riding his bike is taken down by a pit bull. The boy runs away, but the pit bull keeps coming.<br />
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2017 FL - A pit bull darted out of its owner's open apartment door, down two flights of stairs, ran down the street, and immediately attacked a two year old girl playing in her yard with her five year old brother. The girl was put in the hospital with serious injuries and her brother was also badly injured and needed stitches. The pit bull had to be pried off the little girl<br />
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2016 - Gabriella Jones was walking to school when the dog came up from behind her and grabbed the girl's arm in his teeth and bit the girl's face. A neighbor witnessed what had just occurred and immediately tried to intervene to rescue the girl. "I thought that my life was going to end right there," Gabriella said. "It bit me on my leg and then went up to my ear. <br />
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2016 ME - A 10 month old Boston terrier puppy was killed while being walked on a leash when two pit bulls escaped their double fencing containment system for the express purpose of killing the little puppy. The owner is devastated.<br />
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2016 FL - A woman and her little dog were attacked by a pit bull that jumped out of its yard for the sole purpose of attacking. The little dog was killed and the woman is in critical condition 2 days after the attack. Her jugular veins were severed which means her throat was ripped out and the top of her skull was removed. The pit bull jumped back into its yard when first responders came, then jumped back out again to attack at which time it was shot by deputies.<br />
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2016 PA - A man and his daughter were walking down the street near a home where pit bulls were kept. One pit bull jumped through a hole in the fence for the sole purpose of attacking the daughter. She sustained injuries to her finger and leg. Her father attempted to stop the attack and was then attacked. At that point, two more pit bulls jumped out o a window of the home and attacked the man.<br />
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2016 NJ - A pit bull escaped from a home, rushed to a woman walking a baby stroller and attacked the 11 month old girl in the stroller. The pit bull was recently adopted from a shelter. The baby girl was hospitalized for three days, received 70 stitches and plastic surgery. (This attack is also listed in <a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/05/list-of-pit-bulls-recently-adopted-from.html">attacks by recently adopted pit bulls</a>.)<br />
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2016 FL - Three pit bulls happen upon a sleeping homeless man and attack him unprovoked leaving life-threatening injuries. The attack is captured on surveillance video which shows that the attack was 9 minutes long, completely unprovoked, and the man was completely helpless to stop it.<br />
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2015 NJ - Witnesses saw a pit bull escape its fenced in yard for the sole purpose of attacking a child. When it got out it made a bee line for a 10-year-old girl who was about to board a school bus. Four people were injured by the pit bull before police arrived, shot and killed the mauling pit bull.<br />
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2015 KS - Five year old Korbin Smith was riding his bike on his way to the park with his grandmother when an American bulldog jumped the fence for the express purpose of attacking Korbin. He is going to need reconstructive surgery.<br />
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2015 OR - This unprovoked attack caught on video shows how quickly an attack can manifest. The victim dog and owner sustained serious injury within seconds of being aware that the pit bull existed. And, of course, the pit bull could only be stopped with GREAT difficulty. The owner and dog were completely helpless.<br />
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FL - Pit bulls attack man with no warning or provocation<br />
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2013 TN - Children playing, pit bull "comes out of nowhere" and attacks<br />
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2013 DC - Pit bull bounds across street in traffic to maul dog<br />
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2013 NY - Pit bull "came out of nowhere" in shopping parking lot and attacks 3-year-old for five minutes<br />
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2013 WA - While taking things out of her car, a pit bull attacks woman and child from behind<br />
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2012 CO - Elderly man with cancer walking for health mauled by pit bulls that came from behind with no warning or provocation<br />
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2012 Malaysia - Jogger attacked and killed by a bull terrier while jogging. The bull terrier rushed out of its own home to attack the 74-year-old man.<br />
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2010 CA - A pit bull jumped out of a moving 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.</div>
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1988 MI - A man and his sons were walking up their driveway after taking out the garbage when 3 pit bulls attacked the two boys in a ghastly attack. The pits first attacked the 5 year old ripping off half his forehead and damaging his tear duct. They also bit him all over his body. Then one pit turned on the 11 year old boy and ripped off part of his scalp and his ear. Another incident describes such a vicious pit bull it slammed its head repeatedly against a glass door in an attempt to enter and attack. </div>
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<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2015/01/extreme-attacks-list-of-pit-bulls-that.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">List of Pit Bulls that have Attacked Cars and other improbable objects</a></div>
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<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/05/list-of-pit-bulls-recently-adopted-from.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">List of Pit Bulls Up for Adoption or Recently Adopted From Shelters That Seriously Attack</a></div>
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<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/05/list-of-pit-bulls-leap-from-upper-story.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">List of Pit Bulls Leaping from Upper Story to Attack</a></div>
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<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/03/collection-of-home-invasion-pit-bull.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">List of Invasion pit bull attacks</a></div>
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<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/04/pit-bull-attacks-with-no-warning-or.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">List of Pit Bull Attacks With No Warning or Provocation</a></div>
<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2015/10/list-of-pit-bull-attacks-on-police-k9.html">List of Pit Bull Attacks on Police K9 dogs: Extreme Attack</a></div>
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<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2015/08/extreme-attacks-family-pit-bulls-that.html">Extreme Attacks: Family Pit Bulls That Launch a Maiming or Fatal Attack</a></div>
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Lucy Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16125975766622360954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231847255912222047.post-42590341920692162562017-10-29T19:16:00.015-07:002021-03-23T17:07:07.367-07:00The Photos Lie: Killer Pit Bulls & other dangerous dogs with their Victims<p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;">Adapted with thanks from a post on <a href="http://thetruthaboutpitbulls.blogspot.com/2011/06/vintage-pit-bull-photos-prove-what.html">The Truth about Pit Bulls</a>.<br />
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Photos of friendly pit bulls and other dangerous breeds as pets are deceptive. These photos only show a moment in time. When pit bulls and other dangerous breeds are made into pets, children are put at risk of being maimed or killed by a well-loved and cared for pet. Dangerous breeds are dangerous because they will break the human canine bond for no reason other than their genetics. These are photos mostly of killer dogs and the victims who loved them. A few of these dangerous dogs merely seriously mauled their victims.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">**********<span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"> </span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Feb
2021 - This attack betrays the pit bull owner's spectacular lack of
judgment and insane priorities. The mother of the child put in the
hospital with brain damage posted publicly that the mauler that nearly
killed her child was the child's best friend and she mourned the pit
bull's death.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">After
the attack the pit was immediately put down because it had not been
vaccinated for rabies and its brain had to be autopsied to determine if
the child hd been exposed to rabies. After the attack, the apartment
was found to be filthy, lacking utilities with dangerous code
violations.</span></span> </span></span></span></span> </div> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"> <br /></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3kOiPmELDZ8/YEwaO-R2tgI/AAAAAAAAAhA/DlhklPiSz7s2i1_2zsOuAMMACL501XadwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Gingras-pit-bull-NH.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2048" height="472" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3kOiPmELDZ8/YEwaO-R2tgI/AAAAAAAAAhA/DlhklPiSz7s2i1_2zsOuAMMACL501XadwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h472/Gingras-pit-bull-NH.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"> </span></span></div></div><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;">**********</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"> </span></span><br /></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;">Nov
2020 - After 11 months, French forensics labs finally determined that
Elisa Pilarski was killed by her own beloved ADBA registered pit bull
Curtis, and not by a pack of hounds as was alleged by her boyfriend. She was taking her beloved pit bull Curtis for a walk in the woods when he turned on her and killed her.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;">In
the video, Elisa repeatedly says to Curtis, "Mon amour" (my love),
calls him her baby, says he's a "bon chien" (good dog) and sings
"Beautiful Boy" to him. She was six months pregnant at the time of her
death. Pit bulls are illegal in France. <a href=" https://bit.ly/3c7R3zF" target="_blank"> https://bit.ly/3c7R3zF</a></span></span> </span></span> </span></span></p><p>
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2020 - Lisa Urso is pictured with her 55 pound Shorty Bull named Blue
Bear. Blue Bear launched a gruesome attack on Lisa who loved him. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;">Shorty
Bulls were created by crossing five different kinds of bull breeds
including French Bulldogs and American Pit Bull Terriers.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;">Her other Shorty Bull may have participated in the attack. <a href="https://bit.ly/3uYQnoV">https://bit.ly/3uYQnoV</a></span></span> <br /></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-F6bd4QdGR6E/YERNHM8sRbI/AAAAAAAAAgY/6NBtuAwNvFc13uSiI7qS70tdsG6IIFE_wCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-03-06%2Bat%2B8.52.13%2BPM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1605" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-F6bd4QdGR6E/YERNHM8sRbI/AAAAAAAAAgY/6NBtuAwNvFc13uSiI7qS70tdsG6IIFE_wCLcBGAsYHQ/w314-h400/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-03-06%2Bat%2B8.52.13%2BPM.png" width="314" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">**********</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sep
2018 - The woman pictured here just met her new adopted pit bull. Two
weeks later, this pit bull killed this woman even though </span></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;">this woman was an experienced and dedicated pit bull rescuer. </span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;">Several rescues and shelters were involved in getting Snowball to this woman and had determined the pit bull was a sweetheart. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73);"><span style="font-size: large;">Though
all players are eager to take credit for the "pull and save," they we
just as eager now to delete pages associated to Snowball.'</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73); color: #494949;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73);"><span>'Also,
the victim's sister, Susan Eve LeClair, offered up a press conference
to an array of news stations Tuesday professing that not all pit bulls
are bad."'</span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73); color: #494949;"> </span><a href="https://blog.dogsbite.org/2018/09/pit-bull-adopted-two-weeks-ago-kills-woman-in-columbia.html">Dogsbite.org</a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lyW1EFO3hFU/W7Ay8jLbEWI/AAAAAAAAAVw/624qBHz0eP8gG_4Iqlx4YFPaL6tBwsFaACK4BGAYYCw/s1600/killer%2Bpit%2Bbull%2Bsnowball.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lyW1EFO3hFU/W7Ay8jLbEWI/AAAAAAAAAVw/624qBHz0eP8gG_4Iqlx4YFPaL6tBwsFaACK4BGAYYCw/w242-h400/killer%2Bpit%2Bbull%2Bsnowball.png" width="242" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73);"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73);"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73);"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73);"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73);"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73);"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73);"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73);"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73);"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73);"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73);"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73);"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73);"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73);"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73);"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">**********</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: times; font-size: 13px;"><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span face=", "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="color: #a3aaae;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">Nov
2017 - The woman pictured with this pit bull later had to stab it to
death to stop it from attacking her mother and sister. Her friend said
that the pit bull was extremely "sweet."<a href=" http://dailym.ai/2BmR5QX"> Daily Mail</a></span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="font-family: times; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: times;">
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</span></div><div style="font-family: times;"><div style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">Jul.
2017 - The pit bull pictured with his owner later attacked and killed
him while he was having an epileptic seizure. During the seizure,
Sabrina says, the dog suddenly became aggressive and attacked Kochut’s
throat – something he had apparently never showed any signs of doing
during past seizures. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Sabrina says she tried to intervene, but wasn’t able to pull the dog off her boyfriend.</span></div></div><div style="font-family: times;">
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first owner said, "...he surely was the sweetest...he never showed
aggression to people...he was alway(s) perfect with my child and with
the two children living in the house! So I don't (think) the breed has
to do with it."</span></span><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div style="font-family: times;">
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2014 - Photo of 4 year-old Mia DeRouen with the 130 pound pit bull that
later killed her. Both the dam and the sire of this massive pit bull
were UKC registered American Pit Bull Terriers. </span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: times;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IlBYSKv3JYE/UzWlw-SQETI/AAAAAAAABzw/Qe02C1xhHjs/s1600/MIA-RIP.png" style="clear: left; color: #255ca9; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="389" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IlBYSKv3JYE/UzWlw-SQETI/AAAAAAAABzw/Qe02C1xhHjs/w400-h389/MIA-RIP.png" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: white; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.098) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: times;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span 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As if it is not well established in </span><a href="https://www.dogsbite.org/legislating-dangerous-dogs-appellate-court-decisions.php" style="color: #6460cb; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">appellate decisions upholding pit bull ordinances</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73); color: #494949;"> that these dogs often show no warning signals before an attack?" <a href="https://blog.dogsbite.org/2014/03/2014-dog-bite-fatality-family-pit-bull-kills-houma-girl.html">DogsBite.Org</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div>
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2013 - After this photo was taken,this boy was killed by his pit bull.
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PHf-Syub_Xw/T0LkkmUPulI/AAAAAAAAA_o/wjf5BQ7wKL4/s1600/cocoSApitbullkilledaman.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #255ca9; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PHf-Syub_Xw/T0LkkmUPulI/AAAAAAAAA_o/wjf5BQ7wKL4/w400-h300/cocoSApitbullkilledaman.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: white; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.098) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Feb 2012 - After this photo was taken in South Africa, this boy's pit bull jumped over its fence and killed an elderly man with no provocation on the man's own property<br /><a href="https://bit.ly/38gHHAO">https://bit.ly/38gHHAO</a></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
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Jun 2005 - These photos seem to show a boy with his well-loved and cared for pits, as well. But a couple years after these photos were taken, one of his pit bulls <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Mom-jailed-in-pit-bulls-fatal-mauling-of-son-2626296.php#photo-2110910">viciously killed him</a>:</span></span><br />
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</div>Small Survivorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05150912262473853541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231847255912222047.post-79834970985390773112017-09-21T07:18:00.005-07:002023-03-11T10:33:57.343-08:00Extreme Attacks: List of Invasion Attacks by Pit BullsPit bulls invade homes, work spaces, cars and yards protected by privacy fences or walls for one sole reason: to attack with no warning and no provocation. This kind of extreme attack is almost unheard of among other kinds of dogs because it is, obviously, not normal pet dog behavior. This behavior puts people and pets in danger in their homes, workplaces, yards and inside their cars, trucks or vans.<br />
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This list is by no means complete and will be updated as more reports of pit bulls invading people's private spaces to attack occur and are found.<br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"> 2021 FL - A woman kept her rescue cats in a screened in porch behind a privacy fence at the end of a dead end street. Two pit bulls invaded her yard, broke through her screens to kill one her cats. This is Florida, so nothing will be done thanks to the work of a lawyer named Fred Kray who worked assiduously to make sure all dangerous dogs can get three "kills" (his terminology) before anything will be done to stop the carnage and devastation.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://bit.ly/3tTax2I">https://bit.ly/3tTax2I </a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1GH--Yokrbk/YIcqSvBS6qI/AAAAAAAAAhw/8pgdqq3XrAc9cffDIoPoKi5mrv5mUEu5gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1626/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-04-26%2Bat%2B3.42.35%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1626" data-original-width="1300" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1GH--Yokrbk/YIcqSvBS6qI/AAAAAAAAAhw/8pgdqq3XrAc9cffDIoPoKi5mrv5mUEu5gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-04-26%2Bat%2B3.42.35%2BPM.png" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">2020 AL - A pit bull broke through a screen into a home to grab an elderly chihuahua, take him out of the house and kill him. Nothing was done. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://bit.ly/39Tgfum">https://bit.ly/39Tgfum</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">
2020 CA - Two pit bulls invaded the yard of two large, elderly mixed breed dogs and killed them is an horrific, outrageous, unacceptable attack. Animal control doesn't know that it is supposed to put dogs like this down immediately and thinks giving a warning (of what?) to the owners of the killer pit bulls is what they ought to do. Animals that invade a yard or home to attack and kill for fun are unacceptable as pets. This happens all the time, of course, this story got attention because the devastated family posted graphic photos on a community facebook page making it harder to ignore.<br />
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2018 NY - A pit bull invaded a home and killed a rescue cat.<br />
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2018 TX - Horrific video of a pit bull that invaded a woman's apartment and killed her cat.<br />
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2018 FL - A pit bull tore open a window screen and then wriggled through a partially open window in order to get inside a home to kill a cat.<br />
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2017 NC - A pit bull dashed into a home when the owner opened the door to shoo the pit bull away. The owner describes how the pit bull immediately began searching for her cats to attack them. The pit bull followed the three cats who escaped outside through an open window and killed one of them in front of the horrified owner and neighborhood children. In addition, local authorities are breaking their own laws by not following up and making an incident report.<br />
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2017 MA - A pit bull invaded a woman's apartment and immediately killed her cat. The apartment complex had a ban on pit bulls so the entitled pit bull owner lied, saying the pit bull was an emotional support dog so the manager had to allow it to stay. If the pit bull owner had not decided the law doesn't apply to her, Gem the cat would be alive today.</div>
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2017 CA -Woman capture video of two pit bulls that invaded a German shepherd's privacy fenced in yard and brutally and mercilessly mauled the GSD until the GSD's owner shot the pit bulls. WARNING GRAPHIC<br />
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2017 OH - A woman ran to a police station after a man fired a weapon in the direction of a group of people she was walking with. When she went inside the police station, a stray pit bull chased her inside and attacked police officers who shot the pit bull. It was later euthanized.<br />
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2017 AU - In another unfathomably horrendous attack, a loose pit bull invaded a house and fatally mauled a shih tzu mix named Thor. Thor whas his owner's PTSD health assistance dog. Thor's owner's son stabbed the pit bull to death. The family has been horribly traumatized. Normal pets do not do this.</div>
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2017 PA - A pit bull escaped its fence then happened upon a mini-van parked behind a house. The van was open with two children strapped into their car seats. The pit bull invaded the mini van and seriously mauled the two helpless children who are strapped into the van! Both children are hospitalized in serious condition. This kind of horrific attack is only committed by pit bulls. Normal pet dogs NEVER do this kind of completely unprovoked, gruesome attack.</div>
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2017 UT - Pit bulls must be banned from the apartment complex where this invasion attack happened because the news reported that a boxer invaded an apartment and attacked a black lab and its owner. However, there is video which clearly shows that a pit bull invaded an apartment and attacked another pit bull.</div>
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2017 CA - Pit bulls invaded the backyard of a 3-year-old miniature poodle named Precious and killed her right in front of the owner. Since Los Angeles animal control didn't know if animals that kill for fun when loose should be put down, the owner released their security camera video of the gruesome, completely unprovoked and unrelenting attack in the hope that animal control would have common sense and decide the pit bulls must be put down.<br />
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2017 - Show dog and best friend to a young girl was mauled by pit bulls that invaded the fox terrier's indoor/outdoor run.<br />
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2017 IL - An elderly owner let her beagle mix out into their fenced backyard. While the owner was standing right there, a 6 pit bulls jumped the fence into their yard and killed her beagle. The owners, an elderly couple, are devastated.<br />
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2017 WA - A pit bull entered into a fenced back yard and killed Princess, a family's chihuahua. The Humane Society for Southwest Washington could not find the owner and believed euthanizing the extremely dog-aggressive pit bull was the correct thing to do. But, lawyer Adam Karp intevened, threatening a lawsuit. Karp won possession of the pit bull and moved the pit bull out of the state of Washington.<br />
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2016 AR - Three dogs, two of which are pit bulls, pulled down a slat of a wood privacy fence when they tried to climb over the fence into the neighbor's yard. One of the neighbor's dogs, elderly and blind, got near the hole, and the pit bulls grabbed the victim's face and tore the dog through the small gap, tearing the dog's face off in the process. When a second, small dog went to protect his buddy, the pit bulls killed him. Then the pit bulls entered the neighbor's yard, went through the doggie door and killed the neighbor's third dog. All three invading maulers were inside when the family came home to a gruesome blood soaked scene in their home.<br />
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2016 FL - The owner of two dogs came home to find both of them torn apart, one, a Chihuahua named Buck, in the yard and one, a border collie mix named Boots, in his own bathroom, by two pit bulls that jumped a fence and invaded a yard and then entered the home through the doggie door. One pit bull was still in the home and growled at him from the bathroom. After police came and removed the growling pit bull, the owner discovered that Boots had been completely torn apart and was in the bathtub. The pit bulls had already been declared dangerous for attacking another dog, but were given back to the owner.<br />
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2016 NY - Three pit bulls jumped a fence and invaded a yard and killed two chihuahuas in their own yard while the chihuahuas' pregnant owner was out in the yard with them. She tried to save all her chihuahuas but two of her beloved pets, Bentley and Remy, were killed. The chihuahua owners say that the owner of the pit bulls has more pit bulls at his home and they are too upset to live in their own home.<br />
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2016 NV - A German shepherd was torn apart in his own yard by two pit bulls that sailed over a 5 foot fence like it was nothing.<br />
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2016 PA - A 9 year old girl was scalped when another person opened the door to her home and a stray pit bull rushed in and attacked her. The family's own pit bull attacked the stray pit bull, and an adult had to get them separated, and then the stray pit bull ran away. No one has seen or found the stray pit bull, and police visited the homes of neighbors with pit bulls.<br />
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2016 GA - A 69-year-old woman was severely mauled inside her own home when two pit bulls busted through a door to her home and attacked her. She had to drag herself from the kitchen to an office, where she barricaded herself off and called for help. She was very seriously injured. The pit bulls and their owners were found to be living in squalor and the pit bull owners are facing charges. The owners said they had attempted to save what they believed to be fighting pit bulls.<br />
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2016 TX - Pit bulls repeatedly invaded a family's yard and eventually killed all of their seven chihuahuas.<br />
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2016 IN - Two dogs, a pit bull and a St. Bernard, escaped their home, traveled six miles, and busted through a screen door and attacked a dog. The owner, her son and the injured dog had to hide in their basement until the invading maulers decided to leave. As far as AC is concerned, after a short quarantine, these two maulers are good to go home.<br />
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2016 PA - Two pit bulls invaded a home through an open window for the express purpose of killing a lab inside the home. They dragged the lab outside, and the lab's owner shot them to stop the attack, killing one.<br />
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2016 WI - A recently adopted pit bull mix jumped over a 4 ft fence to get into a yard so it could kill a lab dachshund mix. After several people, including the pit bull's owner, tried to get the pit bull off the victim dog, a neighbor got a gun and shot the pit bull dead. The report didn't bother to mention how the victim dog was doing. The mauling pit bull was adopted from a shelter in Rice Lake, WI. (This attack is also listed in <a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/05/list-of-pit-bulls-recently-adopted-from.html">attacks by shelter dogs</a>.)<br />
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2016 UK - An illegal pit bull entered a pensioner's home and attacked him biting his thumb off.<br />
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2016 MO - The mayor of Florissant MO stated that his city need to be able to keep their ban. He related that a boy had been recently attacked by an illegal pit bull that dug under a fence to get to a boy and attack him.<br />
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2016 NY - A pit bull charged to the back yard of a home, barged through a fence and chased Missy, a Chinese Crested, into her own home and attacked her. A teenager came running in with another pit bull and both pit bulls tore Missy apart in her owner's living room. The owners had never heard the death scream of a terrified dog being torn apart before, and are horrified by it. One of the owners always thought that pit bulls got a bad rap, and now she knows they deserve it. One of the news outlets reporting on the story was cowardly and unethical and withheld vital information about the breed of mauling dogs.<br />
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2016 ON - An illegal pit bull that had been recently adopted escaped its owner's condo and pushed through the front door of a neighbors condo and killed the neighbor's dog in a bloody, vicious, horrific invasion attack. The owner said he could tell his April was already dead in seconds because the pit bull had literally ripped April completely open. One of the neighbors was scratched trying to keep the invading pit from attacking their other dog. (this attack is also posted in attacks by <a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/05/list-of-pit-bulls-recently-adopted-from.html">recently rescued dogs</a>).<br />
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2016 SA - A pit bull jumped over a wall and entered a house to attack a small terrier named Turbo inside. An owner stabbed the pit bull to get it to stop attacking the little dog. The pit bull died a couple days later from the stab wounds. The pit bull owners feel it wasn't necessary to stab their sweet pit bull. Turbo was left with deep wounds in his neck. The pit bull had attacked Turbo and another dog before. (<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/09/list-of-pit-bulls-that-had-to-be.html">This attack also listed in the list of pit bulls that had to be stabbed to stop an attack.</a>)<br />
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2016 NM - A pit bull invaded a yard and attacked a dog named Susie. The owner was injured while stopping the attack. Susie was severely mauled and traumatized. The pit bull owner was issued a citation.<br />
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2016 AL - An unknown, stray pit bull entered a 13 year-old boy's yard and mauled him. His parents and neighbors used board to beat the dog off the boy. By the time the rescuers got the pit bull off the boy, he was unconscious. The pit bull was still at large. When the local news outlet called AC to report the dangerous dog, they got no response. The boy was immediately taken to surgery.<br />
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2015 BC - Horrendous Christmas day invasion attack. Two pit bulls rushed into a couple's home and ripped apart their cat. Then the pit bull began attacking the couple. Both the man and woman had to be hospitalized and the man has had 4 surgeries on his arms so far, and he may lose both arms.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1OvnNxu">http://bit.ly/1OvnNxu</a><br />
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2015 OH - A pit bull attacked an elderly woman's caregiver outside her home. When the 84 year old woman opened her door to help her caregiver, the pit bull invaded the house, attacked the elderly woman and killed her 2 year old pekingese. The women are traumatized. The pit bull owner gets to keep her disgusting mauler in the neighborhood even though it is known that if it gets loose, it will seek to kill people and pets. Ohio clearly values killer dogs and their owners over children, pets and the elderly.<br />
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/zl5onjn">http://tinyurl.com/zl5onjn</a><br />
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2015 NS - The St. Mary’s University student was about to leave for work when a pit bull showed up and chased, Diamond, her pomeranian from their yard into the living room of her home on Fourth Street in Dartmouth. She tried desperately to save her little dog whom she regarded as her child, but the pit bull ran off with her baby's lifeless body. The pit bull owners feel their pit isn't aggressive because it didn't also try to kill the people in their own home and that their killer pit bull shouldn't be put down. The pit bull had been recently bought from Homeward Bound Rescue (yeah, it was homeward bound alright.) (This attack is also posted in the <a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/05/list-of-pit-bulls-recently-adopted-from.html">list of recently adopted pit bulls that seriously attack</a>.)</div>
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2015 AU - Just as an owner of four Shih tzu maltese poodle mixes was shutting the main door of his house, the two dogs busted through his closed screen door and attacked his dogs. A pit mix and a bull mastiff "played tug-of-war" with one of his dogs. “There was blood everywhere. There was actually flesh on the wall. It was horrible,” she said. Rastus, the dog, survived but will never be the same.<br />
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2015 AB - Angel, an Australian shepherd, was attacked in her own backyard, with the carnage continuing into the family’s home. She was later euthanized due to her injuries. It took six adults beating the pit bull with rolling pins and shovels to get the pit bull to release. It attacked three times and continued to attack after it was mortally wounded. The community is calling for a pit bull ban.</div>
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2015 NJ - Pit bulls broke through a fence to attack two english bulldogs. Despite the owner and children beating on the pit bulls, they dragged one of the English bulldogs into their yard. The owner was afraid to try to retrieve their bulldog who was savaged by an extended attack. He was left for dead when police and AC got there, but when he moved his head, his family was allowed in the yard to retrieve him. They took him to the vet and spent thousands of dollars on surgery, but he could not be saved.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/21gVM6E">http://bit.ly/21gVM6E</a><br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1OsEL2l">http://bit.ly/1OsEL2l</a><br />
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2015 AL - A loose pit bull jumped a 6-foot privacy fence into a protected yard for the express purpose of mauling a 9-year-old boy. The beast was shot twice and beaten with a bat to get it to stop the attack. The boy is expected to survive.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1FBBop7">http://bit.ly/1FBBop7</a><br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1O33NYj">http://bit.ly/1O33NYj</a><br />
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2015 WY - Two pit bulls attacked and seriously injured dogs in their own yard in the 2500 block of East Monroe. The pit bulls were cornered and locked up and were taken to the PAWS for Life shelter. The injured dogs were taken to a veterinarian for treatment of multiple puncture wounds. The owners of the pit bulls were allegedly incarcerated last week. It is not known if anyone was caring for the pit bulls. The Riverton Police Department assisted Deputies with the case.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1cnqWE1">http://bit.ly/1cnqWE1 </a><br />
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2015 OH - An elderly dog was seriously mauled by pit bulls that broke into the victim dog's fenced yard. And then the pit bulls were given back to the owner/neighbor.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1bV4bYw">http://bit.ly/1bV4bYw</a><br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/23g9hDB">http://bit.ly/23g9hDB</a><br />
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2015 PA - A tiny pomeranian was killed in his own yard when a pit bull pushed open the gate of of the pom's yard and found a way into the neighbor's fenced in yard for the express purpose of killing the little dog.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1DWyOmk">http://bit.ly/1DWyOmk</a><br />
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2015 - Precious, the darling in the pink collar, did not survive a brutal mauling by her neighbor's two pit bulls. The grieving owner writes, "one of the pits tore a hole in our galvanized fence and grabbed our little dog and tore her apart from head to toe." Precious had soft wavy hair and had survived a battle with meningitis a few years earlier. "<br />
<a href="http://on.fb.me/1C3ef6M">http://on.fb.me/1C3ef6M</a><br />
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2015 GA - Two owned pit bulls got loose, somehow entered a fenced yard for the express purposed of killing a 14 year old miniature poodle.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1xf4d6J">http://bit.ly/1xf4d6J</a><br />
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2015 CO - At about 1:20 AM, three pit bulls got through a privacy fence into a backyard, and then entered the garage through a doggie door for the express purpose of attacking a German Shepherd inside the garage. The German Shepherd owner shot the three pit bulls to stop the attack. This is the third invasion pit bull attack reported in 2 days in the US.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/19HnuU7">http://bit.ly/19HnuU7</a><br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/19TYTvm">http://bit.ly/19TYTvm</a><br />
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2015 FL Two pit bulls escaped their home and leaped through a window into a neighbor's home and killed the neighbor's pit bulls and attacked pet birds. This attack was reported one day after the previous Florida fatal pit bull home invasion attack was reported below.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/19b719F">http://bit.ly/19b719F</a><br />
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2015 FL Two loose pit bulls jump over a baby gate on a man's front door and enter his house in order to kill the two dachshunds sleeping on their doggie beds inside the home. The man, who was confined to a motorized wheelchair, heard the horrible death screams of his pets, left the wheel chair and crawled on the floor in a desperate attempt to save his dogs. One of his dogs died. <br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1xkT1Wu">http://bit.ly/1xkT1Wu</a><br />
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2015 AR - A pit bull scaled a 6 ft. privacy fence for the express purpose of killing a Jack Russell terrier in his own yard.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1E9gNEe">http://bit.ly/1E9gNEe</a><br />
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2015 FL - Pit bulls busted through a privacy fence for the express purpose of killing two yorkies. They also attacked the yorkies' owner who was trying to save her little dogs.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1azBHCB">http://bit.ly/1azBHCB</a><br />
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2014 IL - A pair of pit bulls probably killed 11 pets in multiple attacks at different addresses, all of which were found mauled and dead on their own property including 3 chihuahuas that were killed inside their home (locked except for a doggie door) while their owner was away. The chihuahua owner developed PTSD after seeing the carnage inside her own home upon her return.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1j9ep2W">http://bit.ly/1j9ep2W</a><br />
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2014 SC - A pit bull entered a woman's yard and attacked her small dog, and she fired shots from her gun at the pit bull. The pit bull came toward her, and she was able to keep it away with a chair. The pit bull then ran into the home through a doggy door. The woman said she then shot and killed the dog because she feared for her safety. The woman asked deputies to help put her dog out of its misery. The officers also buried the pet.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1MUZz4P">http://bit.ly/1MUZz4P</a><br />
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2014 OK - Loose pit bull saw a dachshund through a glass window looking out. The pit bull crashed through the glass window into the home for the express purpose of attacking the little dog. The doxie owner was bitten on the foot while trying to get the pit bull off her dog. Her home was full of broken glass and blood.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/ZI3hYU">http://bit.ly/ZI3hYU</a><br />
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2014 - A loose pit bull rushed into a woman's home to attack her chihuahua. The woman stabbed the pit bull. The attack did not make it to the news. <br />
<a href="http://17barks.blogspot.com/2014/06/i-just-saved-my-dogs-life.html">http://17barks.blogspot.com/2014/06/i-just-saved-my-dogs-life.html</a><br />
also listed in <a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/09/list-of-pit-bulls-that-had-to-be.html">pit bulls that had to be stabbed to stop attack</a> list<br />
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2014 NV - For the second time, the same pair of pit bulls enter a home to kill a dog. The pit bulls killed an 11 year old German Shepherd<br />
<a href="http://on.rgj.com/RiPeot">http://on.rgj.com/RiPeot</a><br />
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2014 Mar FL - A volunteer at the Second Chance Animal Rescue brought her children, 3 and 5 years old, to the rescue. While there, a pit bull escaped from its kennel and lept through passenger side window of the volunteer's mini-van and attacked her 3-yr-old in the second row. She wrestled it out and into its cage where it broke out and went through the window a second time attacking her daughter. (This attack is also listed in the list of <a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2016/10/extreme-attacks-list-of-pit-bulls-up.html">rescue pit bulls that attack</a>)<br />
<a href="http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/florida/pit-bull-jumps-into-car-window-attacks-2-children/271209174">First Coast News</a><br />
<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/p/home-weather-78-local-nation-now.html">archive</a><br />
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2014 NV - Pit bulls invaded through dog door and killed three dogs (these are not the same pit bulls that committed 2 other home invasion attacks in the same county.)<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1snkCQR">http://bit.ly/1snkCQR</a><br />
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2014 CO - 3 Pit bulls broke through asecurity screen door and attacked 2 people and 2 small dogs<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1aJViQW">http://bit.ly/1aJViQW</a><br />
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2013 MD - Two pit bulls charged into home and killed a pet cat inside.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/Rou34b">http://bit.ly/Rou34b</a><br />
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2013 PA - Pit bulls invaded a home, attacked a dog, left and continued around the lake to attack people and pets in 1 or 2 more separate attacks.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1nh9dS8">http://bit.ly/1nh9dS8</a><br />
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2013 FL - A man shot a pit bull that ripped open a window screen trying to get into his home<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1fN2yN4">http://bit.ly/1fN2yN4</a><br />
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2013 IA - A pit bull pushed into a home and attacked a woman and two dogs</div>
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2013 CA - Letter to the editor from woman whose cat was attacked by two pit bulls entering her home and lamenting that no one is taking this problem seriously or doing anything about it.<br />
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2013 NJ - A pit bull broke through a screen door to kill a Golden Retriever and attack a 73 year old man</div>
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<a href="http://wpg1450.com/pit-bull-attack-in-absecon-injures-man-kills-family-dog/">http://bit.ly/1o2W6E1</a></div>
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2013 OH - A pit bull invaded a home, attacked autistic boy and almost killed his dog<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1rZBpXg" style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">http://bit.ly/1rZBpXg</a><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px;">Accessed: 2014-05-06.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px;"><a href="http://www.webcitation.org/6PN408aj7" style="color: #52829c; text-decoration: none;">(Archived by WebCite<sup style="line-height: 0px;">®</sup> at http://www.webcitation.org/6PN408aj7)</a></span><br />
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2013 GA - A pit bulls broke into a home and killed 2 cats<br />
<a href="http://www.11alive.com/news/article/299820/40/Dogs-break-into-home-and-kill-pet-cats-">http://www.11alive.com/news/article/299820/40/Dogs-break-into-home-and-kill-pet-cats-</a><br />
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2013 WI - A pit bull barged through door to attack small dog. The victim survived.<br />
<a href="http://www.marshfieldnewsherald.com/article/20130327/MNH01/303260387/Dog-survives-pit-bull-attack-video-">http://www.marshfieldnewsherald.com/article/20130327/MNH01/303260387/Dog-survives-pit-bull-attack-video-</a><br />
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2013 FL - A pit bull invaded home trying to kill cat. Homeowner had to stab the pit bull to death.</div>
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2013 FL - A pit bull broke into home and killed goldendoodle - blood throughout house<br />
<a href="http://www.nbc-2.com/story/22870362/goldendoodle-killed-by-two-pit-bulls#.UkI8jSgcBVo">http://www.nbc-2.com/story/22870362/goldendoodle-killed-by-two-pit-bulls#.UkI8jSgcBVo</a><br />
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2013 GA - A pit bull enters home and mauls small dog removing eye<br />
<a href="http://onlineathens.com/local-news/2013-12-16/pit-bull-bursts-colbert-home-attacks-small-dog">http://onlineathens.com/local-news/2013-12-16/pit-bull-bursts-colbert-home-attacks-small-dog</a><br />
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2013 MA - A pit bull enters home and attacks two dogs.<br />
<a href="http://www.rep-am.com/articles/2013/05/13/news/local/723975.txt">http://www.rep-am.com/articles/2013/05/13/news/local/723975.txt</a><br />
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2013 WA - A pit bulls enter home, menace child and kill cat<br />
<a href="http://tdn.com/news/local/pit-bull-owners-appealing-dangerous-dog-designation/article_fdaa567a-cbb3-11e2-8424-001a4bcf887a.html">http://tdn.com/news/local/pit-bull-owners-appealing-dangerous-dog-designation/article_fdaa567a-cbb3-11e2-8424-001a4bcf887a.html</a><br />
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2013 GA - After biting son, pit bull came back and invadeed home and killed family cat, Khloe<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1fQO7YD">http://bit.ly/1fQO7YD</a><br />
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2013 CA - Pit bulls entered home and killed cat in bathroom<br />
<a href="http://www.redwoodtimes.com/letters/ci_23189852/stray-pit-bulls-kill-cat-owne">http://www.redwoodtimes.com/letters/ci_23189852/stray-pit-bulls-kill-cat-owne</a><br />
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2013 PA - A rottweiler attacked woman and her little boy on street and then continued the attack after chasing them into their home.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1mzesNp">http://bit.ly/1mzesNp</a><br />
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2013 NC - Two pit bulls climbed over and dug under a fenced in yard and then fatally mauled the only licensed search and rescue rubble dog in the state, a border collie named Carver who was described as "gentle" inside his kennel. (also listed under <a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2015/10/list-of-pit-bull-attacks-on-police-k9.html">pit bull attacks on K9s</a>.)<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1RDwj0u">http://bit.ly/1RDwj0u</a><br />
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2012 IL - A pit bull pulled American Eskimo Dog out of his own fenced yard through the bottom of the fence, breaking his neck in the process.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1FBlaZj">http://bit.ly/1FBlaZj</a><br />
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2012 TX - Pit bulls invaded through doggie door to attack pet</div>
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2012 CA - A pit bull entered home to attack corgi. Police shot the pit bull.</div>
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2012 MI - A pit bull passed through two yards and crossed a street before jumping the victim’s fence and began attacking her dogs, biting her 1-year-old Golden Retriever in the chest and leg. The victim said she attempted to fight off the dog with a golf club, but it wouldn’t retreat, even following her into her home</div>
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<a href="http://bit.ly/1iozjLa">http://bit.ly/1iozjLa</a><br />
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2012 IL - A pit bull entered a garage to kill a pet dog. When the owner intervened he was seriously injured.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1FBlaZj">http://bit.ly/1FBlaZj</a><br />
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2011 WA - Sue Gormon was granted $2.2 million in la awsuit against the county and the pit bull owners after two pit bulls entered her home at night and attacked her while she was sleeping in her bed and then killed a dog she was caring for.</div>
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2011 MT - Pit bulls entered home and killed 5 cats. Walking in on the scene caused the owner to develop PTSD.</div>
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2011 ON - A pit bull invaded home on Christmas day and killed a poodle in front of boy with Asperger's syndrome.</div>
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<a href="http://bit.ly/1g5jTLK">http://bit.ly/1g5jTLK</a></div>
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2011 LA - A pit bull sets off security alarm pushing its way into home to attack a small terrier mix.</div>
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2011 UK - Pit bulls invade enclosed yard, then invade home, then tear apart a crate to get to the family dog to kill her. All the while a mother and two children, barricaded in a bedroom, hear the screams of their pet.</div>
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2010 CA - Chihuahua dies protecting child from two pit bulls that invaded their home</div>
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2009 NC - Two pit bulls invade home and kill family Labrador<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1j8ezfB">http://bit.ly/1j8ezfB</a><br />
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2009 OK - A pit bull chases cat into home and kills it, then bites woman protecting her 4 month old son<br />
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2009 IN - Neighbor shoots pit bull mix that invaded back yard to attack Irish Setter, then invaded the home to attack again</div>
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2008 NC - A pit bull ran into blind woman's home and killed her dog. Another woman stabbed the pit bull to death.<br />
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2007 IL - Pit bulls invaded a home to kill a pet cat in front of children.<br />
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2007 IL - A pit bull attacked a man and followed him into his home to continue the attack.<br />
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2007 IL - A pit bull invaded home of elderly couple and attacked them</div>
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2006 IN - A pit bull escaped its house, ran into another house, and a brave little pomeranian jumped between the intruder and a 3-month-old infant that was lying on the floor. The hero pomeranian was killed. Animal Control and Education Commission voted unanimously that the pit bull mix was not vicious. Someone should buy the commission a dictionary and some common sense.<br />
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1991 IL - A pit bull invaded a home to attack a Great Dane.<br />
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1912 IL - A pit bull invaded a school and attacked three girls all under the age of 12.<br />
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Illinois Pitbull Attackshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03008431142737111049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231847255912222047.post-23937009694167887792017-08-09T18:10:00.000-07:002018-02-12T08:27:20.932-08:00Animal Science Experts on Pit BullsAnimal Science Experts: Behaviorists, Biologists, Geneticists, Veterinarians, and other science professionals on pit bulls<br />
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Karin Pienaar, Animal Behaviorist, Senior Lecturer, DipCABT (COAPE) OCN, CertCAB, CAPBT Practitioner<br />
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It's important to understand that when a Pit Bull Terrier is engaged in aggression they are not being vicious, more often they are not having fun - because that is what the dog is bred to do. When a dog is able to do what they've been bred to do they have a huge release of dopamine which makes them feel fantastic.<br />
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Caroline Coile, Ph.D., Canine Research and Writing, author of "Pit Bulls for Dummies," 2015 inductee Dog Writers Association of America Hall of Fame<br />
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I am the author of Pit Bulls for Dummies. I will not have another after they, without warning, attacked and almost killed my other dog who they had been best buddies with for their entire lives. One of them choked my saluki unconscious and ran around the house with her like a panther with a dead gazelle while we tried to get her to let go. When they were good, they were delightful; when they were bad, they were deadly.<br />
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DOUGLAS SKINNER, DVM<br />
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I have been in veterinary practice for 43 years and never have seen anything like the infusion of this breed. Having worked with more than 100,000 dogs of all breeds, I defy any apologist to offer up such experience.<br />
Sure, there are sweet pits, but telling one from the bad ones, the Jekyll and Hyde ones that can be incited to violence by some catalyst, is near impossible. While most apologists fancy themselves good trainers, 95 percent of owners are clueless.<br />
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MICHAEL D. BREED, Ph.D., Professor, University of Colorado, Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology<br />
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Certain breeds have been selected for enhanced dominance and aggression. Pit bulls and Rottweilers currently receive the most public attention in this regard, and pit bulls have been banned in many locations because they are perceived as being dangerous. While advocates of these breeds claim that maltreatment is a more likely underlying cause of the kind of aggression leading to biting incidents (some of which involve human fatalities), in fact we know that personality is fairly unresponsive to environment. Aggressive and dominant personalities likely only remain in check because dogs' owners have established themselves in a position of dominance over the animal, and other people are at risk, particularly when the owner is absent.<br />
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EMILY WEISS, DVM, ASPCA professional contributor<br />
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I also think it is very important for us to make clear the breed traits of the dogs when we can identify the breed or breed mix.<br />
We can share both individual dog behavior as identified in the shelter, as well as breed traits – the fact is, if someone wants a dog who points, what would we guide them to – a pointer or a Chihuahua? While we can probably teach that Chi to point, the adopter would be less likely to leave with unrealistic expectations if we sent him home with a pointer. Breed does matter. Physical characteristics lead to increased likelihood of particular behaviors and lines bred specifically for work likely being more pronounced – be it pointing, chasing or even arousal when feeling discomfort.<br />
Ignoring breed can lead us to set dogs up for failure. Recently an individual from a shelter reached out to me for advice after a dog fight. Two, let’s say, JRT-type dogs were introduced for a play group, and while they did well together for the first few minutes, inappropriate behavior of one led to a significant fight that was quite difficult to end. Dogs who tend to grab, hold and not let go in fights with other dogs might not be the best candidates for play groups in shelters with limited resources and limited training. Obviously many JRTs will greatly benefit from play groups, and by noting both the individual behavior and, when possible, the breed, we can assure we apply the right programs for each dog. Now, let’s replace JRT with pit bull terrier in the story above and we may raise a few more eyebrows – but we are not maligning a breed, we are supporting them! <a href="http://bit.ly/1toAQ9G">http://bit.ly/1toAQ9G </a></blockquote>
BENJAMIN HART, professor emeritus at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine and animal behaviorist<br />
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"It's quite common for a pit bull to show no signs of aggression. People will call it a nice dog, a sweet dog, even the neighbors - and then all of a sudden something triggers the dog, and it attacks a human in a characteristic way of biting and hanging on until a lot of damage is done."<br />
Hart said pit bulls are responsible for about 60 percent of dog attack fatalities each year, which is "way out of proportion" compared with other breeds. Pit bulls make up less than 5 percent of the American dog population.<br />
"It's very poor policy to allow any child around a pit bull, in my mind, let alone climb on a dog."<br />
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TARYN BLYTH, Dog Trainer, Animal Behaviorist, <span style="color: #222222; font-family: "open sans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">DipCABT</span><br />
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<li>No one is saying that a lot of Pit Bulls can’t be “successfully” socialised with other dogs. Many socialised from puppyhood are very friendly and outgoing with other dogs. The problem arises if and when fighting behaviour is triggered. Even if the Pit Bull does not start the fight, getting into conflict with another animal will often trigger their “grab, shake and kill” response.</li>
<li>“Normal” dogs engage in “ritualised” forms of aggression when they come into conflict. This involves lots of noise, but no real damage. However, when Pit Bulls fight they engage the shake-bite/kill-bite part of the predatory sequence with often fatal or near fatal results. There is seldom time to intervene to rescue the other dog before serious damage is done.</li>
<li>When Pit Bulls engage in a fight, far from this inducing an aversive state of mind (most dogs are in a defensive, survival mode during fights), opioids and dopamine are released in their brains making them feel really good - this feeling is so pleasurable that they will often seek out this behaviour again. In the same way that a border collie is built to feel really good when herding sheep, Pit Bulls are built to feel really good when fighting.</li>
<li>Due to the opioid release during fights, Pit Bulls do not feel pain and so fight on regardless of injury - trying to stop a fight is incredibly difficult.</li>
<li>When “normal” dogs fight, they usually respond to appeasement behaviour from their “opponent” i.e. as fighting is not designed to kill, but to resolve conflict without serious harm, one dog may “give in” and display behaviour which will cause the other dog to back off. Pit Bulls do not respond to appeasement behaviour during fights as this would have been counterproductive in the fighting pits and has been bred out of them.</li>
<li>In my experience Pit Bulls have a very low reactivity threshold - this means that stimuli at low intensities which would be ignored by other dogs are often triggers for aggressive behaviour in the breed. They also have very high arousal levels - they become physiologically aroused very quickly and to extreme levels.</li>
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One of the huge problems is actually the fact that the breed is extremely friendly and when well-socialised they are usually quite tolerant and very sweet. What people don’t realise is that the danger does not lie in the fearful, defensive under-socialised Pit Bull (as is so often the case with other breeds), it lies in the dog who will be triggered not into defensive behaviour, but into a predatory/fighting behaviour which is enjoyable and carried out in a happy state of mind - therefore a happy, outgoing dog is in this case no guarantee that one will not have a problem. In fact, due to the sociable nature of the dogs and apparent easy-going temperament, Pit Bulls are often put into situations which they are not equipped to handle - this is how so many tragedies occur.<br />
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HUGH WIRTH, veterinarian, RSPCA Victoria president<br />
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Dr Hugh Wirth said the dogs were a menace and were not suitable as pets for anyone.<br />
"They are time bombs waiting for the right circumstances.''<br />
"The American pit bull terrier is lethal because it was a breed that was developed purely for dog fighting, in other words killing the opposition.<br />
"They should never have been allowed into the country. They are an absolute menace."<br />
“The fact of life is that the community doesn't want American pit bull terriers. They've said it loud and clear over and over again - they want them banned.”<br />
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NICHOLAS DODMAN, BVMS, MRCVS, ACVB, ACVA - Animal Behavior Clinic - Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine - Tufts University<br />
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After a spate of attacks by pit bulls this summer, Massachusetts lawmakers passed legislation requiring the dogs to be muzzled in public. Some pit bull owners protested, but a Tufts expert says the law may be a good idea. Breeds like pit bulls and Rottweilers, says animal behavior expert Nick Dodman, are hardwired for aggression.<br />
“Some of these dogs are as dangerous as a loaded handgun,” Dodman– director of the Animal Behavior Clinic at TuftsSchool of Veterinary Medicine – said in an interviewwith The Boston Globe Magazine.<br />
Genetics play a big role.<br />
“No doubt about it, pit bulls are genetically predisposed toward aggression,” he told the magazine. “Justas certain breeds of dogs were bred to herd, certain were bred to hunt, certain to point, and others to swim.”<br />
While most pet owners accept that their dogs have certain genetic behavioral characteristics, there is still resistance to the idea that some dogs are more dangerous than others.<br />
“Everybody accepts [genetic behaviors like herding or hunting] until you throw in the word ‘aggression’ and things like a full, crushing bite, which some breeds were specifically bred for in the past.”<br />
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KATHERINE HOUPT, VMD, PhD, DACVB<br />
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All men may be created equal, but not all dogs. Says Katherine Houpt, director of the Animal Behavior Clinic at Cornell and author of Domestic Animal Behavior: "Different breeds have genetic predispositions to certain kinds of behavior, though that can be influenced by how they are raised. The pit bull is an innately aggressive breed, often owned by someone who wants an aggressive dog, so they're going to encourage it."<div>
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Kathryn Hawkins, DVM<br />
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After seeing another dog die from a pit bull attack, I feel compelled to write. The opinion that pit bulls are "mean because of the way they are raised" is often not the case.<br />
Both of the dogs I took care of that died were attacked unprovoked by pit bulls that were in families that raised them responsibly.<br />
Just as a retriever is bred to hunt birds -- an instinct you can't stop -- many pit bulls have a genetic tendency to attack other animals. When they do, they are extremely powerful and don't quit.<br />
I have never been bitten or growled at by a pit bull -- they are very friendly. But when the instinct to attack another animal occurs, they cause serious damage, or death. They don't bite people any more often than other breeds but when they do, it's bad.<br />
The aggressiveness toward other animals and damage they do is not because of "the way they are raised" -- it is usually due to a genetic instinct not in the control of the owner.<br />
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ARTHUR HERM, veterinarian, animal control<br />
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He said he disagrees with those people who believe they can train aggressiveness out of dogs, and added he believes aggressiveness is “inherent” and “genetic” in all dogs while pit bulls “seem to have more of that.”<br />
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MICHAEL W. FOX, veterinarian, animal behaviorist<br />
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"I spent 20 years studying the behavior of dogs and it's not in their nature. Man, has created a monster, If you wish...These dogs were selectively bred to fight, they have greater propensity to fight than other animals, which is brought out in training."<br />
"They can attack people, and because the attitudes of Pit Bulls it is more likely they will attack people. The worry is the power of the dogs jaw...to bite and not let go. It's quite sufficient to crush right through a child's arm or leg."<br />
SHERYL BLAIR, Tufts Veterinary School symposium - Animal Aggression: Dog Bites and the Pit Bull Terrier<br />
Unfortunately the pit bull, when it attacks, doesn't merely bite man—or, most horribly, child—it clamps its powerful jaws down and literally tears its victim apart. "The injuries these dogs inflict are more serious than other breeds because they go for the deep musculature and don't release; they hold and shake…"<br />
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COLLEEN HODGES, Veterinary Public Health spokeswoman<br />
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Some families think that they can raise a loving pet if they treat a pit bull like any other dog. They may not realize that the dog was bred to fight and that some of these dogs may have fighting in their genes.<br />
They are tough, strong, tenacious. They are much more capable of inflicting serious damage, and some of them do. I would not recommend pits as a family dog.<br />
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GARY WILKES, animal behaviorist<br />
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No other breed in America is currently bred for fighting, in such great numbers as the American Pit Bull Terrier. No other breed has instinctive behaviors that are so consistently catastrophic when they occur, regardless of how rarely they happen. The reality is that every English Pointer has the ability to point a bird. Every Cattle Dog has the ability to bite the heel of a cow and every Beagle has the ability to make an obnoxious bugling noise when it scents a rabbit or sees a cat walking on the back fence. Realistically, if your English Pointer suddenly and unpredictably points at a bird in the park, nobody cares. If my Heeler nips your ankle, I’m going to take care of your injuries and probably be fined for the incident. If your Beagle bugles too much, you’ll get a ticket for a noise violation. If your Pit Bull does what it’s bred to do...well, you fill in the blank.<br />
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ALEXANDRA SEMYONOVA, animal behaviorist<br />
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You will also not prevent the dog from being what he is genetically predisposed to be. Because the inbred postures and behaviors feel good, fitting the body and brain the dog has been bred with, they are internally motivated and internally rewarded. This means that the behavior is practically impossible to extinguish by manipulating external environmental stimuli. The reward is not in the environment, but in the dog itself! As Coppinger and Coppinger (2001, p. 202) put it, “The dog gets such pleasure out of performing its motor pattern that it keeps looking for places to display it.” Some dogs get stuck in their particular inbred motor pattern.<br />
As pointed out above, this kind of aggression has appeared in some other breeds as an unexpected and undesired anomaly – the golden retriever, the Berner Senne hund, the cocker spaniel have all had this problem.The lovers of aggressive breeds try to use these breeding accidents to prove that their aggressive breeds are just like any other dog, “see, they’re no different from the cuddly breeds.” But a cuddly breed sometimes ending up stuck with a genetic disaster does not prove that the behavior is normal canine behavior. All it proves is that the behavior is genetically determined.<br />
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JOHN FAUL, animal behaviorist<br />
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Faul said they were dangerous and a threat to life. He said the pitbull was bred to be absolutely fearless and had a "hair-trigger" attack response.<br />
"The cardinal rule is that these dogs are not pets," he said.<br />
"The only way to keep them is in a working environment."<br />
He said the only relationship one could have with the pitbull was one of "dominance, sub-dominance", in which the dog was reminded daily of its position.<br />
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ANDREW ROWAN, PhD, Center for Animals and Public Policy - Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine - Tufts University<br />
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"A pit bull is trained to inflict the maximum amount of damage in the shortest amount of time. Other dogs bite and hold. A Doberman or a German shepherd won't tear if you stand still. A pit bull is more likely to remove a piece of tissue. Dogs fight as a last resort under most circumstances. But a pit bull will attack without warning. If a dog shows a submissive characteristic, such as rolling over most dogs wills top their attack. A pit bull will disembowel its victim."<br />
"A study by Dr Randall Lockwood of the US Humane Society found that pit bulls are more likely to break restraints to attack someone and that pit bulls are more likely to attack their owners, possibly as a result of owners trying to separate their dogs from victims."<br />
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ALAN BECK, Sc.D<br />
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However, Alan Beck, director of the Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine Center of the Human-Animal Bond, favors letting the breed go into extinction.<br />
“This breed alone is a risk of serious public health factors,” Beck said. “We are keeping them alive against their own best interests.”<br />
Beck said while he does not advocate taking dogs from current and caring owners, he does feel that it has become more of a social and political issue for people than a health one.<br />
“If these dogs were carrying an actual disease, people would advocate euthanizing them,” Beck said. “This breed itself is not natural.”<br />
"It has this sort of mystique that attracts a population of people. Of course, most of these dogs are never going to bite, as champions of the breed will tell you. But most people who smoke don't get cancer, but we know regulations help reduce a significant risk."<br />
"I know you're going to get beat up for this. But they just aren't good dogs to own. That's why so many of them are relinquished to shelters. There are too many other breeds out there to take a chance on these guys."<br />
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Lucy Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16125975766622360954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231847255912222047.post-15033326635790939762017-08-03T22:33:00.000-07:002017-08-03T22:39:53.071-07:00List of Pit Bull Attacks on Police K9 dogs: Extreme Attacks<div>
2017 CA - A loose pit bull attacked a police K9 in Oakhurst park when the officer handler responded to a call. The police officer fired shots at the pit bull which was taken by animal control and the owner was cited for violating leash laws.<br />
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2017 GA - While police arrested a man, another man was ordered to let go of a pit bull and get on the ground. The pit bull attacked a police K9 and police were forced to shoot the pit bull.<br />
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2017 CA - A pit bull attacked an on duty police K9 officer named Hancock while police were searching a property and serving a warrant. The pit bull bit Hancock's leg and clamped onto his neck. An officer shot the pit bull dead. Hancock received emergency veterinary treatment and will recover.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">K9 Hancock after treatment at the veterinarian's office</td></tr>
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2017 CA - While pursuing a fleeing suspect, police and K9 officer Cort entered a yard with a stray pit bull in it. The pit bull attacked Cort and police had to shoot the pit bull to stop the attack. The pit bull died at the scene.</div>
<a href="http://bit.ly/2n9fJjo">http://bit.ly/2n9fJjo</a><br />
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2017 IL - A pit bull attacked a working K9 in Springfield IL. The K9 handler had to shoot the pit bull 5 times and kill it to stop the attack. The pit bull had reportedly escaped a cage and then jumped over a fence to escape.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/2mPwOwk">http://bit.ly/2mPwOwk</a><br />
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2017 CA - Belgian Malinois K9 Jarno was attacked by a stray pit bull while walking with his handler on their way to a fundraiser. The pit bull inflicted numerous bites to Jarno's abdomen, but he is expected to recover after a couple weeks rest off duty.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/2lx8hfc">http://bit.ly/2lx8hfc</a><br />
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2016 OH - When police responded to a fatal shooting a pit bull tried to attack a police K9 officer. Police shot and killed the pit bull.<br />
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2016 OH- The Franklin County Sheriff's office was holding a community relations event right in front of the courthouse when a loose pit bull attacked the police K9 officer, Vando. The K9 handler and other officers shot the pit bull several times, killing it, in front of a horrified public and the owner was arrested. No matter how much propagandizing pit bull pushers do, pit bulls continue to teach us what pit bulls are really all about. When pit bulls show you what they really are, believe them.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/249xYpp">http://bit.ly/249xYpp</a><br />
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2016 MO - K9 Joey died 6 months after he sustained injuries while protecting his handler from a pit bull attack. He was buried with honors. RIP K9 Joey. One news outlet told the news while the other censored itself and refused to acknowledge that the "aggressive dog" was a pit bull.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">RIP K9 Joey</td></tr>
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2016 NY - A loose pit bull attacked Wyatt, an off duty NYPD Transit K9 officer, and his handler. The pit bull charged through a fence and across a road just so it could attack the K9 officer. The handler was able to kick the pit bull away and Wyatt escaped with minor injuries.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/26F0opX">http://bit.ly/26F0opX</a><br />
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2016 MS - K9 Ringo and his Hancock County Sheriff's deputy handler were attacked by a pit bull. The deputy was putting Ringo back into the back seat of the cruiser when a pit bull leapt in and attacked Ringo. The pit bull attacked the deputy when he tried to stop the attack. Ringo attacked the pit bull again and the pit bull went for Ringo's throat. The deputy shot the pit bull which ran off and will survive. Ringo will recover.<br />
<span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://bit.ly/1Kp4GtA">http://bit.ly/1Kp4GtA</a></span></span><br />
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2016 WA - K9 Laslo was working with other law enforcement officers to arrest a man wanted on a felony warrant. Two pit bulls ran out of the felon's house when another resident of the house tried to sneak away to avoid being picked up on a warrant. The two pit bulls attacked Laslo and his handler Officer Thurman. Thurman shot one of the pit bulls which ran off and died. One of the owners got the other pit bull under control. <br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://bit.ly/1JCA0oL">http://bit.ly/1JCA0oL</a></span><br />
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2015 MI - a Flint police K9 officer named Zeke was attacked by a pit bull while searching for a suspect. Troopers shot and killed the pit bull. Zeke is expected to recover.<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://bit.ly/1S9fnDm">http://bit.ly/1S9fnDm</a></span><br />
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2015 WA - A Centralia police dog who was chasing after a suspected car thief was attacked by a pit bull, and during the melee, the pit bull's owner was bit, according to police.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1MkBU7J">http://bit.ly/1MkBU7J</a><br />
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2015 NC - A yellow lab named Gunner, an Avery County sheriff’s Office K9 officer-in-training, was killed by a stray pit bull while training with her handler in her own yard. Gunner succombed to massive head and chest trauma and an injury to her back leg. Her handler was traumatized.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1Sdd8LX">http://bit.ly/1Sdd8LX</a></div>
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2015 FL - A Lee County K9 unit suffered a pit bull attack while deputies were executing a search and the search took them through an unfenced yard of a pit bull. The pit bull was shot.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/20cYDgx">http://bit.ly/20cYDgx</a></div>
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2015 NV - Two loose dogs came upon a police dog that was searching for a suspect. One of the two dogs was a pit bull. Only the pit bull attacked the police dog. Police shot the pit bull and it eventually died. The police K9 was treated for wounds.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1im5kKV">http://bit.ly/1im5kKV</a><br />
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2015 ID - While officers attempted to serve a warrant, the felony suspect bolted from his house and was followed by a pit bull which attacked the K9 officer and its handler. Police shot the pit bull to stop the attack.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1GB766I">http://bit.ly/1GB766I</a><br />
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2015 NC - K9 Mako died of injuries sustained three months earlier when he was attacked by another dog while assisting members of the agency's Vice / Narcotics Division serve a warrant near Shelby, North Carolina.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1XExWiz">http://bit.ly/1XExWiz</a><br />
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2014 IL - A Chicago police dog named Ditto is undergoing surgery after pit bulls attacked him inflicting severe injuries. Ditto was off duty and being walked by his handler at the time. <br />
<a href="http://abc7.ws/1NaJKWL">http://abc7.ws/1NaJKWL</a></div>
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2014 UK - Max, a police dog was savaged by a pit bull terrier and had to be retired from service. His handler is devastated by the horrific attack.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1NaOnAe">http://bit.ly/1NaOnAe</a></div>
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2014 AL - A police dog was severely mauled by a suspect’s two pit bulls. She needed 17 staples in her hip. Police think she will be able to return to work.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1ND6GMx">http://bit.ly/1ND6GMx</a></div>
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2014 WA - Police K9 Laslo was attacked by a pit bull while in pursuit of a burglar. The handler shot and killed the pit bull to get it to stop attacking.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1KHPCAx">http://bit.ly/1KHPCAx</a><br />
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2014 - During a search for a felony suspect, a pit bull leaped out of a window to attack K9 officer Tessa. Tessa was accidentally shot when an officer opened fire on the pit bull to stop the attack. Tessa is expected to make a full recovery.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1ipU5RQ">http://bit.ly/1ipU5RQ</a><br />
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2014 FL - A St. Johns County Sheriff's Deputy and K-9 deputy 'Ryker' were searching for a 13 year-old suspect who ran from a stolen car when Ryker was attacked by a pit bull. The officer shot at the pit bull which ran away. The suspect got away.<br />
<a href="http://fcnews.tv/1M11AY3">http://fcnews.tv/1M11AY3</a><br />
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2014 NV - A brutal attack on a retired Nye County Sheriff’s K-9 by two neighborhood pit bulls has left the service dog in severe pain and in need of multiple surgeries. Hoss, a 12-year-old German Shepherd, was let out of his home to use the restroom on March 23 when his family says two pit bulls jumped the fence to their yard and attacked<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1hkibW8">http://bit.ly/1hkibW8</a><br />
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2013 FL - A Temple Terrace officer shot a pit bull that was attacking a police canine Monday during the arrest of a drug suspect. The police dog is expected to recover. The pit bull was not killed.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1RiaWly">http://bit.ly/1RiaWly</a><br />
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2013 PA - Pit bulls attack officer and K9 during a heroin bust.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1P1pCI6">http://bit.ly/1P1pCI6</a><br />
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2013 NY - While investigating a report of a burglary in progress, a police K9 was attacked by a pit bull in the house. Police had to shoot the pit bull to stop the attack and the pit bull eventually died.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1Ri8Z8Q">http://bit.ly/1Ri8Z8Q</a><br />
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2013 NC - Carver, a search and rescue border collie with the Thomasville Rescue Squad, was fatally mauled when 2 pit bulls invaded his yard and attacked him inside his kennel. The pit bulls had already killed another dog in a similar manner. Carver was the only dog in the state that was licensed to do rubble search and rescue. The squad is devastated by the loss of Carver, described as gentle, to an horrific and avoidable pit bull attack. The ignorant Animal Control worker, apparently unaware that this is abnormal pet dog behavior, stated the pit bulls were "just being dogs." (also listed under pit bull <a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/03/collection-of-home-invasion-pit-bull.html">invasion attacks</a>)<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1kgcEcq">http://bit.ly/1RDwj0u</a><br />
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2013 CA - A pit bull attacked a K9 and had to be shot to stop the attack while police responded to a report of gun shots fired. The pit bull died soon after.<br />
<a href="http://bayareane.ws/1PUwIOV">http://bayareane.ws/1PUwIOV</a><br />
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2012 CA - While arresting a fugitive, a pit bull ran from the fugitive's backyard and attacked K9 handler Melissa Drane and the police K9 named Kasper. The pit bull had latched on to Kasper’s throat when an officer shot at the pit bull twice to stop the attack. The shots missed, but the pit bull let go.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1M5o7X0">http://bit.ly/1M5o7X0</a><br />
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2012 IL - <span style="background-color: #fbfcfc; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 15px;">Vvorra, a 3-year-old Belgian Malinois canine partner-in-training of Chicago Police Officer Kevin Keel, was attacked by an unleashed pit bull, was rushed to emergency care, and is expected to be back on duty.</span><br />
<a href="http://trib.in/1WlIiqp">http://trib.in/1WlIiqp</a><br />
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2012 IA - Video news account of a pit bull attacking a police K9 named Damien while on duty. The pit bull was tazed and ran off with a barb in its back. Damien was no seriously injured.<br />
<span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://bit.ly/1Rwm4yl">http://bit.ly/1Rwm4yl</a></span></span></div>
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2011 VA - K9 Maggie, a bloodhound, was searching for a suicidal man when a pit bull fatally mauled her. In her career, she had responded to 348 calls. Her handler is devastated.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1RCOZ0B">http://bit.ly/1RCOZ0B</a></div>
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2011 IA - Pit bull came out of nowhere after the handler officer and K9 officer had completed a search and were returning to their car. The pit bull was tazered, but got away.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1KHNbOy">http://bit.ly/1KHNbOy</a><br />
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2010 BC - Pit bull attacked an RCMP police dog in training and was shot and killed to stop the attack. Owner whines that her out of control, vicious pit bull should not have been shot.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1OcXFx3">http://bit.ly/1OcXFx3</a></div>
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2008 NC - Police K9 labrador drug detection dog attacked by suspect’s pit bull. Jet, the K9 is OK, the police handler shot the pit bull and it eventually died after running away.</div>
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2004 FL - Manatee Deputies shot and killed a pit bull that attacked K9 Gunner, a Belgian Malinois, while police were searching for a burglary suspect. Gunner suffered a puncture wound to the head</div>
<a href="http://bit.ly/2pnqnAW">http://bit.ly/2pnqnAW</a></div>
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2002 IN - K9 officer Fax died after undergoing emergency surgery and treatment for wounds received while the canine was defending two Lake County Officer’s who were attacked by a vicious Pit-Bull while responding to a call.</div>
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1998 IL - Pit bull at drug house attacked a drug detection K9.</div>
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All extreme attack posts:</div>
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<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2015/01/extreme-attacks-list-of-pit-bulls-that.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">List of Pit Bulls that have Attacked Cars and other improbable objects</a></div>
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<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/09/list-of-pit-bull-attacks-inside.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">List of pit bull attacks inside Petsmart and PetCo</a></div>
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<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/05/list-of-pit-bulls-recently-adopted-from.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">List of Pit Bulls Up for Adoption or Recently Adopted From Shelters That Seriously Attack</a></div>
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<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/05/list-of-pit-bulls-leap-from-upper-story.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">List of Pit Bulls Leaping from Upper Story to Attack</a></div>
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<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/03/collection-of-home-invasion-pit-bull.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">List of Invasion pit bull attacks</a></div>
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<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/09/list-of-pit-bulls-that-had-to-be.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">List of pit bulls that had to be stabbed to stop an attack</a></div>
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<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/05/list-of-pit-bull-attacks-that-result-in.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">List of Pit Bull Attacks that Result in Dismemberment or Amputation of a limb</a></div>
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<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/04/pit-bull-attacks-with-no-warning-or.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">List of Pit Bull Attacks With No Warning or Provocation</a></div>
<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2015/10/list-of-pit-bull-attacks-on-police-k9.html">List of Pit Bull Attacks on Police K9 dogs: Extreme Attack</a></div>
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<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2015/08/extreme-attacks-family-pit-bulls-that.html">Extreme Attacks: Family Pit Bulls That Launch a Maiming or Fatal Attack</a></div>
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Lucy Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16125975766622360954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231847255912222047.post-42564828876764076632016-10-06T08:16:00.000-07:002016-10-06T08:16:23.814-07:00Extreme Attacks: Family Pit Bulls That Launch a Maiming or Fatal Attack<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">
Pit bull advocates try very hard to like to say that breed is not the issue in safety concerns about fatal and maiming dog attacks even though pit bulls kill more than all other kinds of dogs combined. Advocates point to several other issues they blame for dog attacks: unsupervised dogs; unloved dogs; untrained dogs, unsocialized dogs - but, given that dogs of all breeds and types are mistreated, none of that changes the fact that pit bulls, at 6% of the total dog population, kill more people every year than the other 94% of dogs combined. <br />
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And the big lie is that when other breeds of dogs end up killing you will almost always find that the dog was not a family pet, not trained or socialized. Most often, pit bulls that kill were not well take care of either. But unlike other kinds of dogs, pit bulls that are well loved, trained, and cared for family pets that never showed aggression before in their lives also kill. This is virtually never the case for other types of dogs.<br />
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This is a list of well-loved and cared for family pets that killed or seriously maimed:<br />
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2016 FL - This woman's "throwback thursday" is a memory of her pit bull of 7 years that was a really "super dog." One day he almost killed her and would have killed her without intervention. <br />
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<span class="s1">2015 SC - A pit bull mauled its owner's sister's arm so badly that it had to be amputated. All the victim did was call Bull's name. Witnesses said that the arm was completely snapped and hanging only by the "meat." The pit bull tore off the woman's knee cap as well. The owner was upset that the pit bull was shot as she and the pit bull were inseparable. Her daughter emphasized that he was a good dog. This attack also appears on the list of <a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/05/list-of-pit-bull-attacks-that-result-in.html">dismemberment attacks</a>.</span></div>
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2015 KS - Shelly LeRoy was attacked by her pit bull after she said “no” to it. She had loved and raised the dog since it was a puppy and it was 8 years old when it attacked. Shelly called her dog “my boy” and it often slept with her. It had never shown aggression before.</div>
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2015 TX - Brayden Wilson 2 mos - An 8 year old pit bull that had been with the family since it was a puppy and had been raised with two older children as a part of the family and had never shown aggression, killed a 2 month old baby with no provocation. Brayden’s mother said the pit bull played with children every day.</div>
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<a href="http://blog.dogsbite.org/2015/04/2015-dog-bite-fatality-family-pit-bull.html">http://blog.dogsbite.org/2015/04/2015-dog-bite-fatality-family-pit-bull.html</a></div>
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2014 IL - Kara Hartrich 4 yrs - (133 miles SW of Oak Park), 4 year old Kara Hartrich was killed on her 4th birthday by the family pit bulls that she picked out herself as tiny puppies and played with and snuggled. When her grandmother picked her up to save her, they pulled Kara out of her arms to kill her. For no reason. They acted normal immediately before and after they killed Kara.</div>
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2013 GA - Beau Rutledge 2 yrs - Beau Rutledge was brutally attacked and killed, silently in minutes, by the pet pit bull, Kissy Face. The family had owned Kissy Face for 8 years and raised Beau’s older sister with Kissy Face. Kissy Face had loved Beau, and then in an instant killed him. His mother said that Kissy Face looked confused after the attack and Animal Control observed her and tested her temperament for 10 days after the attack and she showed no aggression whatsoever.</div>
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2013 WI - Daxton Borchardt 14 mos - 85 miles NW of Oak Park) Daxton Borchardt was killed by his baby sitters’ pit bulls in a completely unprovoked attack. These pit bulls were raised as pets, were well cared for, and showed zero aggression before they pulled Daxton out of his babysitter’s arms in a vicious and tenacious 15 minute fatal attack</div>
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2011 CA - Darla Napora, a supporter of BAD RAP pit bull advocacy group, was killed by her beloved pit bull Gunner. That night, Gunner has slept in Darla's bed as he always did. Neighbors reported that the Gunner was trained, extremely well cared for and loved. Darla was 8 months pregnant when she was killed and her unborn child died, too. The ashes of the killer dog were buried with Darla. Her husband Greg said pit bulls "are the most loving animals I have ever had in my life" after his pit bull killed his wife.<br />
<a href="http://blog.dogsbite.org/2011/08/2011-fatality-pregnant-pacifica-woman.html">http://blog.dogsbite.org/2011/08/2011-fatality-pregnant-pacifica-woman.html</a><br />
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<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2015/01/extreme-attacks-list-of-pit-bulls-that.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">List of Pit Bulls that have Attacked Cars and other improbable objects</a></div>
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<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/09/list-of-pit-bull-attacks-inside.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">List of pit bull attacks inside Petsmart and PetCo</a></div>
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<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/05/list-of-pit-bulls-leap-from-upper-story.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">List of Pit Bulls Leaping from Upper Story to Attack</a></div>
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<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/03/collection-of-home-invasion-pit-bull.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">List of Invasion pit bull attacks</a></div>
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<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/09/list-of-pit-bulls-that-had-to-be.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">List of pit bulls that had to be stabbed to stop an attack</a></div>
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<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/05/list-of-pit-bull-attacks-that-result-in.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">List of Pit Bull Attacks that Result in Dismemberment or Amputation of a limb</a></div>
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<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/04/pit-bull-attacks-with-no-warning-or.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">List of Pit Bull Attacks With No Warning or Provocation</a></div>
<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2015/10/list-of-pit-bull-attacks-on-police-k9.html">List of Pit Bull Attacks on Police K9 dogs: Extreme Attack</a></div>
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<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2015/08/extreme-attacks-family-pit-bulls-that.html">Extreme Attacks: Family Pit Bulls That Launch a Maiming or Fatal Attack</a></div>
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Pit bull ownership advocates like to say that pit bulls are just like any other dog. The following extreme attacks in which a pit bull leaps from an upper story to launch an unprovoked attack with no warning shows that pit bulls are different and different in a deadly way.<div><br /></div><div>2018 PA - Two pit bulls jumped for a second story window to kill a bichon frise named Champ who was being walked by his owner on a leash. The owner fought valiantly with another man to save Champ, but they could not and the owner had to go to the hospital for his wounds. Animal control returned one of the killer pits to the owner immediately.<br /><a href="https://7ny.tv/3aUorZT">https://7ny.tv/3aUorZT</a><br /><a href="https://bit.ly/2YAs16u">https://bit.ly/2YAs16u</a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xYndjjpt9vk/X0WbAKLtR-I/AAAAAAAAAdc/k3FaU4q46SUuDwDZiR9V_ueVziSqRlOjQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-08-25%2Bat%2B6.11.31%2BPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="147" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xYndjjpt9vk/X0WbAKLtR-I/AAAAAAAAAdc/k3FaU4q46SUuDwDZiR9V_ueVziSqRlOjQCLcBGAsYHQ/w262-h147/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-08-25%2Bat%2B6.11.31%2BPM.png" width="262" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br />
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2016 CO - The elderly woman received stitches to her hand and her little dog's shoulder was broken with several bite wounds. This seems to have happened in Aurora Co where there is a pit bull ban.<br />
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2016 SD - A pit bull leapt through a screen out of a second-story window for the sole purpose of attacking two women and their dogs walking on the street below. One woman was bitten on the hand when she saved her dog from the pit bull. The dog's leg was broken. This is not normal pet dog behavior. Animal control decided that the owner shouldn't be cited for failing to contain her pit bull because "it let itself out."<br />
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2014 CO - An illegal pit bull in Aurora lept from a second story balcony to attack and kill a shih tzu. Witnesses heard the small dog screaming and saw the pit bull running around shaking it it, but they could not get it to release. The owner came out and ran away with the pit bull, which he says is not his, and will not tell police where the pit bull is or who the owner is.<br />
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2013 MS - Pit bull leaps off second story balcony to attack its owner who was having a seizure<br />
<a href="http://www.wlox.com/story/22915506/first-responders-find-pit-bull-attacking-owner-in-waveland">http://www.wlox.com/story/22915506/first-responders-find-pit-bull-attacking-owner-in-waveland</a><br />
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2012 WI - Pit bull leapt from a second story balcony and attacked a man and his dog<br />
<a href="http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/159342845.html">http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/159342845.html</a><br />
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2012 VA - Pit bull jumps from 2nd story window and attacks lab<br />
<a href="http://www.nbc12.com/story/18575779/pit-bull-jumps-from-2nd-story-window-and-attacks-lab">http://www.nbc12.com/story/18575779/pit-bull-jumps-from-2nd-story-window-and-attacks-lab</a><br />
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2011 CA - Pit bull leaps out of second story window to attack and kill small dog<br />
<a href="http://www.mantecabulletin.com/archives/21703/">http://www.mantecabulletin.com/archives/21703/</a><br />
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2008 WA - Pit bull leaps off second-story balcony to severely maul a woman<br />
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1996 CA - Rapper Snoop Dogg's pit bull, Killer, killed itself leaping off an apartment balcony<br />
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<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2015/01/extreme-attacks-list-of-pit-bulls-that.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">List of Pit Bulls that have Attacked Cars and other improbable objects</a><br />
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<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/09/list-of-pit-bull-attacks-inside.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">List of pit bull attacks inside Petsmart and PetCo</a></div>
<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2016/10/extreme-attacks-list-of-pit-bulls-up.html">List of Pit Bulls Up for Adoption or Recently Adopted From Shelters That Seriously Attack</a><br />
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<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/05/list-of-pit-bulls-leap-from-upper-story.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">List of Pit Bulls Leaping from Upper Story to Attack</a></div>
<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/03/collection-of-home-invasion-pit-bull.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">List of Invasion pit bull attacks</a><br />
<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/09/list-of-pit-bulls-that-had-to-be.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">List of pit bulls that had to be stabbed to stop an attack</a><br />
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<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/05/list-of-pit-bull-attacks-that-result-in.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">List of Pit Bull Attacks that Result in Dismemberment or Amputation of a limb</a><br />
<a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/04/pit-bull-attacks-with-no-warning-or.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">List of Pit Bull Attacks With No Warning or Provocation</a></div>
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</div>Lucy Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16125975766622360954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231847255912222047.post-74746608859916666802016-09-09T07:50:00.000-07:002016-09-09T07:50:06.278-07:00Medical Professional Experts on Treating Victims of Pit BullsSurgeons, doctors, and medical professionals expert in treating victims of pit bull attacks.<br />
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MICHAEL GOLINKO, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, <i>Characteristics of 1616 Consecutive Dog Bite Injuries at a Single Institution</i>, 2016<br />
Our data confirm what detractors of the breed and child advocates suggest—that, with rare exceptions, children and pit bulls do not mix well. Of the 8 studies listed in Table 5, 6 report pit bulls as the most prevalent breed, and in many cases, they inflicted the most severe injuries.17 A large study at Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania showed that over a 12-year period, 25% of injuries were caused by a pit bull, and two-thirds of those required an operation.33 Our data were consistent with others, in that an operative intervention was more than 3 times as likely to be associated with a pit bull injury than with any other breed. Half of the operations performed on children in this study as well as the only mortality resulted from a pit bull injury. Our data revealed that pit bull breeds were more than 2.5 times as likely as other breeds to bite in multiple anatomical locations. Although other breeds may bite with the same or higher frequency, the injury that a pit bull inflicts per bite is often more severe. Consistent with these findings is that of Bini et al,17<br />
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<span class="s1">"It wasn't until the pit bulls (became popular) that I started seeing the really vicious attacks," the Bettendorf plastic surgeon said Monday. "The worst pit bull mauling I ever saw was an incident in which a dog bit off the entire cheek of a 5-year-old boy."</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Of the severe bites he has treated, Van Raalte estimates, more than half have been the result of a pit bull attack. The high number of serious injuries, along with the appalling and increasingly popular "sport" of dog fighting have convinced him the time has come for an all-out ban on pit bull breeding.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">"I'm just saying it's time to stop breeding them," he said. "Yes, there are lots of lovable pit bulls. I'm not advocating putting down pit bulls.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">"They're primarily bred for fighting. In 2016, we need to say we're done breeding pit bulls. It's primary purpose is to be a weapon. It's doing what it's supposed to do."</span><br />
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WILLIAM VINYARD, MD, FACS, Palm Beach, FL<br />
Fact...As a plastic surgeon who has repaired numerous children attacked by dogs, over 90% were by pittbulls. Every plastic surgeon that I know has the same experience. This doesn't mean they are horrible animals. It just means they are less predictable and more dangerous for children. There is absolutely no denying this fact.<br />
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SETH BARUFFI, MD, South Jersey Healthcare - As an ER doc who doesn't predict what dogs would *never* bite, and, instead, just treats who walks in the door, I can say that pit bulls account for the overwhelming majority of serious bites. Little happy dogs probably bite more often, but they are minor and require little to no treatment (most probably just stay home). What pit bulls can do is awful. The argument of nature vs. nurture is a fun academic discussion, but it is zero help to the little girl with a disfigured face or the parents of a dead kid. There is no reason to own an animal that can kill you if you are not the dog whisperer. There is not (sic) reason to own an animal that can kill you at all. The ban is a wonderful idea. It hurts no one and it saves kids lives.<br />
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DAVID A. BILLMIRE, MD, professor and director of the Division of Craniofacial and Pediatric Plastic Surgery at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center<br />
"As one who, for the last 30 years, has been on the receiving end of the dog-bite injuries that pass through the Children's Hospital Emergency Room, as well as on the staff at the Shriners Hospitals for Children where we see the late effects of these injuries from across the nation, I can categorically tell you that the problems associated with dog bites are indeed breed-specific."<br />
"Starting about 25 years ago, my colleagues and I started to see disturbingly different types of injuries. Instead of a warning bite, we saw wounds where the flesh was torn from the victim. There were multiple bite wounds covering many different anatomical sites. The attacks were generally unprovoked, persistent and often involved more than one dog. In every instance the dog involved was a pit bull or a pit bull mix."<br />
"...[H]ow many mauled children do we have to see before we realize the folly of allowing these dogs to exist?"<br />
"There are plenty of breeds available that peacefully coexist with human society. There is no need for pit bulls."<br />
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"As a trauma surgeon, I can attest to the fact that a large majority of the dog attack victims I see are caused by pit bulls. This is at least partly because they create a lot more damage than a typical dog attack. Between the disproportionate number of attacks and the disproportionate severity of the injuries, I'd say the "prejudice" is well-founded.</div>
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While most pit bulls may be delightful, the above facts don't change. The lady who's face was eaten by her chimpanzee might also have argued that chimps in loving homes are generally loving animals - except that once in a while they eat your face. Once in a while a pit bull attacks - and when it does, the damage it inflicts is considerable." </div>
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MARK WULKAN, MD, Surgeon at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta<br />
"There is a difference with the pit bulls. In the last two years we've seen 56 dog injuries that were so severe the patient had to be admitted to the hospital so this doesn't count just a little bite and then goes to the emergency room. Of those 56, 21 were pit bulls. And then when we look at our data even further, of the kids that were most severely injured, those that were in the hospital for more than 8 days or had life threatening injuries, 100% of those were pit bulls."<br />
Pit bulls and Rottweilers that attacked children often belonged to the family or the neighbors, a pediatric surgeon in Atlanta said.<br />
"People get this false sense of security" because they know the dog and think it won't hurt anyone.<br />
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STEPHEN COHN, MD, Professor Of Surgery At The University Of Texas Health Science Center<br />
“I think this is a public health hazard, this particular dog. We just have to have them contained in a way that protects the general public. I don't want to see another kid come in dead.”<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/GO6ufP">http://bit.ly/GO6ufP</a><br />
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JOHN BINI, MD, Chief Of Surgery At Wilford Hall Medical Center<br />
“There are going to be outspoken opponents of breed legislation, who say: ‘My pit bulls lie with my baby and play with my rabbit.' And that's fine. I just think we're seeing something here, and I think it does warrant a discussion as to whether this is a risk that a community wants to take.”<br />
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MORTALITY, MAULING, AND MAIMING BY VICIOUS DOGS, April 2011 Annals of Surgery<br />
“Fortunately, fatal dog attacks are rare, but there seems to be a distinct relationship between the severity and lethality of an attack and the breed responsible,” they wrote in an article published in the April issue of the medical journal Annals of Surgery. “These breeds should be regulated in the same way in which other dangerous species, such as leopards, are regulated.”<br />
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DAVID E. BLOCKER, BS, MD, Dog Bite Rates and Biting Dog Breeds in Texas, 1995-1997<br />
Bite Rates by Breed page 23<br />
One out of every 40 Pit Bulls (2.5%) and about one out of 75 Chow Chows (1.4%) generated a reported human bite each year (Table 29; Figure 7). One out of 100 Rottweilers (1%) caused a reported bite, and less than one out of 250 German Shepherds (0.37%) bit a human each year, not statistically different from the average for all dogs combined (0.53%). Huskies, Dobermans, and Australian Shepherds had bite rates slightly lower than German Shepherds but higher than Labrador Retrievers. Less than one in every 500 Labrador retrievers (0.15%) was associated with a reported bite each year. All other breeds examined individually, including Poodles, Cocker Spaniels, and Dachshunds, had bite rates lower than Labrador Retrievers.<br />
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Odds ratios for each of the five most commonly biting dog breeds versus all others presented similar findings (Table 30). The odds of a Pit Bull in Bexar County causing a bite were 5 times greater than the odds for all other breeds combined, at 4.9 to 1. Chow Chows and Rottweilers also had odds ratios significantly greater than the average, at 2.9 to 1 and 1.8 to 1, respectively. The odds ratios for German Shepherds and Labrador Retrievers were significantly lower than the average, at 0.67 to 1 and 0.26 to 1.<br />
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PETER ANTEVY, Pediatric E.R. Physician, Joe Dimaggio Children's Hospital<br />
Dr Antvey sees at least five dog-bite victims a month in his emergency room. Unfortunately, he said, "the biggest offender is the pit bull."<br />
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MELISSA ARCA, MD<br />
The reality is that any dog can bite, and statistically speaking, a child is most likely to be bitten by the family dog or a dog that they know. When you're talking about bite severity resulting in life-threatening and even fatal injuries, pit bulls and Rottweilers are the main culprits<br />
Experience absolutely colors our perception, and in this case I can't help but be affected by what I've seen. I will never forget a young child I treated in the ER during my pediatric residency. She suffered severe facial lacerations and tears to her face after a pit bull attack in her local park.<br />
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BB HORSWELL, CJ CHAHINE, oral surgeons, authors of "Dog bites of the face, head and neck in children<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , "clean" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;">"</span></span><br />
Dog bites of the facial region are increasing in children according to the Center for Disease Control. To evaluate the epidemiology of such injuries in our medical provider region, we undertook a retrospective review of those children treated for facial, head and neck dog bite wounds at a level 1 trauma center. Most dog bites occurred in or near the home by an animal known to the child/family. Most injuries were soft tissue related, however more severe bites and injuries were observed in attacks from the pit-bull and Rottweiler breeds. Younger (under five years) children sustained more of the injuries requiring medical treatment. Injury Severity Scales were determined as well as victim and payer mix demographics, type and characteristics of injury, and complications from the attack.<br />
<a href="http://1.usa.gov/1fxVan5">http://1.usa.gov/1fxVan5</a><br />
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DR. RICHARD SATTIN, Chief Of Unintentional-Injuries Section Of The Centers Of Disease Control<br />
We're trying to focus public attention on this greatly underestimated public hazard.<br />
In 1979, pit bulls accounted for 20 percent of fatal attacks by dogs. That figure had risen to 62 percent by 1988.<br />
Nobody knows the dog population of the United States or the exact breakdown by breed. We do not believe that pit bulls represent anywhere near 42% percent of dogs in the United States. Therefore, we believe that the pit bull excess in deaths is real and growing.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/17H4c87">http://bit.ly/17H4c87</a><br />
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ROBERT D. NEWMAN, M.D.<br />
As a pediatrician I was disturbed to read Vicki Hearne's assertion that there are no bad breeds, just bad dogs (Op-Ed, April 15). There is ample evidence to suggest that certain breeds of dogs are more dangerous to children than others.<br />
From 1979 to 1994, there were 177 known dog-bite-related fatalities in the United States. Of these fatalities, 66 percent were caused by five breeds: pit bull, Rottweiler, shepherd, husky and malamute. If you include crosses among these five breeds, that number rises to 82 percent. Other breeds, like Labrador retrievers and golden retrievers were not implicated in a single fatality during this same period.<br />
I laud the American Kennel Club's attempt to include information about dog breeds considered ''not good with children'' in the coming edition of ''The Complete Dog Book,'' and lament the fact that the book is being recalled at the request of some breeders.<br />
Seattle, April 16, 1998<br />
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Dr. EDGAR JOGANIK (after trying to reattach scalp and ear to a pit bull victim)<br />
Pit bull attacks are typically the most severe, and in about one-third of all attacks, the animals are family pets or belong to close friends.<br />
That should be the message, that these dogs should not be around children, adults are just as likely to be victims.<br />
Everyone should be extremely cautious.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/16KJTLe">http://bit.ly/16KJTLe</a><br />
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DR. MICHAEL FEALY<br />
When a Pit Bull is involved the bites are worse. When they bite, they bite and lock and they don't let go... they bite lock and they rip and they don't let go.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1iOGMu7">http://bit.ly/1iOGMu7</a><br />
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DR. CHRISTOPHER DEMAS<br />
Bites from pit bulls inflict much more damage, multiple deep bites and ripping of flesh and are unlike any other domestic animal I've encountered. Their bites are devastating - close to what a wildcat or shark would do.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1cq68am">http://bit.ly/1cq68am</a><br />
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DR. AMY WANDEL, plastic surgeon<br />
I see just as many dog bites from dogs that are not pit bulls as bites from pit bulls. The big difference is pit bulls are known to grab onto something and keep holding so their damage they create is worse than other breeds.<br />
<a href="http://on.news10.net/wjjZ0A">http://on.news10.net/wjjZ0A</a><br />
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ANDREW FENTON, M.D.<br />
As a practicing emergency physician, I have witnessed countless dog bites. Invariably, the most vicious and brutal attacks I have seen have been from the pit bull breed. Many of the victims have been children. In a recent study from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, pit bull attacks accounted for more ER visits than all other breeds combined.<br />
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In young children, the most common part of the body injured was the face. Numerous studies have proven that the number-one cause of dog bite fatalities is the pit bull breed. I am certain that many attacks are due to owner negligence, but the fact remains that many were unpredictable and were perpetrated by formerly "loving and loyal" pets.<br />
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Dr. Chagnon has every right to leave our town as she claims she will if pit bulls are banned, just like every one of her patients has the right not to attend her clinic where she brings her pit bulls. I applaud Mayor Pro Tem Joanne Sanders for bringing this issue to the forefront. In the interest of public safety, I recommend we enforce a spay/neuter requirement on pit bulls while reviewing and revamping all of our policies relating to animal bites.<br />
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DR. PATRICK BYRNE, Johns Hopkins Hospital<br />
I can't think of a single injury of this nature that was incurred by any other species other than a pit bull or a rottweiler.<br />
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JUGPAL S. ARNEJA, MD, FRCSC, KARA PAPPAS, B.S., WILLIAM HUETTNER, M.D., ARLENE A. ROZZELLE, M.D., GURBALBIR SINGH, M.D., FRCSC<br />
A ten-year, two-institution review of pediatric dog attacks: Advocating for a nationwide prohibition of dangerous dogs<br />
PURPOSE:<br />
Affectionately referred to as ‘man’s best friend’, dog attacks in the pediatric population often test this analogy. Pediatric dog attacks are a significant public health issue that negatively affects the psychological well-being of a child. We performed analysis of our cumulative two-institution pediatric dog attack data, present representative cases and offer evidence to support a nationwide prohibition of dangerous dogs.<br />
METHODS:<br />
A retrospective review was performed at two urban Children’s hospitals from 1996-2005 of all dog attacks presenting to the plastic surgery service. Charts were reviewed with analysis of patient demographics, injury site, operative intervention, and dog-specific data.<br />
RESULTS:<br />
109 patients were included for review, with 83% of attacks occurring in the facial region. Mean age was 3.9 years (range 2-18 years). 67% of attacks involved multiple anatomic sites, 95% required surgical intervention with 30% requiring a skin graft or flap reconstruction. 88% of dogs were known to the victim, 46% of attacks were provoked, 73% of dogs were euthanized and 57% of dogs were deemed to be of a dangerous breed (Pit Bill or Rottweiler). Mean hospital duration was 4.7 days and 27% required additional reconstructive plastic surgery. Figures below illustrate a representative case of a 4-year old female attacked by her aunt's dog, resulting in a complete nasal amputation, preoperatively (upper), at time of forehead flap reconstruction (middle), and five years post-operatively (lower), with an acceptable functional and aesthetic reconstruction.<br />
CONCLUSION:<br />
Dog attacks in the pediatric population produce significant costs including physical morbidity, psychological disability, and financial strains. A majority of attacks were by a known dog, in the facial region, by dogs which we define as of a dangerous breed. Much of the injury patterns are unique to children and these injuries and associated costs can be significantly diminished, as the problem is often preventable. Our cases present the ‘tip of the iceberg’ as our cases only represented consultations directed to Plastic Surgery. The Province of Ontario, Canada has banned Pit Bulls since 2004, as have several American cities. We describe the scope of the problem, preventative guidelines, and outline why organizational advocacy in plastic surgery should be directed towards a national prohibition of dangerous dogs.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/GQciW7">http://bit.ly/GQciW7</a><br />
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M. A. DEWAN, EDWARD J. WLADIS, Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery, Lions Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Albany Medical College, Slingerlands, NY<br />
Periorbital trauma from pit bull terrier attacks.<br />
PURPOSE<br />
To report the nature of periorbital trauma after pit bull attacks. While these attacks have been well-characterized in the popular media, no case series has documented the ophthalmic manifestations of this trauma.<br />
METHODS<br />
We retrospectively reviewed all cases of pit bull terrier attacks that presented to the oculoplastic and orbital surgery service at Albany Medical Center between 2008 and 2011. The age, gender, extent of the injuries, care provided, follow up interval, and complication rate were evaluated for each patient.<br />
RESULTS<br />
Seven patients were identified, with a mean age of 17.2 years. Six of the seven patients were in the pediatric age group. All patients suffered eyelid lacerations, and only one patient had additional injuries. Four patients (57.2%) suffered a canalicular laceration. Despite the lack of post-operative oral antibiotic use, no patient developed a wound infection.<br />
CONCLUSIONS<br />
In the ophthalmic setting, pit bull terrier attacks most frequently involve children and result in eyelid lacerations. Canalicular injuries are common after these attacks.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;">Adapted with thanks from <a href="http://cravendesires.blogspot.com/2011/04/experts.html">Craven Desires</a> and <a href="http://thetruthaboutpitbulls.blogspot.com/2012/10/no-one-can-be-great-thinker-who-does.html">The Truth About Pit Bulls</a></span></div>
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Lucy Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16125975766622360954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231847255912222047.post-84555927911665930002016-08-28T21:24:00.000-07:002016-08-28T21:24:39.084-07:00Historical BSL: Laws Regulating Pit Bulls (BSL) as Uniquely Dangerous from the 18th C to the early 20th CThis is a list of links to articles from the 18th century to the early 20th century that either call for regulating pit bulldogs as especially and uniquely dangerous or that describe early Breed Specific Legislation (BSL) that was enacted.<br />
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Pit bull apologists have argued for years that pit bulls were once generally accepted as family pets, and that it was not until the 1980s that they were unfairly given a bad rap. The following links and articles provide evidence that pit bulldogs behaved the same in the 19th and early 20th centuries as they do now. Inevitably, when people try to keep pit bulls as pets, they attack people, livestock and pets. People become outraged and often BSL is enacted to keep people and animals safe from them.<br />
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The link to the Fatal Pit Bull Attacks blog lists early Breed Specific Legislation in: Asheville NC, Charlotte NC, Tampa FL, North Platte NE, Statesville NC, Chicago IL, Maysville KY, Gainesville FL, Richmond VA, Syracuse University NY, Sacramento CA, Ogden UT<br />
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All posts tagged "Historic Breed-Specific Ordinance" on the Fatal Pit Bull Attacks Blog. <br />
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Apr 06, 1909 Hopkinsville KY passed law requiring bulldogs to be muzzled at all times<br />
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Jan 05, 1909 Walkerville MT Has new Bulldog Muzzle Law<br />
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Jan 25, 1906 Pit bulls banned from University of Illinois in Champaign, IL<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1aPq4Ei">http://bit.ly/1aPq4Ei</a><br />
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Early 20th century Breed Specific Legislation in Utah<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1hJ0Rw4">http://bit.ly/1hJ0Rw4</a><br />
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1892 Bulldogs Unsafe Pets - The closing sentences suggest there may be bulldog regulation in Lebanon, PA at the time.<br />
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1772 Colonial Williamsburg VA: Historical BSL for Bulldogs and Mastiffs - Bulldogs and mastiffs must be chained inside an enclosure to prevent attacks by vicious dogs.<br />
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Lucy Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16125975766622360954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231847255912222047.post-29038895908079886862016-05-06T08:30:00.000-07:002017-08-10T16:28:56.294-07:00Animal Care Experts on Pit BullsDog trainers, animal control officers, Humane Society professionals, SPCA professionals, dog breeders, dog show judges, pit bull breeders, and owners on pit bulls<br />
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GARY WULFF, canine behaviorist and dog trainer, Queenstown, NZ<br />
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[I]t's simple the nature of some breeds to be more aggressive. ... [I]f you're going to have children, just be aware of what you've got, because a bull terrier will snap and go from naught to 10 in about two seconds.<br />
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NANCY DEMORY HARRISON, retired clinical psychologist, active AKC approved judge of St. Bernards, bull terriers, and miniature bull terriers<br />
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What makes a pit bull a pit bull? This dog and generations of its relatives were selected for breeding to enhance the tendency to fight. The goal was to have a dog that would bite and hold, and have a need to dominate so strong that it would fight to the death rather than give in. There are unintended consequences of this selective breeding. When selected for breeding because it is stubborn, dominant and has a strong prey drive, the tendency to bite and hold (think of the beagles and greyhounds, which also are bred for specific behaviors, if you doubt such selection is possible) then this dog cannot be expected to discriminate among dogs, small animals and children.Pit bulls are the only domestic dogs that still are being selected for breeding based on their ability to attack and kill. Yes, there are pit bull mixes that are gentle, and training seems to help. But it is impossible to know which dog has a high dose of fighting genes and which does not. How do you know that your shelter rescue pit bull mix puppy was not the smallest in a litter sired by a very aggressive and dominant fighting dog? Smallest in the litter, so not a competitor, but ended up in a shelter. Yet this puppy may carry the fighting personality. And the cues that draw the attack behavior are not quantifiable or predictable, as evidenced by reports of dogs’ unprovoked attacks on children or other dogs after months of peaceful coexistence.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1QTZzOh">http://bit.ly/1QTZzOh</a></blockquote>
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MARTIN PENKALA, veterinary clinic and emergency animal hospital staff<br />
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After having worked in two veterinary clinics and an emergency animal hospital, and seeing the statistics on pit bull attacks on both animals and humans, and after having now had two close friends’ dogs viciously ravaged by pit bulls, I feel compelled to address this issue very frankly.<br />
I have heard both sides of the argument dozens of times, and when I put all the facts, opinions, stats and justifications together into a final perspective, this is what I conclude: Many pit bull supporters don’t seem to realize they are populating this country’s towns and cities with a lethal attack dog that needs to be rigorously controlled.<br />
All the characteristics that make this breed notorious were selected centuries ago. They were used in the sports of bull and bear baiting. They were bred to attack without provocation or warning (hence their “unpredictability”); clamp on to a vulnerable area of the victim’s body with a hold-and-shake grip to inflict major physical damage; and sustain tremendous pain in order to continue damaging the victim. They were not intended to be household pets. They do these things for the same reason pointers “point” – it’s bred into them. It has nothing to do with “irresponsible ownership.”<br />
It’s long past time to bring some common sense (and compassion for victims) back to this debate.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1HgSpWT"> http://bit.ly/1HgSpWT </a></blockquote>
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TRISH KING, Director, Behavior & Training Dept. Marin Humane Society<br />
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There is no direct eye contact or very little direct eye contact. It is very quick and over with. Which is one reason why with pit bulls and rottweilers, we have problems. Because they're bred to do direct eye contact and so they are off putting to other dogs and actually scary to other dogs."<br />
The fourth undesirable characteristic - arousal or excitement - is actually the most problematic. Many bully dogs cannot seem to calm themselves down once they get excited. And once they get excited all their behaviors are exacerbated. Thus, if a dog is over-confident and has a tendency to body slam or mount, he or she will really crash into the other dog or person when he's aroused, sometimes inadvertently causing injury. He may begin to play-bite, and then bite harder and harder and harder. When you try to stop the behavior, the dog often becomes even more "aggressive." In this way, play can turn into aggression fairly quickly. Research on the brain has shown that excited play has exactly the same chemistry as extreme anger. This allows a play behavior to switch quickly into aggression. And, once the dog has become aggressive a few times, the switch is much easier.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1721gtf">http://bit.ly/1721gtf</a></blockquote>
TIA TORRES, Celebrity Pit Bull Rescuer<br />
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Some of you have Pits that will NEVER EVER display dog aggression. Great! Congratulations! And yes, some of that should be credited to you as an owner for not putting your dog in a situation that warrants him/her to have to fight back. But more than likely you just got lucky and your Pit just has a kick back temperament combined with a lifestyle that keeps him out of harm's way and trust me...I wish all Pit Bulls could live like that. <span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"*G","type":45}" id="fbPhotoPageCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span class="text_exposed_show">But truthfully, in dealing with
hundreds to thousands in my rescue career, most Pit Bulls that have come
thru here, display some form of dog aggression. Maybe not full blown,
"I want to kill another dog" but even so much as giving each other the
"stink eye" has caused a ruckus.</span></span></span> <br />
<a href="http://on.fb.me/1EDBADD">http://on.fb.me/1EDBADD</a></blockquote>
RANDALL LOCKWOOD, PhD, Senior Vice President ASPCA, Vice President - Research and Educational Outreach The Humane Society of the United States<br />
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Randall Lockwood, who said he has witnessed the best and worst of pit bulls, said illegal dog-fighting is perpetuating dogs that are hazards to humans and other animals. Shaped by dog-fight enthusiasts, they are "a perversion of everything normal dogs should do. What they've created is a canine psychopath."<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/15NCDj2">http://bit.ly/15NCDj2</a><br />
"Fighting dogs lie all the time. I experienced it first hand when I was investigating three pit bulls that killed a little boy in Georgia. When I went up to do an initial evaluation of the dog's behavior, the dog came up to the front of the fence, gave me a nice little tail wag and a "play bow" -- a little solicitation, a little greeting. As I got closer, he lunged for my face."<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/ty9ZpB">http://bit.ly/ty9ZpB</a><br />
The pit bull, in its purebred or mixed form, has been responsible for most of the fatal dog attacks on humans in the last two years. In 1987, there were eight deaths from dog attacks in the country, and seven involved pit bulls. In 1986, there were 13 deaths, seven involving pit bulls. But pit bulls have been victimized by hype.<br />
The dogs are no strangers to ordinances. A pit bull ban was passed in London in the 1400s.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/16KNuLF">http://bit.ly/16KNuLF</a><br />
These dogs can be canine crocodiles. They have a dark and bloody history.<br />
<a href="http://www.essortment.com/aggressive-behavior-dogs-22298.html">http://www.essortment.com/aggressive-behavior-dogs-22298.html</a></blockquote>
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In the United States, pets are considered property in the eyes of the law. And one of the most hotly defended rights of the individual is the right to own anything, no matter how stupid or dangerous the choice — even when what someone wants to own is a threat to them, their family, and the community around them.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1f6YeGj">http://bit.ly/1f6YeGj</a></blockquote>
DIANE JESSUP, pit bull expert, breeder, former ACO<br />
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"Jessup, the animal control officer in Olympia, uses two pit bulls to train police and animal control officers on surviving dogs attacks.<br />
Unlike dogs who are nippers and rippers, her pit bulls are typically "grippers" who bite down and hang onto their victims."<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1aKByGi">http://bit.ly/1aKByGi</a></blockquote>
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Jessup believes that much of dog behavior comes from their genes. “I truly believe that a dog is about 90% genetics,” says Jessup.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1hUQKDy">http://bit.ly/1hUQKDy</a></blockquote>
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Jessup on protection sports<br />
This difference in “sheepdog versus bulldog” mentality in a trainer is best understood when training the "out!” or release command. It is common practice for those training shepherds and sheepdog types to use force such as hard leash corrections or electric shock to get the dog to release the sleeve. Sadly, I had one young man come to me because a club trainer was slugging his little Am Staff bitch in the nose, till she bled, trying to get her to release the sleeve. She would not! And of course she would not! She was a good little bulldog, hanging on for dear life, just as her bull and bear baiting ancestors of old did. She was a super little gripping dog, who took the pain she experienced as just “part of the job” once her owner set her upon the sleeve. And this is the response from well bred pit bulldogs—to ignore pain while gripping. It is, after all, what they are bred for! Give me a bulldog like her, rather than one which will allow itself to be yanked off the sleeve due to pain.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1bV1VP6">http://bit.ly/1bV1VP6</a></blockquote>
MICHAEL BURNS, Los Angeles Animal Control Lt.<br />
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You have a dog that has aggressive tendencies enhanced through constant and incestuous breeding. If there are some recessive genes on the aggressive or psychotic side, they will make themselves manifest.</blockquote>
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They are different. There's an absence of the normal sounds a dog makes when it attacks. It's almost a workmanlike way they hold on in an attack. It's a persistence I haven't seen in any other breed.<br />
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KURT LAPHAM, a field investigator for the West Coast Regional office of the Humane Society<br />
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Most breeds do not multiple-bite. A pit bull attack is like a shark attack: He keeps coming back.</blockquote>
DAVID GENDREGSKE, Clare County MI Animal Control Director<br />
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“In my opinion they appeal to the most irresponsible pet owners and to younger people,” he said. “The younger people have no jobs to support the animal, or they have to move where animals aren’t allowed and (the dogs) end up here.” Certain people like pit bulls because they are intimidating, he said. “They want to scare people. It’s an intimidation thing. They’re number one with those being incarcerated. If there’s a dog left behind (when someone is sentenced to jail or prison), it’s always a pit bull,” he said. He cited the time a pit bull got out of a car and attacked a horse. He was pulled off, but he went back and grabbed the throat. He was pulled off again and again and went back after different parts of the horse. “What kind of a dog but a pit bull would do that?” he asked. “All dogs can bite but not with that ferocity. “ Some people will say that how a pit bull acts and reacts is dependent upon how the dog is raised, he said. “But he was raised to kill for centuries,” he said. “You can’t breed it out in one generation.” If the popularity of pit bulls is a fad, it’s a long term one, he said. “I keep seeing more and more pit bulls,” he said. “It’s getting worse.” Pit bulls, he said, are not good as a working dog, except for perhaps wild boar hunting. “And they’re not one of the smarter breeds,” he said, despite other’s beliefs that they are intelligent.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1jHAARL">http://bit.ly/1jHAARL</a></blockquote>
KEVIN COUTTS, Head Dog Ranger, Rotura, New Zealand<br />
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There was concern among dog authorities about American pitbulls being allowed into New Zealand as they were dangerous, unpredictable animals, Mr Coutts said.<br />
"A lot of people in this town get them because they are a staunch dog and they will fight. They are perceived as vicious ... It's frustrating they were ever allowed in the country ... we can't go back now though," Mr Coutts said.<br />
COUTTS' comment on a pit car mauling<br />
This sort of thing happens when people own this breed of dog and then don't look after them.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/18jC7IA">http://bit.ly/18jC7IA</a></blockquote>
GARRETT RUSSO, dog trainer<br />
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I estimate Medical & Veterinary bills related to injuries caused by pit bulls in the Tompkins Square dog run in 2011, $140,000.00. Estimated Medical (human) & Veterinary (canine) bills from all other breeds and mixed breeds combined during the same period, $5,000.00. (Estimate gathered from reports to by owners to the dog park association.)<br />
<a href="http://dnain.fo/17qFZ8O">http://dnain.fo/17qFZ8O</a></blockquote>
VICTORIA STILWELL, celebrity dog trainer<br />
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Presas are not to be fooled with, they're dangerous. You've got a fighting breed here. You've got a dog that was bred for fighting. You've got one of the most difficult breeds to handle.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/15FLC3N">http://bit.ly/15FLC3N</a></blockquote>
CESAR MILAN, celebrity dog trainer<br />
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"Yeah, but this is a different breed...the power that comes behind bull dog, pit bull, presa canario, the fighting breed - They have an extra boost, they can go into a zone, they don't feel the pain anymore. He is using the bulldog in him, which is way too powerful, so we have to 'make him dog' (I guess as in a "regular" dog) so we can actually create the limits. So if you are trying to create submission in a fighting breed, it's not going to happen. They would rather die than surrender.". If you add pain, it only infuriates them..to them pain is that adrenaline rush, they are looking forward to that, they are addicted to it... That's why they are such great fighters." Cesar goes on to say..."Especially with fighting breeds, you're going to have these explosions over and over because there's no limits in their brain."<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1epfl3f">http://bit.ly/1epfl3f</a></blockquote>
STEVE DUNO, dog trainer, pit bull owner<br />
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"The dogs that participated in these attacks weren't Pekingese. You don't have herds of Pekingese roaming the city attacking people. When someone says all breeds are created equal, well then they're denying the definition of what a breed is. Breed serves a particular purpose."</blockquote>
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"I like them. They're eager. They're athletic. They're aesthetically pleasing. But even if they're bred perfectly, they can be problematic, particularly with other dogs." </blockquote>
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"When you combine the breed specific behaviors ... with owners who either don't give a rip, or with owners who (have) too much dog, you have a problem."<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/GQnJ07">http://bit.ly/GQnJ07</a></blockquote>
JEAN DONALDSON, dog trainer<br />
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Most commonly, she sees dogs with aggression problems. While she's a fierce opponent of "breed bans" like the proposed outlawing of pit bulls that San Francisco debated two years ago, she believes it's undeniable that some breeds are predisposed to violence. Many breeds that were bred as guardians or fighting dogs were carefully designed to not like strangers, she says. She thinks it's disingenuous of breeders to further enhance this trait, and then expect owners to compensate with training.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1j7CDO8">http://bit.ly/1j7CDO8</a></blockquote>
ARLENE STERLING, Newaygo County, MI Chief Animal Control Officer<br />
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"It is genetically inbred in them to be aggressive. They can be very nice dogs, but they are very prey driven and they are extremely strong. It makes them high risk dogs and it makes them extremely dangerous."<br />
<a href="http://on.wzzm.com/1hGYH2u">http://on.wzzm.com/1hGYH2u</a></blockquote>
BOB KERRIDGE, New Zealand SPCA executive director<br />
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"That is the only real way to solve this problem - is to license owners and to give them the responsibility that goes with owning a dog. It would be extremely useful when you have a neighbour who is concerned about that dog next door. You can look at it and see they don't have a license and take it away. That's owner responsibility."</blockquote>
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"We led the charge to stop the importation of the pitbull because of the concerns they would be crossbred with other dogs... But there's not a lot we can do about that because it's happened. We wish someone had listened all those years ago."<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1fDuKiW">http://bit.ly/1fDuKiW</a></blockquote>
JIM CROSBY, pit bull hired gun<br />
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"Line breeding tends to concentrate recessive traits. The propensity for violent attacks by a dog would be a recessive trait."<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1lESNC7">http://bit.ly/1lESNC7</a></blockquote>
MELANIE PFEIFFER, veterinary assistant<br />
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Working in a veterinary hospital, you are exposed to all kinds of animal trauma. One of the more common ones is dog fights. I can honestly say that in three out of four cases, an American pit bull terrier is involved. Many times, we are able to save the life of the afflicted, but yesterday, we were not. </blockquote>
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I propose that all owned American pit bull terriers be registered and all breeding be halted indefinitely. How many mutilated faces, mangled limbs, butchered pets and even human deaths does it take to convince us that this breed needs to be phased out?<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1fDuKiW">http://bit.ly/1fDuKiW</a></blockquote>
DIANE JESSUP, Washington pit bull owner and expert<br />
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"It's not sensible to get an animal bred for bringing a 2,000-pound bull to its knees and say I'm going to treat this like a soft-mouth Labrador," says Jessup, the former animal-control officer. She blames novice owners, as much as actual criminals, for bringing the breed into disrepute. "It's a capable animal, and it's got to be treated as such."<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1mObDHk">http://bit.ly/1mObDHk</a></blockquote>
JOHN ROCKHOLT, South Carolina dogman<br />
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"It's inhumane not to allow them to fight. If you have to encourage them to fight they are not worth the powder it would take to blow them away. To never allow them any kind of combat...That's inhumane."</blockquote>
RAY BROWN, former pit bull owner, breeder, dog fighter<br />
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Pit bulls didn't become dangerous because we fight them; we fight them because the English specifically bred them to be dangerous.</blockquote>
MARK PAULHUS, HSUS southeast regional coordinator<br />
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If it chooses to attack, it's the most ferocious of all dogs. I've never known of a pit bull that could be called off (during a fight). They lose themselves in the fight.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1gs8XqD">http://bit.ly/1gs8XqD</a></blockquote>
F.L. DANTZLER, HSUS director of field services<br />
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"They're borderline dogs. They're right on the edge all of the time. Even if the dogs are not trained or used for fighting, and even though they are generally good with people, their bloodline makes them prone to violence."<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1gs94SY">http://bit.ly/1gs94SY</a></blockquote>
KATE RINDY, co-author Pit Bulls Are Different, former HSUS employee and assistant to Randall Lockwood, former executive director of Santa Fe Animal Shelter & Humane Society<br />
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"Dog owners are naive about the dogs strength and stubborn character."<br />
"People have Pits and do not understand the potential risk factor."<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1ownpIc">http://bit.ly/1ownpIc</a></blockquote>
PEGGY E. WARFLE, Manager Wake Society to Prevent Cruelty to Animal Shelters, Raleigh, NC.<br />
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"All Pit Bulls should be spayed and neutered" ..."That way we could do away with the breed, couldn't we? It wouldn't be a great loss to dogdom."<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1ownpIc">http://bit.ly/1ownpIc</a></blockquote>
Adapted with thanks from <a href="http://www.google.com/#q=craven+desires+the+experts">Craven Desires</a></div>
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Lucy Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16125975766622360954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231847255912222047.post-15421015636899500302016-04-21T12:57:00.000-07:002016-04-21T14:32:37.238-07:00The Alaunt: The Medieval Ancestor of the Bulldog1406-1411<br />
<i>The Master of Game</i> by Edward, Second Duke of York<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><i>The Master of Game</i> is considered to be the earliest English book on hunting. It is largely a translation of the French hunting book <i>Le Livre de Chasse</i> which was written between 1387 and 1389 by Gaston Febus, 11th count of Foix, and viscount of Béarn.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #999999;"><br />In chapter 16, the extinct hunting dog called the Alaunte is described. These dogs were the unparalleled gripping dogs of the day and are generally understood to be the direct ancestor of the bulldog and the bully breeds of today. These texts show that Alauntes were regarded as distinct from mastiffs in the 14th and 15th centuries, which are described in a separate chapter.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #999999;"><br />You will note several characteristics </span></span><span style="background-color: white;">described in this medieval text about bulldogs' direct ancestors </span><span style="background-color: white;">that we find repeatedly described throughout history and still find in pit bulldogs today. That's genetics.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">1. Alaunts are stupid and treacherous</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">2. Owners have to take extraordinary care to raise, train, and socialize Alaunts because they are extremely dangerous</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">3. They will attack any living thing</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">4. They have a reputation for killing their masters</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">5. If Alauntes were perfectly bred and perfectly raised, they'd be the best dog ever, but that hardly ever happens (perfection) and "good" Alaunts are rare</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">6. Since they are nasty beasts, if they are killed by the boars they are set upon, it is no big loss </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999;"> </span><br />
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[Alaunts]...should be made and shaped as a greyhound, even of all things save of the head, the which should be great and short. And though there be alauntes of all hues, the true hue of a good alaunte, and that which is most common should be white with black spots about the ears, small eyes and white standing ears and sharp above. Men should teach alauntes better and to be of better custom than any other beasts, for he is better shaped and stronger for to do harm than any other beast. And also commonly alauntes are [giddy] of their own nature and have no such good sense as many other hounds have... Also, they run at oxen and sheep, and swine, and at all other beasts, or at men or at other hounds. For men have seen alauntes slay their masters. In all manner of ways alauntes are treacherous and evil understanding, and more foolish and more harebrained than any other kind of hound. And no one ever saw three well conditioned and good. For the good alaunte should run as fast as a greyhound, and any beast that he can catch he should hold with his seizers and not leave it. For an alaunte of his nature holds faster of his biting than can three greyhounds the best any man can find. And therefore it is the best hound to hold and to [seize] all manner of beasts and hold them fast. And when he is well conditioned and perfect, men hold that he is good among all other hounds. But men find few that be perfect.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1vGs5dh">http://bit.ly/1vGs5dh</a>Lucy Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16125975766622360954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231847255912222047.post-148880234286492072015-05-10T12:42:00.000-07:002019-09-02T18:55:01.788-07:00Genetics Experts: Aggression, Temperament, Behavior in Canines<div class="tr_bq">
This post gathers scientific papers by geneticists, biologists, genetic behaviorists, behaviorists, and dog breeders comments on the genetic basis for temperament, behavior and personality traits, especially aggression.<br />
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These excerpts are not all specifically about pit bulls, but about the genetic basis of breed specific behaviors, temperament, especially aggression, in dogs in general and the differences noted in behavior, temperament, especially aggression, in different breeds of dogs. This collection is necessitated by the current propaganda that "it's all how you raise them" and “there is no evidence that one breed of dog is more aggressive than another.” This could not be farther from the truth.<br />
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Ledy VanKavage was asked by South Dakota legislators why dogs are different than cattle, because these South Dakota legislators from cattle country knew perfectly well that different breeds of cows are known to be more or less aggressive, and they specifically said they COULD know if the cow was likely to be aggressive or not by looking at it. Ledy VanKavage asserted that dogs have been bred solely for looks, so "it's different with dogs." This is completely untrue even for dog breeds bred as show dogs. Each and every AKC breed description includes the ideal temperament for each breed. How do they attain the ideal breed specific temperament? CAREFUL AND PURPOSEFUL BREEDING, of course.<br />
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And, of course, many dogs today are still purpose bred for desirable behavioral and temperament characteristics. Pit bulls are still bred for dogfighting. Dogfighting has never been more popular than today. And purpose bred fighting pit bulls are "rescued" and "rehabilitated" and end up in peoples' homes and then sometimes attack. (find three of those attacks on <a href="http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/05/list-of-pit-bulls-recently-adopted-from.html">this</a> list)<br />
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Some of these studies find that some personality trait characteristics and behaviors show more breed specific differences than others - and aggression and aggressive behaviors are two of the characteristics that are found to be the most highly heritable and show a great deal of difference between breeds.<br />
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Please note the 2016 genetic mapping study below by Zapata in which they successfully predict behaviors and temperament by mapping several dog breeds' genomes. This study directly contradicts the Animal Farm Foundation's slogans that "all dogs are individuals" and "looks (breeds) don't equal behavior".<br />
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Genetic mapping of canine fear and aggression, Isain Zapata, BMC Genomics, 2016<br />
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On why canines make such good models for human behavioral genetics studies:<br />
“Many major breakthroughs in human genetics have resulted from studying isolated populations and multigenerational families. The advantages of those latter approaches, and others, are dramatically exaggerated in dogs: (i) There are approximately 400 dog breeds, each on the order of 100-fold less genetically-complex than the full population. Thus, <span style="background-color: yellow;">compared to humans and their major ethnic groups, dogs are much more similar within breeds and much more different across breeds</span><span style="background-color: white;">. </span>(ii) Dogs are often part of a family or working environment and receive high levels of health care. Lastly, iii) <span style="background-color: yellow;">dogs have more phenotypic variation than any other land mammal; and much of that variation is the result of “evolutionary” selection under domestication</span><span style="background-color: white;">.”</span><br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/2o42FMv">http://bit.ly/2o42FMv</a></blockquote>
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Behavioral differences among breeds of domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris): Current status of the science, 2014<br />
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We review here scientific findings of breed differences in behavior from a wide range of methodologies with respect to both temperament traits and cognitive abilities to determine whether meaningful differences in behavior between breeds have been established. Although there is convincing scientific evidence for reliable differences between breeds and breed groups with respect to some behaviors (e.g., aggression, reactivity), the majority of studies that have measured breed differences in behavior have reported meaningful within-breed differences has well. <br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1DAwJBU">http://bit.ly/1DAwJBU</a></blockquote>
Characterization of a Dopamine Transporter Polymorphism and Behavior in Belgian Malinois, Lisa Lit, BMC Genetics, 2013<br />
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The Belgian Malinois dog breed (MAL) is frequently used in law enforcement and military environments. Owners have reported seizures and unpredictable behavioral changes including dogs’ eyes “glazing over,” dogs’ lack of response to environmental stimuli, and loss of behavioral inhibition including owner-directed biting behavior. Dogs with severe behavioral changes may be euthanized as they can represent a danger to humans and other dogs. <br />
The single copy allele of DAT-VNTR is associated with owner-reported seizures, loss of responsiveness to environmental stimuli, episodic aggression, and hyper-vigilance in MAL. (NOTE: pit bull owners describe the same kind of behaviors in their pit bulls. Pit bull owners have described this as "going into the red zone", or "the lights going out.")<br />
<a href="http://1.usa.gov/1GXMXBr">http://1.usa.gov/1GXMXBr </a></blockquote>
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UC Davis Veterinary Genetics Laboratory now offers a test identify dogs with this potentially dangerous genotype based on this research<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1KymCgh">http://bit.ly/1KymCgh</a></blockquote>
Canine Analogs of Human Personality Factors, 2010<br />
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Canine and human personality similarities are argued to have their origin in biogenetic factors stemming from common evolutionary sources and from canine breeding for human compatibility and assistance with human tasks.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/19z9lIv">http://bit.ly/19z9lIv</a></blockquote>
Single-Nucleotide-Polymorphism-Based Association Mapping of Dog Stereotypes, Paul Jones, Genetics, June 2008 vol. 179 no. 2<br />
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Phenotypic stereotypes are traits, often polygenic, that have been stringently selected to conform to specific criteria. In dogs, Canis familiaris, stereotypes result from breed standards set for conformation, performance (behaviors), etc. As a consequence, phenotypic values measured on a few individuals are representative of the breed stereotype. We used DNA samples isolated from 148 dog breeds to associate SNP markers with breed stereotypes. Using size as a trait to test the method, we identified six significant quantitative trait loci (QTL) on five chromosomes that include candidate genes appropriate to regulation of size (e.g., IGF1, IGF2BP2 SMAD2, etc.). Analysis of other morphological stereotypes, also under extreme selection, identified many additional significant loci. Less well-documented data for behavioral stereotypes tentatively identified loci for herding, pointing, boldness, and trainability.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1IuEudc">http://bit.ly/1IuEudc</a> </blockquote>
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Canine Behavioral Genetics: Pointing Out the Phenotypes and Herding up the Genes, 2008, Spady, Tyrone C.</div>
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<span class="s1">An astonishing amount of behavioral variation is captured within the more than 350 breeds of dog recognized worldwide. Inherent in observations of dog behavior is the notion that much of what is observed is breed specific and will persist, even in the absence of training or motivation. Thus, herding, pointing, tracking, hunting, and so forth are likely to be controlled, at least in part, at the genetic level....</span><span class="s1">The phenotypic radiation of the dog has been the product of restricted gene flow and generations of intense artificial selection....</span><span class="s1">Behavioral variation is...captured within different breeds. </span><span class="s1">A long-stated goal of behaviorists is to identify genes that control behavioral traits. Traits that define specific breeds....</span><span class="s1">Certainly aggression has been considered at length.</span><span class="s1"> However, the social and political ramifications of identifying genes that control this complex behavior are not lost...</span><span class="s1"><a href="http://1.usa.gov/1M0OTBY">http://1.usa.gov/1M0OTBY</a></span></blockquote>
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Structure and Variation of Three Canine Genes Involved in Serotonin Binding and Transport, 2005, Journal of Heredity</div>
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Aggressive behavior is the most frequently encountered behavioral problem in dogs. Abnormalities in brain serotonin metabolism have been described in aggressive dogs. We studied canine serotonergic genes to investigate genetic factors underlying canine aggression.<br />
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Temperament traits of 23 breeds, including aggression, related to genes, 2004<br />
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Various canine breeds are remarkably different from each other not only in their sizes and shapes but also in behavioral traits,suggesting that some of them are under genetic control... A group of breeds in which the alleles 447b, 498 and 549 were frequent tended toward high scores in aggression-related behavioral traits than that with frequent alleles 435 and 447a."<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1Do1rID">http://bit.ly/1Do1rID</a></blockquote>
Overview of the International Workshop on Canine Genetics, 1999, <br />
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The dog has an amazing repertoire of breed-specific characteristics. The consistent and predictable suite of phenotypes associated with each breed, including for example, coat color, morphological appearance, behavioral characteristics, and, in some cases, breed-specific diseases, attests to the heritability of these traits.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1MJbCin">http://bit.ly/1MJbCin</a></blockquote>
Determination of behavioural traits of pure-bred dogs using factor analysis and cluster analysis; a comparison of studies in the USA and UK, 1998<br />
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The questionnaire survey of Hart and Hart (1985,Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association186, 1811–1815) ranked the 56 most popular breeds of dog in the USA on 13 behavioural traits and is compared here with results of a similar survey conducted on the 49 most popular breeds in the UK. Of the 36 breeds in common between the studies, 24 were similar for the traits aggressivity, reactivity and ease of house training between the two countries. <br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1AEIpxx">http://bit.ly/1AEIpxx</a></blockquote>
A survey of the behavioural characteristics of pure-bred dogs in the United Kingdom, 1996 <br />
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…factor analysis was used to extract three underlying traits, labelled aggressivity, reactivity and immaturity. On the basis of these traits, eight groups of breeds were derived. Membership of these groups did not correspond exactly with any of the four existing breed classification systems (Mégnin, the Fédération Cynologique International, ancient breeds and Kennel Club of Great Britain), but significant differences between Kennel Club groups were found on all three traits. <br />
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Selecting pet dogs on the basis of cluster analysis of breed behavior profiles and gender, 1985<br />
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Three factors, referred to as reactivity, aggression, and trainability, accounted for 81% of the variance in the 13 behavioral traits. Subsequently, a cluster analysis was performed to generate 7 clusters of dog breeds on the basis of similarity in scores for each of the 3 main factors. The clusters reflected to some degree the conventional groupings of dogs into working, sporting, hound, and terrier breeds.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/18H4HHu">http://bit.ly/18H4HHu</a></blockquote>
Behavioral profiles of dog breeds, 1985<br />
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Breed behavior profiles were obtained by a method that was quantitative and free of personal biases. The profiles concerned 13 traits, eg, excitability, snapping at children, watchdog barking, and affection demand, which are of interest to people wanting dogs as pets. The results indicated that some behavioral traits discriminate between breeds better than others. <br />
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JOY TIZ MS, JD, Owner of Wildhaus Kennels GSDs<br />
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Yes, it's true. Temperament is a function of genetics. It is inherited, not developed. A dog's core temperament never changes. Some behaviors can be modified through training, but the temperament itself never changes. For example, a high energy dervish of a dog isn't going to learn to be a laid back, low energy dog. But, the dog can be taught to control his energy, to an extent.<br />
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Most dog owners absolutely refuse to believe this. If I only had a dollar for every time someone has told me "It's all in how they're raised!" ... No, it's not. It's all in how their DNA came together. A dog with foul temperament will always be a dog with foul temperament, no matter how wonderful the environment. A dog with sound, stable temperament will always be a sound stable dog, even in a lousy environment.<br />
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Good early handling, training and socialization will help develop desirable traits in the dog, but those traits have to be there. Ball drive is a good example, since it forms the foundation for so many types of work. Some dogs aren't interested in chasing a ball. If the dog does enjoy ball games, a good trainer can build that up and bring it out to it's highest possible level, but the drive itself is innate. One cannot install a drive.<br />
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What then, is the impact of early handling, training and socializing, if temperament is genetic? Why bother? To use a human analogy, why can't all humans become Olympic athletes? Because not all humans have the right genetic equipment. But, if you are blessed with the right stuff, the right training can develop those innate abilities to their highest level.<br />
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Why does My Dog Act That Way?: A complete Guide to Your Dog’s Personality, Stanley Coren, 2006<br />
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Fortunately, there is some data to suggest that we can still make predictions of a mixed breed dog’s personality and behavioral predispositions without knowing much about its parentage. John Paul Scott and John L. Fuller carried out a series of selective breeding experiments at the Jackson Laboratories in Bar Harbor, Maine. By a happy chance, their results revealed a simple rule that seems to work. Their general conclusion was that a mixed breed dog is most likely to act like the breed it most looks like. <br />
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Michael d. Breed, Ph.D, University of Colorado, Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology<br />
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That much of dog behavior has genetic underpinnings is patently obvious. Differences in temperament and ability among breeds are well known. These differences are generally associated with the purposes for which the breed was created.<br />
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Virtually all of quotes from the Animal Science Experts On Pit Bulls list references the genetic basis of pit bull aggression<br />
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<br />Lucy Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16125975766622360954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231847255912222047.post-6771102286403962692015-03-17T11:20:00.000-07:002019-09-02T18:59:08.253-07:00Other Experts on Pit Bulls: Law, Journalism, Insurance, Government<br />
Lawyers, Judges, Insurance researchers, government officials, journalists<br />
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THOMAS J. MOYER, Chief Justice, Ohio Supreme Court 1987-2010<br />
"The trial court cited the substantial evidence supporting its conclusion that pit bulls, compared to other breeds, cause a disproportionate amount of danger to people. The chief dog warden of Lucas County testified that: (1) when pit bulls attack, they are more likely to inflict severe damage to their victim than other breeds of dogs; (2) pit bulls have killed more Ohioans than any other breed of dog; (3) Toledo police officers fire their weapons in the line of duty at pit bulls more often than they fire weapons at people and all other breeds of dogs combined; (4) pit bulls are frequently shot during drug raids because pit bulls are encountered more frequently in drug raids than any other dog breed.... The evidence presented in the trial court supports the conclusion that pit bulls pose a serious danger to the safety of citizens. The state and the city have a legitimate interest in protecting citizens from the danger posed by this breed of domestic dogs."<br />
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WILLIAM M HOEVELER, US DISTRICT JUDGE, ADOA v Dade County, Florida<br />
Despite plaintiffs' contention that there is no such animal as a pit bull, plaintiffs' own experts have written articles about their pedigreed dogs referring to them by the common nickname of pit bull. At trial, these experts identified photographs of dogs as pit bulls, rather than delineating the dogs into any one of the three breeds recognized by the kennel clubs. Moreover, veterinarians commonly identify dogs as pit bulls -- rather than one of the three recognized breeds -- by their physical characteristics. Two veterinarians, testifying for the defendants, stated that they are often called upon to identify a dog's breed because it is an integral part of the animal's health record. This they do by reference to standard physical characteristics. Generally, these veterinarians testified, owners themselves know what breed their dog is.<br />
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There was ample testimony that most people know what breed their dogs are. Although the plaintiffs and their experts claim that the ordinance does not give them enough guidance to enable owners to determine whether their dogs fall within its scope, the evidence established that the plaintiffs themselves often use the term "pit bull" as a shorthand method of referring to their dogs. Numerous magazine and newspaper articles, including articles in dog fancier magazines, refer to pit bull dogs. Veterinarians typically refer to the three recognized breeds and mixed breeds with conforming characteristics as pit bulls. In addition, the veterinarians who testified stated that most of their clients know the breeds of their dogs.<br />
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DON BAUERMEISTER, Council Bluffs, IA prosecutor<br />
All dogs can "get into it". The reality, though, for way too many dog owners is the sudden, unprovoked, violent and very serious attack from a pit bull. These folks have to pay the immediate vet bill. Yes, sometimes, the Court is able to intervene and order restitution, but what about the dead dog. What about the psychological damage to those who had to witness the attack. I have seen pit bulls attack and injure other dogs. It is something that you will never forget. A very purposeful bite, indeed. Pit bulls are pros and the rest of the dog world are amateurs. Man made them this way.<br />
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BOB JOHNSTONE, Cincinnati, OH city attorney<br />
We have amassed what I consider an overwhelming amount of information that demonstrates to me that pit bulls are, by far, responsible for more fatal or serious attacks than any other breed.<br />
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Judge Victor E. Bianchini of San Diego<br />
A pit bull is the closest thing to a wild animal there is in a domesticated dog.<br />
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KORY NELSON, Denver, CO City Attorney<br />
The most significant point about the justification for bans or restrictions of pit bulls is that these are not dependent upon a claim that every pit bull has a higher than average propensity for attacking humans. The justification is based on the clear evidence that, as a group, pit bulls, compared to other breeds, generally have a higher propensity to exhibit unique behavioral traits during an attack. These behaviors havea higher likelihood of causing more severe injuries or death. The Colorado Dog Fanciers trial court made this clear, stating that, while it could not be proven that pit bulls bite more than other dogs, there was “credible evidence that Pit Bull dog attacks are more severe and more likely to result in fatalities.” The court, in great detail, noted fourteen separate areas of differences, including: strength, manageability and temperament, unpredictability of aggression, tenacity, pain tolerance and manner of attack.<br />
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A municipality that is experiencing a problem with pit bull attacks needs to consider for itself the best course of action to protect its citizens, especially those most likely to be unable to defend themselves from the tenacious and sustained attack of a pit bull, who will likely bite, hold, and tear at its victim despite efforts to stop it. However, given the clear rational evidence, breed-specific legislation is still a legally viable option.There is no new evidence that undermines the holdings of Colorado Dog Fanciers, only new relevant evidence that adds additional support for BSL, as the differential treatment of pit bulls is based upon logical, rational evidence from the scientific field of ethology.<br />
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KENNETH PHILLIPS, Attorney for dog bite victims dogbitelaw.com<br />
In 2013, there have been 18 canine homicides of which 17 were committed by pit bulls or pit bull mixes. Our dogs are not killing us. Pit bulls are killing us. And although pit bulls attack and kill strangers like Claudia Gallardo, 38 (killed by a pit bull in the front yard of its owner's house in Stockton, California) and Pamela Devitt, 63 (killed by 4 pit bulls running at large as she took a walk in Antelope Valley, California), the usual victims are our children, parents and guests.<br />
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I have come to believe that the modern pit bull should not be thought of as a dog at all. A dog is man’s best friend, but this is an animal that will kill the man, his wife, his children, his parents and the guests in his home. Clearly this is not man’s best friend; clearly it is not a “dog” in the sense that we think of a dog. Charles Manson was anatomically a man, sociologically a neighbor, and legally a citizen, but he is spending his life behind bars because he was a deranged individual who orchestrated mayhem and murder. Just because pit bulls look like dogs, they do not have to be thought of like we think about dogs such as golden retrievers and Yorkshire terriers.<br />
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In almost all homicides carried out by pit bulls, the owners and neighbors express shock and disbelief because the animal never gave a sign that it wanted to kill anyone. But to me, this is like a drunk driver expressing shock and disbelief that his car could kill. In both types of cases, a person made a choice to do something incredibly reckless, either by getting drunk or by getting the animal that makes headlines because of the frequency and brutality of its killing. We need to stop people from doing these reckless things.<br />
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Lawmakers have to stop listening to the nonsense about breed specific laws which is spouted by the owners of bully dogs like pit bulls. Since 2006 there have been 3 psychological studies which focused on the personality and behavioral traits of the owners of pit bulls and other high-risk breeds of dog. A study published in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence showed a link between ownership of high-risk dog breeds and deviant behaviors, crimes against children and domestic violence. Another study concluded that "vicious dog ownership may be a simple marker of broader social deviance." A third study established that the owners of high-risk breeds of dog displayed more antisocial thinking styles, have an arrest history significantly higher than owners of other dogs, and engage in fighting to a significantly greater degree than other dog owners. They also had higher levels of overall criminal thinking patterns to go with the actual criminal behavior. These people, who are fixated on the animals that kill, maim and terrorize, are not the people that a lawmaker needs in his camp. Reasonable people want fair laws that provide a solution to the obvious problems caused by pit bulls.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0799999237061px;">NATE STEPHENS, Cave City Police Chief </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0799999237061px;">"These dogs were bred to fight to death, bite harder, get stronger and be tougher. This breed is what is known as pit bulls. They get the name from the dogs being placed in pits to fight each other. These dogs weren't bred for intelligence, to be docile or make good pets. They were made to kill another man's dog. I have seen some pits that are really nice dogs. I have a friend who has one that will lick you to death. But you never know when a pit will go back to what it is bred to do. Some never do go back and continue to be good pets. However, it's a roll of the dice and you never know how they will fall. Statistics shows, that most will turn on their owners and usually a child of the owner. Some of them turn on who ever is handy when they decide to snap. Some say all dogs will bite and that is true, but pits are more likely to mall and finish the job if they can, and other breeds bite and run or back off. Pits can't be blamed, it was what they were made to do."</span><br />
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STANLEY COREN, PhD Psychology Stanford University<br />
"A dog's breed tells us a lot about that dog's genetic heritage and makeup. Genetics is a strong determinant of personality. In the absence of any other information, we can make a reasonable prediction about how the dog will behave based upon its breed." p 84<br />
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"When we crossbreed, we lose some of that predictability, since which genes will be passed on by each parent and how they will combine is a matter of chance. Fortunately, there is some data to suggest that we can still make predispositions without knowing much about its parentage. John Paul Scott and John L Fuller carried out a series of selective breeding experiments at the Jackson Laboratories in Bar Harbor, Maine. By happy chance, their results revealed a simple rule that seems to work. Their general conclusion was that a mixed breed dog is most likely to act like the breed that it most looks like." p 77<br />
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MERRITT CLIFTON, journalist, Animal People editor<br />
There are very few people, if any, who have written more on behalf of dogs over the past 40-odd years than I have, or spent more time down the back alleys of the developing world observing dogs in the habitats in which normal dogs came to co-evolve with humans. But appreciation of the ecological roles of street dogs & coyotes, exposing dog-eating and puppy mills, opposition to indiscriminate lethal animal control, introduction of high-volume low-cost spay/neuter and anti-rabies vaccination, introduction of online adoption promotion, encouraging the formation of thousands of new humane societies worldwide, etc., are not to be confused with pit bull advocacy. Pit bull advocacy is not defending dogs; it is defending the serial killers of the dog world, who kill, injure, and give bad reputations to all the rest. Indeed, pit bull advocacy, because it erodes public trust in dogs and people who care about dogs, stands a good chance of superseding rabies as the single greatest threat to the health, well-being, and human appreciation of all dogs worldwide.<br />
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KENNETH BAKER, Home Secretary, UK<br />
"The intention of the Dangerous Dogs Act was to eliminate breeds like pit bulls in this country. For the first five years it worked very well, but as soon as the Government gave in to animal charities the whole thing was doomed. There is no need for anyone to have these dogs, and to suggest that you can somehow educate the owners – well, I just don't think that's realistic if you look at who the owners are."<br />
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DAVID T LYKKEN, PhD, behavioral geneticist - human criminality; bull terrier fancier<br />
Having owned two bull terriers over the years, I have found my acquaintance with this breed more useful to an understanding of criminality than the perusal of most texts on the subject.<br />
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DAVID PREMACK, PhD Psychology - comparative understanding of cognition and its understanding of the nature of animal and human minds<br />
In my view, the first time a breed kills a child — without extreme provocation — the breed should be eliminated. After all, there is no difficulty producing breeds that do not kill children. Indeed, breeds that do not kill children despite extreme provocation can be readily produced.<br />
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PILAR WAGNAR, Allstate spokeswoman, Clearwater, FL<br />
Allstate Insurance Co., one of the country's largest insurers won't insure new customers who own pit bulls.<br />
Pit bulls have a higher-than-average tendency to be unpredictable and cause unprovoked attacks with serious injuries. They're basically lethal weapons. The liability exposure is unbelievable.<br />
Owners of dobermans, German Shepherds, Rottweilers and other potentially dangerous dogs are not turned away by Allstate.<br />
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Adapted with thanks from <a href="http://cravendesires.blogspot.com/2011/04/experts.html">Craven Desires</a>Lucy Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16125975766622360954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231847255912222047.post-84543255650202695912015-02-18T10:43:00.000-08:002016-04-21T14:32:15.266-07:00Historical Experts on Gripping Dogs - Bulldogs and their KinThese accounts are written by 19th century naturalists, scientists, veterinarians, sportsmen and dog fanciers who are describing the working gripping dogs of their day. There is a link to the original text for each of these accounts where much more information can be found about the size, breeding and history of the gripping dogs which gave rise to the pit bulldog of today. Please note how these characterizations largely agree with each other and agree with views of pit bulls today. This is because the ferociousness, stupidity, dangerousness and aggressiveness seen in pit bulls today was passed on from their ancestors through genetics.<br />
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1807<br />
<i>A General History of Quadrapeds</i> By Ralph Beilby<br />
The Bulldog<br />
Is the fiercest of all the Dog kind, and is probably the most courageous creature in the world. It is low in stature, but very strong and muscular. Its nose is short; and the under jaw projects beyond the upper, which gives it a fierce and unpleasing aspect. Its courage in attacking the Bull is well known: its fury in seizing, and its invincible obstinacy in maintaining its hold, are truly astonishing. It always aims at the front; and generally fastens upon the lip, the tongue, the eye, or some part of the face; where it hangs, in spite of every effort of the Bull to disengage himself.<br />
The uncommon ardour of these Dogs in fighting will be best illustrated by the following fact, related by an eye-witness; which at the same time corroborates, in some degree, that wonderful account of the Dogs of Epirus, given by Elian, and quoted by Dr Goldsmith in the history of the Dog; – Some years ago, at a bullbaiting in the North of England, when that barbarous custom was very common, a young man, confident of the courage of his Dog, laid some trifling wager, that he would, at separate times, cut off all the four feet of his Dog; and that, after every amputation, it would attack the Bull. The cruel experiment was tried, and the Dog continued to seize the Bull as eagerly as if he had been perfectly whole.<br />
Of late years this inhuman custom of baiting the Bull has been almost entirely laid aside in the North of England; and consequently there are now few of this kind of Dogs to be seen.<br />
As the Bull-Dog always makes his attack without barking, it is very dangerous to approach him alone, without greatest precaution.<br />
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1809<br />
<i>Memoirs of British Quadrupeds</i>, Rev. W. Bingley<br />
The Bulldog is remarkable for the undaunted and savage pertinacity with which he will provoke and continue a combat with other animals, and when once he has fixed his bite, it is not without extreme difficulty that he can be disengaged from his antagonist. He is oftentimes fierce and cruel, and seems to possess very little of the generosity and disposition so remarkable and so celebrated in dog species. He frequently makes his attack without giving the least previous warning, and often without that discrimination of persons or animals which we observe in most other dogs.<br />
The bull-dog, as well as the mastiff, is almost peculiar to england; and the breed seems to have been chiefly encouraged for the baiting of bulls. This ferocious practice, thanks to the increasing humanity and civilization of the people, is, however, now on the decline; and consequently, bull-dogs are at present much less numerous than they were formerly.<br />
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1818<br />
<i>British Field Sports </i>by W.H. Scott<br />
The Bulldog, devoted solely to the most barbarous and infamous purposes, the real blackguard of his species, has no claim upon utility, humanity, or commonsense, and the total extinction of the breed is a desirable consummation. As quoted in The Bulldog. A Monograph, third edition, Edgar Farman<br />
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<i>1840</i><br />
<i>Rural Sports</i> by Delabere P. Blaine, esq.<br />
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The bull-dog (C. <i>Molossus</i> Linn.) Before we enter on any further description of this dog, we must premise, as regards the pictured representation of it, that although sufficiently characteristic, and therefore likely to please some of our readers, yet it was not designed by ourselves, but in our absence was drawn and engraved as here seen. Pendent, either from the nose or lip of the bull, this ferocious dog cannot be said to be either out of character or out of place..." <br />
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1840<br />
<i>The Natural History of Dogs: Canidae or Genus Canis</i> vol.2, CH Smith; Sir William Jardine<br />
"The bull-dog is possessed of less sagacity and less attachment than any of the hound tribe; he is therefore less favoured, and more rarely bred with care, excepting by professed amateurs of sports and feelings little creditable to humanity."<br />
"…never letting go the hold they have, even if mutilated, as if there was some spasm in the jaws to prevent their unlocking. The bull-dog differs from all others, even from the mastiff, in giving no warning of his attack by barking; he grapples his opponent without in the least estimating their comparative weight or powers. We have seen one pinning an American Bison and holding his nose down…"<br />
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1848<br />
<i>The Sportsman's Cyclopaedia</i>,T.B. Johnson<br />
"As the bull-dog differs in appearance from all other dogs, so his temper and disposition seem equally removed from the general standard."<br />
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"It is very well known that the bull-dog is capable of maintaining his hold with incredible perseverance; this, of course, arises, in great degree, from his courage…"<br />
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"…the breed of bull-dogs is not so numerous, not yet so nicely attended to, as formerly, and perhaps, at no distant period, will be altogether extinct - "a consummation devoutly to be wished;" as they are calculated for no one useful purpose."<br />
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"…when they make an attack, it is in silence; and were they to seize an innocent person, or a child, the most disastrous consequences, or death itself, might result: supposing the victim to be disabled from screaming the mischief would proceed in silence, and the catastrophe take place without any person being aware of the circumstance."<br />
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1859<br />
<i>Earth and Animated Nature</i>, Oliver Goldsmith<br />
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"The want of that degree of discernment which is found in so many of the canine varieties, added to the ferocity of the bull-dog, make it extremely dangerous when its courage and strength are employed to protect the person or property of its owner, or for any domestic purpose since, unlike many of the more sagacious, though less powerful dogs, which seem rather more anxious to give the alarm when danger threatens, by their barking, than to proceed immediately to action, the bull-dog, in general, makes a silent but furious attack, and the persisting powers of its teeth and jaws enable it to keep its hold against any but the greatest efforts, so that the utmost mischief is likely to ensue, as well to the innocent visitor of its domicile, as to the felonious intruder.<br />
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The savage barbarity, which, in various shapes, is so apt to show itself in the human mind, particularly when unchecked by education and refinement, has encouraged the breed of this variety of the dog, in order that gratification may be derived from the madness and torture of the bull and other animals, when exposed to the attacks of these furious beasts…</div>
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…The cerebral capacity of the bull-dog is sensibly smaller than in any other race, and it is, doubtless, to the decrease of the encephalon that we must attribute its inferiority to all others in every thing relating to intelligence. The bull-dog is scarcely capable of any education, and is fitted for nothing but combat and ferocity…"</div>
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1859:<br />
<i>New American Cyclopedia</i>, vol IV, G. Ripley and C.A. Dana, ed.<br />
"An able recent writer on the dog considers the bull-dog as a sort of abnormal canine monster, a dog idiot, yielding to uncontrollable physical impulses, now of blind ferocity, now of equally blind and undiscriminating maudlin tenderness which renders him more addicted to licking, slobbering, and mumbling the hand, the boot, or any other part of any person to whom he takes a sudden and causeless liking, and who he is just as likely to assault the next moment, than any other of his species."<br />
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Shared with special thanks to the several authors at <a href="http://cravendesires.blogspot.com/">Craven Desires</a> and <a href="http://americasdog.blogspot.com/">America's Dog</a> blogs for finding most of these early accounts.Lucy Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16125975766622360954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231847255912222047.post-9287111399716643932014-11-18T11:21:00.000-08:002016-06-04T18:59:56.328-07:00Historical News, Editorials, Letters to the Editor about the Pit Bulldog ProblemHere are a collection of editorials, letters to the editor, opinion pieces and news stories in which the reporter shares an opinion about the pit bulldog problem from the 19th century and the early 20th century. What these accounts very clearly show is that pit bulls were not then generally accepted by the public as a pet dog. Whenever people begin to get the idea to make fighting dogs into pets, maulings ensue, followed by calls for bans.<br />
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The first two accounts seem to indicate that reporters felt the need to inform the public about pit bulldogs as a new phenomenon, and that the fashion of keeping fighting dogs as pets developed between the 1840s and 1890s. <br />
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Please follow the link on the 1892 account to read that the "blood hound" the writer is speaking about is the Cuban bloodhound that is no relation to the genuine English bloodhound, but a bulldog mastiff mix that was bred to attack people.<br />
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Thanks go out to at least 5 different dedicated researchers who have dug up these old accounts! Thank you for bringing the truth to light!<br />
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1844 - NY The Globe and Commercial Advertiser<br />
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...and Mr. John A. Dubernard, who was so badly bitten by the dog of Mr. Roszell, on Saturday last, now lies dead...The bull terrier, and this dog was one of that species, is perhaps the very worst description of dog with which we are beset in our community. They are always fierce, and it is a rare circumstance that even their masters have control over them–when they once take hold, death has been frequently found necessary to make them loosen their grasp. Such animals should never be kept in the yards of private dwellings. November 18, 1844<br />
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1855 - NY - Schenectady Cabinet<br />
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The Bull Dog is the most brutal and the least intelligent of its species; its depressed forehead, its under-hanging jaws and blood-shot eyes, unite in forming the personification of the savage -- Although capable of some attachment, it cannot be relied upon as a friend. So utterly without intelect (sic) is the courage of the bull dog, that it will attack anything that gives offence (sic). This dog has never been a pet in the U.S…<br />
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1892 PA - Lebanon Daily News<br />
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Bulldogs Unsafe Pets - It is a singular fact that some people will insist in making a pet of so dangerous and ferocious a beast as a blood hound or bull dog. There are species of dogs that are kind and intelligent, faithful to their master, and such are a pleasure to have about one's self. But of all the mean, vicious and savage dogs there is none that will equal the bull dog or the blood hound.<br />
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1894 - CA - Sacramento Record-Union<br />
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The Bulldog Nuisance - It is a common thing these days to hear of persons being bitten by bulldogs which breed appears to be rapidly increasing about town.<br />
Last evening a little girl named Russell was sent to a store at Fourth and P streets, and while on the way she was set upon and badly bitten by a vicious bulldog.<br />
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1897 - KS - The Globe-republican<br />
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A boy of 13 was attacked by a vicious bulldog in Topeka and one of his eyelids was torn so that it laid out on his cheek. The attack was unprovoked and this, as well as other bulldog attacks, has created a strong feeling against that breed of bloodthirsty brutes.<br />
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1906 - PA Philadelphia Record<br />
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"Pet Bulldog Turns Savage...a pet bulldog (pit bull), named Booze, has given an illustration of the treacherous nature of his breed..."<br />
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1909 - CA - Los Angeles Herald<br />
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…why a peaceful city like Los Angeles should have several thousand vicious bulldogs is more than I can see. The average man has no more use for a vicious bulldog than he has for a tiger…" "I should offer as a suggestion that if we levy a license of $15 per annum on bull bitches, $10 on other large varieties and $5 on little ones, there would soon be a dearth of bull pups to annoy us."<br />
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1909 NY - New York Times<br />
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"When I was a boy I had a brindle bull terrier, and he was used to catch semi-wild cattle. He would catch a steer by the nose and throw him and hold him while we tied the steer. Then we loosened the dog's grip by choking and prying his mouth open - a dangerous process unless conducted by a good friend of the dog who is very, very careful.<br />
If a brindle bull terrier hates you, either go far away or kill the dog. These dogs are useful in their own work and place, which is far from a city.<br />
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1911 Washington DC - The Washington Herald<br />
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BANISH BULLDOGS SAYS MR. GORDON ~ Criminal Negligence to foster the breed ~ Demand that Authorities protect the children from Beasts (that) are more dangerous than the lion or tiger."<br />
Stating that it is nothing less than criminal negligence on the part of the District government to permit bulldogs to remain in the city, muzzled or otherwise, Fulton R. Gordon, real estate operator, has sent a letter to the commissioners requesting that action be taken to rid the Capital of this specific breed.<br />
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1911 Washington DC - The Washington Herald<br />
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"Gentlemen: I observe by The Washington Herald that the nine-year-old daughter of Thomas Hayes, of 2200 H street northwest, was seriously injured yesterday by a bulldog owned by Dr Norval Herbert, of 2145 H street northwest. It seems to me that this is becoming such a frequent occurrence that our government should take immediate steps to rid the city of this particular breed of dog. If you will remember, it was only a few months ago that a child was almost torn to pieces by one of these dogs on Columbia road, and in that case it was the pet dog of the household."<br />
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Twenty-one years ago, a 14-pound, 2-year-old bundle of love entered my life in the form of a dog named, Penny. I did not know it then, but this little black and white being with the exaggerated underbite and soulful eyes would change my life forever.</div>
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I was running an all-volunteer humane society when a woman contacted me about a little dog with two broken bones in her front leg. I arranged to bring the dog home with me for a lengthy rehabilitation before finding her a permanent home. However, after one month, it became clear that I could not part with this precious dog. I recall looking at her and reassuring her that her days of suffering were over.<br />
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Penny loved everyone and everything – even the largest of dogs. Children that were afraid of dogs welcomed Penny onto their laps where they received numerous kisses. On our daily walks in Solvang, she enchanted several shop owners, who gave her cookies on every visit. At 22, she lost her sight. However, she still made her way to every cookie stop and knew exactly where they were stored. Penny never allowed her disability to stop her and lived life to the fullest. However, in December 2010 our life as we had known it was changed forever: My healthy, athletic Penny, who practically had me jogging from cookie stop to cookie stop, was attacked by 3 pit bulls while walking on leash in a Solvang park. A Lompoc group, Shadow’s Fund, was there to adopt out pit bulls. Penny was rushed to a vet, where she received 75 stitches and it was found that her jaw was broken. I was taken to a hospital to have my amputated finger part reattached, plus surgery on both hands. Christmas Eve, I had a mini-stroke and later Penny had one, too. Two of the five pit bulls that Shadow’s Fund had for adoption had no proof of rabies vaccinations. Whether I bitten by either of those two, I don’t know.<br />
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In less than a year in Solvang, there have been six pit bull attacks that I know of and there could well be more. Yet this city continues to allow this same pit bull group to come here monthly to adopt out their dogs. Does a child need to die before this stops?<br />
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The year since the pit bull attack has been one of the most stressful in my 76 years. At 22, Penny survived the attack and the surgery. However, her back legs were never normal again – and of course, one never knows if their pain level is a 1 or a 10.<br />
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We resumed our cookie round walks as it gave her such joy to socialize. Much of the time she managed to walk and when she couldn’t, I carried her. This past Christmas day, I saw her walking upstairs dragging her back legs behind her. I knew then her quality of life was over.<br />
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My precious Penny, my constant companion for 21 years, is now buried in the garden where she once chased. She gave such happiness to my life and to others. I can’t help but wonder how different Penny’s last year of life would have been if she had not had to suffer from such a vicious attack.<br />
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Hazel Mortensen<br />
Solvang<br />
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P.S. For the last year, “Shadow’s Fund” has been on TV, radio and in the print media, asking for donations to purchase the 100-acre ranch they presently rent.</div>
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Lucy Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16125975766622360954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231847255912222047.post-40237666817050046052014-06-26T20:24:00.000-07:002016-06-04T19:00:20.492-07:00Late 19th Century Calls for Pit Bulldog Regulation in ChicagoMay 24, Chicago 1896 Restriction of Savage Dogs<br />
Yet we are quite sure that additional precautions ought to be taken against the assaults of savage dogs. A dog that is known to be savage has no proper place in city life. We can see no cause for the maintenance of a bulldog in a great city. The race is fierce and treacherous.<br />
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Jun 06, 1896 Chicago Editorial The Murderous Bulldog<br />
There is no rational excuse for the maintenance of such canine monstrosities in any populous district. They are as dangerous as dynamite or smallpox or any other of the minatory things that the police power of municipalities is evoked to repress and eliminate.<br />
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Jun 12, 1896 Chicago Editorial The Dog Question Again - Pit Bull Problem<br />
We are of opinion that all that is needed for the safety of society is a stringent law against keeping of harboring savage dogs. There is no need of such in a city. A good house dog is not necessarily a savage beast. It is the dog that barks and arouses a household that the burglar fears. A good toy terrier may be a better defense against house-breakers tha(n) an ugly and vicious bulldog.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/1jpHMQ6">http://bit.ly/1jpHMQ6</a>Illinois Pitbull Attackshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03008431142737111049noreply@blogger.comChicago, IL, USA41.8781136 -87.62979819999998241.4995241 -88.275245199999986 42.256703099999996 -86.984351199999978tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231847255912222047.post-78457670482569969192014-05-27T16:21:00.000-07:002014-05-30T17:32:36.005-07:001772 Colonial Williamsburg VA: Historical BSL for Bulldogs and Mastiffs<i>An Act to prevent Mischief from</i> D O G S.<br />
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Whereas the Inhabitants of this City, and Persons resorting thither, are frequently in Danger of being wounded, and are daily annoyed by fierce Dogs, and others, in too great Numbers running at large within the Limits thereof: For Remedy and Prevention of those Mischiefs, <i>Be it ordained by the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, and Common Council of the said City, in Common Hall assembled, and it is hereby ordained by the Authority of the same</i>, that no Person residing in the said City shall keep within the Limits thereof any Bitch, and none but a Housekeeper any Dog; and that no such Housekeeper shall keep any Bull Dog or Mastiff, or any Dog partaking of either Species of Animals, otherwise than confined by a Chain within his own enclosed Ground; or any Dog of another kind without a Collar worn about his Neck, whereon the initial Letters of the Owner's Christian Names and [illegible] name shall be marked; nor more than tow Dogs, with such Collars. And that every Person offending either of those Cases shall forfeit and pay the Sum of forty Shillings, to be used for and recovered before the Court of [Hustings ?] of the said City, by Petition, to be prosecuted within one Month after the Offence, in the Name of the Chamberlain thereof for the Time being, for the Use of this Corporation.<br />
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<i>And be it further ordained</i>, that it shall and may be lawful for any Person to kill any such Bull, Mastiff, or Mongrel Dog not confined as aforesaid, and any Dog running at large in the Streets without a Collar the Day Time, or with a Collar in the Night time, or belonging to a Resident who is not a Housekeeper; and that the Sergeant, Constable and Watchman of the said City, shall severally take an Oath before the Mayor to kill such unqualified Dogs, and give Information to the Chamberlain of all Offenders against this Act.<br />
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<i>And be it further ordained</i>, that one Act made at the Court of Common Council held the 19th Day of March 1739, entitled <i>An Act to refrain the keeping of Dogs in great Numbers</i> be repealed; and that this Act shall be published in the Virginia Gazett, and shall commence and be in Force immediately after the 21st Day of September, in this Year 1772.<br />
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<i>Passed in the Common Hall</i> September 7, 1772.<br />
[] M. DAVENPORT, Town Clerk<br />
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