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10-31-2008, 01:53 PM
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/CPS_Energy_workers_mauled_by_pit_bulls.html
Bexar County Public Works employees were clearing debris from a ditch in Northeast Bexar County when the dogs attacked them.
The men were clearing debris from the ditch behind homes in the 7800 block of Sarepto when two dogs approached them about 9:45 a.m. County officials said the men's supervisor at the site described the bites on their legs, arms and faces as "severe."
One of the workers stabbed the animals repeatedly, and a resident fired multiple rounds into the air to scare the dogs, said the animals' owner, George Staudinger.
Staudinger said his pets climbed a 6-foot privacy fence after hearing loud machinery coming from the ditch.
"I feel sorry for those men, but my dogs were trying to protect their home," he said.
Bexar County spokesperson Laura Jesse said the injured men are in stable condition at University Hospital and that Animal Care Services has picked up and quarantined both dogs.
Staudinger, who used dogs to hunt for wild pigs in his native Hawaii, sports a forearm tattoo of one of his first pit bulls, Cody. He keeps pit bulls in his yard to ward off thieves.
"This is a bad neighborhood," he said. "Pit bulls are good to protect your property and your family."
Staudinger, however, is ready to give up on the aggressive dogs.
"No more dogs," he said. "I told Animal Control that they can have the dogs."
His animals attacked another man who attempted to break into his property recently. Staudinger had to pay a $300 fine for that incident, he said.
He said the county workers might have avoided the attack if they would have stood their ground instead of running away.
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Bexar County Public Works employees were clearing debris from a ditch in Northeast Bexar County when the dogs attacked them.
The men were clearing debris from the ditch behind homes in the 7800 block of Sarepto when two dogs approached them about 9:45 a.m. County officials said the men's supervisor at the site described the bites on their legs, arms and faces as "severe."
One of the workers stabbed the animals repeatedly, and a resident fired multiple rounds into the air to scare the dogs, said the animals' owner, George Staudinger.
Staudinger said his pets climbed a 6-foot privacy fence after hearing loud machinery coming from the ditch.
"I feel sorry for those men, but my dogs were trying to protect their home," he said.
Bexar County spokesperson Laura Jesse said the injured men are in stable condition at University Hospital and that Animal Care Services has picked up and quarantined both dogs.
Staudinger, who used dogs to hunt for wild pigs in his native Hawaii, sports a forearm tattoo of one of his first pit bulls, Cody. He keeps pit bulls in his yard to ward off thieves.
"This is a bad neighborhood," he said. "Pit bulls are good to protect your property and your family."
Staudinger, however, is ready to give up on the aggressive dogs.
"No more dogs," he said. "I told Animal Control that they can have the dogs."
His animals attacked another man who attempted to break into his property recently. Staudinger had to pay a $300 fine for that incident, he said.
He said the county workers might have avoided the attack if they would have stood their ground instead of running away.
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