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uhhh...ok
Well without the German sheps, your department is nothing but a bunch of racist vaginas.
uhhh...ok
I joke.
This is true for all breeds. The reason you don't hear about more attacks is because...........
1. the media is all about the "pitbull" at the moment.
2. the pitbull is the "in" dog for low life s at the moment.
Look back 20 years ago when Doberman's were popular and you will see the same. Look even further and you will see the same for German Shepards.
With you being a cop, I'm surprised you haven't heard of the growing amount of American Pitbull Terriers being used to assist your fellow officers.
Plus, the pit bull movement has significantly impacted the low life s' trend of listening to reggaeton. I never used to have to watch out for the "bbrrrrrraaaaaaaattttt!"
reggaeton?
I'm outta here.
I have yet to see a pitbull assisting our K9 unit. I don't think they have one.
rottweilers kill more people that pitbulls. Pitbulls are the "in" dog, the media child. You're blind if you can't look at the stats and see it. I don't care what anyone personally thinks or what their biased media-fed eyes see, facts are facts. German shepards are right behind in 3rd for most fatal attacks.
Who the cares anyways. An average of 25 people die a year from dogs while thousands are murdered by humans. I'm more paranoid about random people on the street than someone's pet.
Fatal Dog Attacks
This pie chart shows the number of fatal dog attacks from
1979 to 1998. The number of attacks, by breed, is in red;
the percentage of the total number is in black.
Other breeds 55 (23%)
Malamute 15 (6.3%)
Husky type 21 (8.8%)
German shepherd 27 (11.4%)
Rottweiler 44 (18.5%)
Pit bull 76 (32%)
Number of fatal dog attacks from 1979 to 1988: 238
Note: Table made from pie chart.
Source: Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association,
USA Today
The chances of dying of fatal dog bites is less likely than it is to be killed by lightning, according to federal statistics. Despite this factor, dog bites are an unrecognized public health problem that affects an estimated five million people every year. Of the five million people attacked by dogs annually, most of the victims are children.
Between five and 20 people a year will suffer from fatal dog bites, but just because the mortality rate for the injury is not high does not mean injuries suffered do not have severe consequences. Even nonfatal dog bites can leave a lasting impact.
In some communities, the high frequency of dog bites has alarmed residents and struck fear in many. According to The American Veterinary Medical Association, which compiles statistics nationwide, they expect about 4.7 million dog bites in the United States throughout 2005, indicating the number of nonfatal and fatal dog bites is not declining. Of those estimated to suffer from nonfatal dog bites, about 800,000 require medical attention.
Between 1979 and 1996, there were 199 reported fatal dog bites in the U.S., with the leading breed causing the deaths being the pit bull, accounting for 60 of the deaths. In a 1994 case control study of risk factors seeking to determine dog-specific factors independently associated with a dog biting a non-household member, the authors concluded pediatricians should advise parents that failure to neuter a dog and selection of male dogs and certain breeds may increase the risk of a nonfatal or fatal dog bite. Even though the study was over a decade ago, the same high number of Americans is suffering from nonfatal and fatal dog bites today.
...............I couldnt find a dayum thing in the last 10yrs about dog attacks....but what I found showed that Pitbulls kill far more than any other breed of dog.
Also, here in San Antonio........the only breed of dog Ive seen in the last few years that has KILLED people has been the Pitbull period.
FWIW, I took my wife's car to have the transmission looked at on Saturday and the owner of the garage had a pit bull walking around the place. One of the nicest, friendliest dogs I have seen.
All animals can be violent, but its what their dumbass owners do to them that brings it out.
Do you read any of the reports after a Pitbull attack? The overwhelming majority of them were claimed by the owner and neighbors that the Pitbull was friendly and didnt show any aggression to anyone.
The next day that transmission shop probably had a Pitbull mauling case on their hands.
Since you seem to be an expert on the subject, why not post the overwhelming majority of these people that claimed they were friendly?
Because Pitbull isn't a breed of dog, it is a type and these people lump them all into the same category, not to mention they count crossbred and purebred stats.Fatal Dog Attacks
This pie chart shows the number of fatal dog attacks from
1979 to 1998. The number of attacks, by breed, is in red;
the percentage of the total number is in black.
Other breeds 55 (23%)
Malamute 15 (6.3%)
Husky type 21 (8.8%)
German shepherd 27 (11.4%)
Rottweiler 44 (18.5%)
Pit bull 76 (32%)
Number of fatal dog attacks from 1979 to 1988: 238
Note: Table made from pie chart.
Source: Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association,
USA Today
The chances of dying of fatal dog bites is less likely than it is to be killed by lightning, according to federal statistics. Despite this factor, dog bites are an unrecognized public health problem that affects an estimated five million people every year. Of the five million people attacked by dogs annually, most of the victims are children.
Between five and 20 people a year will suffer from fatal dog bites, but just because the mortality rate for the injury is not high does not mean injuries suffered do not have severe consequences. Even nonfatal dog bites can leave a lasting impact.
In some communities, the high frequency of dog bites has alarmed residents and struck fear in many. According to The American Veterinary Medical Association, which compiles statistics nationwide, they expect about 4.7 million dog bites in the United States throughout 2005, indicating the number of nonfatal and fatal dog bites is not declining. Of those estimated to suffer from nonfatal dog bites, about 800,000 require medical attention.
Between 1979 and 1996, there were 199 reported fatal dog bites in the U.S., with the leading breed causing the deaths being the pit bull, accounting for 60 of the deaths. In a 1994 case control study of risk factors seeking to determine dog-specific factors independently associated with a dog biting a non-household member, the authors concluded pediatricians should advise parents that failure to neuter a dog and selection of male dogs and certain breeds may increase the risk of a nonfatal or fatal dog bite. Even though the study was over a decade ago, the same high number of Americans is suffering from nonfatal and fatal dog bites today.
...............I couldnt find a dayum thing in the last 10yrs about dog attacks....but what I found showed that Pitbulls kill far more than any other breed of dog.
Also, here in San Antonio........the only breed of dog Ive seen in the last few years that has KILLED people has been the Pitbull period.
Look at the 2000 study using 20 years of data:
Yeah, and how many media stoies have you read about Rottweilers? 0?Conclusions—Although fatal attacks on humans
appear to be a breed-specific problem (pit bull-type
dogs and Rottweilers), other breeds may bite and
cause fatalities at higher rates. Because of difficulties
inherent in determining a dog’s breed with certainty,
enforcement of breed-specific ordinances raises cons utional
and practical issues. Fatal attacks represent
a small proportion of dog bite injuries to humans and,
therefore, should not be the primary factor driving
public policy concerning dangerous dogs. Many practical
alternatives to breed-specific ordinances exist and
hold promise for prevention of dog bites. (J Am Vet
Med Assoc 2000;217:836–840)
From 1993-1998, 15 people died to pit-bull-types and 30 to Rottweilers.
Face it, the "pitbull problem" is a media frenzy, just like shark attacks. The animals kill combined 40 people a year and we return the favor by culling off 3 million. People are more in a hype over pitbulls than they are over wolves.
when all the high and mighty pitbull advocates have kids, they'll change their tune.
it's easy to talk when you aren't in the pit.
OK.....here you go smartass! One example I knew of. PLEASE READ BOLD SENTENCES
A 12-year-old boy left alone with his family's two pit bulls was mauled to death by the dogs Friday inside a Sunset District apartment in San Francisco, authorities said.
The boy, identified as Nicholas Scott Faibish, was attacked in a building across from Golden Gate Park by the 80-pound dogs, a male named Rex and a female named Ella.
The boy's mother, Maureen Faibish, arrived home at 711 Lincoln Way about 3:15 p.m. to discover the tragedy, investigators said.
"Get them out of here!'' she screamed over and over, neighbor Donna Castelli said. Another neighbor heard the commotion, ran outside and saw the mother, covered in blood, through her apartment window.
A police officer shot and killed Ella when the dog prevented him from entering the apartment, a police spokesman said. The other dog was captured in the backyard and taken to the animal shelter.
Paramedics tried and failed to resuscitate the boy at the scene. Investigators would not say whether he was alive when his mother found him.
There was no immediate explanation for what triggered the dogs' attack.
Shocked neighbors said the dogs were often friendly, affectionate and well-behaved.
"The dogs were sweethearts,'' said Art Austin, Castelli's husband. "I never thought they were vicious. They were really nice. I would pet them, and my wife would kiss them on the forehead.''
But 13-year-old neighbor Aaron Vinnik said he saw the dogs regularly and they were not always well-behaved.
"The dogs barked at us, and one of them, the white-and-brown one, he came (at) us," Aaron said.
He said the dogs were "sometimes nice, sometimes mean.''
Veterinarian Robert Arrick, who had treated the pit bulls at Park Animal Hospital, said he and his staff "never had a bad experience with them.''
He said the boy's father, Steve Faibish, "walked (the dogs) up and down Ninth Avenue, in and out of stores -- there was never any problem.
"They were Steve's dogs, really," Arrick said. "I never saw the mother with the dogs. I don't think they were ever given obedience training per se.
"I have no idea what happened in that house -- it just boggles the mind. These seemed like the nicest dogs -- it's that old conundrum about pit bulls.''
Maureen Faibish and other family members were interviewed by police Friday night and were not available for comment.
Dr. Carl Friedman, director of San Francisco Animal Care and Control, said at least one of the dogs had been in protective custody at the animal shelter about a year ago.
"I don't know exactly why,'' he said. "It didn't have anything to do with showing signs of aggression.''
Friedman said Rex was in the shelter Friday night, isolated from other dogs.
"He did seem to have blood on him," Friedman said. "He didn't seem injured in any way. He's a pretty big guy. He (wasn't) very aggressive in the vehicle.''
Friedman said pit bulls are notoriously unpredictable.
"You can ask 10 different people if they think pit bulls are inherently aggressive or not, and you will probably get 11 different answers,'' he said.
A teacher at Roosevelt Middle School, where Nicholas attended sixth grade, said the boy's family was planning to move to Oregon after the school year. The boy had not been to school on Friday, and a school attendance clerk who attempted to call the family home found the line had been disconnected.
Nick, as the teacher knew him, liked talking about his dogs, playing computer games and being with his friends, she said.
"He's so similar to all boys his age, very similar," said the teacher, who asked not to be identified. "I'm just devastated. This is just so unreal."
Diane Panagotacos, the principal at Roosevelt, said Friday night that Nicholas had adjusted well to middle school.
"I just remember freckles on him," she said. "I kind of remember him just being animated. I saw smiles on his face, that's what I remember. I remember a happy youngster. ... It's just so sad to hear the cir stances.
"We're having our eighth-grade dinner dance right now, and we haven't told any of the kids,'' Panagotacos said. "Monday, we will definitely need to deal with this -- grief counselors, whatever the kids and staff need." She put her hands over her face and began to cry.
Ony Ozonsi, an eighth-grader at Roosevelt, remembered Nicholas as a bubbly boy who stood out even to him, two grades ahead.
"He was a happy little kid,'' Ony said. "He liked to play with the other kids a lot and was always here after school."
Police Chief Heather Fong and Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White were among the authorities at the scene of the attack.
"It's a very tragic situation,'' Hayes-White said. "The city family offers its deepest sympathy and condolences.''
Nicholas lived in the apartment with his parents and a younger sister and brother.
A neighbor who lives in an adjacent building and asked not to be identified said she had called 911 after hearing Nicholas' mother screaming, "Help me! Help me!''
She ran out to a catwalk, looked through the Faibish family's window and saw that the mother's face and hands were covered with blood.
The neighbor said she had seen the dogs earlier Friday lounging in front of the two-story wood-shingled apartment building.
Castelli was among those who said the two dogs seemed tame. They would run around the backyard of the apartment building but were always on a leash when in public, she said.
"I'd kiss them on the forehead,'' Castelli said. "They were lovely dogs.''
Mic e O'Leary, a neighbor on Lincoln Way, said the pit bulls were puppies, not fully mature.
"They were nice dogs but rambunctious,'' she said. "They weren't as well socialized as they could be. They would come bounding and run up to you. They would come bounding and run up to my dog. They didn't seem to have social awareness.''
A man identified by neighbors as Nicholas' grandfather spoke briefly outside his residence on Lawton Street, a few blocks from where the boy lived. "I can't talk right now, I'm in a state of shock,'' he said.
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SAN ANTONIO -- A hospital spokeswoman said Tuesday that a 4-year-old girl survived a pit bull mauling Monday that left her with 50 dog bites.
A University Hospital spokeswoman said Katilyn is in good condition despite being bitten practically from head to toe.
A neighbor said a pit bull attacked Katilyn in the back yard of a home in the 7000 block of Ashdale.
Katilyn was found by her baby sitter, curled in a fetal position and bleeding profusely, authorities said.
Investigators said the pit bull is under observation along with a Great Dane that may have also joined in the attack.
The owner of the pit bull will not face a felony charge.
Jef Hale of Animal Care Services said the attack is a reminder for parents not to leave their child alone with an animal.
"Never leave a child alone with an animal," Hale said. "I don't care how well you know the animal. Always think of the child."
NEW: Police shoot pit bull after reported attacks
Web Posted: 03/11/2004 01:48 PM CST
Joe Conger
KENS 5 Eyewitness News
A police officer, called to the scene of a possible dog attack, shot a pit bull today on San Antonio's West Side.
Police were responding to a call near Perez and Murray Streets that a dog was loose and was terrorizing neighbors and other pets in the area.
While waiting for Animal Welfare officials to show up on the scene, police said they spotted the pit bull attacking another pet. That pet’s owner was trying to intervene in the attack.
With a school in the area, police said they couldn’t take any chances, so they fired and hit the dog once.
After being shot, the dog jumped into a police car through a open door and was then apprehended by Animal Welfare officials, police said.
The dog survived the incident, but will likely be put to sleep, police said.
Here are Pitbull attacks in 2007 alone.........and everyone thinks this dog is tame???
I guess all these Pitbulls had bad owners and handlers as well.
LMAO!!!
Date: 2007-08-05, 12:31PM PDT
Teen Survives Pit Bull Attack; Needs 900 S ches July 28, 2007
Another Bay area pit bull attack July 27, 2007
Pit Bull Attacks UPS Driver July 24, 2007
Five pit bulls seized in attack in Alameda County park July 22, 2007
A spate of pit bull attacks in Reading - July 22, 2007
Horse Dies After Pit Bull Attack - July 19, 2007
Pit bull attacks 69-year-old woman: Pet dog killed - July 18, 2007
Woman's Face, Ear Injured In Pit Bull Attack - July 16, 2007
Two women injured in pit bull attack - July 12, 2007
Pit Bull Attacks 72 year old woman - July 14, 2007
Pit bull attacks elderly woman in Aloha - July 14, 2007
Pit bull attack injures Milpitas carrier July 7, 2007
Infant Recovering After Pit-Bull Attack - July 4, 2007
Pit bull Sexually Assaults Toddler
Homicide charges sought in pit-bull mauling death
Pit bull attacks 2 adults in southern Springs
Two miniature 5-year-old horses were killed by Pit bulls
25-year-old woman recovering pit bull attack in Lake County
Six people including two small children in pit bull attack
Pit Bull Attack In Fairfax County Ends In Gunfire
2 Pit Bulls killed Pomeranian + injured Australian shepherd
Elderly Roswell Woman Seriously Injured by Pit Bull
Woman Loses Finger in Pit Bull Attack
Woman Loses Finger in Pit Bull Attack
San Francisco Boy Killed in Pit Bull Attack
San Francisco Boy Killed in Pit Bull Attack
Therapy Dog Mauled in Pit Bull Attack
Pit bull mauls mother and daughter
Dog attacks, kills two other dogs in Virginia Beach
Yorkie Owner Traumatized by Pit Bull Attack
Pit Bull Attack - Florida Man Needs Over 2000 S ches
D.C. Police Investigate Pit Bull Attack
10-year-old boy recovering from attack Sunday evening
Police shoot pit bull after it bites Redding man
Family Scarred By Shooting After Pit Bull Attack this weekend
Deadly dog attack in Orlando
Boy hurt when 'friendly' Pit Bull attacks
S.F. boy, 12, killed by his family's pit bulls
4-year-old hospitalized after being mauled by dog
Pit bulls kill 1-year-old in Bamberg
Man helps one pit bull, forced to shoot another
Cops Kill Pit Bull After It Attacks Officers
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. A man attacked by three pit bulls
Cop shoots at pit bull, wounds person
Drug Investigators Raid Sioux Falls House.....Shoot Pit Bull
10-year-old Colorado boy mauled by three Pit Bulls
Pit Bull Rampage Mauls Illinois Boy
Pit Bull Bites Neighbor, Dog
Vicious Pitbull Attacks Officer
Pit bull mauls 15-year-old girl in southeast Portland
Mother Charged After Boy, 8, Mauled By Dog
Toddler dies after pit bull attack
Corvallis man charged after pit bull bites and injures girl
Oregon man given medal for fighting off pit bull attack
15-year-old girl attacked by pit bull
Toddler recovering from dog dragging incident
Series of dog attacks in Minneapolis
Beaverton man stabs a Pit Bull to death to save his own dog
Pit bull bites Van Buren woman
Pit bull bites girl, 2, in face in West Toledo
13 year-old Boy attacked by neighbor's pit bull
Petaluma woman attacked second time by same pit bull
Dog's Death Renews Pit Bull Debate
71-Year-Old Mauled To Death While Gardening
Parents Sleep As Pup Chews Off Baby's Toes
Dog owner to put pit bull to sleep
Westside Man Attacked By Pit Bull Might Need Rabies Shots
Warden seizes dog that attacked 12-year-old boy
3-Year-Old Returns Home After Pit Bull Attack
Lancaster Deputy Attacked By Pit Bull
Pit Bulls Kill Race Horse
Pit Bulls Kill Small Dog Chained In Family's Yard
Pit Bulls Kill Poodle, Attack Woman Near Middle School
Pit Bull Chews Off Owner's Arms
Two Pit bulls maul and kill poodle and Attack women in Tustin
Pit Bull Victim Still Recovering 1 Year Later
Neighbor aids dog-bite victim - Man relates tale of pit bull's attack
4 Year old Survives Losing Scalp In Pit Bull Attack
Scarred girl's plea over dog attack
Cops Kept Busy With Pit Bull Attack & Dog On Highway
Pit bull attacks Roswell Woman
Man Shoots Pit Bull When It Tries To Attack
Fight for survival
Pit Bull Attacks Paramedic Treating Sick Man
Pit bull attack leaves man injured, his dog dead
Pit Bull Owners Sued by Injured 12 year old Boy's Mother
Pit bull attacks girl in Lynn
Indy man trying to stop pit bull attack is shot by dog's owner
Family Pit Bull attacks mother and child inside their Boise Home
Pit Bull Attacks Woman In Plaza Midwood Area
Man shot while interceding in pit bull attack
Pit bull fatally mauls 2-year-old girl
Charges filed in pit bull attack - Myrtle Beach
Pit bull mauls Roswell woman
Pit Bull Attacks Boy
Pit Bull Attacks Iowa Police Horse
Pit Bull Attacks, Kills Show Horse
Texas Woman Mauled to Death by Six Dogs
Porter's pit bulls kill miniature horse
Dogs Shot, Killed After They Attack Goat, Horse
Pit bull attacks police horse in Golden Gate Park; two injured
Pit bulls euthanized after mauling 90-year-old who died
Pit bull kills child and injures grandmother
Pit Bull Owner Sentenced For Mauling Death
5 year old Girl killed by pit bull terrier
Pit bull kills 91-year-old Detroit woman
Pit Bull Kills Child in Huntington
Pit Bulls Kill Owner In Home
Man loses arm in pit bull mauling
Dog Kills Month-old Infant Sleeping with Mom
Pit Bull Attack
Pictures of wounds from a pit bull attack
Pit bull attacks Racine student at school
Pit Bull Kills Big Isle tot, mauls mom
Missouri man sentenced in pit bull attacks
Pit Bull Kills 2 1/2-year-old California Boy
Dog attacks woman, police officer
Pit bull kills greyhound, injures another
71-year-old Ontario man attacked by three Pit Bulls
Pit bull kills 71-year-old in Kansas
Pit bull mauls Mount Carmel woman at Laurel Run Park
Pit bull kills pet goats
Pit bull attacks boy waiting for bus
Baltimore woman mauled by pit bulls
Pit bull attacks Mesa police officer during call
Dog owner fights off pit bull that leaped from roof
Two pit bulls attacked 12-year-old and 18-year-old
Pit bull attacks girls walking from the beach
Race horse euthanized after pit bulls attack
1 1/2-year-old boy mauled and Killed by family dog
Pit bull viciously attacks Roswell woman
Lexington woman mauled by pit bulls
Pit bulls attack woman
Two pit bulls attack woman in E. Balto
Woman loses finger in pit bull attack
Woman is in serious condition after pit bulls attack
Pit bull mauls Moultrie boy
Man, 62, Injured In Pit Bull Attack
Pit bull breaks into house and attacked Labrador Tuesday Night
Pit bull terrier attacks Waterloo horse patrol
Pit bull attacks student boarding bus in Detroit
City considers pit bull ban after incident
Pit Bull Attack Prompts Dog Fight
Dog Saved Child From Pit Bull Attack - Pit Broke Leash
Pit Bulls Attack Woman
2 pit bulls attack child, teen
Girl recovering after pit bull attack
Fontana pit bulls killed by police after attacking four people
Pit Bulls Attack Teen
Pit bull attacks boy
Woman Needs Plastic Surgery After Pit Bull Attack
Pit bull attack may cost six-year-old her arm
Pit Bull Jumps Through Car's Window, Attacks 11-Year-Old
Independence man sentenced for pit bull attacks in May
Pit Bulls Attack Woman
Pit Bull Attacks BellSouth Workers
Woman in fair condition after city mauling
Man Arrested In April 2007 Pit Bull Attack
City boy attacked by pit bull
Toddler Gets 57 S ches In Face After Pit Bull Attack
Pit bull attacks resident - Sends local man to the hospital
Pit bull attack sends owner, son to hospital
Trio of pit bulls maul children, four adults
Shar-Pei/Terrier mix attacked by four pit bulls Monday night
Mail carrier attacked by three dogs on her route
Little boy's pony killed in pit bull attack in NE Houston
Man rescues lambs being attacked by pit bulls
Man fatally attacked by pit bull in Willis
Two young girls attacked by pit bulls
90-year-old San Antonio man attacked by pit bulls
KTVB Pit bull attacks 11-year-old in Boise
Father's Pit Bulls Kill 22-Month-Old Boy
Boy hospitalized after pit bull attack
Family Saves Boy, 2, From Pit Bull
Boy scared to walk to school due to dogs
Pit Bull Attacks Neighbor's Child NASHVILLE
Boys Mauled By Pit Bull; No Charges Brought
Vicious Pit Bull Kills Rockland Dog Sitter
Man Charged With Assault In Pit Bull Attacks
Pit-Bull Attack in McLaren Park
Pit bull attacks Knox Co. animal control officer
Conroe man kills attacking pit bull with bare hands
Pit Bull breaks loose and bites girl in St. Paul
Four Detroit students hurt in separate pit bull attacks
Four Detroit students hurt in separate pit bull attacks
Man hospitalized for 3 months after pit bull attack
Pit Bull Attacks 7 Year old in Independence
Pit Bull Bites 2 In Brookline
Neighbor saves young girl being attacked by dog
Pit bull attack led to the death of Wyandotte County man
Neighbors Save Elderly Man From Vicious Dog Attack
Pit bull attacks student boarding bus
Pit Bull Attacks 3 People On South Side Tucson
Pit Bulls Attacks SoCal Elderly Woman
Woman Mauled by pit injuries over 90% of her body
Pit bull attacks smaller dog in west-side neighborhood
Pit bull attacks girl, 8, playing in back yard
Pit bull attacks 3-year-old
Pit bull attacks same victim twice
Anna family destroys dog after girl bitten
Pit bull gnawed boy's foot, forcing amputation
Officer kills his pit bull as it attacks his little child
Pit owner fined $2,285 - Minister, wife still recovering
Dog-mauling victim's emotional scars linger
Pit Bulls Lead To Mail Service Suspension
One Dead, Another Injured, In Separate Dog Attacks
Woman Loses Ear In Pit Bull Attack
Colorado Woman Killed By Dog Pack
Tuttle boy attacked by pit bull dog
Owner Sentenced To Three Years For Dog Killing 82-Year-Old
These are only from July 2007
LMAO!!!! This just happened.....guess what?? Pitbulls!!!
Web Posted: 08/07/2007 11:30 PM CDT
John Tedesco
Express-News
The two pit bulls on West Summit were either left in a fenced backyard or locked in a plastic kennel outside.
Either way, the dogs got out, and their owners were gone.
One dog was big and tan; the other was smaller, with white and brown fur.
Tuesday morning, the pit bulls spied Susan De La Garza and her 3-year-old daughter, Lola Efird, strolling by the house.
"They came charging up," De La Garza said. "I hit them with my purse. It was crazy."
One dog snapped at the girl's leg, scratching it as De La Garza yanked her daughter away. Neighbors, hearing the dogs barking and the mother and daughter screaming, yelled to distract the pit bulls. The animals ran away and neighbors called police.
At 9:49 a.m., San Antonio Police Officer Vince Cano was dispatched to the 1700 block of West Summit to deal with the reported animal attack. When Cano rolled up in his cruiser, he saw the crying girl, but her leg looked OK. Nearby, one of the pit bulls, ears flared back, eyed the policeman.
Cano knew this was a job for the city's animal control workers, who would have to snare the unsecured dogs. As he waited for animal control, Cano walked toward the house, where De La Garza had dropped her purse.
Something darted at him. It was one of the pit bulls. It didn't bark — it came at him silently.
Cano managed to draw his Glock semi-automatic pistol and squeeze off a round. Under department policy, police officers are allowed to fire their weapons at dangerous animals. Cano missed. The crack of gunfire echoed along the quiet street. The noise scared the dogs, which scampered away, and it scared the young girl, who started crying.
About 10 minutes later, the same thing happened. The big tan dog reappeared and lunged at Cano. The officer fired again. This time the bullet grazed the dog's head.
Frightened by the shot, both dogs scampered to the backyard of their owner's house by squeezing through the bars of a dark metal gate. The smaller pit bull made it, but when the larger tan dog tried jumping through, it got caught.
The gate had cross bars adorned with vertical, 4-inch long es. A small metallic ball topped each e. The dog's inner thigh was pressed against one of the es.
Its haunches pinned, the dog hung upside down, yelping in pain and fear. It struggled to free itself, rested, and struggled again.
The danger had passed. Now Cano had a suffering animal on his hands.
There was little Cano could do to release the dog — he didn't have the proper equipment. The minutes dragged by as he and his sergeant, Lloyd Jackel, waited for animal control workers to arrive.
"I would help it out if I thought I wouldn't get bit, but I ain't getting bit," Jackel said.
This was hardly the first time the officers were called to deal with a dangerous animal. Jackel wasn't happy with the owner who left the dogs unwatched.
"People aren't held accountable for their animals," Jackel said. Now the dog was suffering and a scared little girl might have to get rabies shots, he said.
For the first hour, the pinned pit bull struggled to free itself, barking and yelping. Then the dog stopped struggling. It hung limply, not moving except for its shallow breaths.
At 11:30 a.m. — an hour and 40 minutes after they were called — three of the city's animal control workers arrived. Richard Mendez, wielding a pole with a noose, freed the comatose pit bull from the gate. Blood oozed from the dog's inner thigh, and the e had broken off the gate.
Mendez loaded the dog into his truck, then went behind the fenced part of the property to capture the smaller, snarling dog.
The city workers said they weren't allowed to talk to the media. Later, animal control spokeswoman Lisa Norwood said the officers didn't immediately arrive because both dogs were no longer a threat. Workers are extremely busy, responding to between 30 and 60 calls a day, Norwood said.
"This is a crisis," Norwood said. "And it's not going to get any better until people are responsible and keep their animals contained."
Property records list the owner of the home as Harold Bartlett, but he lives at a different address, which suggests he rents out the house on West Summit. Bartlett didn't return a phone message Tuesday.
The big tan dog that had been wedged in the gate later died from his wounds. Norwood said it was killed immediately by the gunshot. She seemed unaware that it had been stuck in the gate.
One onlooker didn't care about the dog's yelps of pain.
"(Expletive) that dog," said De La Garza, the girl's mother. "He tried biting my daughter."
PITBULLS once again...tsk, tsk
http://www.pitbullsontheweb.com/petbull/findpit.html
Go to this website and properly identify the Pitbull. I'm guessing you won't. Now look at all those dogs, which are pure breeds, and tell me how similar they look to the American Pitbull Terrier. The media labels any dog with a broad head a Pitbull, and you believe them.
20+ breeds are often misidentified as the American Pitbull Terrier. It's safe to assume many of those you listed above were not American Pitbull Terriers.
TSA got owned.
Pitbulls are nice.
How come we never hear about the mistreatment of these dogs?
http://www.pitbullsontheweb.com/petb...dreality/1.php
E20 can't drive.
Because no one gives a about Pitbulls. The bad outweighs the good.
"He's a little ball of fire" says U.S. Customs officer J.J. Trevino of Popsicle (Receiving a significant Seizure medal in March)
During an arrest two years ago, Buffalo policeman Ron Clark, Jr. opened an abandoned freezer on a known drug dealer's back porch and found a bulging black garbage bag. "I poked my flashlight at it," he recalls, "and it started moving. My worst fear was that it was a baby."
In fact, it was a puppy, a pit bull who would be known as Popsicle and -- in a lovely ironic twist-- would gain fame for sniffing out the kind of bad guy that nearly killed him.
One year ago, Popsicle helped the feds seize 3,075 pounds of cocaine from a pineapple-laden truck at the Mexican border-the biggest drug bust ever at the Hidalgo, Texas, port of entry. "It's astounding the obstacles this dog has overcome," says US Customs Service Commissioner Raymond W. Kelley.
The Pitbull Puppy was skin and bones when he arrived at the Animal Hospital.
When Officer Clark found the wounded, blood-caked animal who had apparently been used in pit bull fights, he was undernourished, hypothermic and near death.
"He was in bad shape, but I was drawn to him," says SPCA adoption counselor Shannon Willie, who name the pup Popsicle. Alas, people who visited the shelter looking to adopt a puppy were put off by his breed's reputation. They would take one look at the pit bull and walk away.
When Popsicle regained his strength, the shelter contacted US Customs canine-enforcement officer Sally Barr. It was a long shot, but maybe he would qualify for the dog training school in Front Royal, VA.
Of 500 dogs Barr has tested in the last three years, only 4 have made the cut. "You want a dog that plays a terrific tug-of-war," says Barr. Popsicle did, and in February 1998 he graduated at the top of his class and became a celebrated alumnus two months later by detecting the record contraband cache under a tractor-trailer.
"You have to imagine him," says US Customs canine handler J.J. Trevino ,"on his hind legs, barking, trying to reach up to the bottom of the truck."
Back in Buffalo, where the bad guy eventually got off with probation for animal cruelty, Ron Clark remains awed by Popsicle's comeback. "I still don't know why I opened that refrigerator," says Clark. "But it feel like it was meant to be."
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