Judge orders dogs put down after attack on woman

Newswatch50 ^

[Chet 99]

The court ordered resolution to a dog attack complaint earlier in the month in Theresa has left the people on both sides with mixed emotions.

Thursday, both the victim and the dog owners expressed feelings of sadness for each other.

On the afternoon of April 19th 70-year-old Linda Wilcox of 109 Commercial Street, Theresa was walking in front of the Riverside Avenue residence of Mary Cook when she was attacked by three pit bull terriers.

The dogs, two female adults and a 4-month-old female puppy, owned by Ms. Cook and her daughter, knocked Mrs. Wilcox to the ground and inflicted several painful, bloody bites.

A passerby came to Mrs. Wilcox’s aid, chased the dogs away and called for help. The man told Mrs. Wilcox they same dogs had attacked him a short time earlier.

Tuesday the two sides met in Town of Theresa Court where Judge George Rollinson ordered the animals to be destroyed. Ms. Cook has until Tuesday, May 5th to comply with the order.

Cook said she is resigned to the impending loss of her pets, but feels the judge’s decision was extreme.

“These pit bulls are really nice dogs…they’re just like my kids,” said Ms. Cook. “Now they’re putting my dogs to sleep and I don’t think that’s right.”

Ms. Cook also regrets the pain suffered by Mrs. Wilcox.

“I feel sorry for her,” said Cook.

Mrs. Wilcox told NewsWatch50 she is sad for Ms. Cook and her family.

“I feel bad that they’ve got to put these pets away, and I realize they’re pets, but that kind of dog shouldn’t be a pet,” said Wilcox. “I feel bad for them because I know they are attached to these animals.”

[brytlea]

Thank you for giving me that info. As far as Chet goes, I don’t care what he posts. I don’t know why he likes to post anti pit bull posts, but hey, I like to respond to threads about mandatory spay/neuter laws when they come up. We all have things that interest us.
I just don’t like hysteria, which generally abounds in these threads. Most people don’t know much about pits (except what they see in the media—the same media they decry for virtually every other thing it writes about).
These particular dogs (or at least the one that bit—I haven’t seen a good account of what actually happened, it didn’t look like multiple dog bites from the photos, but I can’t say) should be euthanized. There is a fairly simple solution to bad dogs. Get rid of them and make the owner responsible. This won’t stop all dog attacks (only PETA and HSUS have the solution to that and none of of like their solution).

[goat granny]

I cannot disagree with anything you wrote...Thank you for your rational response...some I get on Pit Bull posts are just name calling.Have a great day.....:O)

[brytlea]

Ditto!