[Uncle Miltie]

In before “It’s the owner, not the breed”!

[freedom462]

If the news was fair and balanced, they would report such attacks by other dog breeds as well. Pit bulls do attack humans less frequently than most other dog breeds.

[skinkinthegrass]

apparently, this dog/beast NEEDED to be shot by LEOs..owners.

[bmwcyle]

Chet99 is back

[ScottinVA]

KBTX stated that the dog which allegedly bit the girl was a pit bull that the family had been watching for a friend. The dog was in the backyard at the time of the alleged attack. 2-year-old Mayes had wandered into the backyard and was reportedly bit by the pit bull at that time. The girl’s parents say they didn’t know that their daughter had wandered out into the backyard.

This particular paragraph says to me the "parents" must spend a lot of time wresting for use of a single brain cell.

- Watching a pit bull "for a friend" when a toddler is in the house????

- The parents "didn't know their daughter had wandered out into the backyard???"

Really???

This is going to haunt those parents for the rest of their lives... as it should.

[TexasCajun]

Wasn't even the family's dog, they were dog-sitting, had it in the back yard and lost track of their toddler.

Sad.

[fwdude]

This can’t be! They’re such a sweet, harmless breed. I’m told this all the time - between attack stories.

[napscoordinator]

And people think guns cause more deaths. I think pit bulls are quite the killing machine. Funny how liberals never talk about banning pit bulls....I find that intriguing.

[Toespi]

My vet is quite clear, pit bulls need to become extinct and that can be done by making breeding and selling illegal. He believes they are this dangerous.

[goldstategop]

Its the owner.

Never leave children unsupervised around dogs, cats or ferrets.

They may be domesticated but pets can still bite if they feel they’ve have had enough or their space is threatened.

Pet owners have to exercise responsibility. The dog needs to be killed so it can never harm another human being again but the lesson here is people have to make sure pets and children together are under adult supervision at all times. Period.

[editor-surveyor]

Just one of the facets of this wonderful family pet.

[The Barrister]

Well, we can do the math. IF the percentages in that link to Dog Bites are correct, then it’s a good thing Chows, Huskies and Bull Mastiffs aren’t more populous. If there were as many of those breeds as Pit Bulls, and all other things being equal, then Deaths by Husky over the last 31 years would be 2,142, Deaths by Bull Mastiff would be 4,500, and Deaths by Chow would be a whopping 4,662.

For what it’s worth. I don’t have a dog in this fight.

[familyop]

"In one disturbing case from November, a pit bull was reportedly responsible for biting off a 5-year-old’s penis."

Something else to thrill and delight the pit bull constituency.

[dragnet2]

to a home in the 800 block of East Avenue E.

Boy, ya just know Avenue E isn't in a nice neighborhood.