5-year-old mauled by pit bull in Hurricane

KSL (Utah) ^

[Chet 99]

[JoeProBono]

Yo Chet gettin' a little graphic?

[Moonman62]

Poor girl.

[JoeProBono]

[JoeProBono]

[Chet 99]

Yes, a 5 year-old girl is brutally mauled, so let’s bring out pictures of hippos. Haha, hilarious!

[Salamander]

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[JoeProBono]

[JoeProBono]

You're right - it's a jungle out there!

[Tammy8]

You are over the top. One would think from this post that you have concern for children mauled by dogs- which would make sense. However you only post on those harmed by pit bulls as if no other breed can harm a child. You are not doing a service to concerned dog owners or parents or anyone by concentrating on one breed.

A daughter of a friend of ours was mauled this badly by a Mastiff recently. Any dog can be a danger to a child and NO dog should ever be trusted around one. ANY large breed can do major damage and even kill a child or adult.

I sincerely hope your focus on Pit Bulls does not cause some people to make the mistake of thinking a child is safe around other breeds. A dog is a dog and does not have the thought process needed in order to be trusted around children. That is the message that needs to get out there.

[JoeProBono]

[JoeProBono]

A dog is a dog

[Chet 99]

Islam is a peaceful and loving religion.

[JoeProBono]

“Dogs of peace” huh?

[JoeProBono]

http://www.thebestpitbull.com/pitbullheroes.htm

[beaversmom]

Poor little girl.

[shibumi]

"Yes, a 5 year-old girl is brutally mauled, so let’s bring out pictures of hippos. Haha, hilarious!"

You are free to conduct your little experiment in "consciousness raising" (sounds terribly liberal, doesn't it?) with Pit Bulls, but at the same time, you must remember some facts.

First, Hippos are extremely dangerous. In Africa, they account for more attacks on humans than all other animals combined! (Including that hyena you keep posting.)

Second, while maulings are bad, Hippo attacks are worse, in that they are almost always fatal.

Third, you must remember where you are doing this. FreeRepublic is a conservative site. In this, there is no compromise. The efforts at Breed Specific Legislation are a wedge issue used by the nanny state socialists to incrementally abridge our freedoms.

No one is saying that what happened to that little girl is not horrible, and out hearts and prayers go out to her and her family. The effort to eradicate a breed based on these incidents, however, is the same thing as trying to limit the Right To Keep and Bear Arms just because there are some who use guns irresponsibly, or for nefarious purposes. This girl was attacked, and you want to kill all the dogs that didn't do it.

You want to talk about measures for assuring responsible pet ownership? You want to talk about severe penalties for owners whose animals commit these attacks? You want to see stiff penalties for irresponsible parents who do not properly supervise their children's safety? You want to put the puppy mills that produce these ill-bred critters out of business? You might be quite surprised at how many on the "Hippo List" would be on your side.

When you limit your focus to a "Final Solution" for a whole breed of dog, however, you'll get this in response:

(St. Augustine of Hippo)

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

Aim With The Hand,,,

Shoot With The Mind,,,

Kill With A Hand Like Arctic Ice...

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

Hand = Heart...(duh)...