Posted on 05/15/2010 9:34:01 PM PDT by Chet 99
(05-14) 16:08 PDT RENO -- The condemned pit bull that was sprung from the Alameda animal shelter, allegedly by its owners, has been found in Reno and will be euthanized next week, authorities said Friday.
Max, a 3-year-old, 70-pound red nose pit bull, was located at a Reno motel Thursday night and was taken to a local shelter. An Alameda animal control officer will drive to Reno on Monday to retrieve Max, after which the dog will be destroyed, said Alameda police Sgt. Jill Ottaviato.
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An Alameda County Superior Court commissioner ordered Max destroyed Tuesday. The dog was labeled dangerous because he bit a veterinary technician in Oakland and a friend of Cochran and Perry at the couple's home at the Alameda Islander Motel.
Alameda animal-control officials were ready to euthanize Max shortly after Commissioner Thomas Rasch issued his ruling Tuesday. Rasch, however, agreed to allow Cochran and Perry to say their goodbyes at 11 a.m. Wednesday.
But after the hearing, police believe, Cochran bought a set of bolt cutters, setting into motion a plan he had allegedly hatched with Perry to break into the shelter on Fortmann Way and steal Max. The pit bull vanished from his locked kennel sometime between 4:30 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. Wednesday.
The couple's Ford F-150 pickup truck was seen on surveillance video taken outside the animal shelter the morning of the break-in, said Deputy District Attorney Mark McCannon of Alameda County.
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No dog is a “wild beast”.
The domestic dog was originally classified as Canis familiaris and Canis familiarus domesticus by Carolus Linnaeus in 1758,[18][19] and was reclassified in 1993 as Canis lupus familiaris, a subspecies of the gray wolf Canis lupus, by the Smithsonian Institution and the American Society of Mammalogists.
Nice straw man.
/s
The “*” that perplexes you are used to emphasize a word or point.
They’re used quite commonly, here.
I do not “text”.
The overweening problem is that valid, -serious- words loose their power, often becoming effectively emasculated by their overuse.
“Evil”, is, by definition, things/actions/thoughts that are intentionally and biblically sinful.
Casually throwing it in around in an inappropriate or ‘joking’ context strips of its original power and import.
The liberals know this and have effectively diluted the original “black and white” view of good and bad, turning everything they can into myriad shades of gray, instead.
By saying that a DOG is “evil”, you are joining hands with the moral equivocators of the world.
True “evil” is found in pedophiles, poisoners, rapists and frequently, murderers, .
All of them intentionally formulate their plan, prey upon the trust/innocence/ignorance/gullibility of their victims, with malice aforethought.
-That- is evil.
[the Bible can provide you with an exhaustive list of other things that are evil]
In the KJV version of the bible, we read “Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live”.
That was purposefully mistranslated for King James’ benefit, owing to his ‘witch phobia’.
The original text said “Thou shalt not suffer a -poisoner- to live” yet we have so-called “Christians” on this very forum who cheerfully brag about poisoning the neighbor’s dog.
“That logic has been proved here many times to be fallacious. Guns do not jump out of their holster all on their own and go maul somebody - or even shoot them. It is not a valid analogy and it is silly to suggest it.”
Every year, the accidental discharge of firearms kill more people than pit bulls do.
They may not have “jumped out of their holster” but they did ‘kill someone’ without malice aforethought.
Whether they “meant to” or not, the person is just as dead and the nanny-staters use that “silliness” to enforce wholesale bans, same as the “silliness” of total breed bans.
There is no difference between their desire to ban “certain types” of guns and “certain types” of dogs.
The line between ‘good guns/bad guns’ grows ever thinner, just as with dog breeds.
It may not be a perfect physical ‘analogy’ match but it is a very close political/ideological one.
If you cannot see the obvious, albeit pernicious connection, you are playing right into their hands.
You must stand for ALL personal freedoms and rights or you stand for none.
Simple as that.
Rather than ask why someone “can’t have a pet tiger”, you should ask why some people can’t own an automatic weapon.
The answer is obvious; because the people who -hated- other people’s “certain types” of things but loved their *own* “certain type” of the exact same thing did -nothing-, not understanding that, in the end, it’s all a progressive, slow moving Juggernaut that intends to eventually *all* forms of that “thing”, be it guns, dogs, knives, vehicles...*whatever*.
Me too!
Are Rotts evil?
Dobermanns?
German Shepherds?
If not, why not?
“Malinois ripped my flesh” ping.
Well, if we are all going to start posting in emoticons, I suppose we ought to post the FR emoticon reference directory...
:) or :-) Happy This was a joke.
;) or ;-) Happily winking I'm pulling your leg.
:P or :-P Sticking out tongue "Nyahh" or "Bleh".
:D or :-D Open-mouthed grin I'm delighted!
:( or :-( Unhappy I'm sad about this.
:~( Crying I'm VERY sad about this.
:-| Unemotional I'm less than thrilled.
>:-( Very unhappy I'm upset!
8-) Wide-eyed happiness This surprised me.
:-O Shouting I'm yelling, and likely upset!
8-O Wide-eyed shouting I'm even more upset!
>8-O Mad wide-eyed shouting Now I'm really angry!
|-| Asleep Zzzzzz...
==|:-) Silly I'm Abraham Lincoln (top hat).
Sorry, call me old school...and still in favor of a ban on all pit bulls in residential neighborhoods.
Your rights end at the tip of my nose. As for religious beliefs, I believe God created the world with good and evil in man along with giving man the abilty to choose between them.
In the wild kingdom, I believe He created the same good and evil, but of couse he did not include reason and choice. I wish He had left out a few things (snakes, tigers, pit bulls and especially the scorpions that have wandered into our house this month) but it was His hand that painted the world and not mine.
In this case I must agree w/ the pit apologists that this "news" story would probably have been ignored if this was a collie or a dalmation or any number of other breeds.
Sorry, but IMO:
No, but the one across the street finally stopped barking after I trained it to shut up. My neighbor used to just let it bark.
Dobermanns?
They are scary but not evil. Would not want to mess with two of them.
German Shepherds
Definately not evil. Would not want to mess with two of them.
If not, why not?
Because they are not pit bulls.
The judge ordered the dog to be killed after a hearing that included animal control professionals, vets and others testifying that it was a danger and would attack again. What more do you need than that?
And that's exactly what I expected.
Can you guess what the other 3 breeds have in common?
At various times in the past, ALL of them were the subjects of the exact same kind of “breed hysteria”.
Luckily, PETA had no political power during *those* “burning times” therefore reputable breeders had a chance to tone down some of the breeds’ original “sharpness”.
Because the anti-dog lobbies now wield immeasurable political/media power, “pit types” will probably not get the same the grace period.
I got my first Dobermann in the 70s, when I was 14.
I went through the whole “Dober-witch trials” era, replete with “killer Dobe” B movies.
We're still here.
My current one is a European line-bred because I really didn't want to “settle” for a diluted “American type” again.
FYI, if I -had- to make a choice when being attacked by a dog, I would definitely pick the Pit over the Dobe....even if it were only *one* Dobe.
Most "killer Pit" stories involve little kids or the elderly because they're more "helpless".
Dobes have no problems taking out full grown adults.
[Luckily, they're not EVIL so they're not prone to doing so. In fact, for reasons unknown, the family Dobe will usually appoint itself the official guardian of any kids in the home]
Yes, that was a cop out.
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
What a doofus
(|):^{> The prophet Mohammed (casual turban).
*(|):^{> The prophet Mohammed (dress turban)
*-o(|):^{> The prophet Mohammed (turban bomb)
you win the...
I might add another:
..!.. My opinion of The prophet Mohammed.
All pit bulls are prone to unexpected attack. They have evil in them as a time bomb ticking, ready to go off. Every news story you read of a pit bull attack carries a quote from the owner, something to this effect,
When you want to open your eyes, go do a google image search of "pit bull mauling" and tell me what those victims think of pit bulls. I doubt they will disagree with me that pit bulls are evil.
Laugh as you have here on the board in front of this little girl.
Little girl recovers from pit bull mauling
Notice to those that have a squeemish stomach, the picture is graphic.
I would include a certain "president" in that list.
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