Posted on 12/14/2012 5:46:12 AM PST by george76
A man near Fresno, Calif., was mauled to death by four pit bulls ... The man was found dead Tuesday night in the driveway of a home in Selma. Animal control officers later impounded four pit bulls, six pit bull puppies and two other dogs at a house next door
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A neighbor said he wasn't surprised, saying that the pit bulls had killed his own dog about a month ago.
They come in our front yard and will come in our driveway," Blake Anderson told KSEE. "I couldn't even get out of my car one time. There were like four of them, so yeah it's ridiculous."
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bingo!
here in the South it is popular to raise pit bulls around children. They are misunderstood. they only attack you if you are scared, you wink at them, or move your arm in a 69% arc. If you abide by these basic rules, there is a good chance they will not bite your face off or kill your children.
I understand your point, it's just that one of the "arguments" that the pit bull loving hand wringers use against banning the breed is that banning the breed is like banning a variety of gun. Just ain't so for the very reason you mentioned. Guns don't attack all on their own. And I don't buy their crap that "it isn't the dog it's the owner." If dogs can be bred for different appearance, they can also be bred for different levels of aggressivness.
Bingo!!! They are bred for violent aggressive behavior.
Saw a really interesting documentary on canines. They included a segment on Soviet efforts to breed tame silver foxes. From a captive population of approximately one thousand foxes they began breeding. The first captive generation they had about 1% that showed indifference, neither fear nor aggression, toward humans. They bred these with each other and in two generations had tame silver foxes. The really curious thing was that other physical traits in the silver foxes changed as well (although not specifically bred for these traits, they were just concentrating on the temperament), and the resulting foxes looked more 'dog-like'.
Anyone that thinks aggression is not a genetic predisposition in breeds is simply uninformed.
They come in our front yard and will come in our driveway," Blake Anderson told KSEE. "I couldn't even get out of my car one time. There were like four of them, so yeah it's ridiculous."
Was that incident reported? If so, to whom? If not, why not? Someone is responsible for not acting on the danger.
Pit Bulls are a type of Labrador.
THey are Meth-Lab-radors.
“If he was a rescuer, this is tragic. If he was raising them to sell for fighting, this is justice.”
It wasn’t the owner that was killed. The owner should be charged with murder.
“We have a pittie that would kill you...with his tail and tongue. He is a great big love monkey.”
So did my friend Doug. Daisy would flop over on her back, with her tongue lolling out, as soon as she saw me, cuz she knew she was gonna get a tummy rub. One day Doug came home from softball, and was standing in the living room talking on the phone. Daisy attacked, latching on to his thigh. He had to kill her with his softball bat. He was bleeding profusely! Luckily, the friend he was on the phone with, called 911 as soon as he heard Doug start screaming. Paramedics told Doug he would have bled out in another one/two minutes if they hadn’t gotten there when they did.
So,,,, good luck with your “love monkey.”
Or willfully ignorant. <- My vote
How about if they weren't his dogs at all which in spite of the poor wrting in the article appears to be the case, then if the actual owner were a "rescuer." his worthless a$$ should be buried under the jail. Any jackass who endangers his neighbors by harboring dangerous vicious animals and then compounds the crime by not controlling them needs to feel the full effect of the law just as though he hauled out a shotgun and gunned his neighbor down for fun.
The neighbor is just as dead regardless of the motives of the owner.
Pit bull apologists are always blaming factors other than the dog. “It was provoked.” is a favorite, followed by “It was the owner’s fault for making the dog vicious.” Well it always is the owner’s fault legally, but that’s not what they mean. And as far as provoked, your mere presence where the dog can see you is often all the “provocation” these dangerous animals need. I wouldn’t keep a grizzley bear, a bison or a cougar. There are fewer injuries and deaths annually from these - considered the most dangerous of north american animals - than from pit bulls.
Probably would be more often if she (Mooshelle) didn’t complain of a headache, lol.
I disagree!
Pitbull can go off at anytime. You never know what will trip them off! They may be all sweet and lovely this very minute, but in the next minute they can become a raging murdering terror!
It just takes a you tube video, next thing you know, they are tearing your head off.
“But honey, it’s not like you strap that thing on your head!”
Yeah, it is in the training and raising.
By nature they love people. Don’t you love a dog that size that follows you around and wants to be a lap dog?
My daughter works with a rescue group and she fosters (mostly) pitties while finding them homes. She’s got a real sweetheart right now (Miss Frankie). I’m not the dog owner type or I’d probably take her.
Any FReeper in the greater Louisville, KY area that likes dogs should go here:
http://www.savingsunnyinc.org/
I have been very impressed with the care and training these dogs get from this group. They are very careful to only adopt out dogs that have been thoroughly vetted, with all medical stuff done. And they also are *very* careful to check out the potential owners. Usually they do a test weekend with the interested party. The new owners have to sign an agreement that they will not sell or give the dog away & can bring the dog back if they feel it is not working out.
If I were interested in a dog, I’d probably start with this organization.
They are lapdogs, that’s for sure.
Our pup climbs right up and plops on my lap, all 90 lbs of him, then the Chi is right behind so he’s not left out.
I looked at the site...some nice pups available there. Wish I had room for another one.
Maybe the way people taste, but otherwise, what an utter load of dog squeeze
pit bulls make up 5% of the dogs in the USA, but caused 71% of the dog bite fatalities Go back to your love beads and dope of the '60s because you don't have a clue about animals.
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