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California Man Mauled To Death By Four Pit Bulls
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Posted on 12/16/2012 1:18:21 PM PST by Arthurio

Selma, California — A 34-year-old man was reportedly killed by a pack of four pit bulls in or near the driveway of a home, with one of the bites puncturing his jugular vein according to the medical examiner.

The incident in the Fresno, California, suburb occurred Tuesday night at about 7 pm. The name of the victim of the pit bull attack has not yet been released. Police found paw prints around the body and tracked the pit bulls to a nearby residence.

KSEE 24 News in Fresno has further details on the fatal pit bull attack:

“The attack happened Tuesday night. Detectives say a woman pulled into her driveway and found a man lying on the ground. The pit bulls were found inside a home next door, with blood on them. They were taken away, along with six pit bull puppies and two other dogs.

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To: Arthurio

Time for Pitt Bull control.


21 posted on 12/16/2012 2:27:00 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Post Toasties

Good question. I just pet him on the head and shoulders.

But then, there is also a Lab in with him so I am going to get doggie slobbers on me no matter what!


22 posted on 12/16/2012 2:28:50 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (SAVE THE SUMATRAN RAT MONKEY!)
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To: logic101.net

“Btw, if you ever need to get a pit to let go and don’t have a gun, you can pick it straight up by the tail. Trust me it works.”


Another option is to pummel the offending canide into submission. While it was a violent spectacle, the customers on my route have kept their dogs penned, or chained while I delivered their mail, since. As a plus, I’m shown more deference...in this day and age, that is a good thing.


23 posted on 12/16/2012 2:39:27 PM PST by SgtBob (Freedom is not for the faint of heart. Semper Fi!)
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To: libstripper

the black lab half kept the pit half under control.


24 posted on 12/16/2012 2:57:44 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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To: Arthurio

I half-expect to see a Victor Davis Hanson article about this incident. He lives in Selma, IIRC.


25 posted on 12/16/2012 3:09:55 PM PST by Disambiguator (America chose...poorly.)
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To: max americana

I have Boas.

Feeding them is boring.

Open door, toss thawed rat in.

Close door.

Snake pokes head of hide, picks up and swallows rat.

Did you have some hard core herps there?

;D


26 posted on 12/16/2012 3:14:20 PM PST by Salamander (If animals could speak, mankind would weep.)
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To: Arthurio

Was the guy a whiney Demoocrat or an American?


27 posted on 12/16/2012 3:21:33 PM PST by rrrod (at home in Medellin Colombia)
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To: max americana

?


28 posted on 12/16/2012 3:24:55 PM PST by skinkinthegrass (Who'll take tomorrow,spend it all today; who can take your income & tax it all away..0Bama man can :)
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29 posted on 12/16/2012 3:29:35 PM PST by Salamander (If animals could speak, mankind would weep.)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
My daughter ended up with a half pit bull half boxer.

My boxer has played with many pit/boxer mixes at our local dog park. Boxers are people lovers, so it turns out to be a good mix. To punish a boxer, you ignore it. Boxers turn out fine if they aren't left alone for long periods.

I once took my boxer for a walk, and had a really large pit bull get loose. He wanted to play with my smaller boxer. It was friendly, but it was so muscular it good have wiped us off the map in a matter of minutes. It was like having a tiger want to play with us.

30 posted on 12/16/2012 3:37:02 PM PST by aimhigh ( Guns do not kill people. Planned Parenthood kills people.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

and the pit added some wonderful szauce to the lab.


31 posted on 12/16/2012 3:40:24 PM PST by libstripper
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To: libstripper
It’s really frightful what some horrible “people” have done to the Pit breed and its reputation.

Haven't pit bulls been bred for aggression - meaning the friendly ones are culled and the aggressive ones kept for breeding with other aggressive dogs? I don't think any amount of training can overcome a genetic predisposition to be aggressive

32 posted on 12/16/2012 4:33:04 PM PST by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: A_Former_Democrat

The owners of the dogs should be charged with first degree Murder.


33 posted on 12/16/2012 5:02:42 PM PST by LtKerst
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To: Arthurio

Tomorrow, Ayatollah Obama and the Muslin-Dimocommie Party will be calling for Pit Bull control.


34 posted on 12/16/2012 5:05:28 PM PST by RetiredArmy (1 Cor 15: 50-54 & 1 Thess 4: 13-17. That about covers it.)
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To: logic101.net
Odd, who would have thought that pit bulls; bred to fight in rings for entertainment, might possibly be violent?

Exactly. I have tried to say this to my Dau/Son-in-Law who are involeved in dog rescue and sometimes take on a pit.

I remind them that when my daughter was growing up we had two dogs. First we had a Border Collie - then we had a Sheltie (Shetland sheepdog). We got them both as very young puppies and niether received any training during their lives outside of not to poop on the carpet.

Both were major "herders" right out of the box. The Border Collie got a bit too big for our yard and I gave him to a friend who had a ranch in Colorado - it instantly became an excellent cattle dog without requiring any real training by the new owner.

I've told the kids that they have to be very careful with a rescue pit - and the example I use is our previous dogs. I say to them "just imagine trying to teach Bandit or Chelsea NOT to go into herding mode when they see a bunch of kids playing in the yard - it would be impossible". Those dogs' inbred insticts simply overcome the training.

I don't know if the inbred fighting/aggressiveness instinct is as strong in a pitbull as the herding instinct in a Sheltie....but I certainly wouldn't want to risk death or serious injury to find out.
35 posted on 12/16/2012 6:18:00 PM PST by DJlaysitup
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To: Salamander

Thanks for the laugh! =)


36 posted on 12/16/2012 6:47:51 PM PST by Redcitizen (.)
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To: Redcitizen

You’re welcome.

I love that pic.

He looks exactly like my boy, Bob.

:)


37 posted on 12/16/2012 7:03:23 PM PST by Salamander (If animals could speak, mankind would weep.)
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To: Zhang Fei

That’s one of the really bad things the low lifes, like Michale Vick, hkave done to pits. Having a wonderful dog who’s half Pit and all love and silliness has given me an entirely different take on the breed and a real loathing for the “people” who abuse it and the individual dogs.


38 posted on 12/17/2012 5:31:20 AM PST by libstripper
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To: Salamander

Say hi to Bob for me since I can’t shake his hand. :)


39 posted on 12/17/2012 6:28:36 PM PST by Redcitizen (.)
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To: Redcitizen
I told him what you said and said he said "Booo! Hisssss!"

LOL!

[oh, that was *so* bad it was good] ;D

40 posted on 12/17/2012 6:36:55 PM PST by Salamander (If animals could speak, mankind would weep.)
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