Posted on 07/14/2018 4:51:37 PM PDT by Norski
TAYLOR MILL, KY (FOX19) -
A brutal pit bull attack in Taylor Mill recently sent two people to the hospital and left their home looking like the scene of a massacre.
It all happened Thursday just before 11:59 p.m. on St. Matthews Circle. A call came in about a dog bite and police responded.
"Where you at?" an officer can be heard asking on body camera as he followed the sound of a man struggling with an animal in the backyard.
Taylor Mill Police rolled-up on the yard to find the family's pit bull actively attacking the man. In the recording, moaning can be heard before the officer yells at the animal.
"Get back," the officer yelled.
The dog let go of the man and charged at the officer.
"Get back! Get back," he yelled again before firing one shot.
At that point, the dog was down, but the ordeal was not over.
"One more shot, he's still breathing, put him out of his misery," an officer can be heard saying.
EDITOR'S NOTE: The video below contains audio of the officer killing the dog. It has been edited from its original length. Viewer discretion.
The entire incident resulted in blood throughout the house and all over the yard.
"Taylor Mill 4 Dispatch, have our squad get here immediately, severe lacerations, from head to toe," an officer said. "Have them get here ASAP, he's bleeding out everywhere."
At this point, police had not seen the inside of the home. Once inside, they found blood on the floors, the kitchen cabinets, and up and down the walls.
A family member, Noah, told FOX19 the dog's name was Rocky. At 4 years old, he said the dog has never acted aggressively in the past and has no idea what set the dog off.
(Excerpt) Read more at fox19.com ...
Yes.
Alexandra Semyonova: Heritability of Behavior in the Abnormally Aggressive Dog
https://blog.dogsbite.org/2009/05/semyonova-heritability-of-behavior-in.html
“There’s an audio of the dog being shot? Hold on until the popcorn is ready!”
Twicet.
At 68, I’ve developed more than enough health problems without worrying about a dog going nuts on me.
One hopes, then, that you do not own such a dog.
I do. Ban them and euthanize the existing ones.
Dog of pieces
I always had cats.
I have lived with, cared for, and/or shared office space with many animals, mostly dogs, some cats. The last cat I had was a 17# Maine Coon. Excellent cat.
They are nice cats. Mine ranged from mostly strays and rescues, a couple of Persians, and a rescued kitten for my nursery, who at 18lbs, kicked several dog’s off the property, as well as killed coons and hundreds of field mice.
He’d eat the head and then bring the bloody carcass into my office to “share”; often 5-10 a night, lined-up neatly. Pickle was a badass, except to me.
Thanks for posting this article.
You are welcome. I do not wish to watch mayhem, but in order to post, it is essential to view the terrible things, so that they are not “just entertainment”.
This is what the pit bull advocates do not care about. I believe it to be a spiritual sickness.
“I do. Ban them and euthanize the existing ones.”
I don’t agree. They were bred for a certain purpose and they do it quite well. Having them as pets is ridiculous and dangerous. They are like wild animals and have to be dominated at all times or they will revert to their basic nature. Pets? No. As working dogs for security or bull baiting. Yeah, sure, that’s what they are meant for, not household pets.
Thanks. That is the most rational argument I’ve seen in some time.
Te context of my solution is in regards to them as pets.
We need a good mousey, but I just can’t take all that cat hair and the litter box. We have two dogs, and our cat died, after we had him for 13 years. One of our little dogs is a great mouser in our detached garage, but for some reason, he doesn’t succeed when they get into the house. I hate those meeses to pieces!
There are other dogs which are great for security, without having the crazy murderous behavior of a pit bull that suddenly snaps. Correct me if I’m wrong, but police and military usually do NOT use pit bulls for their K9s. (I know they sometimes do, but almost always it’s a German Shepherd or similar breed.) And, when they are used, and one of them goes berserk, word will get around, and they’ll decrease using them.
Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and IMHO, I think they should be outlawed and euthanized. Why take the risk?
Pit bulls don’t snap very often but they are the #1 dog for snapping and attacking out of the blue. Rottweilers, German Shepherds, Chow Chows, Akitas and several other dog breeds are also reputed to do so, but not as often as pit bulls. They are the #1 breed for just going along for years as a loving family pet and then one day out of the blue, the rip out grandma’s throat and keep chowing down until somebody comes along to forcibly stop them.
“Pit bulls don’t snap very often but they are the #1 dog for snapping and attacking out of the blue.”
“One pit bull in 80 kills an animal or human in any given year.”
Since there are only about 3.7 million pit bulls in the U.S. at any given time, the odds start at about one chance in 80 that any given pit bull will kill a human or animal in any given year––compared to about one chance in 24,666 that any given dog of any other breed will kill any pet or farmed animal.
That’s right: the odds are 308 times higher that a pit bull will kill a human, pet, or farmed animal in any given year than that a dog other than a pit bull will.
Multiply that one chance in 80 by the 10-year average lifespan of a dog, and about one pit bull in eight will become a killer––if the pit bull lives a normal lifespan. With a turnover rate of nearly 33% per year, and 50% for adult pit bulls, most do not live even half a normal lifespan.”
From the article: ““Pit bull roulette” killed 38,000 other animals in 2017”, link below:
https://www.animals24-7.org/2018/01/17/pit-bull-roulette-killed-38000-other-animals-in-2017/
Wow, that was enlightening. I thought pit bulls were about 20 times more likely to snap than a Rotty or GSD or doberman, etc. I had no clue it is 300 times. I can’t say I am surprised. Dogs bred exclusively for fighting, for latching on and not letting go under any circumstances no matter how much pain they experience, would be expected to snap more often than any other breeds. I just didn’t know the gap was so massive.
Very interesting. I will have to tell my friends who are always saying it is just bad owners.
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