Posted on 04/27/2007 10:12:52 AM PDT by Omega Man II
Toddler dies after pit bull attack
From Live5 News
Authorities say a toddler was mauled to death when the family pit bull got loose from inside a laundry room and attacked the young boy.
Brian Palmer died Tuesday morning from his injuries. He would have turned two-years-old in August.
The 2-year-old dog was euthanized, and its head was sent to Columbia for testing.
Authorities say the dog had killed a family cat and fought with another dog within the last month. There were --no-- adults in the house when the attack occurred and the oldest of four children at the home was 16-years-old.
Story Created: Apr 25, 2007 at 8:54 AM EDT
Story Updated: Apr 26, 2007 at 1:21 PM EDT
CHARLESTON, SC — South Carolina authorities say negligent homicide charges are possible against a mother whose child died from a pit bull attack Monday morning.
The coroner says the initial cause of death was lacerations to the throat.
The sheriff’s office says the owner and mother of the child may have violated the county’s animal control ordinance for not reporting the dog as a nuisance.
Wilson had gone to look into some rental housing, Gilchrist said, and left Brian and his cousins Kyasia Wilson-Green, 2, and Gabrielle Seabrook, 5, in the care of his teenage aunts, Marshawn Wilson, 13, and Sieshia Wilson, 16.
On Monday, Princess got out of a utility room and started chasing a 16-year-old relative who is afraid of dogs. The teenager ran up the stairs and Princess tore after her. She struggled to close the bedroom door against the dog’s weight, but lost the battle.
Before she could scoop up Brian and his young cousins and put them on the bed, the dog latched on to the 18-month-old boy’s neck.
The other children frantically beat at the 60-pound dog, but it was a stranger who managed to pull Princess off Brian. EMS rushed the boy, nicknamed “Beenie,” to the hospital, but the damage was so severe, his family doubted his chances for survival.
A short time ago, I walked out in my backyard, and there was a pitbull standing there stalking me. I managed to get back inside, and called animal control. Apparently he had jumped over the wall, and landed in my yard.
By the time animal control arrived, he had jumped back. The animal control officer took the dog into custody, because the people living in the house had no dog registered with the city. Not because this dangerous dog had cornered me in my own backyard.
Princess on occasion slept alongside the toddler’s mom, Natasha Wilson.
Dorchester County deputies responded to a Hunter's Ridge apartment after a pit bull got out of a laundry room and killed one-year-old Brian Palmer.
You assume incorrectly. Of course I know danger is everywhere. There are lists online that show you registered sex offenders, etc, in your vicinity. Do you think this is a good thing? SHOULD you know if a dangerous person lives near you?
Should you be interested to know if a dangerous person lives near you? Should you be concerned?
So why be less interested, and concerned, if a pit bull is?
And again- comparing a living, capable of independent action, animal to inanimate objects like pools, ladders and guns is laughable. An alligator in my bathtub is not the same as the tub I might slip on and break my neck.
An AK47, fully loaded, left alone and unrestrained will NEVER rise up to kill anyone. A human hand has to use it.
A pool does not attack, nor does a ladder or a car or any of the thousands of other things that cause accidental deaths.
A vicious dog does-independent of it’s owner, and often in spite of restraints.
There is no conspiracy against the pit bull breed- only reaction to what has actually happened and been reported on.
How ARE people supposed to feel about a breed that is so often in the news for mauling/killing people( and usually people they know and should be protective of!)
I did as you as requested and got the answer that I expected (but you apparently didn't). I saw a vet today at church and asked him if certain breeds of dogs have a higher propensity to aggressiveness than others. He said that certain breeds were bred to be fighters, just like some were bred to be retrievers or pointers. We said we aren't surprised when a German Shorthair with no training points. Likewise, he said we shouldn't be surprised when a dog bred for hundreds of generations to be aggressive, reverts to instinct despite training. In other words, he was stating that some breeds are more naturally vicious than others although he didn't use that word. (Actually, a couple of people said the same thing on this thread but apparently they didn't have credibility with you because they didn't claim to be a vet.)
My vet friend did NOT agree with outlawing certain breeds.
That means a charge of manslaughter + civil suit I would think.
There you go again — slippery slope won’t work here.
If your logic is refuted the first thing you do is accuse your opponent of being too emotional. Some strategy that is.
There you go again — slippery slope won’t work here.
If your logic is refuted the first thing you do is accuse your opponent of being too emotional. Some strategy that is.
The coroner has listed the death as a homocide.
Yikes!!! Make that Homicide
Thanks eleni
Thanks AdminMod
BRILLIANT !!
Well considering that the offenders were charged and found guilty and the information regarding their case is public knowledge. Yes. That's not saying that there are child predators out there, that aren't out there. And it's also saying that the majority of persons ARE NOT child rapists.
Also if a dog was to be found "vicious" (unsocialized) I advocate culling...the practice could be used for child rapist too.
"So why be less interested, and concerned, if a pit bull is?"
Because the vast majority of pitbulls ARE NOT killers.
That was my point exactly. Most pit bull owners are the sort of people who would be uninsurable — require insurance, and you’ve outlawed THEIR ownership of pit bulls. The exceptions, i.e. the people who ARE insurable for pit bull ownership, would correspond almost precisely to the small minority of pit bull owners who can be counted on to actually train, confine/leash, spay/neuter, and otherwise promote good and controlled behavior in their pit bulls.
That's not saying that there are child predators out there, that aren't out there.
There is no 'logical' interpretation of that sentence.
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