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News4Jax.com 4-Year-Old In Critically Injured In Attack By Family's Dog POSTED: 3:47 pm EST February 17, 2005JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A 4-year-old girl is in critical condition after she was attacked by her family's pit bull Wednesday.Kaylin Flowers' grandmother said she was playing with the dog in their yard when the the dog snapped, biting the girl on the head, neck and hand."She so small. The dog just grabbed her and bit her," Karen Flowers said Thursday. "He slung her and ... dragged her on the ground." According to the police report, the attack lasted several minutes, the pit bull...

Napster Takes On iPod With New, Portable Service 02.03.2005 1:48 PM EST New technology allows subscription service to work with portable players. Photo: Napster The music-subscription service Napster unveiled a portable version on Wednesday that will allow it to tackle Apple's popular iPod head-on. Called Napster to Go, the service includes a new technology that allows it to work with portable players. A $30 million ad campaign for the service will launch during the Super Bowl on Sunday. "Introducing the world's first portable music service," reads an ad on Napster's official site. "Now you can fill and refill your compatible...

SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCERhttp://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/212084_doginsurance15.html A dog's breed is as bad as a bite for some insurersHomeowner policies increasingly are denied or not renewed based on the type of dog a family hasTuesday, February 15, 2005By CANDACE HECKMANSEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTERSUQUAMISH -- The Pattens thought they were insurance-savvy, avoiding homeowner's claims by paying for repairs and household accidents. P-I GRAPHIC View a graphic showing the most-restricted breeds of dogs by home insurers. But a month ago, Mathew Patten and Wiccan York-Patten discovered that they had been dropped by their insurer two months earlier because of the family pet, an aging German shepherd named Allison.Allison...

Boy hospitalized after being attacked by pit bull The boy somehow managed to slip outside while his grandmother was cleaning the house. That's when the attack happened. ABC13 Eyewitness News (02/16/05 - MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TX) — Deputies are searching for a pit bull that attacked a two-year-old child in southern Montgomery County. The boy was attacked right outside his home and he's now being treated for several bites. Investigators say the only eyewitness to the attack notified the child's grandmother and then disappeared. Based on a description, animal control picked up a pit bull nearby, but the child's grandmother says...

Black Lab Retrieves Pot, Causes Owner's Drug Arrest Dog Wades Into Creek, Retrieves Pot, Takes It To Officer POSTED: 9:22 am EST February 16, 2005 UPDATED: 10:56 am EST February 16, 2005 GRAPEVINE, Texas -- JD the Labrador Retriever meant well, but he has landed his owner in a mess of trouble. Police said his owner, Matthew Porter, of Richland Hills, was playing Frisbee golf with two friends at a suburban Dallas-Fort Worth course Monday when a police officer arrived. The officer thought he smelled burning marijuana, so he asked the men for identification and began checking for outstanding warrants....

Police: Woman Sets Dog On Fire, Accidentally Kills Kids Case Is 15 Years Old POSTED: 12:45 pm EST February 16, 2005 PITTSBURGH -- Investigators in Pittsburgh say they have solved a nearly 15-year-old case in which a woman and her friend allegedly set the family dog on fire because the woman's mother wouldn't get rid of it. The dog, in turn, wound up setting the house on fire, killing the woman's two toddlers. Cold-case detectives haven't said exactly what broke the case against the mother, 34-year-old Tequilla Newsome, and her friend, 29-year-old Lachan Russell. Russell was 15 at the time....

Officer accused of shooting dog, then lying about it February 17, 2005, 11:42 AM EST CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. -- An off-duty police officer intentionally shot a dog during a deer hunt and then lied to a grand jury about what happened, authorities alleged. Craig Cummings, 34, an 11-year police veteran, was arraigned Wednesday on felony charges of perjury, criminal contempt, criminal mischief, cruelty to animals and shooting within 500 feet of a dwelling. Cummings was placed on administrative leave last month but has now been suspended without pay, police said. He pleaded innocent and was released on his own recognizance. Cummings...

Man admits to killing neighbor’s dog with anti-freeze Last Update: 2/17/2005 10:19:48 AM Video A family on the west side wants justice, claiming their neighbor poisoned their dog with anti-freeze. The Ashley family said goodbye to their golden retriever Elvis Wednesday night before he was put to sleep after suffering from anti-freeze poisoning. Police say 54-year old Nathan Alan Neal admitted to standing on a chair and pouring anti-freeze next to Elvis’ dog house. Neal could face up to five years in jail and a $10,000 dollar fine if found guilty of animal cruelty.

Woman sentenced to 2 days in jail in dog cannibalism case MANASSAS, Va. A Manassas woman was sentenced today to two days in jail in an animal cruelty case that involved dog cannibalism. Karen Lee Morris was also barred from ever owning another pet in Virginia other than a fish. In December, animal control officers found three emaciated pit bulls in the tiny backyard of the woman's town house. One of the dogs was eating the carcass of another. Manassas City Attorney Robert Bendall had asked the judge to give Morris ten days in jail, which is unusual in misdemeanor...

Pit bull mauls 6-year-old Vicious attack spurs calls for controls Neighbors save girl attacked by pit bull 02/10/05 By Pete Pichaske Email this story to a friend A pit bull attacked a 6-year-old Guilford girl last month, mauling her and a neighbor who came to the girl's aid, prompting renewed calls for tighter controls on the dogs. County animal control officials seized the dog immediately after the attack and euthanized it 10 days later, after determining the animal was not rabid. The girl received "multiple bites" on her back, buttocks and legs that required 19 stitches, according to a police...

Pit bull attacks children at school 11:25 PM CST on Thursday, February 10, 2005 By SHELTON GREEN / KVUE News Two children were hospitalized but will be OK after a pit bull attacked them Thursday at a north Austin elementary school. Animal control says the victims were standing and playing with the dog after school and that the dog attacked the children when they began running away. The dog was suffocated by adults holding it down after the attack. The animal had a history with the Town Lake Animal Shelter. In January, animal control picked up the dog after it...

Man Gets 2 Years for Puppy Killing A Knox County man accused of killing a puppy and tormenting his estranged wife and her daughter is on the way to prison. This case is so disturbing that it's the first felony conviction of animal cruelty in Knox County. But is the sentence still too weak? The defendant's wife thinks so. As Volunteer TV’s Ron Sprowl reports, prosecutors say Timothy David Sawyer met his estranged wife and her daughter at the door laughing. He said he had something to show them. "The puppy had suffered a blunt trauma to her head and...

Pit bull locks jaws on Auckland teen's face 12 February 2005 By PAUL MULROONEY and KELLY ANDREW A pit bull terrier that attacked a South Auckland teenager remained clamped to her face for 45 seconds as three relatives fought desperately to prise its jaws apart. Police suspect the pit bull may have attacked the woman after becoming agitated by a domestic argument at a Manurewa house. Animal behaviourist Steph Loader said that with some canines, raised voices was all it would take before before the dog would "get in there". The victim suffered facial, ear and throat injuries and was...

Gadsden boy attacked by pit pull after saving his little brother The Associated Press February 09, 2005 A Gadsden boy who was attacked by a neighbor's pit bull after saving his 3-year-old brother from harm will likely need cosmetic surgery to reconstruct his face, his mother said. Jonte Bishop, 8, pushed LaMonte Teague inside their neighbor's house when the dog broke out of the fenced backyard and ran up onto the porch where the boys were Saturday afternoon. The dog attacked Jonte' before he could get inside. Karen Bishop said her son, who was treated at a Birmingham hospital, has...

Dog kills baby, mauls granny 13/02/2005 14:19 - (SA) Bangkok - A pitbull terrier bit a 13-month-old baby boy to death and severely malled the child's grandmother when she tried to rescue the infant, news reports said on Sunday. Pitak Thngkert, nicknamed "Leo", died of a severed jugular hours after the attack on Friday night in a cramped government housing flat in Bangkok, said The Nation newspaper. Daranee Masathian, the boy's grandmother, were bitten on the legs, hand and neck. A neighbour rescued the grandmother by beating the dog unconscious, and even in this condition it refused to release her...

PIT BULL MAULS GRANNY By MICHAEL WHITE and ANDY GELLER February 14, 2005 -- A 67-year-old Queens grandmother who had just left church was mauled by a pit bull yesterday as her terrified grandchildren watched in horror. The dog bit a screaming Jeannette Metellus on the arms, legs and bottom before a neighbor hit him with a shovel and kept the snarling animal at bay until the cops came. Metellus received stitches at Long Island Jewish Hospital. The attack occurred about 10:45 a.m. outside 218-03 104th Ave. in Queens Village, where Metellus and family gather after Mass at nearby First...

Lanett Woman Fatally Mauled In Pit Bull Attack Owner Could Face Criminally Negligent Homicide, Manslaughter POSTED: 3:43 pm CST February 7, 2005 LANETT, Ala. -- Authorities have said criminal charges could be filed against the owner of a pit bull after the animal attacked and killed an elderly Lanett woman Friday afternoon. Police Chief Ron Docimo said 70-year-old Barbara Pilkington died from severe face and neck injuries when she was mauled at about 5 p.m. on a city street. Lanett Fire Chief A.J. Johnson said he was forced to kill the pit bull after the dog displayed aggressive behavior toward...

Man Charged With Biting Head Off Pet Parrot Report: 34-Year-Old Offers To Replace The Parrot POSTED: 12:12 pm EST February 7, 2005 UPDATED: 2:40 pm EST February 7, 2005 An Edgewater, Fla., firefighter was charged with animal cruelty after being accused of biting the head off a pet parrot during a pre-Super Bowl party, according to Volusia County Sheriff's Office. The incident occurred at a party early Sunday morning in the recreation room of the Saddle Club Estates community near state Road 44 and state Road 415. The defendant, Bruce J. Coates, 34, told deputies that he was drinking alcohol...

Feb. 6, 2005. 08:33 AM Pit bull attacks Doberman OLGA KIRGIDIS STAFF REPORTER A Doberman suffered serious injuries yesterday morning when a pit bull jumped a fence and attacked the dog in a field near Eglinton and Victoria Park Aves. A woman was walking the Doberman around 11 a.m. when the pit bull pounced over a fence and began biting her dog. Police have not released the name of the Doberman's owner, who tried to break up the attack. When officers arrived on the scene, the woman's hand was covered in blood, leading police to believe that she, too, had...