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(Actual Title was too long...Here's the original ) One Woman Gives Man and Man's Best Friend a Chance At Redemption In Animal Planet's Pit Bulls And Parolees {snip}Pit bulls are eager to please, faithful and enthusiastic friends and pleasant with children according to credible canine organizations. Really, it's true. Yet, the public largely associates these dogs with fear, danger and unyielding aggression toward people. Pit bulls actually were once ranked among American's top five favorite pets and also known as the "nanny dog" for their gentleness with children. But they have fallen from grace. Now often associated with gang members,...

Top Dog event benefits animal shelter By Pat McCormack pmccormack@bcnnew.com Posted: 10/28/2009 01:00:43 AM EDT Two fortunate pooches -- each a survivor of very close calls -- trotted off with first prizes in the Westport Animal Shelter Advocates' (WASA) first Top Dog show near the basketball court at Compo Beach Sunday. Kobe Heinze, a 72-pound pit bull, won "Top Kisser" honors when he smooched with owner Scott Heinze, a New York City Fire Department paramedic who lives in Westport. Altagracia Heinze co-owns Kobe, who is named after basketball star Kobe Bryant. Abby Chase, meanwhile, a lightweight Sheltie, proudly wore the...

<p>A 2-year-old boy died after a chained-up pit-bull terrier in a neighbor’s backyard attacked him Wednesday morning in Prescott, police said.</p> <p>The boy and his 3-year-old brother wandered out of their home about 9 a.m. and made their way into an unfenced yard two houses away where two dogs were chained up, police said.</p>

<p>Davidson County, NC-- A 4-year-old was hospitalized Sunday after being attacked by a dog near her Davidson County home.</p> <p>"She had a sucker in her mouth, and the dog tried to take it," said Rodney Baisden, the 4-year-old's father. "She's got three lacerations on her face, two bites on her arm, a couple bites on her legs, and it took 50 stitches in her face."</p>

CRESCO - A state trooper checking on a Monroe County man who failed to report to his job made a horrifying discovery: the unconscious victim lying in his home, his right hand bitten off by a pit bull inside the residence. John M. Venezia, 48, of Cresco, was taken to Pocono Medical Center, where state police at Swiftwater said he remained in intensive care Thursday. According to police, a trooper who went to Mr. Venezia's home on Red Rock Road in Paradise Twp. on Tuesday about 8:45 a.m. found the victim in the hallway, unconscious due to a medical condition....

An 80 year old Rantoul woman is in the hospital after she says a Pitbull attacked her. It happened last week at her home. Eleanor McDonald broke her hip and her hand. Her son is looking for answers. McDonald's son Richard says his mother is fighting for her life. He says Eleanor was taking her dog outside. That's when she says a Pitbull came around the corner and knocked her down, driving her across the driveway. The fall broke her hip and her hand. She's got the bumps and bruises to prove it. Neighbors pulled the dog off. They say...

A 32-year-old Hermitage woman faces charges of endangering the welfare of a child and reckless endangerment after her 1 1/2-year-old Rottweiller named “Cruz” bit a Farrell boy July 15 at her apartment in the Orange Village apartment complex, police said. April Hughes of 400 Orange Drive, Apartment 2, was also cited with harboring a dangerous dog because this is the ninth time Cruz has bitten someone, police said Police allege Ms. Hughes left the boy alone with the dog in the apartment and he was attacked. The boy needed 60 stitches for a head wound, police said.

A four year old Elkhart girl continues to recover at an Indianapolis hospital, after her nose was bitten off by a pit bull. Four year old Demonica Paul was playing with friends in her Elkhart neighborhood Thursday, when she was attacked. The girls father spoke to Fox28 Monday, but declined to go on camera. He says Damonica is in good condition. However, her entire nose was detached from her face. He says that means she will have to go through reconstructive surgery over the next two to four weeks. Doctors tell the family it will takes two years for Damonica...

Last Updated: 26th June 2009, 3:02am CALGARY -- Two young sisters being mauled by a pair of vicious pit bulls running loose were saved by neighbours who beat the dogs with a baseball bat. Bhajan Mahal says he was walking home from a Calgary park late Wednesday with his granddaughters Parveen, 4, and Bhavkiran, 3, when the dogs attacked from behind and began biting the girls' legs and shoulders. "I was trying to grab the kids. I was scared," Mahal said. "There was so much bleeding, so much. I was also crying. "They were very scary dogs." Moments before attacking...

Arisja Jacobs Secunda – A 4-year-old boy had parts of his scalp ripped off, his ear nearly torn off, and his left arm broken, when he was attacked by what is believed to be a pit bull terrier on Friday. While the owners of the house where the attack took place apparently stood by and watched, Fanie van Rensburg, a neighbour of little Xander van Zyl, managed to save the child from its jaws. “Man, what a horrible thing. The dog was dragging the boy back and forth, picking him up and letting go over and over. Each time the...

Pitbull attacks owner 24 hours after adoption Posted: Jun 18, 2009 4:31 PM PDT Updated: Jun 18, 2009 8:52 PM PDT COEUR D'ALENE -- A pitbull adopted from the Kootenai Humane Society attacked its new owner a day after it was adopted and then got away when police tried to corral the animal. During the attack the victim, Kip Legaard, called 9-1-1 and when police officers arrived and tried to taser the dog it ran away. Legaard, who lost nearly two pints of blood in the attack is now angry because he had been told by the Humane Society the...

June 17, 2009 - 9:29 PM Click here to contact Will Carr A little girl continues to fight for life while her family, friends and even strangers continue to pray. On Wednesday doctors performed more surgery on eight-year-old Faith Guelde after a pit-bull attacked her several days ago. Faith's grandmother says she's conscious but very, very critical. She says right now they're just hoping to save her right arm and then plan for a long road to recovery. A picture taken at the hospital shows eight-year-old Faith Guelde wearing a pink and purple crown and offering a bright smile during...

LEVERETT'S CHAPEL, TX (KLTV) - Police say 10-year-old Justin Clinton was attacked and killed by two pit bulls. It happened at around 12:30 in the community of Leverett's Chapel, just south of Kilgore. "He was all boy," said Becky Long, Justin's Aunt. "He was full of life and he just made allstars in his softball," said Justin's great-aunt, Carolyn Spence. He was a bright, athletic little boy who's life was cut short. "I know we're not supposed to question God, but we don't understand," said Long. Rusk County sheriff's investigators say Justin was riding his skateboard about a mile down...

KILGORE, Texas - Authorities say two pit bulls fatally mauled a 10-year-old boy in East Texas. The Rusk County Sheriff's Office says witnesses reported seeing the dogs drag Justin Clinton down the side of the road Monday in the small community of Leverett's Chapel.

UPDATED: 12:02 am CDT June 13, 2009 OKLAHOMA CITY -- An 8-year-old girl was sent to a hospital after being attacked by a pit bull on Friday. The dog has been quarantined by animal control officers after Chelsea Shackelford was attacked near Southeast 51st Street and Madera Boulevard. Experts said they need to make sure the dog doesn't have rabies or any other disease. Neighbors said they don't think the dog is vicious and that the bite was an accident. The 5-month-old pit bull named Big Boy, they said, was just a playful family dog. "He was in the back...

Pit bull’s owner: Family comes 1st Aunt of attack victims wanted dog taken away after incident By Tim Archuleta (Contact) Saturday, June 6, 2009 San Angelo, Texas — JoAnn Cruz of San Angelo has some advice for pet owners after a “terrible” dog attack on two family members during a Sunday evening barbecue. “I recommend not having a pit bull, whether the dog is friendly or not,” a grieving Cruz said. “They will turn on you.” Cruz’s pit bull terrier named Cain attacked her 3-year-old niece, Estrella Soria, and her 18-year-old niece, Ashley Rios, after breaking free from a handler...

By Ashley Roberts WSLS10 Reporter Published: May 4, 2009 A four-year-old child is recovering, after Galax Police say a pit bull attacked the child and an adult at a birthday party on Sunday. Officers say Gregory Hatcher was walking his pit bull on Webster Street, across from the Galax Police Department, when the dog began barking, and police say Webster and some adults at the birthday party “exchanged words.“ Investigators believe the dog then got loose, attacked Tyonda Ravenell and then the child. EMTs took both the child and Ravenell to Twin County Regional Hospital. EMTs then took the child...

Residents Say They're Terrorized By Pit Bulls Posted: 6:16 pm EDT May 1, 2009Updated: 6:33 pm EDT May 1, 2009 SANFORD, Fla. -- Some Sanford homeowners say they're being terrorized by their neighbor's pit bulls. One of the dogs has already attacked a neighbor near Lily Court in Sanford. Eyewitness News has learned the dogs' owners are not keeping their fence secure. Some of the breaks in the fence are big enough for an adult to easily climb through. After many calls to animal control, neighbors say they want the fence fixed once and for all. "Chasing children, attacking children....

By Paul Glasser about 5 hours ago The sign on the door says “Beware of Dog,” but family and friends say two pit bulls accused of attacking a mail carrier are friendly. According to a police report, two pit bulls attacked Troy Wood, a Frankfort mail carrier, at 104 Spring St. on April 1. Wood told police he hurt his arm when he fell to the ground, and the dogs did not bite him. Wood did not immediately return a call seeking comment Friday, but postmaster Don Hopper said the dogs bit Wood on the leg and chest. Kimberly Rose,...

About the pit bull threads... Okay, I am going to ease off on the pit bull threads. The Admin Moderator has not asked me to, nor have I been threatened with banishment. Nor am I persuaded by the threads devoted to bashing me for posting these stories. I am just frankly getting tired of it myself. These attacks are basically unending, and it will only get much worse as school is out for Summer, and kids are around more, the temperatures rising, and what have you. I will certainly still post these from time to time, or maybe I'll do...

Enid pair survive pit bull attack BY VALLERY BROWN Published: April 18, 2009 ENID — Rhonda Morgan said when the dogs attacked, her instincts took over. All she could think to do was keep her daughter away from the teeth. "It was the most terrifying thing I’ve been through,” Morgan said. "Those dogs were intent on my daughter.” Around noon April 11, Morgan said she and her 2-year old daughter, Madison, were playing in the front yard of their Enid home. She said two pit bull terriers appeared and headed for her daughter. Another terrier mix from the neighborhood joined...

2-Year-Old Attacked by Pit Bull Receives 100 Stitches A 2-year-old girl is viciously attacked by a pitbull in her own backyard. Animal control authorities say the dog is still on the loose. Kevin Freeman, Fox 8 News April 8, 2009 A 2-year-old girl is viciously attacked by a pitbull in her own backyard. Animal control authorities say the dog is still on the loose. Around 11:00 p.m. Sunday, Kelly Hicks and her two year old daughter, Hannabell, were walking home from their next-door neighbor's house on Pioneer Street in Akron. Suddenly, from out of nowhere a pitbull charges them in...

Mon Jan 05, 2009 9:57 am EST Pit bull taps out from a nine-year-old's rear naked choke By Maggie Hendricks A Bakersfield, Calif. boy saved a friend and her dog after a pitbull tried to attack them. Did he do it by calmly coaxing the dog with a sweet voice, and then singing to it? Nope. He did it using a choke he learned in a jiu-jitsu class, which he held for 20 minutes until the police showed up. Isn't it better that he was in this class instead of sitting on a couch, playing video games and eating Twinkies?...

Pitbull kills granny, 74 Nkosana Lekotjolo Published:Nov 19, 2008 A WITNESS has described how an enraged pitbull terrier bit an elderly woman in the face before pulling her to the ground and savaging her to death. Grace Page, 74, died in the horrific attack at her home in Eldorado Park, south of Johannesburg, yesterday afternoon. Timothy Jacobs, 17, said he saw Page’s eyes being ripped from their sockets by the dog — reportedly owned by her sons. Jacobs said he wanted to jump over the fence to help Page, but his father stopped him — fearing that the dog might...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — After a fire gutted a house and basement apartment Jacob Ford lived in last Friday afternoon, the 20-year-old Poplar Bluff man said he's thankful to be alive, and even more so for the dog he "never really paid any attention to." Ford was awakened Friday afternoon by the persistent whining of a pit bull owned by his mother's boyfriend, and knew something must be wrong. "As soon as I stood up, I had smoke in my face," he said. Grabbing a fire extinguisher, Ford headed upstairs, only to find the house's hallway full of smoke as...

Buddy uses a plastic green donut to play tug of war with his cage mate. Camden licks her handler's face as he feeds her a hot dog. And Franco has eyes only for his tennis ball. Those three dogs were among a group of "Super Seven" pit bulls on display yesterday at the Western Pennsylvania Humane Society, which held its first-ever "Super Star Pit Bull'' adoption event. "We're trying to bring them back into the home," said Susie Gilbert, intake team leader for the North Side humane society and organizer of the event. "This dog is a great family dog....

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- The wandering 65-pound Pit Bull mix might have seemed menacing to some passerby, but one woman will always remember him as her "guardian angel." The dog, which authorities think is lost and not a stray, successfully thwarted a robbery attack on a mother and her 2-year-old son, who were held at knifepoint Monday afternoon. The Florida woman, who has been identified by authorities simply as "Angela," was leaving a playground with her toddler son in Port Charlotte when a man approached her in the parking lot with a knife and told her not to make any...

The child who was attacked by a pit bull this week remained hospitalized in critical condition as her father was making his way home from Iraq to be with her late this week, according to the girl's family. The fate of 6-year-old Isis Krieger, in critical care(snip) "They're still giving her all her fluids and she's been twitching and stuff like that," said Wanda Injasoulian, Isis' great-grandmother. "Her little heart's beating really good, so there's no telling...(snip) The attack by Dozer on Tuesday at Isis' East Anchorage home was not the dog's first, but it was the worst --

Pit Bull Sneaks Through Doggie Door, Attacks Sleeping Couple Viscous Dog Broke Through Fence In Middle Of Night Russell Haythorn, 7NEWS Reporter POSTED: 7:23 pm MST November 27, 2007 UPDATED: 8:13 pm MST November 27, 2007 FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- A pit bull in Fort Collins is on lockdown, after it attacked a young couple and their three dogs in the middle of the night. Matt Singmaster and his fiancé, Kesna Wells, were sound asleep when the neighbor's pit bull broke through their fence and sneaked in their doggie door. The pit bull attacked two of the couple's three dogs...

MIDDLEBURG, FL -- Two pit bulls killed their owner in Middleburg Tuesday morning. The incident happened at a home on Cosmos Road, which is south east of County Road 218 and Hibiscus Avenue. The victim is identified as 42-year-old Tina Marie Canterbury. The dogs turned on her when she took out the trash this morning. Authorites say the dogs also bit the woman's grown son in his neck. He's been treated at the scene for his injuries. A family friend rushed over and shot one of the dogs. Both dogs ran away. Deputies trapped one of the dogs right away...

SEATTLE -- A neighborhood is reeling after two pit bulls viciously attacked a man and his 2-year-old dog. Bob Walston said he and his dog, Maggie, were taken by surprise by the pit bulls while they were out walking on Tuesday morning. He said there was no owner in sight. "Those pits we're going so fast, and they just grabbed Maggie. And I started screaming, 'help help, someone help' as loud as I could," he said. Bob grabbed Maggie to try to save her, but he said the pit bulls refused to give up, biting him as he tried to...

DETROIT -- An elderly man and a woman were mauled to death by pit bulls in Iosco Township, Mich., on Thursday afternoon, police said. Michigan State Police were called to a farm and found a 90-year-old man mauled to death by dogs. The Iosco Sheriff’s Department said the man’s 70-year-old son went to check on his father, who was visiting the property, and found him dead in the yard. Police said there were still pit bulls in the yard when the son arrived. Upon further investigation, MSP found dogs had also fatally mauled a 56-year-old woman who was jogging, just...

DALLAS — A new Texas law went into effect at midnight Friday that could put dog owners behind bars for up to 20 years if their pet fatally attacks someone. Just hours before earlier, a six-year-old Dallas boy was mauled to death by his family's dog. The mother of Scott Warren said the family had had the pit bull since Scott was a baby. Kressie Warren said Friday's attack was the first time the dog had snapped at anyone. But, she says, with a young daughter in the house, now her only child, it will be the last. "It's going...

TACOMA, Wash. -- Margaret Wingerter is amazed her Shetland pony is still alive after having its face chewed off by pit bulls. The veterinarian needed to use nearly 300 stitches to repair the injuries. "His face was just hanging off," Margaret said. "Both sides were literally just hanging open, gaping open." Over the weekend, two dogs attacked the pony in the middle of the night. Neighbors rushed in with pool cues and beat the dogs away, but not before the damage was done. Margaret was keenly aware of what happened to Sue Gorman, a Gig Resident, last week when two...

Deputies with the Maricopa County sheriff's office raided the Cave Creek, Arizona, home of rapper DMX on Friday morning (August 24), and according to a police spokesperson, 12 pit bulls were removed from the residence, all in bad condition. Police would not get into specifics but did say the animals are being tended to by veterinarians. At this point, DMX (real name: Earl Simmons) has not been officially charged with any crime, but police are still investigating. DMX was not at his home at the time of the raid, during which police also discovered a large cache of weapons. Police...

CBS) HAWTHORNE, Calif. Two children menaced by pit bulls in Hawthorne were safe Friday, but a woman running from the dogs broke her leg and a squad car being driven to the scene collided with another vehicle, injuring an officer and a motorist, police said. A report that two pit bulls were menacing a 16-year-old girl and her 6-year-old brother in the 2900 block of 141st Place at El Segundo Boulevard and Prairie Avenue was received by Hawthorne police about 8 a.m., Hawthorne police Lt. Michael Ishii said. An animal-control officer distracted the dogs with a chemical spray, and the...

69-year-old Victim in Critical Condition Three pit bull terriers attacked their owner, inside a Frankford home Wednesday night. 69-Year-Old Margaret Grace is hospitalized in critical but stable condition, after having surgeries to repair injuries to her face, ear, arm, and leg. Philadelphia Police say Grace was mauled by the three dogs in the living room of her home in the 5400 block of Montague Street. Grace lives in the home with her daughter and adult grandson. All three had ownership of the dogs. Right now, it's still unclear what provoked the attack. The victim's daughter says the dogs did not...

Woman mauled by home-invading pit bulls 07:45 PM PDT on Tuesday, August 21, 2007 KING5.com Staff Animal control officers say the victim was covered in blood after the dogs attacked PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. - In what deputies describe as the worst mauling they've ever seen, two pit bulls entered a Wauna-area home via the pet door and attacked a woman in her bed. Pierce County Sheriff's Dept. spokesman Ed Troyer said a neighbor's Jack Russell terrier also entered the home in the 10600 block of 132nd St. Court NW through the dog door and the pit bulls attacked the terrier...

Perhaps, his loved ones can only speculate, young Zachary King Jr. had gone to get a puppy in his family's basement, where their full-grown male pit bull was chained. When the 7-year-old boy's older sister came inside to look for him Thursday afternoon, she found him badly bitten and lying on the basement floor. She ran to get their father, but it was too late. The dog killed Zachary, who was about to enter second grade at Hope Academy, a private Christian school in Minneapolis. The pit bull, which had previously bitten other people, went for the boy's throat, police...

A homeowner in Palmer shot and wounded a pit bull after it charged at him. Police say they went to the home last week and found two pit bulls had escaped from a nearby residence. 1 of the dogs charged a neighbor. Police say the dog tried jumping through the neighbor's screen door last week. When it tried again, police say the homeowner shot it. The dog's owner arrived within minutes and took the wounded dog to the North Star Animal Hospital. Police say while discharging a firearm is against a city ordinance, the homeowner was well within his rights...

DNA Taken From Pitbull That Raped 2-Year-Old Police say DNA has been taken from the pitbull that attacked a toddler by allegedly sodomizing it last weekend. It was a disturbing and violent attack. The two year old child is in Women and Children's Hospital. Neighbors heard a mother screaming that her child was being raped. Now people are calling to adopt the pitbull. Lockport, NY -- Police say DNA has been taken from the pitbull that attacked a toddler by allegedly sodomizing it last weekend. It was a disturbing and violent attack. The two year old child is in Women...

GAINESVILLE - A teenager who needed 900 stitches after her family's pit bull attacked her is recovering at home. Amanda Boyles, 19, of Interlachen, suffered facial lacerations and a damaged artery that required surgery after the dog lunged at her face while they were playing Thursday. Deputies said the woman's father, Felton Boyles, pried the dog off his daughter at it shook her head back and forth in its grip.

A Tulsa man will be honored this week for saving another man's life. Back in April, Michael Cook came to the rescue when a pitbull attacked his neighbor. The News On 6’s Chris Wright reports Cook will receive the Citizen Appreciation Award from Tulsa police on Tuesday, an honor his neighbor says he more than deserves. Marvin Battle walks with a cane these days, but says considering what happen to him on April 25th, he can live with the limp. "I can't bend my leg. I have to go through physical therapy,” said Battle. “I've been on a lot of...

A six-year-old Houston boy spent three hours in surgery Sunday after being bitten in the face by a pit bull, his father said today. "They stopped counting (stitches) at about 200," Brandon Palomo said, referring to repairs surgeons did on the face of his son, Logan Palomo, between noon and about 3 p.m. Sunday. Logan was visiting his mother at her northwest Harris County home late Saturday when the dog bit him two or three times in the face, the father said. The boy was listed in good condition at Memorial Hermann Hospital-The Medical Center today, a spokeswoman said. The...

A 59-year-old woman was attacked by a friend's pit bull and hospitalized with "horrific" arm injuries, Petaluma authorities said Friday. This was the second time the dog had bitten Isabel Pollium, said Nancee Tavares, Petaluma's animal services manager. Pollium was in fair, stable condition at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital on Friday. The apparently unprovoked attack took place about 11 p.m. Thursday, Tavares said. In 2005, the 3-year-old purebred, named Dozer, bit Pollium's leg but she declined to press charges, Tavares said. It also bit another dog that year. The attack on the dog prompted a dangerous dog abatement order to...

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...

LAKEWOOD, Wash. - A pit bull viciously attacked a woman and her two dogs, killing one of the dogs and badly injuring the other. Cynthia Greear says a neighbor's pit bull mix got loose while she was walking her dogs and viciously attacked. The male greyhound named 'Jet' barely survived. "Now he's by himself again, but we're gonna get him through it. He's a strong boy," she said. "His neck is torn from the back of his ear all the way down to the base of his neck." Greear's other greyhound, Angel, didn't survive. Witnesses say she was attacked repeatedly,...

TORONTO — The bulk of the Ontario government’s controversial ban on pit bulls has survived a constitutional challenge. But two key elements were struck down in a ruling issued today by Superior Court Justice Thea Herman. Herman declared the definition of a pit bull terrier unconstitutional, and also struck down a provision that allows the province to use certificates from veterinarians to prove a dog is in fact a pit bull. Attorney General Michael Bryant says the province got “99 per cent” of what it wanted out of today’s decision. Lawyer Clayton Ruby, who led the challenge, said in a...

A 2-year-old Texas girl riding her tricycle was attacked and fatally mauled by her family's male pit bull, it was reported Friday. The Dallas County Sheriff's Department responded to a 911 call Thursday afternoon from a man believed to be the girl's father, The Dallas Morning News reported. Deputy Michael Ortiz said the girl's injuries were mainly to her face and head but neighbors who witnessed the attack said she also appeared to have been bitten on the throat and buttocks. Witnesses said the girl's father was trimming weeds nearby when one of the family's pit bulls apparently broke it...

CHICAGO -- A 5-year-old girl was hospitalized in good condition after police said she was mauled by what police are calling a pit bull Wednesday morning on the South Side.