"He Never Did Something Like this Before!"
Posted on 06/05/2010 10:07:55 PM PDT by Chet 99
A 51-year-old Chalmette woman was severely bitten by a pit bull dog in the face, chest arm today, according to the St. Bernard Sheriff's Office.
The victim, whose name wasn't released, was in serious but stable condition after the 4 p.m. attack by a family dog in the home of friend Dawn Hammers at the 300 block of West Virtue St., just west of Paris Road. She required surgery at University Hospital in New Orleans
The owner of the dog accompanied her friend who was taken by ambulance to the hospital after being mauled. The woman had injuries to her left arm and the right side if her chest and and arm.
The pit bull was signed over to the parish animal shelter by the Hammers family after the attack and the animal will be euthanized and tested for rabies, said.
The women were out front talking when the visitor asked to use a restroom. When she went inside the residence she was attacked by the family's pit bull who was being kept in the rear yard, but found a way to get into the house through a back door.
No charges or citations were filed because the dog was in the yard and the home and hadn't been running free, which is illegal. No one else was injured in the incident.
"It appears this unfortunate attack may have gone on for as long as 10 or more minutes'' as Dawn Hammers attempted unsuccessfully to free her friend from the dog, Deputy Sheriff James Pohlmann said. He said it wasn't until Hammers reached her husband, who was about five minutes away and rushed home, that he was able to pull the animal from the victim.
The husband said the dog had never attacked a person before but had fought raccoons once.
This was the third incident in St. Bernard Parish in the last month in which a resident was attacked by a pit bull and in a third incident a man was bitten while breaking up a fight between a pit bull and another dog.
A young Arabi child was bitten and required more than 30 stitches April 29 when he was attacked in his driveway by a neighor's pit bull. That dog was signed over to the parish and later euthanized and the owner of the dog was arrested for negligence in letting the animal run free outside without a leash, Pohlmann said.
Also, in early May a man was bitten while trying to break up a fight between a pit bull and another dog, Pohlmann said.
"He Never Did Something Like this Before!"
Who'd have thunk ?
They never did that before, it only takes once to maim a person......but these are so rare to quote another freeper whos name I don’t remember...Keep the information flowing chet99....several others have also picked up on pit problems and post them also....word gets around....
chet....did ya get that one from Vanccouver last week?
Even that young they don’t exactly look cuddley.
I would imagine that most any animal would look cute when it’s young and posed in a way designed to accent its cuteness.
YES!!!
Another psycho thread from chet99... why?
The epitome of “beady little eyes”. Cute? FAIL
There sure have been a lot of Pit Bull incidents lately.
Look how many just reported in that area alone.
because he is keeping people informed...that’s why.
Right.
cute noob. you will learn.
Because he’s right
The dude is morbid and sick, wanting to post a Barnum style circus of dog attacks to get a cheap thrill...
hummmm really?....I didn’t realize people posted dog attacks to get any kind of “thrill”....what possible “thrill” could that be? Well this has got to be a new one of some sort.
The owner is gunna lose the farm over this one...
No, they don’t. I love animals. I’ve always had at least one, usually more. Cats, dogs, birds, Iguanas, now only dogs. But I think this breed is dangerous. Most Pit Bulls aren’t even a breed. Most are mixed with something else and their jaws are killers. No way would I have trusted one around my kids when they were little. I almost didn’t rent one of my homes to people because they had a Pit even though it has a fenced in yard. I told them 1500. extra for increase in my insurance. They said okay, and they were a nice couple so I gave in. So far, no problems but I’ll be glad when their lease is up.
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