Pit Bulls Attack Pet Sitters in Arizona and Illinois
Pit Bull Attacks Glendale AZ Woman; Shot, Killed by Police
A 27-year-old woman is still listed in serious condition after she was brutally attacked by the pit bull she was pet sitting for a friend, according to a KPHO.com February 1, 2012, update.
The attack occurred on January 21 just after 3 p.m. at an apartment complex in the 6000 block of W. Bethany Home Road. According to Glendale Police, the woman was severely bitten on the back of her neck and all the way down her spine.The dog was continuing its attack while the owner tried to stop it and also sustained bite wounds on his legs, according to ABC15.com. Lucio Guerro, who called the police, stated that the owner had returned and “…was hitting the dog with chains, but it wouldn't get off."
The police officer who responded was a six-year veteran of the Glendale Police Department. He tried to stop the attack by pulling the pit bull away from the woman, but the dog immediately turned its aggression toward him. “Fearing for his life, the officer shot and killed the dog. He most likely saved the life of the female that was being attacked," police said in a statement.
The woman was rushed to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries. The dog owner’s bite wounds were not severe. The victim later said she was familiar with the dog, but it just suddenly attacked.
Sources:
http://www.kpho.com/story/16645575/officer-shoots-kills-dog
Officers shoot 2 Pit Bulls Attacking Elderly Illinois Couple
Police officers shot and killed two Pit Bulls to stop the gruesome attack on an Elmhurst couple pet sitting one of the dogs. (Elmhurst is a historical suburb of Chicago.)Elmhurst Mayor Pete DiCianni said the couple was watching a relative's Pit Bull at their home in the 600 block of North Kenilworth Avenue, when it suddenly attacked their own dog.
“The Pit Bull then turned on them,” he said. Police responded to a 911 call placed at 4:57 p.m. on January 24, 2012, according to NBCChicago.com. A pit bull was still savagely biting the 63-year-old male victim when they arrived at the scene. The man, identified as Robert Moore, was covered in blood, according to a police report. He was on the front porch at that time of the attack.
Officers attempted to make the dog release its grip on Moore, but it would not let go of the man. One officer pulled his service revolver and shot the dog in order to save the victim’s life.
“Moore suffered severe injuries to his arms and leg,” according to a police department news release. He was transported to Loyola University Medical Center and was reported in stable condition the following night. There has been no report of his release from the hospital. "From what I understand this gentleman could have been dead.
The pit bull had chunks of flesh off his leg and off his arms. God forbid he went after his neck,” DiCianni told the Elmhurst Press.The other person injured in the attack was identified by police as Patricia Koprowski, 70. She was transported to Elmhurst Hospital, with serious dog bites to her arm.Officers then attempted to subdue the other pit bull which was loose on the front lawn, but it aggressively charged toward other officers. The dog was shot using a service shotgun, police said.
Koprowski was released after treatment. Moore was reported in serious but stable condition at last report. The deceased animals were transported to DuPage County Animal Care and Control. Elmhurst Police did not release the names of the dog owners. The second Pit Bull was believed to possibly be a loose dog in the neighborhood.
However, Donna Arnone, a neighbor, said she has not observed any problems with dogs.Kulwinder Sandhu, however, said she frequently sees owners walking their dogs off-leash in the neighborhood and is frightened by them. “I see a lot of unleashed dogs. We are scared,” she told NBCChicago.com.Recent Chicago-area pit bull attacks have prompted a recommendation for review of dog ordinances.
A few weeks ago two pit bulls attacked Joseph Finley, a jogger, on the shore of Lake Michigan,which resulted in the amputation of his foot and part of his leg.
http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/animal-rights/pit-bulls-attack-chicago-jogger-called-fighting-dogs
Days later, a woman was reportedly cited after an officer said her pit bulls attacked his police dog several times.
Sources:
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/elmhurst-dog-attack-138003143.html#ixzz1kx8brcqe
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/elmhurst/newsnow/x1018811504/Pit-bulls-send-two-to-hospital-shot-dead-by-Elmhurst-police
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here's another: http://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/06/nyregion/woman-is-killed-in-attack-by-son-s-pit-bulls-in-bronx.html?pagewanted=2&src=pm
Okay, Michigan is already taking BSL/Ban so this just might do it for them. Let's hope.
Hope all you want, but it isn't going to happen. I'll make a bet with you on this, and 100% confident it will not happen. The rolling trend nowadays is to repeal these archaic BSL laws. No other state has statewide BSL, and MI will not enact this law either. Pit bulls are now way too popular, and too many people have have them to do anything about it. Too much support for than against pit bulls, with the backing of all major canine agencies. Besides, those laws are way outdated, do not work, and do more harm than good. What they should do is look at what Chicago wants to do, and that is to stiffen penalties for people with aggressive dogs, and that would be determined by individual dog; not breed. I am against aggressive pets, and by creating laws that target indiviual dogs and their owners will be much more effective and fair to all other breeds and their owners. I mean, I have 2 pit bulls, they get along great with people and other animals, and I haven't ever had any issues in my lifetime, and I have had many different breeds. If anything, the pit bulls are the most friendly and playful dogs I have ever owned. One of them swims like a fish and the other is the best retriever I have ever had, and I had 3 Golden Retrievers and a Labrador prior in life. Can't judge a person by their color, a book by its cover, nor a dog by its breed.
Oh wow, there's Clay Hund spouting his normal, rambling incoherent thought.
More of your blah,blah,blah. I'd take that bet and triple it. With backers like yourself, the pits don't stand a chance.
Anyone ever see a Chihuahua lock its teeth into someones face and not let go?
Anyone?
Please...STOP with the bull$$$$ that its not the BREED, pit lovers....we KNOW that it IS. And as long as YOU are going to keep your BS up WE are going to keep trying to get your breed banned by law.
Do your dog a favor and STOP DENYING THE FACTS about the breed and get off your ass and try to get laws changed so that only responsible people can breed or buy pit bulls...ie taking classes on ownership and paying for dog training.
Otherwise WE are simply going to keep pressuring law makers until they finally give in and ban pitbulls enitrely. Dont think it can happen? I suggest you take a look around this website;
http://www.understand-a-bull.com/BSL/Locations/USLocations.htm
It isn't a fact. I know you really want to believe it, but I have known many pit bulls and it is how they are raised and trained. The must vicious, aggressive dogs I have ever seen were smaller dogs. Yes, even chihuahuas, and Yorkies.
I have two of the latter and both are reasonable well-behaved, but they will bite even me if I stumble on to one in the middle of the night. Animals will naturally go into a defensive mode if they are startled into thinking they are being attacked.
Instead of believing what is popular "wisdom" or "plotically correct". Learn from people that actually know something.
If freedom means anything, it is the liberty to tell others what they do not want to hear.
Narcissists usually over value their own anecdotal experiences.
Here's the deal. All dogs can bite. However, what chihuahua or Yorkie took down a full grown man, cousing serious injury or death? People get pitbull mutts without realizing what they are getting into in owning that type of dog. We need more laws making owners of dangerous dogs that have caused serious injury or death of humans or domesticated animals to be held on felony charges, huge fines etc. Also we need to see more laws like the following: "It shall be lawful for any person to kill any dog found chasing, worrying, injuring or killing poultry or domestic animals except on the premises of the owners of said dog or dogs."
You miss the point, too. Pit bulls are not inherently more dangerous or aggressive than any other dog. Their size and strength does enable them to do more damage. But it is the training they are given. Very few people know a thing about properly training a dog. Any dog can be taught never to use its teeth on a human, even in play. Too many owner think it is OK to play that way with their own dog.
If freedom means anything, it is the liberty to tell others what they do not want to hear.