Pit Bulls

i gave you ample evidence that pitbulls are less prone to bite then even golden retrievers, are golden retrievers running around biting people?

what do you THINK is going to happen when a dog that is being neglected, might i dare say "trained", to make it *mean* does when it escapes?

Boy, 6, remains hospitalized after mauling
Pit bull owner says he is unsure why his dogs attacked

By Gerry Smith | Chicago Tribune reporter
September 21, 2008

An East Garfield Park boy remained hospitalized Saturday after undergoing plastic surgery, while his family tried to understand why a neighbor's dogs attacked the 6-year-old.

Trayshawn Toliver's family found it hard to believe the pit bulls could have inflicted such harm.

"These dogs see him every day," said Trayshawn's sister, Erica. "He doesn't play with the dogs. I don't understand how it happened."

Two of the dogs were shot and killed by police and a third is being held by animal control.

The incident began Friday night, when Trayshawn was retrieving a ball that had gone across a fence into a neighbor's yard in the 500 block of North Lawndale Avenue. The boy gained access to the yard because the fence had been partially knocked down after a recent storm, said Trayshawn's brother, Victor, 19.

That's when the dogs attacked. Officers on patrol in the area were flagged down about 7:45 p.m. and tried to ward off the dogs.

The officers tried to lift Trayshawn over the chain-link fence, "but the dogs were relentless in their grip of the young victim," said Chicago Police Officer John Mirabelli.

Officers used pepper spray before they shot and killed two of the dogs, police said.

The third dog ran away but was captured and is with Animal Care and Control.

"They tried every available measure prior to discharging their weapons," Mirabelli said.

But by then, the damage had been done. Trayshawn was taken in serious condition to Mt. Sinai Hospital. Doctors performed plastic surgery Friday night on both of his legs, which had been mauled from his thighs to his feet and had one gash so deep it exposed muscle tissue, Erica Toliver said.

The dogs' owner, William Johnson, a carpenter, said Saturday he was at work at the time of the attack and didn't know exactly what had happened. Johnson, 32, said he was surprised the dogs mauled the boy.

"They were just puppies," he said. "They were not mean dogs. I'm not sure what provoked it.

"I'm very sorry this happened. I can always get another dog. But a kid, you can't replace that."

Police said Saturday the incident was still under investigation.

Police kill pit bull as it attacks its owner

Staff report
Originally published 08:41 a.m., September 26, 2008
Updated 08:41 a.m., September 26, 2008

Evansville police shot and killed a pit bull late Thursday night after the dog attacked its owner.

According to Officer Tyrone Wood, the incident occurred at 409 E. Eichel Ave. around 11:30 p.m.

Wood said when police arrived, in response to a 911 call, the living room floor was covered in blood, the dog was ripping the arm of owner Tony Burden, 24, and a woman identified as Burden’s wife, Miriam Engelhardt, was screaming “He won’t let go” and hitting the dog, Brutis, with an aluminum bat.

Burden was shouting, “Help me, shoot him,” according to a police report.

Burden was taken to Deaconess Hospital with arm wounds and was in fair condition today.

Engelhardt told police Burden, who had been outside arguing with a neighbor, was attacked by the dog after he came inside and sat down in a living room chair.

AMR and the Evansville Fire Department were dispatched and the animal was picked up by Animal Control.

8-year-old girl hospitalized after pit bull attack

LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - An 8-year-old girl remained hospitalized late Saturday after being attacked by a pit bull earlier in the day.

The child was attacked in 100 block of south 44th street around 1:30 p.m. Saturday. Officials say she was playing with the dog when it turned on her.

The girl was taken to Kosair Children's Hospital with serious injuries.

Metro Animal Service officers have quarantined the dog.

So far no charges have been filed.

Pit bull dog seized after attacking 13-year-old

September 26, 2008 08:55:00 AM
By Tony Simmons / Online Editor

PANAMA CITY

Bay County Animal Control seized a pit bull dog on Thursday after it crossed a street to attack a girl and also tried to bite a man who rushed to her aid.

The incident happened on Swan Road in Panama City a little after 5 p.m. Thursday, according to a report from the Bay County Sheriff's Office. The juvenile victim, 13, and her mother had just gotten out of their car in their driveway when the bulldog ran from the yard across the street and attacked the child, the report said.

According to the report, the girl suffered two puncture wounds to the right side of her upper back. Steve Jones, the girl's mother's fiance, ran to her aid; the dog turned on him and began to bite his right ankle, but he was able to kick the dog away before he was injured, the report said.

The dog then returned to the yard across the street, where he remained until Animal Control arrived. A deputy and the Animal Control officer made contact with Petra Bell, the owner of the dog. She was not at home when the incident occurred, the report said.

Bell advised officers that the dog's shots were current and it didn't have a history of biting. She surrendered the dog, "Piper," to Animal Control without incident, the report said.

EMS arrived and treated the child's injuries.

, every dog is a pitbull bull if it has bitten someone, apparently.

Yes, it is the rare pittbull that attacks, but the dogs have been bred as a fighting breed and it is believed by some, including breeders, vets, and others who have been consulted, that this is ingrained in their DNA.

people just dont know wtf they are doing