HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - A pit bill that had once bitten a person fatally mauled a young girl before being subdued by firefighters using a fire extinguisher, officials said.
The girl, who was 2 or 3 years old, was pronounced dead at a hospital following the attack Tuesday at the dog owner's home, police Sgt. Dan Underwood said. Her name was not released.
"The girl, her mother and at least two other people were apparently hanging out on the house's porch," Underwood said. "The homeowner apparently told them all to stay out of the house where the dog was."
It was not known what provoked the dog.
Huntington firefighter Jason Price said the dog was wild-eyed and the hair on the back of its neck was raised, and that it rammed the door like a bull.
"Hollywood couldn't have made this dog look more evil," he said.
The pit bull's owner, who also was not identified, had posted several "beware of dog" signs and was keeping the dog inside the house because it had previously bitten another person, said Debbie Young, office manager for Huntington-Cabell-Wayne Animal Control.
"A lot of people are under the impression that once they put those warning signs, they are in the clear. ... They are responsible for that animal," Young said.
No charges have been filed, authorities said Wednesday.
Young said animal control officials will ask a judge to order that the dog be destroyed
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A Melbourne police dog was recovering Wednesday after being repeatedly bitten by a stray pit bull that jumped inside a patrol car, according to a report.
A patrolman shot the stray dog in the chest after wrestling it out of the back of the caged patrol car with other officers, officials told Local 6 News partner Florida Today.
A veterinarian later put the wounded pit bull -- which had no tag or collar -- to death.
"It's an unfortunate situation but the dog was aggressive and ran past the officers and attacked the K-9. He could have bitten a bystander or an officer," said Cmdr. Ron Bell, spokesman for the Melbourne Police Department.
The attack happened about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday on Tucker Street in south Melbourne just after the police dog, a 3-year-old German Shepherd named Victor, helped officers search for a suspect in a police investigation. The suspect was not found.
"Our officer had walked the K-9 back to the car when the stray pit bull ran and jumped into the back of the open car door. The dog lunged for Victor's neck," Bell said.
At least two officers - including Officer Greg Hughes, Victor's partner -- pulled the adult male pit bull and Victor from the back of the car.
One officer then used a stun gun to in an unsuccessful attempt to incapacitate the dog and loosen its grip on Victor's neck, Bell said.
Hughes used his handgun to shoot the stray dog.
Victor suffered bites along the back of his right ear and over the left eye, Bell said.
He was taken to an area animal clinic for treatment and is expected to be off duty for the next few weeks, Bell said.
There are five dogs on the Melbourne Police Department K-9 force. Victor has been working since 2004 and is used in crowd control situations, tracking and building searches, Bell said.
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People need to start pushing for legislation that holds dog owners personally accountable for the actions of their pets. I know there's already some laws in place that function as such, but I'd like to see more statutes that hold the owners negligent per se.
Having a pet is one thing, but what kind of little-man-syndrome possesses a guy to want a bloodthirsty attack dog.
Man, my golden retriever is so friendly, he wouldn't even know how to get aggressive. Whatever happened to people wanting a nice dog?
Pits as a breed are just to mean to have as pets. I am sure there are people here who have them that will chime in and say it's not true yadda yadda yadda but in the majority of the cases that I hear about where people are attacked by a dog and killed or seriously injured, it's a pit bull involved. It's not the animals fault in most cases because they wer bred to fight, attack, and catch other animals and there temperment reflects their breeding. However, they have no business in people's homes as pets. I would never trust my children around them and I think the dog owners should be held 100% absolutely accountable for the actions of their dog. If the dog kills someone they should be charged with manslaughter at the very least. That might start curtailing some of these folks keeping the vicious animals as pets and subsequently getting other people killed.
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The breed of the dog does not make it a killer. There are exceptions to all the rules but pit bulls are every bit as loving as a retreiver. Pit bulls get a bad rap because of all the media hype surrounding them. Sound familiar gun owners? How many good stories do you hear about guns in the media???????????? None, it's all about shocking the public and making them think they are in danger.
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And now they are a biological weapon???????? Give me a break.
What does make a dog a killer is the way it was raised as a pup. Very similar to how humans become murderers, rapeists, child molesters. etc... In nearly every case it stems back to how they were raised as they were growing up.
I have been bitten twice in my life by dogs. One would have tore out my throat had I not grabbed it by the neck as it was lunging at my head. As it was he tore a 2"X2" chunk of skin from the center of my chest. Then the owners got the dog off me. The second dog bit me on my right nipple and about tore it in half. Guess what breed they were. Both labrador retreivers. The first one black and the second one yellow. I now have my own black lab.
The dog is not to blame. The owners are and they should be heald 100% accountable for the dogs actions. But you gotta remember that the dog is only a product of its environment. Just like children
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bigbulls- as an apprentice lineman, i had to fill in as a meter reader for a while. the dogs were bad on several accounts i had to read the meter at. i was bitten 3 times in all the times i went into yards with dogs. one was a blue healer, another was a german shepherd, and the one that got me in trouble was a cocker spanial. the lady was yelling that the dog wouldn't bite the whole time it was tearing into the calf of my leg. i sprayed the dog and tried to drop kick it over the house. i got called into the office and threatened with 3 days off for hurting the poor little doggie! [:@] the boss wouldn't listen to my side of the story, but the other meter readers told me later that when they entered the yard now, the dog hid in it's box and wouldn't come out till they left! praise from your fellow workers is better than from your boss any day
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A pit bill that had once bitten a person fatally mauled a young girl before being subdued by firefighters using a fire extinguisher, officials said
Okay, first of all this dog should have been killed the first time. In a perfect world, it would have been killed the first time someone realized it was owned by a drug-dealing, scum of the earth, penis-smaller-then-believed-possible owner.
But it wasn't. Blame the state.
I own a pit-mix. Mostly pit, but mixed. His name is Bocephus. I never wanted to own a pitbull. But my husband found him up in the woods.
He brought him home, layed him in front of me and I cried. Every one of his ribs was showing. His pelvic bones were protruding straight up. We truly did not think he would survive through the night.
But he did. And the next day, he won my heart.
And yet, I was still nervous. So I called the vet. And I asked about temperment. She assured me that if I raised him right, he would be a good dog. She told me that pits only knew what they were taught.
I believed her. And I taught him well. He is the most loving, tolerant, loyal, and stubbornly stupid dog I have ever known. And I love him with all my heart. And the feeling is mutual.
So......I have ended up with a breed I never wanted have, never trusted, never belived could be gentle and sweet.
I was wrong. I was predudiced. And I was wrong.
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So why did this dog get a second chance?
Stupidity. The dog does not need to continue to breath.
I had a pit once, and as its owner I was responsible for all her actions. That is why she never was lose in public.
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So why did this dog get a second chance?
