An ordinary afternoon of playing outside turned into a Jacksonville parent’s worst nightmare when her 11-year-old daughter was mauled by a pit bull at a friend’s home, her family said.
‘I don’t want to die’: 11-year-old Jacksonville girl recovering after getting mauled by pit bull
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CompactFlax 2 points 4 months ago path: 0 24102945 24104745 24105087, hotness: undefined, score: 2, children: 0
RecursiveParadox 12 points 4 months ago
I've seen a pitbull attack and kill another dog. I've had plenty of encounters with dogs and never seen anything even remotely as vicious.
BCsven 4 points 4 months ago
We have Coyotes in our neighbourhood, that are not really afraid of approaching humans anymore. They stalked us on our walk before. Amazon sells a Coyote repellent spray for dog walkers. Might be of use to repell an aggressive approach from a dog too.
TheHonourablePierrePoilievre 9 points 4 months ago
News4JAX was at the home when Animal Care and Protective Services arrived to check on the dog involved in the attack, but they didn’t take the dog. ACPS explained why.
“This is a dog that put somebody on their own property and it’s an unfortunate situation but after speaking to the owners, they have the dog contained they will be holding for the quarantine period and we visually put eyes on the dog today,” Michael Bricker, ACPS division chief said.
The only thing they are worried about is whether it has rabies or not?
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Dog bite severity varies by the breed of dog, and studies have found that pit bull–type dogs have both a high rate of reported bites and a high rate of severe injuries, compared to other non–pit bull–type dogs.
Pit bull–type dogs are extensively used in the United States for dogfighting, a practice that has continued despite being outlawed. Several nations and jurisdictions restrict the ownership of pit bull–type dogs through breed-specific legislation.
The sole goal for this comm is to ban pit bulls from every jurisdiction and to treat the remaining ones with respect while every caretaker follows the required safety precautions to keep everyone safe. Dog breeds with documented health issues should also be prevented from being forcibly bred into this world.
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Keep it civil.
No advocating for violence.
No pit bull advocate gaslighting. Though good faith debates are allowed.
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Dogsbite.org is routinely slandered by the pro-pit lobby, but the site is informative and its data collection procedures are transparent and well-documented.
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Dog bite severity varies by the breed of dog, and studies have found that pit bull–type dogs have both a high rate of reported bites and a high rate of severe injuries, compared to other non–pit bull–type dogs.
Pit bull–type dogs are extensively used in the United States for dogfighting, a practice that has continued despite being outlawed. Several nations and jurisdictions restrict the ownership of pit bull–type dogs through breed-specific legislation.
The sole goal for this comm is to ban pit bulls from every jurisdiction and to treat the remaining ones with respect while every caretaker follows the required safety precautions to keep everyone safe. Dog breeds with documented health issues should also be prevented from being forcibly bred into this world.
Rules:
Keep it civil.
No advocating for violence.
No pit bull advocate gaslighting. Though good faith debates are allowed.
Links:
Dogsbite.org is routinely slandered by the pro-pit lobby, but the site is informative and its data collection procedures are transparent and well-documented.
Pit Nutter Bingo Cliched excuses and problematic arguments pit nutters use.
go to feed...
Pitbulls are one of the very few items that make me want to carry.
Fortunately they’re very rare to nonexistent here.
Pit bull owners are always irresponsible. A dog that attacks unprovoked or without command is not defending its territory, it’s just a mean dog.
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