Janelle Story Webboard User Reg: 06-15-2005
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http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=93125&ran=39212&tref=po Everytime I see stories like this it breaks my heart. My parents raised pit bulls for years when we were growing up and they own one now. The dogs were not aggressive, but they were never allowed unsupervised access to us when we were young children. We were teenagers before we were allowed to interact with the dogs on our own. This story is heartbreaking and totally avoidable.
Good God... this post and the post regarding the fallen K-9 are two ends of the spectrum... both tragedies. My 2/12 year old is sitting on my lap right now and I can’t imagine what those parents are feeling like.
I have recently had a dog turn aggressive on us. My human side compelled me to try and work with this dog (he is contained away from the family and muzzled at this point). After reading this story… I just don’t know what his fate will be. How can you ever trust a dog that has bitten more then once. Is there any hope.
Very sad.
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Will Rambeau Moderator Reg: 01-25-2003
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*Sigh*
Stupid owner syndrome again with all the warning signs:
Dogs kept on chains
Previous aggression displayed by the dog or dogs
Backyard breeders
Dumb parents that fail to keep small children and dogs seperated
Result? One dead child. And the idiot parents will never be charged for their stupidity because they've "suffered enough" due to the loss of their child.
IDIOTS!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />
This is another tragedy with the pitbull. Let me first say, I'm not a big pitbull fan. But I dont blame the breed. I blame the people who give these dogs a bad rep, by abusing, not training, and making them aggressive. People need to take responsibility for their dogs. The breed shouldn't be banned from states. What breed is next to be banned? Make the owners liable, with stricter laws. If you have ever been found guilty of abusing dogs in any circumstance you shouldn't be able to own a dog. I know this if of the topic. I feel sorry for the family and they have my condolences. We dont know what happened. Its that these kind of stories just make me sick. Look at the head line Pit bull mix kills child. I should not have posted this my thought are just going all over the place.
I work at a local tv station in this area and these "parents" were not very good at parenting. The septic tank was overflowing and uncovered along with other problems with their house. The kid had apparently been bitten before by this dog, and for some reason he was left alone with the dog who is normally chained in the yard--and he was also adopted as a stray. It's just a sad situation.
In canada I would look at criminal negligence causing death were I prosecuting this one. I'm not sure it would succeed but this would be a place to start. Also whatever statutes deal with child protection.
the issue then is defining negligence under the circumstances.
often this would be done with some reference to statutory obligations.
for example, an unsafely stored gun: any argument for negligence would reference obligation to keep gun locked and unloaded, for example, or breach of licence conditions.
it seems to me that police and crown prosecutors often lack insight into the risk factors that a reasonable person owning a pitbull should understand.
in this case the analogy with children playing unsupervised with loaded weapons is entirely correct.
Also the media in a case like this should go to an expert for an "inventory" of predictable risk factors. there is always such an inventory, as Will provided.
Will Rambeau Moderator Reg: 01-25-2003
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Andrew Tawes - excellent link, thanks for that. Of course it show that the parents were even worse than I thought and are totally responsible for what happened. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />
Andrew May - when I read about what folks in Canada have to put up with just to own a firearm, I thank my lucky stars that we immigrated to the U.S. when I was a little boy.
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