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Friday, July 11, 2008
Seattle Area Pit Bull Attack Victims Stacking Up
Seattle, WA - In 2007, 233 bites were recorded in Seattle; pit bulls were responsible for 52 (22%). 145 citations were issued for these bites; pit bull owners received 43 (30%). Pit bulls account for 3% of registered dogs. Seattle Animal Control does not record bites that result in "severe injury." A bite that breaks the skin and a bite that tears off an arm is equally recorded as "1 bite."
Roll Call: Seattle Area Pit Bull Victims (June 2007-Present)
Huong Le, 71
Attacked in her front yard
SeaTac
September 2008
Jorgann, 55
Attacked walking her dog
Also hurt: dog Gallagher
Tacoma
July 2008
2 Pet Dogs Attacked
Attacked for being dogs
Discovery Park
July 2008
Unnamed Woman
Attacked walking her dog
North Seattle
July 2008
Simone Evans, 9
Attacked on school playground
West Seattle
June 2008
Unnamed Teenage Boy
Attacked walking in street
Beacon hill
April 2008
Unnamed Man
Attacked walking in street
Westwood
February 2008
Maysia Smith-Moore, 9
Attacked playing in backyard
West Seattle
February 2008
Alex Sharpe
Attacked walking his dogs
Also hurt: dogs Charlie and Indigo
Columbia City
October 2007
Bob Walston, 70
Attacked walking his dog
Also hurt: dog Maggie
Mount Baker
September 2007
Sue Gorman, 59
Attacked sleeping in bed
Also hurt: Dogs Misty and Romeo
Gig Harbor
August 2007
Colleen Lynn, 38
Attacked jogging on sidewalk
Beacon Hill
June 2007
If you are a Seattle pit bull attack victim and you are not listed here, please contact DogsBite.org.Labels: seattle
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7/11/2008 7:34 AM | Flag as abusive
Seattle, is waiting for a death before the public is aroused. If the death is of a poor child nothing will be done. If the death is of a middle class child there might and I mean might be a chance Seattle will act. If the child belongs to Bill Gates Seattle will move like lightning to inact tough laws. It's too bad that such a progressive city is the same as everywhere else. The death will have to be of an affluent person
to make the politicians move. Just a matter of time.
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7/23/2008 10:48 AM | Flag as abusive
Dogs have inbred temperaments and Pit Bulls are bred to be extremely tenacious. Lots of other breeds bite but they simply inflict the injury then stop on their own when they see a display of pain or submission, or they stop when yelled at or most certainly when hit. A PB, on the other hand, will keep biting and shaking and tearing and ripping until its victim STOPS MOVING. Period. They have been bred to not let go no matter what. This is what they do just as Labs swim and Beagles follow their nose.
The statistics on how many maulings and deaths were committed by PBs who had NEVER shown any aggressive tendencies before is all the more reason to not trust the breed EVER.
Think of it this way: Leopards purr and you can even teach one to use a litter box... but a leopard will never, ever be a house cat. It will be the most gentle, cuddly, loving pet... until one day it isn't. PBs are like that.
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