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11/30/2009 10:11 PM |
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Apparently just "miles" away from Ellie's home...
"The tragedy in the early hours was a chilling echo of five-year-old Ellie Lawrenson's death a few miles away in 2007."
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2751733/Boy-4-mauled-to-death-in-dog-breeder-house.html
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12/01/2009 12:13 AM | Flag as abusive
Why are authorities letting dog breeders, dog fighters, and thugs destroy us with pit bulls?
by Patrick
12/01/2009 2:28 AM | Flag as abusive
I see that the Lasting Tribute website has updated its memorial pages to include young John-Paul.
http://www.lastingtribute.co.uk/tribute/massey/3197433
It's a very respectful memorial to him and somewhere to pay tribute.
by
12/01/2009 3:33 AM | Flag as abusive
Another man-killing breeding operation...Shame on UK Law Enforcement!
by
12/01/2009 2:06 PM | Flag as abusive
Let's hope the police will follow up on the breeding complaint.
by
12/01/2009 2:58 PM | Flag as abusive
Although breed specific laws in U.K. do not completely "take care" of the pit bull problem, at least the U.K. recognizes the serious differences that result from man-made, selective breedings.
With pro-pit bull lobby groups like AKC, Best Friends, CHAKO, etc., how can it ever happen here?
Answer: Senator's son, daughter, loved-one would have to be attacked.
by
12/01/2009 4:22 PM | Flag as abusive
Time after time, police and sheriff departments take the attitude that dog complaints are beneath their notice. Because of this attitude, they are partially responsible for every death and mauling that results in a report not being taken care of in a timely fashion. Whoever made the decision to ignore that call should be FIRED.
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12/02/2009 1:56 AM | Flag as abusive
Don't worry...any minute the UK Pit Bull Apologist league will investigate the breeders who produced two DBRFs just miles apart.
But first they must engage in writing Pit Bull haiku's and stage a breed stigma tu-tu march!
They'll get to it!
by
12/02/2009 9:42 AM | Flag as abusive
REENACTMENT:
"THE tragedy has chilling parallels to the savage attack on Ellie Lawrenson, who was mauled to death by a dog on New Year’s Day, 2007. Both John Paul, four, and Ellie, five, were staying with their grandmothers when they were savaged – by dogs belonging to their uncles. The little girl suffered 72 injuries during the attack by the dog, called Reuben. Her grandmother, Jacqueline Simpson, tried to fight off the 74lb dog during the attack and suffered severe arm injuries. The animal was shot dead by a police officer."
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http://tinyurl.com/yjrd45n
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12/02/2009 9:49 AM | Flag as abusive
UK Editorial:
The real problem is not the legislation, but the unchecked acquisition by disaffected youths of "status dogs"...
These creatures are intended not just to impress, but to intimidate, and to injure. Hence the description used by the police: they call them "weapon dogs", bred for aggression, and trained in a way that amplifies that propensity. It's no urban myth that thousands of trees – in parks in London, Bristol, and Manchester – have been destroyed by pitbulls and the like. The animals are goaded by their owners into frenzied "practice" attacks on the trunks, ripping off the bark, or are made to hang from branches to strengthen their jaws and shoulders...
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http://tinyurl.com/ygqvsly
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12/03/2009 5:16 AM | Flag as abusive
This problem in the UK could easily be resolved by reintroducing a dog licensing system similar to that we had a few decades ago but one that outlawed certain breeds and which was a two tier system, recognising that larger dogs are potentially lethal (so requiring some owner test and qualifications e.g. not having convictions for violence or drug dealing). The system could even pay for its own enforcement through the licence fee since the useless police seem unwilling to defend the citizenry.
by
12/03/2009 8:38 AM | Flag as abusive
There is no easy solution to the pitbull problem. If there was it would be introduced in every country in the world. What you need besides legislation is enforcement of the law.
What I would like to know is what happened to the other dogs that were at the house. Their barking drowned out the noise of a nearby highway. So their were more dogs at this house. What happened to them?
by
12/03/2009 3:36 PM | Flag as abusive
Yes, there are very easy solutions to the pit bull problem.
In some areas of the country that have laws and regulations (and trained people that enforce them, and aren't connected themselves to dog fighters or dog breeders), pit bull breeders aren't selling dogs at every street corner and dog fighters aren't running rampant. There aren't stray dog problems, there are requirements for proper and humane care of animals, and vicious dogs are dealt with and problems resolved BEFORE death occurs.
No pit bull problems in some parts of the country.
Where there are no rules and laws, and collusion by authorities to protect breeders and dog fighters, you have a pit bull problem. And deaths.
by
12/05/2009 9:39 AM | Flag as abusive
These should be termed "Grannie Dearest" Attacks.
How many times do we see a Pit Bull harborer by a grandmother do this?!?
Grannie Dearest should be facing charges here as well.
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12/05/2009 10:56 AM | Flag as abusive
UK Sensibility!
"John-Paul should not have died. But to have saved him, and to save the next child in danger of being killed by a dog, we need to admit a few things...
Unless we are all stark raving bonkers, there is no place for a dog like the one that killed John-Paul around children.
There is no place for a dog like that in a family neighbourhood. There is no place for a dog like that in a civilised society.
These dogs are not pets."
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http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/columnists/parsons/2009/12/05/muzzle-these-animals-and-their-killer-dogs-115875-21873909/
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