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Chicago Woman Attacked by Five Pit Bulls
 Woman Attacked By Pit Bulls Grateful To Passerbyer
UPDATE 04/11/08: Gabriela Munoz is hospitalized, recovering from her injuries, but has no anger for the dogs' owner (at least not yet). Munoz says she was walking to pick up her kids from school when five pit bulls appeared from nowhere and began attacking her.
Munoz escaped the attack thanks to a total stranger. Francisco Rodriguez pulled his van alongside her, pulling her to safety. He said the he opened the back door to the van and she jumped inside. Munoz is thankful to her hero and is excited to return home to see her children.
The owner, Cristian Hidalgo, also ran to Munoz's aid and tried to fight the dogs off with a stick. He says the dogs broke free from his backyard. He admits, "Most of the blame should be put on me because I guess I didn't shut the door properly to make sure it was closed."
04/10/08: Pit Bull Owner Says "Screaming" Made it Worse
Chicago, IL - In a city that did little to regulate pit bulls after the most savage attack recorded in recent history, the Chicago Pit Bull Rampage, we come to another horrifying attack. This city outlaws foie gras -- the abusive practice of force feeding ducks -- yet fails on a massive scale to protect people from pit bull dogs.
The Chicago Sun Times reports that a passerbyer helped fend off five pit bulls that were attacking a woman on Marquette Park street, leaving her with life-threatening injuries. A man passing by in a van apparently used his van to scare the dogs off, authorities said. He then dragged the woman into the van and called for paramedics.
She was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in critical condition with life-threatening injuries. The owner of the pit bulls, Cristian Hidalgo, 32, received four citations for each of the five dogs: failure to maintain a dangerous animal, failure to maintain the animal under restraint, no license and no required rabies vaccination.Hardly a penance for a woman left with life-threatening injuries after being attacked by not 1, 2, 3, or 4 pit bulls but 5. The Chicago Tribune reports the story differently and offers praise to the pit bull owner. They write that Cristian Hidalgo tried to beat the dogs back. When that didn't work, he jumped on top of the woman, trying to act as a human shield. But even Hidalgo, who raised the five dogs, couldn't stop them.
"I'm really confused," Hidalgo, 32, said as he pointed out the site of the attack, which occurred across the street from his home. "People were honking their horns, people were yelling -- everything that wasn't a good combination. I covered her, and they bit me up too a little."
The five pit bulls kept biting until someone drove by in a van threw the vehicle in reverse, jumped the sidewalk and pulled the woman inside. Neighbor Judy Bernal, said as she got closer, she could see that the woman was bleeding badly. The car seat was covered in blood, and pieces of the woman's [flesh] were everywhere. Hidalgo was inside his home when he heard barking and shouts. He ran onto the front porch to see the dogs he had just locked inside his fenced-in back yard loose and huddled near the screaming woman. He crossed the street and got the canines to follow him to his yard. But distracted by the commotion -- the screaming -- the dogs kept going back toward the woman. "What was freaking them out was how she was behaving," Hidalgo said.
"She wouldn't stop screaming."
One of the dogs went up on her chest and pushed her down, he said. When she hit the ground, they started biting her ankles. With a stick in hand, Hidalgo tried to fight the pit bulls off. Bernal said, she could see Hidalgo swinging the stick. "The dogs were bleeding from everywhere. He really hit them. He really tried to get them away from her."
Note to self: Do not scream when being attacked by 5 pit bulls. You will get blamed for the attack if you do. Related articles:08/13/06: Open Wounds, the Enduring Agony of a Pit Bull Rampage08/13/06: The Enduring Agony of a Pit Bull Rampage08/14/06: A Rebuilt Body, a Fragile Spirit08/15/06: Finding Strength to be a KidLabels: pack attack
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Savage Dog Attack in Lower Valley Injures Man
UDPATE 1/29/08: Dog Attack Raises Questions About Safety
Lew Yallup remains in stable condition at Seattle's Harborview Medical Center. The hospital is not saying much, but people who live nearby say it could be a while before he comes home.
This is one of the more violent attacks in recent memory, but the Wapato Police Department say they get calls about aggressive dogs all the time. Just this morning, an officer had to shoot a pit bull that attacked and killed a rottweiler. Due to budget cuts, the department was forced to cancel its contract with an animal control officer. Now patrol officers are tasked with handling cases involving aggressive animals.
1/27/08: Doctors Trying to Save Victim's Leg
Doctors are trying to save Lew Yallup's leg after he was severely injured in a recent pack dog attack. It is reported that he will have an extended stay at Harborview Medical Center, the Northwest's major trauma center, where he underwent surgery late Friday.
Genevieve Dotson, an aunt of Yallup's, said she had already alerted authorities to concerns about the dogs. She twice told deputies in June that her neighbor's pit bull was being allowed to run loose. "I was afraid. I told [the deputies] somebody's going to get hurt because those dogs are out there. I'm lucky they didn't attack me when I was going to the mailbox. I'm really upset about this. I think this guy should pay for this." Sheriff's officials confirmed that authorities had been called to the same area on three prior occasions for complaints of vicious dogs. In one instance a puppy endured a severe neck wound, in another incident, a dachshund was killed.
1/26/08: Savage Pack Attack Injures Man
Wapato, WA - A 55-year old man collecting aluminum cans along the road was seriously injured when he was attacked by five dogs Friday afternoon. The savage attack exposed bone and muscle in the man's leg. A motorist happened by and saw the attack. He stopped and fired three rounds into the air from a 12-gauge shotgun scaring the dogs off.
Yakima County deputies and an animal control agent were able to find and capture four of the dogs. They were easily identifiable because they still had blood on them. The fifth dog was not located. The owner was cited for four counts of having an animal that is "permitted to cause serious injuries to humans," a gross misdemeanor that carries up to one year in jail and a $5,000 fine.
Stray dogs and dog attacks have been a problem in much of the Lower Yakima Valley for years. The county has two animal control officers who get up to 50 nonemergency calls per day for the entire county. Officials say more funding would be available if more county residents licensed their dogs. Only 10% are licensed, leaving approximately 50,000 dogs unlicensed. Tribal lands makes enforcement difficult because tribal land isn't subject to county dog ordinances.
In 2004, there was another vicious attack in Wapato, where 4-year-old Jose Basilio's arms were nearly torn from their sockets when he was set on by a half-dozen pit bulls. He was treated for six weeks at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, where he was given a series of skin grafts to cover more than 60 deep bites to his head, back, legs and shoulders.
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05/22/08: Flashback: Jose Basilio Attacked by a Pack of Pit BullsLabels: pack attack
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Girl Recovering After Attack by Pack of Wild Dogs
Girl Recovering After Attack by Pack of Wild Dogs
12-year old Melissa Rollins was attacked by a packed of dogs as she played basketball. The 80 lb german shepherd chow mix tried to drag Melissa to a wooded area. Her brother, 13-year old Kevin, bravely fought the dog off, hitting it in the face with his shoes. Melissa suffered severe gashes on her legs, hand and neck. She spent 3 days in the hospital after surgery.
The dogs appear to have been abandoned and likely attacked Melissa for food. One adult and 4 pups were trapped and euthanized. There are most likely 2 more adult german shepherds remaining in the area.Labels: pack attack
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