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http://www.theoaklandpress.com/article/OP/20100413/NEWS/304139906

I was attacked when I was 5 years old by a pitbull and 3 pitbull mixes, I was afraid of dogs in general for many years then I slowly became less afraid of them. But still I get nightmares and flashbacks to the day and it constantly makes me afraid of pits but this wouldn't have happened if the pits where born at a vet and the owner wouldn't have let those dogs near me

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https://www.myajc.com/news/crime--law/owner-arrested-after-dogs-kill-one-child-seriously-injure-another/Bk4UvnMpm44D18ZEa1eXHK/?ecmp=newspaper_email

¨A boy was killed and a girl was injured early Tuesday in a pit bull attack on their way to school, Atlanta police said.¨ This is what happens when a you buy a pit and nothing bad happens till it decides that it doesn't like the way that kid is walking. This wouldn't have happened if the dog was born in a vet, the dog would have been trained to be friendly and gentle not have mood swings like a teenager. This is why we should ban the breeding and selling of pits outside of a veterinary.

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https://www.fatalpitbullattacks.com

¨U.S. fatal pit bull attacks have surpassed 340 since 1998¨ This is obviously a problem if 340 people have died since 1998, this is why I think it would be a great idea to ban pitbull breeding and selling outside of a veterinary. I honestly think stopping people from selling and breeding them on the street would decrease the amount of people that die a year, but when they aren't properly trained then they lash out. Also if they are born in a vet some criminal can't come in and buy a pit then abuse it and then get rid of it and then end up with a baby dead.

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http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1989-01-21/entertainment/8902270230_1_pit-bull-pit-bull-dear-ann-landers

"If pit-bull terriers are neutered, they will be calmer and less apt to attack. Neutering will, of course, phase out this breed, which would not be a bad idea." This is a good reason why people shouldn't be able to sell pitbulls on the street. If people continue to sell and breed pitbulls unprofessionally then the deadly pitbull attacks will continue. The breeders don't care about what happens after they get the money they ask for. These breeders will give you a highly aggressive pit and expect you to figure it out, then you end up dead because you tried to move the pits food. I'm not saying it's the pits fault i'm saying that pits should be in a vet from the day they are born so they know not to lash out and kill people.

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In order to decrease the amount of fatal attacks from pitbulls the american government has to ban the breeding and selling of pitbulls outside of a veterinary and the dogs sold from the veterinary have to be trained at the veterinary to be gentle and friendly.

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This is what happened to me the first time i met a pitbull and then a year later fiends pitbull attacked my dog.

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Because a Waterford Township father and his 5-year-old son were bitten by a pit bull and three pit bull-mix dogs Sunday, the township prosecutor plans to petition district court to have the dogs euthanized.

"My job is to protect the people who live in Waterford and visit here," said Walt Bedell, township prosecutor. "Dogs like this put everyone at risk."

Waterford has had an ordinance banning pit bulls since 1989.

Police were called to a home on Floretta Street, west of Clintonville Road in Waterford at 6:40 p.m. Sunday, said Bedell.

The father and 5-year-old son, later identified as Matthew and Jackson Jones, walked over to a neighbor's house because Jackson wanted to play with the neighbor children, according to Bedell.

"The father went to the front door and the child went around back," Bedell said.

The father then heard his son screaming and dogs barking. He ran to the back and saw dogs attacking his son.

"The father tried to separate the dogs from the boy and then (the father) was attacked," Bedell said.

Waterford police described the dogs as a pit bull and three pit bull mixes.

Jackson and his father were treated at the scene by paramedics, and then Matthew drove his son and himself to St. Joseph Mercy Oakland Hospital.

Bedell said Jackson was bitten on his left arm and elbow, and scratched on his face.

Stephanie Jones, Matthew's wife and Jackson's mother, said Matthew had a big puncture wound in his calf from a dog biting him.

Both Matthew and Jackson could have had stitches for their wounds, but doctors recommended keeping the wounds open, Stephanie said.

"Dogs have lots of bacteria in their mouths and (doctors) didn't want to trap it."

Father and son are both taking antibiotics, Stephanie Jones said.

Jackson's wounds continued to bleed through Tuesday, she added.

Stephanie Jones said she knew the neighbors had dogs because they heard "barking every time we were in our backyard."

When Jackson went to the neighbor's house, she said, the boy "didn't know dogs were outside.

"They shouldn't have let the dogs out."

Dog had bitten before

One of the dogs, a spayed female called Lily, bit a 14-year-old boy on April 4, according to Oakland County Animal Control.

Animal Control officers had been called in for that bite and they decided to place Lily under house quarantine, meaning the owners were required to keep the dog inside and away from nonfamily members.

Oakland County Animal Control was again called on Sunday but this time, they took Lily away.

Stephanie said, "An officer said (that dog) was aggressive with them and that they had to have the dog's owner put Lily in the truck."

Lily will be kept quarantined at the animal control department until April 22, staff said.

Animal control staff also cited the dogs' owners for not having valid dog licenses.

Police issued the owners a misdemeanor appearance citation for having pit bulls in Waterford.

Bedell said he also plans to file a civil complaint citing Michigan's vicious dog statute which allows a local prosecutor to petition the court about a dog that has attacked. If the judge agrees, the court would then enter an order to have the dogs euthanized.

Bedell said several witnesses saw the incident Sunday on Floretta.

Stephanie Jones said her son is healing but he's "still shook up about it."

Jones said all four dogs should be taken away.

The family owns a 4-year-old female American bulldog-boxer mix.

"She's the sweetest thing in the world," said Stephanie Jones.

Jones remembered a dog-biting incident when she was a girl.

When she was in grade school, the family's springer spaniel bit her father when he tried to take its toy away.

"We got rid of it right away," Jones said.

During the day Tuesday, Bedell assembled paperwork on the case.

"These dogs are vicious," Bedell said, "because they attacked. I'm going to try and file to have the dogs destroyed before Lily is released."

Contact staff writer Carol Hopkins at 248-745-4645 or carol.hopkins@oakpress.com.

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Pit bulls attack Waterford father, 5-year-old son

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Because a Waterford Township father and his 5-year-old son were bitten by a pit bull and three pit bull-mix dogs Sunday, the township prosecutor plans to petition district court to have the dogs euthanized. "My job is to protect the people who live in Waterford and visit here," said Walt Bedell, township prosecutor.

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This is a pitbull attacking a barber shop

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This is why pitbulls can't be trusted

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Warrant: Dog in deadly attack brought into state illegally

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This is what happens when you just let pitbulls do what they want

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Update: Charges have been upgraded for the man whose dogs attacked two children, killing one and leaving the second seriously injured.

Original story: A boy was killed and a girl was injured early Tuesday in a pit bull attack on their way to school, Atlanta police said.

Logan Braatz and Syari Sanders, students at F.L. Stanton Elementary School, were walking to a bus stop in the 1200 block of Gideons Drive in southwest Atlanta when they were mauled, police and school officials said.

While the Fulton County Medical Examiner's office has not officially identified the children, relatives of the victims released names and photos to Channel 2 Action News.

They were taken to Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston with serious injuries.

Logan, 6, was later taken to Grady Memorial Hospital's trauma unit, where he died. Syari was still at Egleston in stable condition, Atlanta Public Schools spokeswoman Kimberly Willis Green said. Syari's family told Channel 2 she is alert and conscious.

"We're still trying to evaluate to figure out what really happened," Atlanta police Sgt. Warren Pickard said.

Police are certain two dogs were involved in the deadly attack. The dogs' owner, Cameron Tucker, was arrested on two misdemeanor counts of reckless conduct, Pickard said. His first court appearance is schedule for 9 a.m. Wednesday.

"Any additional charges will be determined by the Fulton County District Attorney's Office," he said.

Logan's uncle, Andy Brasley, told Channel 2 that the 6-year-old "was everything anyone would want in a child."

"He meant and still means the world to every single person he's ever touched in his life," Brasley said, "because all he ever wanted was to make a friend."

Other children were cornered by the pit bulls until a neighbor scared the dogs away.

One of the children, 7-year-old Mason Williams, said one of the dogs bit onto the hood of his jacket before attacking his cousin Syari.

"I looked down and I saw a brick," he said. "Then I picked it up and that's when the dogs started running at me. And then (one of them) knocked me down."

Williams and the rescued children tried to help their friends.

"We had some brave kids," Pickard said. "Some kids ran back to the scene to try to pull the dogs off the children that were injured."

Area residents responded quickly to try to help Logan and Syari, too.

Angie Smith, a witness to the attack, said she ran to assist Syari. The girl was wearing a jacket and carrying a book bag, Smith said.

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"I looked down at her to see what I could do for her," Smith said. "And when I looked at her, I knew that there was nothing I could do."

Shamonta Clayton, a neighbor of the children, said he woke up this morning to screams and ran outside to find them in bad shape.

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"As I get to the end of the street, I see (one) child's unconscious body laying in the middle of the street," Clayton said.

He noticed another dog and followed it, finding the children cornered near the porch.

"So I chased the dog away from the kids, and I noticed the second child, a little boy, his unconscious body laying down in the grass," Clayton said.

The dog circled back to the child and Clayton said he chased the dog off with his gun.

"I picked the child's body up because his mom couldn't do nothing but sit there and just cry," Clayton said.

Fulton County Animal Control took one dog into custody. An officer shot and killed the other dog, Pickard said.

"Our officers couldn't get control of it in a manner that he felt safe," he said. "So our policies and procedures allow us to act in that capacity."

Atlanta Public Schools sent a crisis team to Stanton Elementary to provide grief counseling for students and staff, Willis Green said.

Neighbors told Channel 2 they've seen the dogs roaming the area before, but they hadn't attacked anyone.

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Boy killed, girl injured in pit bull attack on way to school

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Update: Charges have been upgraded for the man whose dogs attacked two children, killing one and leaving the second seriously injured. Original story: A boy was killed and a girl was injured early Tuesday in a pit bull attack on their way to school , Atlanta police said.

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This is what a loving in home dog can do to your new born in seconds without warning, they just lash out.

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There has already been 5 fatal attacks this year and there was 29 last year this is more than any other dog.

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Fatal Pit Bull Attacks - The Archival Record

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Hong Saengsamly is the 539th American killed by a pit bull.

1. October 2017, Johnson County, AR
Sharon Lindemann, 75
Fatal pit bull attack - Pending

2. February 2000, Geauga County, OHJust after the American bulldog is
Josiah Holden, 5
Fatal bulldog (pit bull-type) attack
recognized as a breed in 1999 by the UKC, Ohio includes the American bulldog as a dog "commonly known as a pit bull" under it's statewide pit bull law.

3. January 1990, Los Angeles County, CA(1989 to 1991)
Lilly Marjee, 70
Fatal pit bull attack
California, Florida and Texas enact statewide anti-BSL laws.

4. May 1989, Brazoria County, TX
Dustin Webb, 3
Fatal pit bull attack
Miami-Dade County, Florida enacts pit bull ban.

5. February 1984, Montgomery County, TXVillage of Tijeras, New Mexico
James Miller, 4
Fatal pit bull attack enacts pit bull ban.

6. February 1980, Los Angeles County, CA
Norman Ben Jr., 3
Fatal pit bull attack
Hollywood, Florida enacts first modern pit bull law.

7. May 1976, Fresno County, CAPrior to the 1970's, pit bulls were often called pit dogs, pit bulldogs, bull terriers and
Misty Lee, 6
Fatal pit bull attack
bulldogs. Even today, pit bulls are called " bulldogs."

8. August 1919, Warren County, MS
"John Doe," Adult
Fatal bulldog (pit bull-type) attack
(Above) First documented instance of a bulldog used to savage an African American man to death in a violent race clash - Vicksburg, Mississippi.

9. August 1917, The Bronx, NY
Ralph Perotta ( John Potta), 9
Fatal bull terrier (pit bull-type) attack

10. June 1912, Cook County, ILBy August 1911, Ogden
Ignatz Obolhusky, < 1
Fatal bulldog (pit bull-type) attack
enacted a pit "bulldog" ordinance. The dogs are known as a menace.
Also, there is a public call to ban pit "bulldogs" in the District of Columbia after a series of attacks.

11. September 1900, Jefferson County, KYIn April 1898, pit bull fancier
Baby "Doe" Johnston, < 1
Fatal bulldog (pit bull-type) attack
Chauncey Z. Bennett formed the United Kennel Club (UKC), the first club to recognize the pit bull breed. Bennett wrote the rules and regulations governing recognized dog fight matches to bring "organization" to the blood sport.

12. June 1896, Racine County, WIBy August 1896, Sacramento
Harry Acklam, 7
Fatal bulldog (pit bull-type) attack
enacted a pit "bulldog" ordinance. The dogs are known as savage.
Also, there is a public call to ban pit "bulldogs" in the City of Chicago after a series of attacks.

U.S. fatal pit bull attacks have surpassed 340 since 1998; the last year the CDC studied fatal dog attack data by breed. In the last 8-year period of the CDC study (1991 to 1998), pit bulls averaged 3 deaths per year. From 2010 to 2017, the most recent 8-year period, pit bulls averaged 25 deaths per year, an increase of over 700%.

Fatal Dog Bite Statistics

Pit Bull Fatality Maps

Breed-Specific Laws

Learn about breed-specific legislation (BSL) and why cities, counties and even nations adopt these laws.

Meet the "Grippers"

The "bull baiter" of the 1800s, the "bulldog" of the early to mid 1900s and pit bulls are one in the same.

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U.S. Fatal Pit Bull Attacks - The Archival Record - DogsBite.org

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Hong Saengsamly is the 539th American killed by a pit bull. October 2017, Johnson County, AR Sharon Lindemann, 75 Fatal pit bull attack - Pending February 2000, Geauga County, OHJust after the American bulldog is Josiah Holden, 5 Fatal bulldog (pit bull-type) attack recognized as a breed in 1999 by the UKC, Ohio includes the American bulldog as a dog "commonly known as a pit bull" under it's statewide pit bull law.

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The paragraph explains that being attacked by one of these animals is scary.  Being attacked by a pitbull can change your life if you end up surviving the incident.

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Dear Ann Landers: I`ve just read another story in our newspaper citing two more attacks of pit-bull terriers on children in our area.

I know you`ve written about this in the past, but I believe you ought to go back to this subject one more time.

When in God`s name will there be legislation to phase out this breed of animal? Can you imagine the agony of the victim during the attack, whether he survives or not?

To be attacked by an animal is every person`s most terrifying nightmare.

Are the owners and defenders of this vicious strain of animal unable to love any one of dozens of other breeds of canines? This bloodthirsty creature is the result of man`s tinkering and has no place in a loving home.

I do not know a pit-bull owner nor have I ever met a victim, but I am outraged every time I hear or read about a pit bull tearing a person apart.

Please! What can be done?

A Florida Reader

Dear Reader: A highly respected veterinarian who asked that his name not be used told me that the viciousness of the pit bull is in the genes. Although some breeders insist that the dogs are gentle unless provoked, most are not.

If pit-bull terriers are neutered, they will be calmer and less apt to attack. Neutering will, of course, phase out this breed, which would not be a bad idea.

Dear Ann Landers: I am ashamed to admit it, but I have been taken for a large sum of money because of my stupidity.

My son, who was in prison, gave his cellmate my name and address. This guy said he just wanted someone to write to and that he liked the way I looked from a picture.

``Mike`` and I exchanged letters for a few months, then he wrote and said that for $1,700 he could get my son released, one way or another. I was to send cash, and he would get things started.

I sent the cash. Soon after, Mike wrote to say he was in solitary confinement and would be there for six months and couldn`t give the money to his ``source`` until he got out of solitary. That was the last I heard from him.

Please print this letter to warn others who may be as gullible as I was. I can`t believe I was so stupid.

Grand Rapids Idiot

Dear G.R.: We checked with Pervis Staples, the mail-room supervisor at Cook County Jail in Chicago.

He said all mail except legal correspondence is opened by mail-room personnel before going to the prisoners (they check for contraband). If money is found it is taken to the trust office and put on the books.

A note goes to the inmate telling him or her that the money was received and will be handed over when he or she leaves the facility.

It is possible that a dishonest mail-room employee might keep the money, but it is unlikely, since mail-room personnel are carefully supervised.

Prisoners are told to instruct their friends and relatives not to send money. Sorry about your loss. Thanks for writing to warn others.

Dear Ann Landers: My wonderful brother died of AIDS. I think it is just terrible that whenever this word appears in the newspaper it is printed in capital letters, like this: AIDS. No other disease is treated in this way. I have never seen where anyone died of CANCER.

Please ask newspapers not to add to the heartbreak of the families. Thank you.

Jackson, Miss.

Dear Jackson: AIDS is an acronym that stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, and this is why it is capitalized.

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Pit-bull Terrier Terror Has Only One Solution

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Dear Ann Landers: I`ve just read another story in our newspaper citing two more attacks of pit-bull terriers on children in our area. I know you`ve written about this in the past, but I believe you ought to go back to this subject one more time.

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This is a pitbull, they are strong muscular creatures that are breed to fight

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This matters to me because  when I was 5 I was attacked by 1 pitbull and 3 pitbull mixes, this affected my life greatly I was scared of all dogs till I was 10 and I'm still scared of dogs who bark to this day.

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In America pitbulls commonly lash out against people and have seriously injured or even killed them