UPDATE: Pit Bull Bites Boy
Medics rushed a 9-year-old boy to the pediatric trauma center at Johns Hopkins Children's Center.
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UPDATE (10:08 a.m.): A 9-year-old boy was seriously hurt Wednesday night after being bitten by a dog near the border of Severna Park and Pasadena, an Anne Arundel County fire department spokesman said.
Emergency personnel responded at 8:18 p.m. Wednesday to the 200 block of Armstrong Lane in Pasadena to a report of an injured child, Lt. Keith Hamilton said.
A police investigation revealed that the child was on his bike near his mom visiting a neighbor when the neighbor’s pit bull bit the boy, according to an Anne Arundel County Police Department press release. The dog's owner intervened and freed the child from the pit bull.
Medics transported the boy to the pediatric trauma unit at Johns Hopkins Children's Center with serious injuries, Hamilton said.
Animal Control responded and has taken custody of the dog. The pit bull’s owner has been identified and the investigation is ongoing, according to police.
A call to Animal Control was not immediately returned.
The attack comes just weeks after the Maryland Court of Appeals issued a controversial ruling that stated that pit bulls are inherently dangerous, making it easier for pit bull owners to be sued if their dogs injure someone.
Cindy
3:24 pm on Thursday, May 24, 2012
Pit bulls are no more dangerous than any dog that has teeth! I am so sick of hearing this kind of stuff! It is only because the media can't wait to jump on a pit bull bite. If they don't know what kind of dog it is they almost always say it looks to be a pit bull mix. There are more bites by other dogs but the media never tells us that. Give it a rest, O'Malley. And If you really want to talk about pit bulls, lets talk about O'Malley. He's the one putting his bite into everyone and he's not letting go until we are dead broke or just dead.
Margaret
5:43 pm on Sunday, June 3, 2012
Cindy,
Get real! The dog( a pit bull) attacked the 9 year old unprovoked. He had to be beaten 8 times in the head with a metal bat before he released! The child's mother reached her hand in his mouth to hold her sons leg together until the dog was beaten enough it would release. The child got over 50 stitches. Had to spend 5 more days in the hospital because the wound was so deep it wasn't healing. Now it has to be packed everyday with gauze and removed to clean it out and pray that this heals it. Cindy get a clue about what is really important here!
Chet Brewer
7:33 pm on Thursday, May 24, 2012
Cindy, I'm not sure that statistics bear that out, but its always a question of genetics vs training. I have always had german shepherds (the other favorite dangerous breed) and if you are going to have a K9 of this sort you had best insure the training of both handler and K9 is adequate. It is your responsibility to both the K9 and the folks around you
Kathryn
7:05 am on Friday, May 25, 2012
All dogs can bite, but let's not ignore the strength and power in a pit bull's jaw compared to, as examples, a retriever (who is bred with a narrower gentle jaw to not damage what it retrieves) or a small breed like a chihuahua. Painful teeth? Yes. Crushing jaw? No.
Lynne
1:42 pm on Friday, May 25, 2012
Unfortunately the police had been called about this dog one time before.
Cindy
3:03 pm on Friday, May 25, 2012
It all comes down to the fools who do not train their dogs. I have had 4 different pits in the last 20 years as well as other breeds. Each of the pits were almost a 100 pounds. The most dangerous thing about them was that they couldn't hold their licker!! And oh by the way the chihuahua that jumped on by son when he was small caused more damage to him then any of the pits we've had. PUNISH THE DEED, NOT THE BREED!!!!!!!!!!
kelley
12:15 pm on Sunday, May 27, 2012
over breeding..untrained owners and dogs..and unleashed animals..this is the problem with pitbulls. They can be a great family dog if they are experienced with this breed the need constant training and exercise..and the are not for everyone...there are tons of these poor dogs in shelters for this reason...
Amy Leahy
9:42 am on Monday, May 28, 2012
I had to laugh at the comment from Cindy regarding the pit bulls and not being able to hold their licker…. I have a dog we got from Animal Control at 3 months old that turned out to be part pit and his fast and furious licker drives me NUTS!
I have to admit that when we first realized the dog was part pit bull (he was classified as a lab mix by Animal Control) I was a little worried. He's the sweetest dog I've ever owned and the strongest.
Jason
6:52 am on Wednesday, June 20, 2012
I was there, I saw the brutality of the attack, and I held the kids leg together until the Paramedics got there. I agree that we shouldn't punish the breed. However, the penalties for the owners only amount to a slap on the wrist. People have got to be held accountable for the actions of their animals. This dog has been deemed dangerous by the county for attacking people already and was supposed to be on a leash and muzzled at all times when outside. Not running around off-leash like it was. I am furious that this gets to go on with out punishment and if it was my child the dog wouldn't be here anymore...
Kristel Rabideau
4:38 pm on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
If the dog was deemed dangerous already, and the owner did not follow the guidelines they were supposed to, then they should be held accountable for the attack. Not because the dog was a "pit bull", but because it attacked.
Also, has there been DNA testing on this dog? It may not have been a pit bull at all, which seems to be the case most of the time, just media hype to get attention.