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3-year-old boy, grandmother flown to hospital after being mauled by dogs in Culpeper
UPDATE: Victims are recovering.
BY DONNIE JOHNSTON
A 3-year-old Culpeper boy and his grandmother were airlifted to the University of Virginia Medical Center yesterday after they were attacked by two roaming pit bulls. Hospital officials would not release any information on the child's condition, but Culpeper Animal Control Director Jamie Bennett and a spokesman for the Culpeper County Sheriff's Office said the boy suffered severe bites to his lip and the back of his head. The grandmother, 47, suffered bites to her leg and arm, according to Bennett and the Sheriff's Office. Neither victim's wounds were considered life-threatening, officials said. The incident occurred about 10:30 a.m. According to Bennett, the grandmother and child were taking their daily walk in the 21000 block of Mount Pony Road near their home. Bennett said she did not know how the attack began. The two male pit bulls were still on the scene when animal-control officers and sheriff's deputies arrived. Bennett said that both animals were taken into custody without incident. "To look at these two dogs now you would never suspect that they could be aggressive," Bennett said. He said a woman in the Mount Pony area had called Monday and reported seeing two pit bulls running loose in the area the day before, but thought they were lost pets. The caller made no mention of aggressive behavior, Bennett said. An animal-control officer drove through the area Monday afternoon, but did not see the animals, Bennett said. The two dogs will be quarantined for 10 days, held for 48 additional hours and then euthanized if no one claims them, he said. If the dogs' owner can be found, the Animal Control Department will ask a judge to declare the dogs vicious and they will then probably be destroyed. As far as possible charges against the owner, Bennett said, "There are no state codes [that were broken] as far as Animal Control is concerned." Bennett added that the dogs' ears were not cropped, as they would be if they were used for fighting. Donnie Johnston:
For those that suggest that Labrador retrievers are responsible for as many or more violent attacks against humans (water fowl cannot be included in bite statistics as much as some may wish they be.), I would ask that they simply provide a source. Both Labrador retrievers and 'pit bulls' of all types can be trained to be loving and social. Its far more difficult if not impossible to train a Labrador retriever to be a vicious killer than it is to train a terrier. Aggressiveness is indeed bred into some.
"Pitbulls are the most game animals on the planet." That's good because a custom-bedded PSS 700 that is topped off with a Swarovski 10X firing 168gr. Match Kings is good for game. Of course, for something so game as these critters, perhaps a .338 Lapua might have the appropriate amount of "character."
"I dont think its correct to say a pit bull is more likely to continue an attack than any other dog but the sheer strength of these dogs could contribute to this assumption along with the dogs intense prey drive."
hint what is prey drive....
Please do not equate misconception of a breed with racism. That is not right. One form of ignorance deals with humans; the other with animals. Not the same thing.
When a Pit has a good hold (lock), sometimes, they can
stay suspended in mid-air for up to an hour or more. I have
a red-nosed APBT that can hold onto a rope from a tree for
around 40 minutes, kicking and shaking his head almost
the hole time. Pits are, by nature, the most experienced
and most effective fighting dogs ever produced. Pits fight
longer, more effectively, and better than any animal that I
can name.A medium sized pit can, without a doubt, bring
even a Pro Football LineBacker down to the ground.
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