The Situation of Frequent Pit Bull Attacks Persists. Dog Sitting. Attacks on the Vulnerable, Very Young, or Very Old.
Posted by ETIS | Animal Attacks, Dangers on Tuesday, July 23, 2024
It has been about a year and a half since a post in this animal attacks blog has been made. It is with dismay that the story essentially repeats itself.
Earlier this summer, the city of Baltimore had a story about a dog attack on a woman during a clear night of enviable weather and conditions. About 9pm, perfect timing to be out on the town, Pit Bulls attack several people, the woman in her early 50s fatally while on foot.
Here is what some news sources might not tell you, but might be a part of the larger situation. The area of the city the attack happened in, is in about the poorest and in some spots most desolate. Perhaps due to economic conditions, some areas of Baltimore have been between regularly and rapidly detioriorating. Sections that were already in trouble generally have not gotten any better.
In those kinds of city constructs, one might see where the chance that an able and dangerous dog, can escape its original owner, such as the owner became older and overslept, losing control of the pet; fenced in areas became weakened, where dogs could escape; dog owners might have been ill, arrested, under the influence of alcohol, drugs, narcotics, legal medicine; or just neglect.
Meanwhile, the months of June and July this year saw other Pit Bull attacks in other spots of the Country. Articles on the net have indicated that a number of these attacks took place where someone was house sitting for the dogs.
Older folks that might not be as quick and nimble, have fallen. Very young children victims as well.
Solutions:
Perhaps more protocols, official and unofficial, need to be in place, to preempt the sort of attacks that have been happening.
In my opinion, there is no such thing as a stray pit bull; somewhere down the line, the dog was acquired, later it became stray, usually not for very long. It would be kind of odd for a Pit Bull to have been running through a city for months at a time. Reference the June 2024 Baltimore attack.
What do you mean a 6 year old boy had his face attacked (reference July 2024 Loraine, Ohio)? How many times over the past 20 years has that situation happened? As soon as the adults leave, the trust in the dog has been built up, [then] the attack happens. It is clear that is usually the scenario. That scenario, needs not to exist.
Trends have been caught.
What may be slightly out of line to say, but may be a vIable solutIon to some of the might be sitUations- if a Pit Bull or dangerous dog (German Shephard, Rottweiler, Doberman, etc.,) gets driven into an area, such as a city, especially to a remote night spot like a drinking club or liquor lounge, where the nearby surrounding is dim and desolate, the owner leaves the car, leaves a window slightly down, enough for the dog to get out while they're in the club drinking, or the dog hopped out while the door was opening or closing, or worse yet, drove in the city like a terrorist and let the dog run wild, that dog better have a collar, or chip insertion, or something that identifies the owner, ideally with a tracker. If it does have a collar/tracker/identifier, neglect of the pet needs enforcing more. If it doesn't, usage of collar/tracker/identifier needs to be enforced more.
Earlier this summer, the city of Baltimore had a story about a dog attack on a woman during a clear night of enviable weather and conditions. About 9pm, perfect timing to be out on the town, Pit Bulls attack several people, the woman in her early 50s fatally while on foot.
Here is what some news sources might not tell you, but might be a part of the larger situation. The area of the city the attack happened in, is in about the poorest and in some spots most desolate. Perhaps due to economic conditions, some areas of Baltimore have been between regularly and rapidly detioriorating. Sections that were already in trouble generally have not gotten any better.
In those kinds of city constructs, one might see where the chance that an able and dangerous dog, can escape its original owner, such as the owner became older and overslept, losing control of the pet; fenced in areas became weakened, where dogs could escape; dog owners might have been ill, arrested, under the influence of alcohol, drugs, narcotics, legal medicine; or just neglect.
Meanwhile, the months of June and July this year saw other Pit Bull attacks in other spots of the Country. Articles on the net have indicated that a number of these attacks took place where someone was house sitting for the dogs.
Older folks that might not be as quick and nimble, have fallen. Very young children victims as well.
Solutions:
Perhaps more protocols, official and unofficial, need to be in place, to preempt the sort of attacks that have been happening.
In my opinion, there is no such thing as a stray pit bull; somewhere down the line, the dog was acquired, later it became stray, usually not for very long. It would be kind of odd for a Pit Bull to have been running through a city for months at a time. Reference the June 2024 Baltimore attack.
What do you mean a 6 year old boy had his face attacked (reference July 2024 Loraine, Ohio)? How many times over the past 20 years has that situation happened? As soon as the adults leave, the trust in the dog has been built up, [then] the attack happens. It is clear that is usually the scenario. That scenario, needs not to exist.
Trends have been caught.
What may be slightly out of line to say, but may be a vIable solutIon to some of the might be sitUations- if a Pit Bull or dangerous dog (German Shephard, Rottweiler, Doberman, etc.,) gets driven into an area, such as a city, especially to a remote night spot like a drinking club or liquor lounge, where the nearby surrounding is dim and desolate, the owner leaves the car, leaves a window slightly down, enough for the dog to get out while they're in the club drinking, or the dog hopped out while the door was opening or closing, or worse yet, drove in the city like a terrorist and let the dog run wild, that dog better have a collar, or chip insertion, or something that identifies the owner, ideally with a tracker. If it does have a collar/tracker/identifier, neglect of the pet needs enforcing more. If it doesn't, usage of collar/tracker/identifier needs to be enforced more.
