Hundreds pray for dog that killed a child

[Miss-Delectable]

Save Polar: Prayer Protest for Chesterfield Dog Polar - wtvr


Thursday night at the Chesterfield County Animal Shelter, more than a dozen people and theirdogs gathered to protest the death of an American Bulldog/Pitbull mix named "Polar".

They didn't use signs, but lit candles and prayed.

Polar was turned over to animal control by its owners after it bit a 6-month-old boy in the neck inside a house on Overridge Drive last week in Chesterfield.

The child died of his injuries.

Investigators say the boy was playing in one room and the family and friends not too far away when the incident occurred.

Cathy Saye with DeafPaws Rescue says Polar is deaf, and came from an abusive home in Atlanta. She says she fostered Polar and said he never showed signs of aggression towards other people, including children.

Donna Armstrong who organized Thursday's vigil, and has set up a Facebook page called "Save Polar" with more than 600 supporters has a deaf dog of her own, the same breed as Polar.

She believes Polar meant no harm saying thesedogs are "nanny" dogs.

"The only thing that dog was guilty of is picking up the child which was left unattended into the room where the parents were. The way they do that is pick them up by the neck [scruff], and that's what happened," said Armstrong.

Mac Adams, who also attended the vigil, is a father of five children.

We asked him what he would say to the parents of the dead child while trying to save Polar's life.

"My heart could not ached more for you, but why complicate the matter further by putting the dog down," he responded.

Others believe the dog has to go.

"You can always get another dog, but you can't get that baby back," said Chesterfield resident Willie Mae Reid.

"There is a dead child involved, retribution for the family should be sought, I suppose," said parent Tracy Edge.

Polar's fate is in the hands of Chesterfield County Police investigating the case.

 

[Babyblue]

I do not understand why people continue to leave dogs with small children unattended.

Some people never learn!!

Dogs act on instinct no matter how domesticated, sweet, loving, you think the dog is.

 

[Steinhauer]

All they need to do is put the dog on trial and use the same jury in the Casey Anthony trial.

 

[Beowulf]

All they need to do is put the dog on trial and use the same jury in the Casey Anthony trial.

You are a weird dude.

 

[whatdidyousay!]

I heard of a Rottweiler puppy that bite a boy in the face . The parents where looking at puppies to adopted and their son was bitten by the puppy they where thinking of bringing home. The puppy had to be put to sleep! I saw the boy he got bitten right on his lip and the dog just missed biting the boy nose off!

 

[MmmmCoffee]

Unreal.

The poor kid. <3

 

[Banjo]

From what I know, the medical examiner declared it an accidental death. I doubt the dog had intended to inflict any serious harm upon the baby. A six-month baby's neck is incredibly fragile and easy to break, so it wouldn't take much for a dog to simply pick up the baby by its neck and results in a death.

Kind of reminds me of what happened to the woman who had that face transplant. She lose some of her face because her dog scratched it off trying to wake her up. She had overdosed and passed out, the dog scratched at her face to wake her up. However, they put her to death because she caused damages to her face. Go figure.

The parents are at a fault here, despite the tragedy.

 

[naisho]

People are unaware that pitbulls are unpredictable animals. Research has found them to be the most violent of all dog breeds, despite how minuscule deaths are caused by dogs over the years, people should be educated that pitbulls are number one in the breeds that cause injury to humans. The other week, an elderly woman was just mauled by a Pitbull in san diego.

Blame the negligence, parents, bad dog owners concept is getting old. The evidence is outstandingly incriminating pits. Many cities ban pitbull breeds on the basis of fear. This doesn't mean to get rid of pits entirely, but that alternative intuition needs to be determined in cases of animal attacks.

http://www.dogsbite.org/pdf/dog-attack-deaths-maimings-2010.pdf

Dog attack deaths and maimings, U.S. & Canada, September 1982 to June 25, 2010, by Merritt Clifton, Animal People, June 25, 2010.
1The Merritt Clifton Report is ongoing. Slight variations of data are seen in different years of publication, such as 2009, 2008 and 2007.

 

[saywhatkid]

People are unaware that pitbulls are unpredictable animals. Research has found them to be the most violent of all dog breeds, despite how minuscule deaths are caused by dogs over the years, people should be educated that pitbulls are number one in the breeds that cause injury to humans. The other week, an elderly woman was just mauled by a Pitbull in san diego.

Blame the negligence, parents, bad dog owners concept is getting old. The evidence is outstandingly incriminating pits. Many cities ban pitbull breeds on the basis of fear. This doesn't mean to get rid of pits entirely, but that alternative intuition needs to be determined in cases of animal attacks.

Nice chart! Pitbulls are banned in many municipalities, with good reason. This chart shows all I need to see.

 

[Smithtr]

People are unaware that pitbulls are unpredictable animals. Research has found them to be the most violent of all dog breeds, despite how minuscule deaths are caused by dogs over the years, people should be educated that pitbulls are number one in the breeds that cause injury to humans. The other week, an elderly woman was just mauled by a Pitbull in san diego.

Blame the negligence, parents, bad dog owners concept is getting old. The evidence is outstandingly incriminating pits. Many cities ban pitbull breeds on the basis of fear. This doesn't mean to get rid of pits entirely, but that alternative intuition needs to be determined in cases of animal attacks.

http://www.dogsbite.org/pdf/dog-attack-deaths-maimings-2010.pdf

Dog attack deaths and maimings, U.S. & Canada, September 1982 to June 25, 2010, by Merritt Clifton, Animal People, June 25, 2010.
1The Merritt Clifton Report is ongoing. Slight variations of data are seen in different years of publication, such as 2009, 2008 and 2007.

sound good on picture!, terrible on bad pitbull breed dangerous risk!

 

[DeafCaroline]

The problem with statistics

 

[TWA]

Idiots.

Put the dog down. End of story.

 

[shel90]

All they need to do is put the dog on trial and use the same jury in the Casey Anthony trial.

Ohhhhh :facepalm:

 

[Banjo]

Idiots.

Put the dog down. End of story.

Why?

 

[Banjo]

Consider five fatal attacks included in the CDC statistics.

A man was bitten in the forearm by a Pit bull. The bite was not serious but introduced into the wound was a virulent and fast spreading bacteria. The man died 4 days later from this virulent bacterial infection.

A teenage girl give birth to a infant, distraught and frightened, she tossed the hours-old infant into a neighboring-junk-strewn yard where two Pit bulls resided. The dogs killed the newborn.

A German shepherd mixed breed dog went into a bedroom, lifted a newborn out of a crib and carried the infant (by the head) into the living room where the adults were seated.

A man restrains his girlfriend, while ordering his Pit bull to repeatedly attack her. He is eventually convicted of murder and is serving a 20-year sentence.

An elderly man attempts to stop his German Shepherd dog from fence fighting with his neighbor's dog, the dog turns on his owner, severely mauling him, inflicting fatal head and neck wounds.

The CDC was right, in that five people died as a result of a dog bite. But were all these bites the result of aggression? Were they the same type or level of aggression? Which behaviors initiated the attack, human or canine? So the number of deaths by dogs (as per the CDC) cannot be used to define aggression, or the aggression of certain breeds, as aggression is not defined or qualified.

The problem with statistics

The problem is, people just don't realize that there is more to the story than they let on.

 

[naisho]

The problem with statistics

The problem with statistics

The problem is, people just don't realize that there is more to the story than they let on.

Personally, I consider injury alone as indicator. Deaths are subjective, because you have to take the order of events into account. Every dog can cause bite injuries, so this is kind of universal. Even if you impose a +/- 50% margin of error on the research due to statistical variance, report mistakes - quite a steep, from the findings, it still puts pits with ~700+ injuries. In reality, the margin of error is rarely that high in controlled and documented studies.

Don't get me the wrong way, as I've grown up with a pitbull before in childhood, it was the nicest animal I've ever had and wouldn't expect it to harm a fly.

 

[jazzy]

So sad. All dogs are considering dangerous with my job even they are so friendly and wagging your tails but it is my responsible to avoid them at all. With babies, never know with dogs.

 

[Banjo]

Personally, I consider injury alone as indicator. Deaths are subjective, because you have to take the order of events into account. Every dog can cause bite injuries, so this is kind of universal. Even if you impose a +/- 50% margin of error on the research due to statistical variance, report mistakes - quite a steep, from the findings, it still puts pits with ~700+ injuries. In reality, the margin of error is rarely that high in controlled and documented studies.

Don't get me the wrong way, as I've grown up with a pitbull before in childhood, it was the nicest animal I've ever had and wouldn't expect it to harm a fly.

Look at the people, not the dogs. Training makes a big difference. Unfortunately, people don't know what to do with a dog these days. Statistics are just that, statistics. Banning specific breeds aren't going to change the way people raise their dogs.

 

[Banjo]

Blame the negligence, parents, bad dog owners concept is getting old.

These incidents wouldn't have happened in the first place if the owners didn't adopt them in the first place, or trained them properly.

How can you not blame the owners? They are the dog owners, they are responsible for their dogs. They are expected to take care of their dogs and at least, train them.

 

[Babyblue]

These incidents wouldn't have happened in the first place if the owners didn't adopt them in the first place, or trained them properly.

How can you not blame the owners? They are the dog owners, they are responsible for their dogs. They are expected to take care of their dogs and at least, train them.

Even a well trained dog will act on instinct.

I blame the owners for leaving the baby unattended with the dog. Dogs are not built in nannies for children. I see many occasions where owners leave their small children with the dogs to babysit them.