Shop LocalSaturday, May 7, 2011
A young Fulton boy walking home from school Friday afternoon became the latest victim in a string of dog biting incidents over the past two months.
Major Roger Rice with the Fulton Police Department said a 12-year-old male was walking from Bartley Elementary School to his home on Chestnut Street at approximately 3:30 p.m. when “a pit bull mix ran up from behind and bit him on the back of his thigh and then bit him again.”
Rice said the youth was taken to Callaway Community Hospital where he was treated for at least two significant puncture wounds and then released.
He said the dog, which came from the residence at 410 S. Business 54, apparently is not often let out of the house.
“The dog normally stays in the house,” Rice said. “They (owner Lacy McDonald) took it outside and put it on a chain and the dog either broke free or somehow got loose from the chain.”
He said McDonald was issued a summons for a dog running at large.
“The dog was picked up and was extremely aggressive — they had to muzzle him when they picked him up,” Rice said. “Animal control declared him a vicious animal.”
Rice said the dog was euthanized Saturday morning, noting, “the owner did cooperate fully.” He said samples will be sent in to the State Health Labratory test for rabies in lieu of the usual quarantine period.
Comments
fultonian 2 years ago
How many kids have to get bitten before we start cleansing the area of vicious pit bull dogs? Do we have to wait until they kill someone? Or are we going to be more proactive about this problem?
rock1853 2 years ago
Look's like the citizens need to be more proactive. If ya can't count on people to be intelligent enough to understand they don't need an aggressive dog and ya can't count on the law then you are left with vigilantes. Maybe we should start listing addresses that have these problem dogs and they just magically get dealt with....
rockhouse 2 years ago
The city should pass a law mandating anyone owning a breed deemed vicious (pit bulls, german shepherds, etc) be required to register the dog with the city, have them microchipped and carry liability insurance on them. Anyone who fails to comply loses thier dog, I think that would drastically cut down on the number of pit bulls in Fulton.
realistic 2 years ago
What specific dogs are vicious? ALL dogs can be vicious, it all depends on their upbringing, what might have provoked them 2 minutes before, they may be hurt or scared (just to name a few). All these can make even the tamest of dogs attack a stranger. You cannot single out certain breeds of dog to be registered or microchipped. The best solution is to register ALL dogs with the city. I haven't lived here long so I do not know if Fulton has an ordinance in place for all dogs to have tags and be vaccinated (where I came from they did). If a dog does not have tags then the owner loses their dog and cannot get it back until they come into compliance. I understand this would require having a city dog catcher (which Fulton needs anyway) and more animals at the animal shelter but this is a start to solving the problem. Singling out certain breeds is definately not the answer. I do not have a dog anymore but at one time I had a chihuahua who was mean and would back down any dog, any size, any time and she attacked people too. So I know that its not just certain breeds.
fultonian 2 years ago
you're right, it's not just certain breeds. But your chiuaua isn't going to kill anyone. While the way a dog is raised and how it is treated makes the biggest difference in their demeanor some dogs were bred to fight. Pit bulls have been bred to be stronger and meaner and tougher than other dogs. Those are the traits that have been singled out in their bloodline. Saying a pit bull isn't prone to violence is like saying a labrador isn't prone to playing fetch, or that a border collie isn't any more likely to herd than any other dog. Of course they are, that's what they were bred for. For every example of a perfectly nice pit bull that plays with children you can find, I can find an example of a pit bull who snapped and attacked neighbors, postal workers, even the children they played with. It's time to erradicate this breed. I'm not saying we should round them up and burn them at the stake, but people shouldn't be allowed to breed them anymore. Or at the very least start interbreeding them with more dosile dogs.
rock1853 2 years ago
In my opinion there is no need for...
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