Toddler mauled and killed by pit bull
Yet, another pit bull attack leaves a toddler dead. Mauled by the pit bull, the dog apparently grabbed the toddler’s throat and killed him.
The dog was said to be aggressive towards people in general and was later shot by a police deputy.
APPLE VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a 3-year-old boy has died after his family’s pit bull attacked him at a home in Southern California
The San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department said in a statement Sunday that 3-year-old Omar Martinez was declared dead at Saint Mary Medical Center in Apple Valley.
Information from: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/...
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1. sarai
January 28, 2010 @ 3:00 pm
this makes me sick. my sister owns a loving pit bull that likes everyone. why someone with a small child would own any dog that is aggressive really gets to me. not all pits are aggressive. but, if you know it’s mean. by golly get rid of it before you or your child end up dead. i feel for this baby.
2. Tara
March 12, 2010 @ 11:18 am
Although I am sure they are devastated, a great deal of the blame for this tragedy falls on the parents. Of course there are instances when dogs (just like people) are mean to the core by birth, but in the majority of cases, the dog has been brought up, trained to be mean, aggressive, a guard dog, or neglected to the point that they have no other choice to behave this way. When they are brought up like this, dogs act more like wild animals than domesticated pets, and see small children as prey, not family members, and this will continue to happen until people stop training dogs to be this way. Unfortunately, this will add to pit bulls bad reps, which is not true, they are very sweet, affectionate, great family pets…..when they are not taught to be otherwise.