Saturday, December 20, 2008

FINALLY~!! Heightened awareness of the need to speuter pets!

Every time I read a news article about either a dog bite or an attack, I email the reporter and ask if the dogs were intact or speutered. Most don't know the answer, but it does bring about an awareness of their need to report ALL of the facts, not just the tragedy of yet another bite or attack. This reporter included the information along with a statement from someone they interviewed. This is progress, no matter how small! If we ALL do this, we WILL bring about a heightened change of awareness in others for the need to speuter pets and not leave them intact.

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CA: Man Brutally Attacked, Killed By Grandson's Pitbulls
Saturday, December 20, 2008

RUBIDOUX, Calif. — A 60-year-old man was mauled to death by a pair of pit bulls Friday in the backyard of his rural Southern California home. The man was taking a cigarette break when the male and female pit bulls attacked him shortly after noon, said Sgt. Dennis Gutierrez of the Riverside County Sheriff's Department. The man, who was the grandfather of the dogs' owner, died at the scene. His name was not released.

County Animal Services spokesman John Welsh said the dogs were euthanized later in the afternoon. The male dog weighed 107 pounds and was about 3 years old, while the female weighed 52 pounds and was about 6 years old.

Welsh said it was unclear why the dogs suddenly attacked the man, who was familiar with them and had played with them before. But he noted that neither dog had been spayed. "Unaltered dogs are always more aggressive," Welsh said. "We always recommend that for family pets, people spay or neuter their dogs."

Gutierrez called the incident a "vicious attack and very tragic for the family right before the holidays."

Source: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/12/19/state/n160550S73.DTL&type=newsbayarea

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