In classic pit bull style, one pit bull took each end of the helpless little dog and mauled him. After he got away and began running home, one of the pit bulls kept biting at him. And another classic outcome of a pit bull attack is that the victims are left traumatized and upset long after the attack was over.
Despite the deep wounds, the pit bull owner somehow still denies this was an attack.
Screen Grab from WCIA video to illustrate how severe Buddy's injuries were |
The pro-pit local news outlet refused to mention that the dogs were pit bulls but there was enough stereotypic pit bull defense language to make it clear these were pit bulls.
The victim’s owner said, "What I want is our board to prohibit dangerous dogs. I'm not picking on a breed, but we don't need it here."
And the pit bulls’ owner said that she “doesn't want them (her dogs) to be viewed in a negative light.”
The pit bull owner’s pit bulls were declared dangerous.
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Apr 21, 2015 Illinois Times Reported on a Great Dane Inflicting a Serious Mauling on a Child
Read how the Illinois Times reports extensively on a very serious Great Dane attack, but somehow missed all the local pit bull attacks in the previous seven years - some which were just as severe as the Great Dane attack.