Hillcrest - ‘Hillcrest Village officials learned of another dog attack in the village. During the public comment session of Wednesday’s board meeting, village resident Pam Pittman told the board that her daughter’s Pomeranian dog was attacked and killed by a pit bull in the village on Nov. 6.
The pit bull also allegedly attacked and injured another dog, causing lacerations on its’ hind legs resulting in veterinarian bills of $350. According to Pittman, the pit bull broke through the fence into a yard where both animals were. Ogle County Animal Control was contacted and the dog was deemed dangerous. The dog was released to the owner two days later and is supposed to have a muzzle on at all times.
“Something needs to be done, this is not the first time a pit bull has attacked a dog out here, it’s happened before,” said Pittman. “I’m not saying all pit bulls are like this, but I think something needs to be done.”’
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May 31, 2014 Ogle county pit bulls maul teacher who was jogging
UPDATE: Ogle County State's Attorney refuses to prosecute the pit bull owners giving all pit bull owners the green light to allow their pit bulls to maul with impunity. He says he has no case.
Aneda Ebert:
"I'm still in a lot of pain," she said Sunday. "The outside wounds are healing well, but the doctor says it could be 5 to 6 months for the internal stuff."
Aneda said the muscle is torn from the bone and skin is torn from the muscle. While it's nice to start walking again, it's frustrating how painful any movement can be.
"I just don't have that spring in my step," Aneda said. "It still hurts too much to run, and I haven't even tried the bike yet. I'm trying my best to carry on, but it's painful."
While the decision not to prosecute didn't come as a surprise, it was still disappointing, Aneda said.
"I wasn't surprised, because of the Illinois statutes, but with the severity of the attack, it just seems that something should have happened," Aneda said.
If someone can do this to a human being and not be held legally responsible for it, there is something wrong with the law and it needs to be changed. How hard is that to understand?
UPDATE: "It hurt so bad I wanted to die."
UPDATE: Aneda Ebert is home after a 4 day hospital stay. Ebert suffered severe injuries to her neck, shoulder, arms, and one leg. She spent 4 days at KSB Hospital in Dixon before being released Friday. The attacking dogs were initially reported as 2 pit bulls, but there was also a third, smaller brown dog that also participated in the attack. All three dogs were euthanized.
"The support has been overwhelming," she said. "People have been wonderful."
"They started biting at my elbows, and I knew I was in trouble," Ebert said. "Then they got more vicious, and they were growling. They got me down, and they had me by the neck. I protected my face.
“Larry saw them drag me at least 15 feet. I can't believe the grip they had. There was nothing I could do. And then I saw Larry's face."
Tom Champley, a veterinarian who is Ogle County's animal control administrator, said last week that the husband's quick action likely saved her life.
"It's a good thing her husband was right there, or it might have been a fatality," Champley said.
Ebert said she was shocked by the viciousness of the attack.
"The brutality is what bothers me," she said. "It was so savage."
Apr 23, 2014
Ogle co - Aneda Ebert, 63, was jogging past a neighbor's house in southern Ogle county near Ashton on Monday, when two pit bulls ran out of the yard and attacked her.
Tom Champley, Ogle county's animal control administrator, said it was good that her husband was with her, or “it might have been a fatality.” She suffered severe injuries to her neck, shoulder and leg.
The dogs were impounded by animal control, Champley said, and the owner agreed that they should be euthanized. He said no previous problems had been reported with the two dogs.
Ebert faced a second round of surgery on Wednesday.
Her family is keeping friends and well-wishers updated on her facebook page.
Mom already looked considerably better today. She's very broken on many levels, but time will heal her. On Monday her surgery was mostly cleaning her wounds. Tomorrow she will have surgery again around noon to start her repairs. She is very nervous about creating more pain, but this will be a big step toward recovery, so she'll get through this too. Hopefully after tomorrow we will have a better idea of what's ahead.
We are all very touched and grateful for the tremendous support. Keep the comments coming - it lifts moms spirit to hear your comments, texts, etc
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Tom Champley, Ogle county's animal control administrator, said it was good that her husband was with her, or “it might have been a fatality.” She suffered severe injuries to her neck, shoulder and leg.
The dogs were impounded by animal control, Champley said, and the owner agreed that they should be euthanized. He said no previous problems had been reported with the two dogs.
Ebert faced a second round of surgery on Wednesday.
Her family is keeping friends and well-wishers updated on her facebook page.
Mom already looked considerably better today. She's very broken on many levels, but time will heal her. On Monday her surgery was mostly cleaning her wounds. Tomorrow she will have surgery again around noon to start her repairs. She is very nervous about creating more pain, but this will be a big step toward recovery, so she'll get through this too. Hopefully after tomorrow we will have a better idea of what's ahead.
We are all very touched and grateful for the tremendous support. Keep the comments coming - it lifts moms spirit to hear your comments, texts, etc
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May 03, 2014 Sauk Valley Media Editorial "Let’s act to prevent future dog attacks"
The vicious dog attack on a rural Ashton woman revisits the trauma experienced by Erie residents in 2005 when a teenage girl died after being mauled by dogs. More must be done to prevent such attacks.
Sauk Valley - "The savage attack by three dogs against a 63-year-old rural Ashton woman on April 21 again raises the question, How can such attacks be prevented in the future?
The woman, Aneda Ebert, is at home recovering from severe injuries to her neck, shoulder, arms, and leg. She spent 4 days in the hospital and underwent surgery to repair the wounds.
Ebert told a reporter: “I’m mauled. I’m just a mess. I have stitches everywhere.”
The injuries were inflicted by two pit bulls and a smaller brown dog. They ran out from a neighbor’s yard as she was jogging past on the road, bit her on the elbows, knocked her down, and bit her neck. Ebert protected her face, but the dogs became more vicious and began dragging her.
“I can’t believe the grip they had,” Ebert said. “There was nothing I could do.”
The only reason Ebert survived is that her husband, Larry, was riding his bicycle some distance down the road, witnessed the attack, furiously pedaled to her side, and scared the dogs away.
The Ogle County animal control office impounded the dogs and, with the owner’s consent, euthanized them.
But the owner has not been charged, even though, according to Ebert, a neighbor had reported that the dogs were running at large more than once.
Loose dogs running in a pack, had there been four or more, could have triggered a state law enacted in 2007 that was sponsored by two Sauk Valley legislators, state Reps. Jerry Mitchell and Mike Boland, who have since retired.
Their law addressed the mauling by four dogs of a 14-year-old Erie girl, Lydia Chaplin, in January 2005. She was walking on a rural road when the dogs, which had been allowed to run loose by their owner, attacked her and left her so badly injured that she died of hypothermia.
Lydia’s Law created the designation of a “potentially dangerous dog,” which is defined as a dog seen running unsupervised with three or more other dogs. In that case, animal control wardens are empowered to capture and impound the animals and release them only if the dog owner has them sterilized.
But the dog pack that viciously attacked Ebert was one dog short of the minimum number required by Lydia’s Law to trigger action under the “potentially dangerous dog” designation.
Perhaps that law needs to be made tougher, now that we have proof that three dogs running loose in a pack also pose a danger – knowledge gained at great pain and suffering to Ebert.
What about if two dogs are running loose? Might they also be “potentially dangerous”?
And what about the owner of dogs that are allowed to run loose, only to attack someone?
Victims have the option to file a civil lawsuit, which is the major sanction they can take against the owner.
In the case of Chaplin and Ebert, the attacking dogs were euthanized by county animal control authorities.
Is that enough?
Should owners of dogs that brutally attack people be charged with a crime?
Should the same owners lose the privilege of owning a dog because they failed to exert proper control over their dogs in the past?
Should leash laws be extended to rural areas? After all, if it’s not a good idea to allow dogs to run free in a city, shouldn’t the same be true for the country?
Responsible dog owners are not the issue here. Their rights should not be infringed upon.
But irresponsible dog owners are another story.
Elected officials, authorities and the public need to address problems created by those dog owners and do more to prevent such horrific attacks."
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Oct 08, 1897 Rochelle Large Bulldog Viciously Attacks Small Dog
A small dog belonging to Will Culver was attacked by Foley's large bull dog on the street this morning and the smaller animal was almost chewed to pieces before they could be parted. There is a statute against keeping vicious animals, and this dog is noted for fights, and someone should see to it that the brute is shot.
Daily Register Gazette (Rockford, IL), October 8, 1897, p. 2
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