Pit Bull Attacks and Dogfighting in Illinois

Sep 14, 2016 Chicago Pit Bull Still Alive After Mauling Two People

Chicago - Last September a UPS man was horribly mauled by a one year old female pit bull owned by DIANA SANCHEZ on the 1900 block of North Cicero Avenue. The victim, Jesus Toledo lost part of his ear and part of his thumb in the attack. His hand required extensive surgery to save function and he injured his back falling off the porch. In addition he had injuries to his forearm, hands and ankle.

Mr. Toldedo is a hero for persisting in this to make
sure the vicious pit bull is put down so no one else can be hurt

The pit bull had mauled a cable company employee 6 months previous to this serious mauling. Which means the pit bull was only 6 months old at the time of the first attack. This is a seriously vicious animal.

And still a year later, the owner, DIANA SANCHEZ, was granted a continuance on her appeal after a judge ruled that the vicious pit bull be put down. DIANA SANCHEZ must be judgment-proof if she still wants the pit bull back. She obviously doesn't care if she maims or kills more people or pets.

And now Toledo is going to have to go to court once again to make sure no one else gets mauled by DIANA SANCHEZ' VICIOUS PIT BULL.

Toledo has had to go to court several times because Illinois law allows people to make endless appeals for the most obviously dangerous dogs. The law needs to be changed so that when a dog mauls someone this badly, it gets put down without question. And owners like DIANA SANCHEZ who allow this to happen should be severely punished. This woman deserves jail time.

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Sep 13, 2016 Joliet Pit Bull Attacked 79 year-old Ice Cream Man

Joliet - “If you’re from Joliet many of you have seen Manuel (aka Pancho) pushing his cart through Joliet… I decided to launch this campaign to help Pancho, a hard working 79 year old Joliet paltero man with back problems that was also recently attacked by a pitbull. He’s been pushing his cart all around Joliet for as long as I can remember and we’d like to help him out with his bills which include medical bills due to the pitbull attack in which he suffered from numerous bites while selling his ice cream.”

Joliet Needs to Protect Their Most Valuable and Beloved People

This attack was never reported in the news.

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Sep 12, 2016 Decatur Pit Bulls Maul Elderly Woman

Decatur - Connie Vo, 60, was seriously mauled by two pit bulls that escaped from her ex-husband’s house when she visited to pick something up. She was first in in tensive care, but has been moved to a regular room and has been hospitalized for a week so far.

Decatur Pit Bulls Maul an Elderly Woman

Pit bulls did “shocking” damage to Vo. There were chunks of flesh removed and her face was horribly torn.

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Aug 20, 2016 Riverside Dogs Attack People and Kill a Dog

Riverside - An owner of a shepherd/beagle mix and a pit bull was out of the country and left his dogs with a dog walker. While the dog walker was walking the dogs in the affluent suburb on August 16, the shepherd/beagle lunged at a 65 year old man and bit him on his hand and on his chest. That dog had 2 previous bites last year so it was impounded and is to be designated vicious. The 65 year old victim refused an ambulance and said he would get medical attention himself.

Then, on August 18, the same dog walker was walking the pit bull when it saw a Havanese dog, pulled out of its collar and mortally wounded the gentle little dog in what police said was a “gruesome scene.” The 65 year old owner of the Havanese was also viciously attacked when he tried to protect his dog.

File Photo of a Havanese

Both dogs were removed from the neighborhood and are being kept at a vet clinic until the owner returns to the country. Many people have called police emphasizing that the pit bull attack occurred near a school. The police have assured the citizens of Riverside that the dogs have been removed from the neighborhood.

Riverside Needs to Ban Pit Bulls

Police are acting differently here because Riverside is an affluent village. The median income for a household is $64,931 and for a family $80,146. The entire village is on the National Historic Landmark because it was designed by the Father of Landscape Architecture, Fredrick Law Olmsted and features homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, William Le Baron Jenney, and others.

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Aug 16, 2016 Elwood Pit Bull Kills Owner’s Cat; Owner lies to dump pit bull

This is how the story should read. You’ll notice that the original story doesn’t focus on the fact that a pit bull evidently broke its leg because it was so intent on killing a cat. Which it evidently did.

Elwood Illinois doesn't need pit bulls

Elwood - Starr Vesely’s pit bull killed her cat, so she wanted to get rid of the pit bull. She called the Will county Animal Control and told them that the pit bull was a stray that she’d taken in and it immediately killed her cat and she wanted them to come get it. The shelter said she had to call police. She did, and the pit bull was removed. The shelter found that the pit bull also had a broken leg and Vesely says that happened while the pit bull was chasing the cat in order to kill it.

However, photos of the supposed stray were found on Vesely’s facebook page from as far back as last October. Vesely was charged with making a false report to police.

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Aug 15, 2016 Joliet Pit Bulls Nearly Kill Woman

Joliet - A woman who was cleaning her father’s enclosed backyard while he was away was attacked by two pit bulls being kept there. A neighbor called 911 when she heard screaming. When police arrived, they saw one pit bull mauling the woman’s head, and the other mauling her leg. Police shot the pit bull mauling the woman’s leg and both pit bulls ran away.

The woman said the dogs attacked with no warning and that she thought she was going to die. Her injuries were considered possibly life-threatening, but she is expected to survive.

This being Illinois, comments on some of the news stories quickly devolved into inane bullying where protecting pit bulls and blaming the owner is merely an extension of virulent racism and classism. A photo of the entire block where the incident took place shows a typical middle class neighborhood.

The block where this nearly fatal pit bull attack took place

Feb 25, 2016 Another Joliet Pit Bull Attack Reveals Weakness in Law

Feb 10, 2016 Joliet City Council Committee Continues to Look at Vicious Dog Ordinance

Jan 25, 2016 Joliet Pit Bull Attacks Prompt Demands for Tougher Vicious Dog Laws

Jan 22, 2016 Joliet Pit Bulls Break Owner's Bones and Maul Dog

Jan 11, 2016 Four Joliet Pit bulls Attack Home Health Care Worker On the Job

UPDATE Dec 31, 2014 Joliet Dangerous Pit Bulls and Vicious Rottweiler Terrorizing North Reed Street

Aug 13, 2016 Burr Ridge Pit Bull Bites Police Officer Who Saved It From Hot Car

Burr Ridge - Passersby reported a pit bull inside a hot car. When police arrived, they determined that the pit bull was having difficulty breathing so they removed the pit bull and took it to DuPage County Animal Control. On the way there, the pit bull bit one of the police officers who received emergency room treatment.

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