Pit Bull Attacks and Dogfighting in Illinois

Sep 12, 2008 Waukegan Teenager Severely Mauled in Pit Bull Attack

Waukegan - Three pit bulls attacked a woman in a neighborhood in north suburban Waukegan.

A 19-year-old woman is hospitalized with serious injuries after undergoing emergency surgery for her wounds.

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Aug 20, 2008 Pit bull attacks Glenview teen and Chicago dog owner is ticketed

GLENVIEW — A Chicago man's pit bull terrier attacked a 14-year-old boy riding a bicycle in Glenview last week, authorities said.

Police said the victim was riding on Pleasant Lane at Sunset Ridge Road about 2 p.m. Aug. 13 when the pit bull chased him down, bit him, then jumped on him. Passing drivers stopped to help the boy and were able to chase the dog away until officers captured the dog, police said. The boy was treated at Glenbrook Hospital for several bites and was released the same day.

Chicago Tribune

Aug 19, 2008 Pit Bulls seriously maul Woman, 19

East Alton - Police shot and killed one pit bull and captured another after the dogs started attacking people Tuesday afternoon near Van Preter Park.

"It seems like we're getting an awful lot of calls about pit bills, more than usual," he said.

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The Telegraph - Woman Sues Over Injuries From Pit Bulls

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Aug 12, 2008 Elgin officer shoots charging pit bull

Elgin — An Elgin police officer shot and wounded a pit bull over the weekend after it made threatening moves toward him, police said Monday.

The dog was taken to an animal hospital where it was euthanized. The dog's owner, Dewayne M. Miller, 23, of the 400 block of Locust Street, was cited for allegedly violating city ordinances that prohibit dangerous dogs, require dogs to be on a leash or confined and require proof of rabies inoculation, said police spokeswoman Ann Dinges.

The officer was called to Miller's house about 4:40 p.m. Saturday by a neighbor who told police the pit bull was running loose and fighting with her dog, a Siberian husky, Dinges said.
The dog was shot in the chest when it charged the officer three times as he went to the front door of Miller's house, Dinges said. Miller was not home at the time, she said.

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July 23, 2008 Panel begins work on dangerous dog laws

BY MARY WICOFF

DANVILLE — Adam Decker vividly recalled the evening two pit bulls kept him and his family prisoners in their own home. The neighbor’s dogs were loose and trying to get into Decker’s home and backyard.
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Panel member Carolyn Wands also recounted a time a couple of years ago when a neighbor’s pit bull got loose and, she said, “took a hunk out of the back of my leg. He clamped down and would not let go.”
That dog, which was destroyed, belonged to a family that apparently treated it with love.

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Jul 08, 2008 Man bit by pit bull during argument on near west side

Bloomington - Police said Tuesday that one man was apparently cut with a knife and another bitten in the face by a pit bull after the pair got into an argument Monday night with a knife-wielding man on the city's near west side.

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Jul 1, 2008 Cop Justified in Killing Pit Bull, Chief Says

Virden - The weekend shooting of a pit bull by a city police officer was justified, Police Chief Scott Mayeda said Tuesday.

The Virden Police Animal Control has a prior citation against the same dog following an investigation of the dog biting a person from 2006, Mayeda said. The dog was identified as a pit bull at the time of the 2006 incident.

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