Saturday's incident marked the third Elgin police pit bull shooting of 2010.
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Jul 19, 2010 Elgin police shoot, kill attacking pit bull
Elgin – A veteran Elgin police officer over the weekend shot and killed a pit bull that police say jumped at him with its mouth wide open.
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Jul 11, 2010 Pit Bull Declared Vicious
Police blotter
Chicago Heights – Tiffany M. Rowland, 42, 1424 Portland Ave., Apt. 2, Chicago Heights, was charged with keeping a vicious animal, not having a dog's rabies vaccination and not having a city dog license after her pit bull bit a woman on the arm and hand June 29 at her home, police said.
Jul 07, 2010 La Salle Co Pit Bull Destroyed After Attack on Yorkie
La Salle Co - A pit bull mixed breed was destroyed by county authorities after it attacked a small Yorkshire terrier just before the Fourth of July parade Sunday in Sheridan.
La Salle County Animal Control Officer Gary Wind said the pit mix owners relinquished the animal to him after the attack because "they thought the dog was too big of a liability." Wind said it was the second documented attack by the animal.
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Jul 06, 2010 Wilmington IL Officials Attempting to Protect Citizens Battling 'Ridiculous' Dangerous Dog Laws
Though city attorney, mayor and town council all felt motivated to protect their citizenry, they were apparently stymied by the anti-BSL provision in Illinois state law that protects no children, no pets, not even a single pit bull, but protects only the freedoms of back yard breeders, dog fighters, and irresponsible pit bull owners.
Neighbors Ask for Help with 'Vicious' Dogs
Pam Monson
Editor
WILMINGTON - The residents of the neighborhood around Booth Central School asked the City Council Tuesday to take action to prevent a serious dog attack that’s been brewing for years.
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The residents asked for ordinances or higher penalties to better control the situation, or the reinstitution of a local department of animal control.
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“It seems ridiculous to me a dog has to bite somebody three times,” Alderman Russ Gilmour commented.
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“Trust me, we’ll ... rectify this problem,” Mayor Orr said.
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The residents asked for ordinances or higher penalties to better control the situation, or the reinstitution of a local department of animal control.
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“It seems ridiculous to me a dog has to bite somebody three times,” Alderman Russ Gilmour commented.
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“Trust me, we’ll ... rectify this problem,” Mayor Orr said.
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Jun 3, 2010 Pit bull chased woman into her home
Mt. Vernon - A resident in the 2300 block of Herbert Street reported she was chased into her residence by a pit bull at 6:37 a.m. Wednesday.
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Jun 30, 2010 Police Report: Pit Bull Bites Elgin Postal Worker
Elgin – Dog bites postal worker: A dog bit a postal worker as she delivered mail in the 400 block of Morgan Street Tuesday, police said. The dog’s owner, Terry A. Contreras-Vonahnen, 49, told police her male pit bull mix, Rosco, charged through her locked screen door after the mail was delivered. She called the dog, which didn’t respond until after biting the woman on the right forearm. Contreras-Vonahnen allowed police to take her dog to be euthanized, reports stated. The dog also had bitten a friend of her daughter earlier this month.
The Courier-News
Jun 28, 2010 No Jail in Dogfighting Case, but 3 Must Pay for Dogs' Care
CHICAGO - Three men arrested at a dog fight in 2008 have been sentenced to probation and ordered to pay for the care of the two dogs they pitted against each other, the Cook County Sheriff's office said today.
This case can be said to be a result of the "Vick effect." A precedent was set for the disposition of fighting dogs in the Vick case. Previously, fighting dogs from dogfighting busts, which are bred for fighting, conditioned and trained for fighting and abused in other ways, were humanely euthanized because they were rightly deemed too dangerous or mentally tortured to adopt out to the public. However, Best Friends Animal Sanctuary realized there's money in fighting dogs. Dogfighters, unlike most animal abusers, often have assets from gambling on dogfights, prostitution and drugs.
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| No Jail time for these fine gents because they had blood money |
Michael Vick had a lot of money. So a deal was brokered that reduced his sentence in exchange for a forfeiture of assets for the lifetime care of the fighting dogs. Each Vick dog came with a $18,275 dowry. Best Friends received about $400,000 for the 22 dogs they took. Being a sanctuary, Best Friends can make money grabs for dogs that even the most irresponsible pit bull advocate must admit are far too violent, unstable or mentally broken to be adopted out. They have cages the dogs can live in for the rest of their lives.
Since the the Vick case, the "Vick effect" has been reported a few times. In each case, the dogfighter gets off with zero jail time, shelters walk off with some cash along with the dogs, and often, another ex-fighting dog is placed into a neighborhood with children. And the dogs that are too mentally broken get to spend years in perpetual torment and fear in an above ground coffin.
There are some corrections to the story. Best Friends did not take the dogs, Spirit Animal Sanctuary did. The defendants actually paid $10,872 to the Spirit Animal Sanctuary and $9,000 to CACC in lieu of jail time. Though Ledy VanKavage worked to create policies that kept these fine fellows out of jail, she disingenuously tells supporters that she wishes they had been jailed.
Of course the sane option would be to humanely euthanize the dogs and let these gentlemen have their well-deserved jail time.
Of course the sane option would be to humanely euthanize the dogs and let these gentlemen have their well-deserved jail time.
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