JOLIET — A man wielding a knife killed a pit bull mix that was mauling its owner in the yard of a home in the 200 block of Criswell Street, police said.
Both men were taken to Silver Cross Hospital, where the dog owner was treated for "brutal" bites to his leg and face, and the rescuer for bites to his hands, officials said.
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Nov 19, 2008 Chicago's Dogfighting Culture Alive and Well
Chicago - The Englewood basement was cramped, chaotic. Fifty people -- parents, kids, a pregnant woman -- huddled around a bloody 10-by-10-foot ring, cheering two pit bulls [fighting as they were bred to love to do].
Barbaric to most, this medieval blood sport remains a routine source of shameless entertainment in large swaths of the city.
"It's pretty much like going to see Muhammad Ali or a Mike Tyson fight," said Sean Moore, a former dogfighter from Chicago. "That's what people think when they see pit bulls in our neighborhood. That's why people are willing to pay and come see it."
Cook County sheriff's police busted a South Side dogfight over the weekend, and news of the 50-person crowd and descriptions of the brutalized animals shook many Chicagoans. But most don't realize that dogfighting remains commonplace in the city, seemingly resistant to the laws that prohibit it, a culturally ingrained phenomenon that refuses to go away.
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"It's pretty much like going to see Muhammad Ali or a Mike Tyson fight," said Sean Moore, a former dogfighter from Chicago. "That's what people think when they see pit bulls in our neighborhood. That's why people are willing to pay and come see it."
Cook County sheriff's police busted a South Side dogfight over the weekend, and news of the 50-person crowd and descriptions of the brutalized animals shook many Chicagoans. But most don't realize that dogfighting remains commonplace in the city, seemingly resistant to the laws that prohibit it, a culturally ingrained phenomenon that refuses to go away.
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Nov 23, 1908 "Bat" Nelson Escapes Jail by Ruse at Dogfight
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Sep 23, 1900 Chicago Dogfighters - The Farmer Brothers Make the Front Page With Fight
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Nov 14, 2008 Illinois man charged after pit bull attacks boy --
East Carondelet - A man has been charged with violating a St. Clair County ordinance after his pit bull allegedly attacked an 8-year-old boy on Veterans Day.
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Johnson says the boy was playing on his own yard when the pit bull attacked him. The child went to an area hospital with bite wounds to his head, eyes and back of his neck.
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Sep 20, 2008 Two pit bulls maul 6-year-old Chicago boy
CHICAGO - Chicago police say they shot and killed two pit bulls after the dogs severely mauled a 6-year-old boy on the city's West Side, but a third dog escaped.
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The boy was reported in serious condition late Friday at Mount Sinai Hospital.
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Sep 17, 2008 Officer Shoots Pit Bull
ALTON - An Alton police officer shot and wounded a pit bull Wednesday morning as he was responding to a domestic dispute call in the 1100 block of Pearl Street.
He said that the owner was cited for violating the city's animal control ordinance.
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He said that the owner was cited for violating the city's animal control ordinance.
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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.
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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 - Dogs were involved in previous attack
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The Telegraph - Prosecuter Goes After Dog Owner
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The Telegraph - Village Trustee Recounts Dog Attack VIDEO
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The Telegraph - Woman Sues Over Injuries From Pit Bulls
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"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 - Dogs were involved in previous attack
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The Telegraph - Prosecuter Goes After Dog Owner
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The Telegraph - Village Trustee Recounts Dog Attack VIDEO
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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.
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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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...[T]he case is in court.
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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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Jun 28, 2008 Springfield Mailman Attacked by Pit Bull Amid Epidemic of Pit Bull Attacks
Springfield - Sixty year old postal carrier Calvin Shepherd sr. was attacked by two pit bulls. suffered two deep puncture wounds in his right arm that required stitches and a dislocated left shoulder. The dogs also lacerated his inner thigh and put three gashes in his back, which the hospital could not stitch up because of a high risk of infection from dog saliva in the wounds, he said.
U.S. Postal Service spokeswoman Sue Litterly said this was the fifth dog-bite incident involving Springfield postal workers this year. On Friday, that number jumped to seven, as two more postal carriers were bitten by pit bulls, Litterly said.
“Usually we don’t have more than five in a year, and it isn’t even July. I don’t know why it’s so high this year,” she said.
Shepherd said he hopes the dogs will be put down.
“I have seen this before on my route,” he said. “A little girl got her ear bit off by a pit bull. There was also the lady on my route over on Wheeler.
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June 28, 2008 Pit Bulls Stir Loathing, Loyalty
Rosewood Heights - ...It was one of the first warm days in May, and the 80-year-old Williams decided to take Maggie, a Lhasa apso, out for a walk. Upon stepping out the back door of her home in Rosewood Heights, she was startled to see a pair of pit bulls coming toward her.
"I heard the dogs barking," Williams recalled. "The two pit bulls were coming right at us. I pulled Maggie toward me, but she fell on her back. That's when one of the pit bulls grabbed her."
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Jun 27, 2008 Pit Bull Attacks 9-year-old Boy
By MAGGIE BORMAN
ELSAH — A 9-year-old boy was attacked and severely injured by a pit bull Thursday after he went into the dog’s fenced yard to retrieve a toy.
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Jun 26, 2008 Rockford Pit Bull Mix Attacked 3 Dogs in 4 Years
Rockford - After at least three attacks in the last four years, neighbors on one Rockford street want one dog removed.
Two dogs have died, and now another is in the hospital. Neighbors say they fear their children could be next.
"I looked out the window and they weren't fighting, it was a straight attack."
Tuesday night, Tina McFarland says a chow wandering her street was brutally attacked by Jasmine, a rotweiller-boxer-pitbull mix.
"As a parent, I’m scared to death."
And just a year ago, neighbor Dayma Coy says her dog Lassie was attacked and later died, also because of a fight with Jasmine.
"She was in my yard and the dog came and attacked her." She's since put up a fence.
PHILLIP SMITH, who evidently let his dangerous pit bull mix run loose regularly, says “…there' ain't no sense in having a dog if she ain't a guard dog, that's the bottom-line."
Smith paid Lassie's vet bill after she died and also admits to another dog killed by Jasmine.
“Something needs to be done, because I don't want this to be a kid, because if that was a child, I don't know what you could do to stop it."
These neighbors say they've had enough.
"They need to get rid of the dog or they need to put up a fence, because if they love their dog they’re going to protect it and the neighbors."
Winnebago County Animal Services says it's investigating the case and Jasmine could potentially be taken away.
But the fight with the Chow Tuesday night is the only incident with a dog in the neighborhood actually reported by neighbors.
Smith says he would consider putting up a bigger fence if the neighbors would help pay for it.
No word on the chow's condition.
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March 2, 2008 Communities across Illinois are prevented from addressing pit bull problems
Feb 19, 2008 Pit Bulls Attack Man Walking Dog on Northwest Side
Two dogs have died, and now another is in the hospital. Neighbors say they fear their children could be next.
"I looked out the window and they weren't fighting, it was a straight attack."
Tuesday night, Tina McFarland says a chow wandering her street was brutally attacked by Jasmine, a rotweiller-boxer-pitbull mix.
"As a parent, I’m scared to death."
And just a year ago, neighbor Dayma Coy says her dog Lassie was attacked and later died, also because of a fight with Jasmine.
"She was in my yard and the dog came and attacked her." She's since put up a fence.
PHILLIP SMITH, who evidently let his dangerous pit bull mix run loose regularly, says “…there' ain't no sense in having a dog if she ain't a guard dog, that's the bottom-line."
Smith paid Lassie's vet bill after she died and also admits to another dog killed by Jasmine.
“Something needs to be done, because I don't want this to be a kid, because if that was a child, I don't know what you could do to stop it."
These neighbors say they've had enough.
"They need to get rid of the dog or they need to put up a fence, because if they love their dog they’re going to protect it and the neighbors."
Winnebago County Animal Services says it's investigating the case and Jasmine could potentially be taken away.
But the fight with the Chow Tuesday night is the only incident with a dog in the neighborhood actually reported by neighbors.
Smith says he would consider putting up a bigger fence if the neighbors would help pay for it.
No word on the chow's condition.
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Mar 2, 2008 Pit bull attacks on the rise, Ledy VanKavage thwarts all attempts to protect people and pets
March 2, 2008 Communities across Illinois are prevented from addressing pit bull problems
Feb 19, 2008 Pit Bulls Attack Man Walking Dog on Northwest Side
May 28, 2008 Danville City Council announces new dangerous dogs committee to address pit bull dogfighting and overpopulation problem
Dangerous Dog Sub-committee Formed
“There’s no question we’ve been having challenges” - Mayor Scott Eisenhauer
Danville – Local problems have included a large number of animals in a single household and animals bred for vicious activity. No state legislation limits the number of pit bulls a person can have.
Danville – Local problems have included a large number of animals in a single household and animals bred for vicious activity. No state legislation limits the number of pit bulls a person can have.
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May 22, 2008 Dog Attacks Woman in Wilsonville
WILSONVILLE - A man's pit bull attacked his mother Wednesday morning at her residence in the 100 block of Gillespie Street.
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May 13, 2008 Alton pit bull attacks boy, 9, for no reason
Alton - The mother of a 9-year-old boy attacked by a neighbor's pit bull pleads for the owners to turn the animal into authorities to spare her son a painful treatment.
"The dog attacked my baby for no reason," said June'a Gipson who wants owners to surrender their dog.
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The Telegraph - Boy Recovering from Pit Bull Bites
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The Telegraph - Boy Recovering from Pit Bull Bites
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May 06, 2008 Springfield Pit Bull Attacks a Little Girl
Springfield - A resident in the 16500 block of North Illinois Highway 37 reported to the JCSO that her daughter had been attacked by a pit bull and her mouth was bleeding.
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