Pit Bull Attacks and Dogfighting in Illinois: American Bulldog

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Feb 11, 2017 Mount Vernon American Bulldog Bit a Teenage Boy

Mount Vernon - An American bulldog lunged at a 13-year-old boy who was visiting the dog owner. The boy was transported to the hospital, treated and released the same evening. The owner surrendered the dog to animal control.

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Jun 24, 2014 Mount Vernon Pit bull attacked a 9-year-old neighbor boy

Historical post:
May 08, 1911 Mount Vernon Bulldog kills 4 year old boy

May 31, 2013 Peoria American Bulldog mauls 9 year old boy

Peoria - An American bulldog mauled a 9 year old boy in a neighbor's yard. The boy was hospitalized.

Councilwoman Beth Akeson wants to craft legislation to prevent such attacks.

“It’s one of those issues where a dog isn’t declared dangerous until someone is hurt,” she said. “I’d like to see an ordinance written so people have a very clear understanding for how people must care for their dogs and restrain their dogs.”

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Nov 07, 2011 Logan Square: 2 Pit Bulls attacked my dog

Chicago - This is a pit bull owner who's pit bull was attacked by 2 other pit bulls. She laments that the incident reinforced their bad rap. Unable to conceive of how a pit bull could do this she and another neighbor postulate that the couple walking their two pits down a public street were, in reality, dogfighters who had actually taught their pits to attack instantaneously. The same couple evidently forgot they'd trained their pits to do this when they saw Christina's pit and forgot to avoid a confrontation.

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May 20, 2011 Monmouth American Bulldogs Mauled Woman

Monmouth - Warren County sheriff’s deputies were sent to a rural Monmouth home at 8:20 p.m. Thursday after a neighborhood report of someone calling for help.

The first deputy on the scene discovered a woman being mauled by two American bulldogs. The deputy destroyed both animals in order to save the woman, according to a news release from the Warren County Sheriff’s Department.

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Mar 23, 2011 Sterling Grandparents Rescue Boy Being Attacked by Pit Bull

Sterling – Grandparents who rushed in and beat a dog unconscious with a 2-by-4 may have saved a 6-year-old boy from being seriously injured when the animal attacked him Tuesday.

Whiteside County Animal Control is holding the American bulldog/pit bull terrier mix for 10 days, for observation.

The dog was tied up in its yard but pulled its chain from the ground and ran into the boy’s yard. The boy’s grandmother wrestled the dog to the ground, while his grandfather hit it several times in the head with a 2-by-4, knocking it out, police said.

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