Galena —“I think we need to remind Galena residents that Galena, like many communities, has some very specific ordinances relating to keeping pit bull dogs,” Galena Police Chief Jerry Westemeier told the Gazette recently. “I know we have a couple of pit bull dogs in town, and other people may be thinking of getting them, and they need to know what they’re getting into, no matter how good-natured an individual dog may seem.”
The section of the Galena City Code regulating owning or keeping pit bulls within the city limits fills four full pages, and Westemeier strongly suggests that anyone considering keeping such a dog check with the Galena Police Department for all the details of the requirements.
Briefly, here are some of the requirements.
Special license
In addition to the regular dog license required for any dog, anyone keeping a pit bull must apply for and receive a special $50 license from the city.
The application for such a license, made to the Galena City Clerk, must include:
•Verification of the identity of the owner by a photostat of the owner’s driver’s license;
• Proof of ownership of the dog;
•A licensed veterinarian’s record of current immunizations and health of the dog;
•A certificate of insurance of not less than $100,000 covering any injury, damage or loss caused by the pit bull dog;
•Two photos of the dog taken not more than a month before the application showing front and side views of the dog’s head.
Confinement
When the city receives an application for a permit to keep a pit bull dog, a Galena police officer will inspect the premises on which the dog will be kept to be sure conditions meet all the requirements of the ordinance.
Pit bull dogs must be confined at all times, either inside or outside. Confinement on porches, patios or in houses where windows are open, or screened windows or doors are all that restrains the animal is not acceptable as inside confinement.
Outside confinement may be either in a confinement structure adequate to restrain the dog at all times, or on a leash with a person in physical control of the leash. The leash cannot be tied to a post, tree, or building.
The biting or nipping of any person or animal by a pit bull dog must be reported to the Galena Police Department.
The escape from confinement or the theft of any pit bull dog must be reported when it is discovered. Any pit bull dog found running at large is subject to impoundment by the police department.
Warning
All persons possessing a pit bull dog must display in a prominent place on the premises where a pit bull dog is to be kept a sign which is readable by the public at a distance of not less than 100 feet using the words “Beware of Dog—Pit Bull.”
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Apr 23, 2002 Rockford Tries To Adopt Much Needed BSL Again
Rockford - Councilmen seeking safety for residents again want to pass a pit bull ban, but pit bull owners with sappy stories about their lovebug pitties hold too much sway.
"For every story of a snuggly, family oriented pit bull, there seems to be another story of the terror these dogs can cause."
Rockford, with its love for the real pit bulldog since the 19th century dogfighting era, won't be moved by mere questions of public safety.
'"A pit bull has that effect - the instant realization about impending death," said Kevin Worley, a letter carrier who works Rockford's west side.'
'Worley hasn't been bitten by a pit bull, but his colleague, Russ Haile, has. Haile, 31, a former collegiate football player and wrestler who weighs 250 pounds, was walking his east-side rute on Fifth Street near 10th Avenue when a pit bull appeared He dropped his mailbag between the dog and hiimself.
'The dog jerked the bag away and leapt at Haile's face. Haile put his hand up; the dog, standing on its hind legs, chomped into it. The two scuffled across the street in that odd embrace; Haile walking backward, the dog following on its two feet, nearly as tall as the man.
"If you could feel how hard it bit, oh my God. It's like a car parked on my hand," he said.
'They tripped over the curb and the dog switched to Haile's right knee. Minutes later, Haile wrenched the dog from his leg -- causing a gash that needed seven stitches -- and stumbled into an apartment foyer.
'"I was beating that dog any way I could. It didn't do anything but make him mad. It was really scary." That pit bull was destroyed.'
'At minimum, the dogs should be kept inside a fence at all times says Haile. And if banning them would prevent future attacks, do that.
"If it would solve the problem of anybody else getting attacked like I did - I would hate for that to happen to somebody else - yeah, I would like to see it."'
Rockford Register Star, Rockford, IL, April 23, 2002, p. 5A
"For every story of a snuggly, family oriented pit bull, there seems to be another story of the terror these dogs can cause."
Rockford, with its love for the real pit bulldog since the 19th century dogfighting era, won't be moved by mere questions of public safety.
'"A pit bull has that effect - the instant realization about impending death," said Kevin Worley, a letter carrier who works Rockford's west side.'
'Worley hasn't been bitten by a pit bull, but his colleague, Russ Haile, has. Haile, 31, a former collegiate football player and wrestler who weighs 250 pounds, was walking his east-side rute on Fifth Street near 10th Avenue when a pit bull appeared He dropped his mailbag between the dog and hiimself.
'The dog jerked the bag away and leapt at Haile's face. Haile put his hand up; the dog, standing on its hind legs, chomped into it. The two scuffled across the street in that odd embrace; Haile walking backward, the dog following on its two feet, nearly as tall as the man.
"If you could feel how hard it bit, oh my God. It's like a car parked on my hand," he said.
'They tripped over the curb and the dog switched to Haile's right knee. Minutes later, Haile wrenched the dog from his leg -- causing a gash that needed seven stitches -- and stumbled into an apartment foyer.
'"I was beating that dog any way I could. It didn't do anything but make him mad. It was really scary." That pit bull was destroyed.'
'At minimum, the dogs should be kept inside a fence at all times says Haile. And if banning them would prevent future attacks, do that.
"If it would solve the problem of anybody else getting attacked like I did - I would hate for that to happen to somebody else - yeah, I would like to see it."'
Rockford Register Star, Rockford, IL, April 23, 2002, p. 5A
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Oct 15, 2001 Rockford Pit Bull Attacked Man, is Killed By Police
Rockford - A stray pit bull was shot and killed by police after it attacked a man Sunday.
Sgt. Joe Westmoreland said the dog's owners recently were evicted from their residence but let the dog behind. The dog escaped and found its way inside Winn Tools and Impressions Co., 1308 Barnes St.
When the business owner and an employee, John Korzun, 51, arrived, the dog attacked Korzun, Westmoreland said. The business owner, whose name was unavailable, helped korzun fight the dog off and called 911.
The dog later threatened Rockford firefighters and police officers before it was killed. Korzun was treated by firefighters but refused further treatment.
Winnebago County Animal Control is trying to locate the dog's owner, Westmoreland said. Charges are pending.
Rockford Register Star, Monday Oct 15, 2001, p. 8A
Sgt. Joe Westmoreland said the dog's owners recently were evicted from their residence but let the dog behind. The dog escaped and found its way inside Winn Tools and Impressions Co., 1308 Barnes St.
When the business owner and an employee, John Korzun, 51, arrived, the dog attacked Korzun, Westmoreland said. The business owner, whose name was unavailable, helped korzun fight the dog off and called 911.
The dog later threatened Rockford firefighters and police officers before it was killed. Korzun was treated by firefighters but refused further treatment.
Winnebago County Animal Control is trying to locate the dog's owner, Westmoreland said. Charges are pending.
Rockford Register Star, Monday Oct 15, 2001, p. 8A
Aug 25, 2001 Chicago Pit Bull Severely Mauls a Toddler
Chicago - A 2 1/2-year-old boy was mauled and severely injured by a pit bull Friday in the second dog attack against an Englewood child in three days.
Tyshawn Cherry was playing with his older brother and three sisters in his front yard in the 1400 block of West 73rd Place about 10:20 a.m. when an adult pit bull squeezed through a gap in the chain-link fence, said family members and neighbors who saw the attack.
"The dog pushed him down, started biting his hair off, then started scratching his face," said Christine Cherry, 11, the boy's sister. "Then he bit his leg and started pulling him everywhere. Everybody was saying, `Get it off of him, get it off of him.' But they couldn't get it off."
Robert Langston, 55, was sitting on his porch next door and ran into the yard after hearing the children screaming. Another neighbor handed Langston an iron pipe, which he used to beat the dog.
Langston said it didn't appear the children had provoked the dog.
Tyshawn was freed from the dog, witnesses said, when a man who lives on the same block jumped over the fence, pried the dog's teeth from the boy's head and threw the dog over the fence.
The toddler was taken to Christ Hospital and Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was listed in serious condition Friday afternoon, a hospital spokesman said.
The man who pried the dog off the boy, Gregory Joseph, 26, was cited for failing to restrain and license a dog, said Sgt. John Brundage of the Englewood District.
Animal control officers never found the dog, which had run toward Joseph's house. Neighbors said they saw Joseph take off his shirt, wrap it around the bloody dog, and then put the dog in a green SUV that was driven away from his house.
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Tyshawn Cherry was playing with his older brother and three sisters in his front yard in the 1400 block of West 73rd Place about 10:20 a.m. when an adult pit bull squeezed through a gap in the chain-link fence, said family members and neighbors who saw the attack.
"The dog pushed him down, started biting his hair off, then started scratching his face," said Christine Cherry, 11, the boy's sister. "Then he bit his leg and started pulling him everywhere. Everybody was saying, `Get it off of him, get it off of him.' But they couldn't get it off."
Robert Langston, 55, was sitting on his porch next door and ran into the yard after hearing the children screaming. Another neighbor handed Langston an iron pipe, which he used to beat the dog.
Langston said it didn't appear the children had provoked the dog.
Tyshawn was freed from the dog, witnesses said, when a man who lives on the same block jumped over the fence, pried the dog's teeth from the boy's head and threw the dog over the fence.
The toddler was taken to Christ Hospital and Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was listed in serious condition Friday afternoon, a hospital spokesman said.
The man who pried the dog off the boy, Gregory Joseph, 26, was cited for failing to restrain and license a dog, said Sgt. John Brundage of the Englewood District.
Animal control officers never found the dog, which had run toward Joseph's house. Neighbors said they saw Joseph take off his shirt, wrap it around the bloody dog, and then put the dog in a green SUV that was driven away from his house.
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Aug 01, 2001 Chicago Bulldogs Kill Owner
Chicago - A 77-year-old Logan Square man found dead in his home with a puddle of blood at his feet apparently was killed by his own two bulldogs, the Cook County medical examiner ruled Tuesday.
Alexander Gillis was unresponsive when his son-in-law found him sitting in a kitchen chair about 10 p.m. Monday in the man's home in the 2600 block of West Logan Boulevard, according to a police spokeswoman.
When paramedics arrived a short time later, they noted that Gillis had multiple puncture wounds and lacerations to both of his calves, and tourniquets were tied around both of his ankles in an apparent effort to try to stop the bleeding.
It was unclear who tied the tourniquets, police said. Gillis' death, however, was caused by "multiple injuries from a dog attack," a Cook County spokeswoman said. The medical examiner's office has ruled the death accidental.
Police at the scene found Gillis' blood trailing through the house to the basement, where they found what police identified as two adult male English bulldogs.
But a spokeswoman for the city's Animal Care and Control unit said the dogs were either English or American bulldogs. They will remain at the city's pound until further notice from police, she said.
"Animal Control indicated that the dogs were very calm when they received them," police spokeswoman JoAnn Taylor said. Taylor said police are still investigating the matter, and it is unclear whether one or both dogs were involved in the killing and what--if anything--may have prompted the attack.
Priscilla Scienski, 79, Gillis' next-door neighbor, said Gillis loved the dogs and she would often see him playing with them.
"He said he bought the dogs for the kids, but I think he was the one who really cared for them," Scienski said.
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It was unclear who tied the tourniquets, police said. Gillis' death, however, was caused by "multiple injuries from a dog attack," a Cook County spokeswoman said. The medical examiner's office has ruled the death accidental.
Police at the scene found Gillis' blood trailing through the house to the basement, where they found what police identified as two adult male English bulldogs.
But a spokeswoman for the city's Animal Care and Control unit said the dogs were either English or American bulldogs. They will remain at the city's pound until further notice from police, she said.
"Animal Control indicated that the dogs were very calm when they received them," police spokeswoman JoAnn Taylor said. Taylor said police are still investigating the matter, and it is unclear whether one or both dogs were involved in the killing and what--if anything--may have prompted the attack.
Priscilla Scienski, 79, Gillis' next-door neighbor, said Gillis loved the dogs and she would often see him playing with them.
"He said he bought the dogs for the kids, but I think he was the one who really cared for them," Scienski said.
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Nov 06, 1998 Rockford Pit Bull Attacks Police K9 Drug Detection Dog
Rockford - While arrests were being made by narcotics officers during a morning raid on an alleged drug house, a pit bull ran from the house and attacked a police dog leashed to a Metro Narcotics van.
The police dog later helped police find 200 grams of crack cocaine that had been placed behind furniture and in closets.
Register Star, Rockford IL, Friday, Nov 06, 1998 p. 5A
The police dog later helped police find 200 grams of crack cocaine that had been placed behind furniture and in closets.
Register Star, Rockford IL, Friday, Nov 06, 1998 p. 5A
Apr 22, 1998 Hoffman Estates Pit Bulls Killed Golden Retriever
Hoffman Estates - A Hoffman Estates woman was fined $500 on Tuesday for failing to contain her two pit bull terriers, which escaped from her yard in March and attacked a neighbor's dog so viciously it had to be put to sleep.
Goldy, an 8-year-old golden retriever owned by Jim and Janie Gullickson, suffered a "brutal and vicious death," Associate Judge Pamela G. Karahalios told Kathy S. Dakis, owner of the pit bulls. And it was up to Dakis to "have taken the proper precautions" to prevent the attack, the judge said.
Dakis, 3940 Lexington Drive, appeared Tuesday in the Rolling Meadows branch of the Cook County Circuit Court on a range of misdemeanor charges stemming from the March 31 dog attack, which occurred inside the Gullicksons' garage.
A Hoffman Estates police officer ended up shooting and slightly injuring one of the pit bulls when the animal turned on her as she tried to break up the attack.
Dakis, who has since given the dogs to her son, on Tuesday pleaded guilty to two charges of allowing dogs to attack or damage property. The judge also found her guilty of failing to keep a vicious dog confined and failing to post signs warning of the presence of a vicious dog.
Dakis was ordered to pay $500 within the next month. The judge also ordered that Dakis will face a second $500 fine if she gets into any dog trouble in the next year. Dakis also told the judge she has no intention of ever taking the pit bulls back.
"The only reason I have these dogs is I live alone, and they make me feel safe," Dakis said in court.
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Goldy, an 8-year-old golden retriever owned by Jim and Janie Gullickson, suffered a "brutal and vicious death," Associate Judge Pamela G. Karahalios told Kathy S. Dakis, owner of the pit bulls. And it was up to Dakis to "have taken the proper precautions" to prevent the attack, the judge said.
Dakis, 3940 Lexington Drive, appeared Tuesday in the Rolling Meadows branch of the Cook County Circuit Court on a range of misdemeanor charges stemming from the March 31 dog attack, which occurred inside the Gullicksons' garage.
A Hoffman Estates police officer ended up shooting and slightly injuring one of the pit bulls when the animal turned on her as she tried to break up the attack.
Dakis, who has since given the dogs to her son, on Tuesday pleaded guilty to two charges of allowing dogs to attack or damage property. The judge also found her guilty of failing to keep a vicious dog confined and failing to post signs warning of the presence of a vicious dog.
Dakis was ordered to pay $500 within the next month. The judge also ordered that Dakis will face a second $500 fine if she gets into any dog trouble in the next year. Dakis also told the judge she has no intention of ever taking the pit bulls back.
"The only reason I have these dogs is I live alone, and they make me feel safe," Dakis said in court.
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