Chicago – Hanna Walker felt helpless as she and several neighborhood children continued to strike a pit bull that had her 5-year-old "niece" clenched in its jaws Wednesday morning.
Despite repeated wallops with a wooden mop handle and screams from the school children standing nearby, the dog did not let go of Zaria Junius' scalp and shook the kindergartner violently, witnesses said.
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Feb 07, 2007 Park Forest Woman Demands Action After Pitbull Attacked Her Dogs
Park Forest - A Park Forest woman is claiming village police slighted her after what she said was a "vicious" pit bull attack on her border collies.
Karine Mielczarek said she was walking her dogs Jan. 27 near an open field at Blackhawk Drive and Suwanee Street when the pit bulls "took on" her male dog and "pounced" on her female dog.
"They were taking her apart," Mielczarek said. "I was kicking them and punching them and screaming at the top of my lungs and finally the owner came out and peeled him off my dog."
Mielczarek said she then "drove like a maniac," to the veterinary hospital. "They were all cut up, bloody, with stitches," she said. Mielczarek also noted her finger was "nicked" during the incident.
The alleged attacking female pit bull was neither spayed nor up to date on its rabies shot, community service officer Tracy Gibson said. If the dog isn't up to date on its rabies shot, the law requires the dog to be impounded for a mandatory 10 days of rabies observation, she said. If the dog is up to date with its rabies shot, the law still requires a veterinarian to observe the animal twice in 10 days for rabies, she said.
Officials said the attacking dog was deemed obedient, "extremely well trained," and not vicious or subject to euthanasia. "By accident, they happened to slip out and the female, being in heat, it was instinctual (for the dog) to find a mate," Gibson said. "I know that it's not anything malicious."
Gibson said she is disputing Mielczarek's version of the incident. "(The pit bull owner) said the lady is laying on top of her dog on the ground trying to shelter her dog from his dog," Gibson said. "In the meantime, his dog and the lady's other dog are just running around in the field. Not fighting, never making contact."
Since the incident, Mielczarek said she called the Park Forest Police Department for daily updates on the attack, the pit bull owner and liability reimbursement.
Both police and Mielczarek said the pit bull owner agreed to cover Mielczarek's veterinary bills, already totaling $550. "They should at least call me and let me know what's going on," Mielczarek said. "I'm the victim here, OK, and my dog is the victim and I've had to call every day."
Gibson said she has wholly completed her policing duty regarding the attack. "All I need to do is take down information, do my report and report it to county," Gibson said.
"I explained to her that if she wanted some other thing to happen that she would have to contact a lawyer and sue him because it's not the police department's responsibility to be banging on a door, asking him for money."
Mielczarek is also urging the village to pass an ordinance governing pit bulls.
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Karine Mielczarek said she was walking her dogs Jan. 27 near an open field at Blackhawk Drive and Suwanee Street when the pit bulls "took on" her male dog and "pounced" on her female dog.
"They were taking her apart," Mielczarek said. "I was kicking them and punching them and screaming at the top of my lungs and finally the owner came out and peeled him off my dog."
Mielczarek said she then "drove like a maniac," to the veterinary hospital. "They were all cut up, bloody, with stitches," she said. Mielczarek also noted her finger was "nicked" during the incident.
The alleged attacking female pit bull was neither spayed nor up to date on its rabies shot, community service officer Tracy Gibson said. If the dog isn't up to date on its rabies shot, the law requires the dog to be impounded for a mandatory 10 days of rabies observation, she said. If the dog is up to date with its rabies shot, the law still requires a veterinarian to observe the animal twice in 10 days for rabies, she said.
Officials said the attacking dog was deemed obedient, "extremely well trained," and not vicious or subject to euthanasia. "By accident, they happened to slip out and the female, being in heat, it was instinctual (for the dog) to find a mate," Gibson said. "I know that it's not anything malicious."
Gibson said she is disputing Mielczarek's version of the incident. "(The pit bull owner) said the lady is laying on top of her dog on the ground trying to shelter her dog from his dog," Gibson said. "In the meantime, his dog and the lady's other dog are just running around in the field. Not fighting, never making contact."
Since the incident, Mielczarek said she called the Park Forest Police Department for daily updates on the attack, the pit bull owner and liability reimbursement.
Both police and Mielczarek said the pit bull owner agreed to cover Mielczarek's veterinary bills, already totaling $550. "They should at least call me and let me know what's going on," Mielczarek said. "I'm the victim here, OK, and my dog is the victim and I've had to call every day."
Gibson said she has wholly completed her policing duty regarding the attack. "All I need to do is take down information, do my report and report it to county," Gibson said.
"I explained to her that if she wanted some other thing to happen that she would have to contact a lawyer and sue him because it's not the police department's responsibility to be banging on a door, asking him for money."
Mielczarek is also urging the village to pass an ordinance governing pit bulls.
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Feb 02, 2007 Pit bulls to be put down for attack on carrier
Danville – Two pit bull dogs are to be euthanized today after a municipal court hearing officer ruled the dogs to be vicious following an attack on veteran letter carrier Wendy Hoskins in December.
by Pam G. Dempsey
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Postal worker files suit in pitbull attack - Dogs injure carrier as she delivered mail
Danville — A local postal worker is seeking thousands of dollars in relief from the owners of two dogs that attacked her as she worked.
by Brian L. Huchel
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by Pam G. Dempsey
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Postal worker files suit in pitbull attack - Dogs injure carrier as she delivered mail
Danville — A local postal worker is seeking thousands of dollars in relief from the owners of two dogs that attacked her as she worked.
by Brian L. Huchel
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Dec 30, 2006 Danville post office worker mauled by pit bulls
by Pam G. Dempsey
DANVILLE – Delivering mail Tuesday afternoon in the 100 block of South Griffin Street was a typical day on the job for local letter carrier Wendy Hoskins.
But three staples in her head, three stitches in her hand and several cuts and bruises later marked this day as the worst dog attack Hoskins has ever had in the 20 years she's worked for the United States Postal Service.
"They made a beeline, came across the whole street, charging me," Hoskins said of the two pit bull dogs that attacked at around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. "I was kicking and hitting and kicking and hitting. What made me survive is I fought back."
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DANVILLE – Delivering mail Tuesday afternoon in the 100 block of South Griffin Street was a typical day on the job for local letter carrier Wendy Hoskins.
But three staples in her head, three stitches in her hand and several cuts and bruises later marked this day as the worst dog attack Hoskins has ever had in the 20 years she's worked for the United States Postal Service.
"They made a beeline, came across the whole street, charging me," Hoskins said of the two pit bull dogs that attacked at around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. "I was kicking and hitting and kicking and hitting. What made me survive is I fought back."
The News-Gazette
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Oct 11, 2006 Cops forced to kill pit bull to stop attack on woman
A pit bull charged and clamped down on a woman's arm as she was walking on a Far South Side sidewalk Monday night, prompting Chicago police officers to shoot and kill the dog when it refused to let go.
Chicago Tribune
Accessed: 2012-03-07. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/65ztq6FSU)
Oct 4, 2006 Pit Bull Mauls 8-year old Girl Owner Charged with Reckless Conduct
October 4, 2006
(CBS) WAUKEGAN, Ill. A pit bull owner in Waukegan has been charged with reckless conduct after his dogs mauled a little girl.
CBS 2's Dana Kozlov reports the savage attack has some city lawmakers looking to strengthen Waukegan's dangerous dog ordinance.
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Aug 25, 2006 Zion Pit Bull Mix Attacks Dad, Son
Zion Pit Bull Mix Attacks Dad, Son
Zion - In the last 20 years, dog attacks have killed 238 Americans. Shane Colbert was afraid he and his song might be added to the list.
Colbert was walking home Sunday afternoon with his 6-year-old son from the Zion-Benton Public Library when they were attacked by a pit bull mix.
The dog, he said, climbed out of a hole in a wooden fence in an alley in the 2100 block of Gilead Avenue and jumped at them.
Colbert, who underwent surgery a week ago for a broken left wrist, defended the boy with his still-mending left arm.
"I was trying to defend my son with my left arm (that) I was not supposed to use. Otherwise, he would have been bitten," he said.
Colbert's intercession was fortuitious.
Colbert was treated at Vista East Medical Center in Waukegan for scratches on his right arm. There were no injuries on his left arm. His son, Kyle, was unharmed.
"He was crying and didn't know what to do," the father said of his frightened son.
He said they have walked in the alley many times on their way to the library and back. They were aware of the dog behind the fence, but there was no hole there before.
Colbert was bitter that the owners of the dog offered no aid after the incident.
The two year old pit bull went back home for a rabies observation because it had its shots.
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Zion - In the last 20 years, dog attacks have killed 238 Americans. Shane Colbert was afraid he and his song might be added to the list.
Colbert was walking home Sunday afternoon with his 6-year-old son from the Zion-Benton Public Library when they were attacked by a pit bull mix.
The dog, he said, climbed out of a hole in a wooden fence in an alley in the 2100 block of Gilead Avenue and jumped at them.
Colbert, who underwent surgery a week ago for a broken left wrist, defended the boy with his still-mending left arm.
"I was trying to defend my son with my left arm (that) I was not supposed to use. Otherwise, he would have been bitten," he said.
Colbert's intercession was fortuitious.
Colbert was treated at Vista East Medical Center in Waukegan for scratches on his right arm. There were no injuries on his left arm. His son, Kyle, was unharmed.
"He was crying and didn't know what to do," the father said of his frightened son.
He said they have walked in the alley many times on their way to the library and back. They were aware of the dog behind the fence, but there was no hole there before.
Colbert was bitter that the owners of the dog offered no aid after the incident.
The two year old pit bull went back home for a rabies observation because it had its shots.
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