Dec 03, 2010 Mt. Vernon Police - Aggressive pit bull
Mt. Vernon - Police responded to a report of a loose, aggressive pit bull on Wednesday in the 800 block of South 21st Street.
Mt. Vernon Register News Accessed: 2012-07-16. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/69D0vXMC4)
Dec 03, 2010 Veterinarian accused of covering up dogfighting
by Steve Schmadeke, Matthew Walberg and Jeremy Gorner
PARK FOREST - A Park Forest veterinarian whose troubled disciplinary past includes allegations of substandard care that left pets dead, "drooling into" a dog during surgery and watering down vaccines to boost profits has been criminally charged for allegedly failing to report dog fighting.
PARK FOREST - A Park Forest veterinarian whose troubled disciplinary past includes allegations of substandard care that left pets dead, "drooling into" a dog during surgery and watering down vaccines to boost profits has been criminally charged for allegedly failing to report dog fighting.
Accessed: 2011-12-16. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/63z34N5Ei)
Nov 25, 2010 Rockford alderman, daughter bitten in pit bull attack
Rockford – Several people have been attacked by three pit bulls outside a Rockford store, including city alderman Karen Elyea and her daughter.
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Chicago BreakingNewsCenter
Accessed: 2012-01-13. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/64fxzxIe5)
Accessed: 2012-01-13. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/64fxzxIe5)
Nov 23, 2010 Teen Sentenced in Central Illinois Dog Attack
DECATUR — A central Illinois teenager has been sentenced to five years in prison for ordering his pit bull terrier to attack a 75-year-old man.
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Nov 21, 2010 Orland Park Woman Recovering From Pit Bull Attack
Be sure to click the link and read this account of what it feels like to have a pit bull come out of nowhere and attack you unprovoked. These attacks damage people's bodies and damage their sense of safety and security as well.
ORLAND PARK (STMW) – For a week now, Kathy Margetis’ frightened screams have startled her husband, Pete, from sleep. “Let me go,” she shouts.
In her nightmares, the 53-year-old mother of three from Orland Park is reliving the horrifying experience of being attacked by a pit bull.
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Accessed: 2011-12-16. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/63zBoluSy)
Nov 17, 2010 Carpentersville pit bull suit settled
Carpentersville – a Nov. 28, 2009, incident in which he was attacked by a pit bull as he filled bird feeders behind his home on the 300 block of Sedgewick Street.
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A Carpentersville police report said Cory “dragged himself on the ground with his arms” after the dog refused to let go. He eventually crawled up onto his deck, through a patio door and into his kitchen, where he could call for help.
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Daily Herald
Accessed: 2012-02-10. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/65LAX3iN7)
Nov 16, 2010 Pit Bull Population Explosion in Kendall County
“I don’t understand the fascination with that breed”
Anne Vickery, Kendall County Board Chairman and chairman of the Animal Control Committee
Yorkville — Kendall County Animal Control has an overcrowding problem that could mean an unpopular operational change.
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That could mean a change in the shelter’s current “low-kill” operation.
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Vickery said (a part of the) problem is that many animals at the shelter are “unadoptable” because they are mean or cannot be around other animals.
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She singled out the breed of American pit bull terrier, or dogs with that in a mix, as a major culprit.
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She said 60 to 70 percent of the dogs in the facility are some kind of pit bull, and they keep coming in.
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That could mean a change in the shelter’s current “low-kill” operation.
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Vickery said (a part of the) problem is that many animals at the shelter are “unadoptable” because they are mean or cannot be around other animals.
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She singled out the breed of American pit bull terrier, or dogs with that in a mix, as a major culprit.
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She said 60 to 70 percent of the dogs in the facility are some kind of pit bull, and they keep coming in.
By Steve Lord
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The Beacon News Accessed: 2011-12-16. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/63zCyTxM1)
The Beacon News Accessed: 2011-12-16. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/63zCyTxM1)
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