A loaded gun

[ianstone]

Toddler Mauled To Death In Dog Attack

9:35am UK, Sunday April 18, 2010
Andy Jack, Sky News Online
A post-mortem is due to be carried out on an 18-month-old girl mauled to death by a family dog.The girl's uncle has been arrested and questioned by police about the attack in the kitchen of her home in Broadfield, Crawley, West Sussex.

The toddler suffered severe facial injuries when she was attacked by the mastiff on Saturday.
Sussex Police said the girl was in the kitchen with her three-year-old sister, mother and grandmother when the incident happened.
The 32-year-old uncle was not at the address at the time but was arrested by police when he arrived shortly afterwards.

This is a truly appalling incident which has led to the death of a young child.
DCI Trevor Bowles, Sussex Police


Police were called to the scene after receiving reports that the girl had suffered head injuries and was unconscious.
She was rushed to East Surrey Hospital in Redhill, Surrey, but was pronounced dead shortly afterwards.
Detective Chief Inspector Trevor Bowles of Sussex Police said: "This is a truly appalling incident which has led to the death of a young 18-month-old child.


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The girl's uncle was not at the house when the attack happened


"My team will be working tirelessly to ensure that the truth of exactly what happened and how is established in the coming days.
"As part of the inquiry officers are in the process of identifying the breed of the dog which is believed to be a type of mastiff. The dog is being securely held by Sussex Police."
A neighbour, who did not want to be named, said he believed the man involved owned two dogs and was often seen walking them in the area.
He said: "The bloke himself is absolutely spot on, the dogs are well looked after, I don't know what type they are, all I know is that they are big.
"I am surprised this is what has happened, my little one strokes his dogs."


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Bad training and supervision of dogs, Is tantamount to murder.
These are like a loaded gun.
No one with an ounce of sense leaves a loaded gun laid around with the safety catch off.
I find crimes these horific.

[nastyleg]

Sad

[lugnutsxhd]

It is truly a shame. That man, should be put in prison, I will never teach a dog to be mean. That is what he did, he taught the dog to be mean, calling it a guard dog. Bullshit like this makes me angry, a little child had to die, FOR WHAT? I feel so sorry for the childs family, I can not even imagine, the grief they are going through. RIP

[ianstone]

I have have many pet dogs, all were well trained and were, what we call,
soft as a brush.
In my humble opinion the problem is, 99% are bad owners and only 1% are rogue dogs.
It is just such an unnecessary death, a life snuffed out before it had really had chance to grow.
Ah man ,so sad!!!

[lugnutsxhd]

I have owned several of those so "killer" pitbulls. One was raised with a litter of kittens, he thought he was a big cat.Sweet and gentle. Another one, had a mallard duck as a friend, he would grab the duck by the neck and head out to the field. When, he got to the right spot, he would let the duck go, laydown and take a nap while the duck would graze. The first time, I saw him with the duck in his mouth, I thought, oh man he killed my duck. I yelled at him, he came over and set the duck down, the duck rolled over and got up. I'll never forget that sight.