Another Dog Not Controled

[Wolf-Kim]

The baby maintained serious injury from the dog. I think that if the dog was "carrying it like a pup" the baby would not have sustained such injuries. Two collapsed lungs? While the dog may have not means to kill the child, it was obviously too rough.

Now if the news story read that the baby only had a couple of scratches or wasn't harmed at all, that is a totally different story. This child is fighting for it's life, whether playing or intending to eat, the dog was obviously rough or aggressive.

-Kim

 

[citrusdreams]

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And this is why I voted for it not to be destroyed. I normally would say the dog should have been put down. But under the circumstances, should be reintroduced back into the wild. Wolves and Wolf hybrids don't belong at home. They belong with their own kind out of captivity.

The origin of this dog is debated, and probably will be debated forever. Some say the "breed" in question has been extinct. Others say it's been re-created and is a wolf hybrid. Either way, it doesn't belong in a family with children or near children.

To say it should be destroyed is understandible. I just don't feel it should be held responsible in that way when it's human guardians were so negligent and didn't use sound judgement. Just moho. I'm sure many will disagree.

It's not that I value the life of a dog more than a child because I don't. But this wasn't a dog. This was a wild animal that was irresponsibly kept. That's like bringing a cougar into our home and then shooting it for attacking the kids. It shouldn't have been there in the first place. Try to refrain from throwing virtual tomatoes

 

[NotTheMomma]

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Hmm, wonder how often a dog FRACTURES THE SKULL of it's own puppy, that it's just carrying around??? IMO, any bite to the head is a kill bite. The baby was making noises that the dog was not familiar with, and had smells the dog was not familiar with. So it did what a dog does, removed the threat that is thought the baby was.

The dog needs to be put down. A BABY WAS ALMOST KILLED. It wasn't one of it's own litter. It wasn't another male dog's pup. It was a human that it endangered the life of. And face it, that baby with a fractured skill, and two lobes of lungs punctured is in critical condition.

Prayers for the baby to get well without lasting, lifetime problems. Prayers the family wakes up and sees that the dog was NOT being helpful and carrying around a pup, or doll.

 

[Wolf-Kim]

The family has released the animal to animal control and animal control will most likely NOT release the animal because of the injuries it gave to the baby. The dog will more than likely be euthanized unless some crazy animal rights group steps in and "saves" it.

We all understand that it was the dog's owner and baby's parents that are ultimately at fault, but why give the dog a second chance to repeat it? So the animal control decides to release the animal for adoption, adopts it out and it is in a new home. The dog does it again except this time it kills the child? There are a lot of "if's ands and buts" I know, but it is definately not worth the risk of a second attack.

I love dogs, but it is completely not worth the risk. The owners are at fault, but let's keep this animal's victims to one and only one.

-Kim

 

[Brandi_H]

Reintroduce it back into the wild?? It didn't come from the wild, so that would be like taking a housecat and letting it go in the woods and expecting it to know how to survive. The dog/wolf should not have been left with the baby, and those parents can explain to the kid when he's older that he has scars or possibly permanent injury because they "assumed" that the animal wouldn't try to eat the baby.
I agree with NotTheMomma that it would not have fractured the skull if it did indeed think it was a pup. And ANY dog knows the scent of a human. Of course it knew it wasn't a toy doll or puppy. It drug the baby off to eat it, plain and simple. That's what dogs do when the meal/snack/rawhide or whatever is too big to eat in one bite. They find a spot, lay down, and begin gnawing. That animal needs to be destroyed, because it obviously does not know that tiny humans are not for eating. There will always be the possibility that it will attack again, and there are so many good dogs here in the world already that need homes.
I CANNOT BELIEVE that the father defended the dog. If that were me, I would have ripped that animal's throat out with my bare hands the second I saw it eating ANYONE'S baby, let alone my own.

 

[deerman]

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And this is why I voted for it not to be destroyed. I normally would say the dog should have been put down. But under the circumstances, should be reintroduced back into the wild. Wolves and Wolf hybrids don't belong at home. They belong with their own kind out of captivity.

The origin of this dog is debated, and probably will be debated forever. Some say the "breed" in question has been extinct. Others say it's been re-created and is a wolf hybrid. Either way, it doesn't belong in a family with children or near children.

To say it should be destroyed is understandible. I just don't feel it should be held responsible in that way when it's human guardians were so negligent and didn't use sound judgement. Just moho. I'm sure many will disagree.

It's not that I value the life of a dog more than a child because I don't. But this wasn't a dog. This was a wild animal that was irresponsibly kept. That's like bringing a cougar into our home and then shooting it for attacking the kids. It shouldn't have been there in the first place. Try to refrain from throwing virtual tomatoes

First all dogs came from the wild at one point, and any hybrid sould never be released back into the wild.

To spare a dog that try to kill the baby, thats what wrong with the world today. Even the owner making excuses for this dog, the damage done to this baby. Same as a wild canine, they start chewing on their prey when its alive. They even start feeding on them as the prey is alive.

 

[deerman]

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Surely the dog was not aggressive, it just took the baby to a place to feed. Dog didnt know it was killing the baby, if its that stupid it should be put down before it kill another it doesnt know its killing.

No the dogs doesnt show its aggressive, just want to feed on human babies.

 

[Wolf-Kim]

To release this animal into the wild would be highly irresponsible and cruel. It did not come from the wild, it wasn't raised wild even if it be a wolf or wolf hybrid. There is a reason there are wolf rescues, it is because captive bred wolves and hybrids will not survive in the wild. They would be no more than stray dogs and you better believe that more humans are attacked by stray and "released" dogs before they are attacked by a healthy, truly wild, wolf.

Ladies and gentlemen, this is an excellent discussion, let's keep it civil so it can remain open and available.

-Kim

 

[JLMom]

OK here is another case about "another dog not controlled". We can all agree that a wolf/dog hybrid is a no-brainer where children are involved ( and I agree that the 'dog' was planning on eating the baby)

But check this out: if you can't trust this dog, it proves no dog can be trusted 100%



http://www.wten.com/Global/story.asp?S=10773060

 

[Redyre Rotties]

Any person who would allow any dog any unsupervised access to an infant is an idiot.

I would destroy this dog in an eye blink.

I always want to ask people who think these dogs should not be destroyed if they want to give the dog a home.