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Virginia “Pit Bull” Takes Bullet for Owner during Burglary; Loses Leg
Now these are the dogs we know and love. Last month, a “pit bull” girl named “Lefty” (Aww, look at that sweet, pink face!) came to the aid of her owner in Painter, Virginia, when he was assaulted just outside of his home and forced into his home at gunpoint while four masked men…
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Annapolis, Missouri Overturns Breed-Specific Ban Thanks to Proper Investigative Journalism
According to Fox News in St. Louis, the town of Annapolis, Missouri, has recently overturned their breed-specific ban allowing a young girl to keep her American Staffordshire Terrier mix-breed dog, “Patches.” Fox began reporting on the unfairness of the breed-specific law back in February and due to their coverage of the 15-year old Annapolis…
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Two Sides to Every Story about “Animal Attacks”
Editor’s note: While the article, “There are two sides to every story about ‘animal attacks’” from the Bradenton Herald starts out talking about children who threw rocks at an alligator that later had to be shot because it became “aggressive” thanks to the incitation by the children, I’m excerpting this article in the middle right…
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Oklahoma “Pit Bull” Saves Family from Fire
From WTVR CBS 6 : A 10-year-old pit bull is being praised for…helping to save sisters from their burning home. The dog, named Baby, woke up the sleeping sisters as their house filled with flames and smoke Tuesday. The dog would not stop barking and jumping on the women until they woke up. …While the…
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La Porte, Texas Policeman Closes Down Highway to Save Rat Terrier
Hurray! A news story that isn’t about a policeman shooting a “pit bull.” I just had to post this story. It’s about a very heroic Texas policeman named Kyle Jones who shut down an entire highway to rescue a little Rat Terrier named Cujo who had wandered away from his home. …
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“Pit Bull” Guru says misunderstood breed is good family dog
Editor’s note: There are some surprising statistics in this article, like that in the U.S., 5,479 “pit bulls” are killed daily in shelters. Boy if that doesn’t just break your heart, I don’t know what would! Great article with lots of great quotables. From the Danville News in Danville, Pennsylvania: [Drayton Michaels of…
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Yet Another Bully Hero
From the Journal and Courier Online: KOKOMO, Ind. – A pit bull named Kadense saved a 70-year-old man from an apartment fire when she started barking, howling and jumping to alert people to the blaze. Jason McKoon said he saw the dog “flipping out” early Tuesday morning near a door and he knew something wasn’t…