Pit Bull Kills man trying to resuscitate his owner

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

West Virginia police say a 62-year-old man has died after being mauled to death by a pit bull that attacked him as he tried to revive the dog’s unconscious owner following a heart attack.

Wheeling police said the pit bull attacked Roy Higgenbotham Jr. in a home shortly before 9 p.m. Sunday.


Officers also found the dog’s owner, David Wallace, 63, dead in the house.

Lt. Phil Redford said police believe Wallace suffered a heart attack. Higgenbotham was attacked as he tried to resuscitate Wallace.

Autopsies will determine an official cause of death.


The dog, a 3-year-old female, was removed from the residence by Ohio County Animal Control and placed in quarantine.

Neighbors told WTRF-TV it appears the dog became protective and attacked when she saw Higgenbotham try and administer first aid to his stricken friend.

“One of them had, had some heart problems and it seems like she was protecting him from the person trying to resuscitate him,” Beth Patsch told the station. "She was always wonderful, they had had her and her mother and her mother had just passed away in the fall, I believe, and this was the puppy. They've had her since she was tiny, tiny and never a problem."

Patsch, who lives across the street, said a woman was in the house at the time. She said she saw the woman climb out a second-floor window onto a porch roof to avoid being attacked by the dog.

Fox affiliate WTOV reported that the pit bull was not registered with the city, despite an ordinance that requires all pit bulls in the city be registered.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.


So what say you ? Was the dog justified ? Should the Dog be put down ?

[Demonpenz]

Pit Bulls were ment to kill people. How people defend the dogs is beyond me. I guess it's the same people who sell out back to back linkin park shows,=,

[aturnis]

Originally Posted by kccrow

Jesus ****ing Christ... stupidity will run rampant with this one, especially for those stupid ****s that never owned a pit bull.

I'd tell ya why that pit bull killed, but it wouldn't sink in.

Anyone who thinks tigers are dangerous has obviously never owned a tiger.

[Reerun_KC]

We live in the country. Pit bulls have a short life expectancy if the get near my yard.

[Demonpenz]

Broken glass and hot dog meat....no more Pit Bull

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by Dicky McElephant

My friend fosters pit bulls and they're all awesome, loveable dogs. All breeds have bad apples.

You do understand that white trash/hood rats have bred these animals specifically for back yard fighting for decades, right?

Local shelters are full of them. Mostly puppies. Problem is you don't know the history of this shelter dog. You're trying to do a good thing and provide a quality home and don't know this a 3rd generation inbred dog mated with the most aggressive animals in the projects.

White trash around here has done this for years. Have a litter, find the most aggressive pup or two of the pack, drop the rest off at the pound or in the river. They'll then breed that with another aggressive/large pitt without checking to see if they're related or anything other than back yard tricks. Then another litter gets dumped in the Wal-Mart parking lot or sold for $5 a pup...

[KCUnited]

Dog must be white if it's still living.

[LoneWolf]

Originally Posted by Demonpenz

Broken glass and hot dog meat....no more Pit Bull

I'm not a fan of Pit Bulls, but you're a ****ing moron.

[Demonpenz]

I think my 2.6 gpa from Mo West speak volumes

[RealSNR]

Would rather own a pitbull than an ugly ass rat that people call "small dog breeds"

[Reerun_KC]

Originally Posted by SNR

Would rather own a pitbull than an ugly ass rat that people call "small dog breeds"

I stick to Aussie Sheppard's and Boarder Collies.

[KC native]

Oh, look. It's this thread again.

[Iowanian]

I know. It's like one of these loving family dogs kill someone every few weeks.

[stonedstooge]

Originally Posted by Demonpenz

I think my 2.6 gpa from Mo West speak volumes

[Jimmya]

Pitbulls get full of lead if they get near my yard. You can't own them in lots of cities unless you have all kinds of permits and big liability insurance.

[HonestChieffan]

I love these threads.