Dog-fighting Pit Bulls, Children Found in Empty House in Toledo, Ohio
Unsupervised Children Found with Nearly a Dozen Pit Bulls
With the recent news of Atlanta Falcons QB Michael Vick, dog fighting and pit bulls are on the top of people's minds. The inhumane treatment of these animals along with their demise has been a sad look at this athlete and those involved. But it seems so far away-the multi-million dollar athlete does it, and he is an evil, get away with it type of character. But what about the others in your own neighborhoods? What if you found out that in the very city you live in, this goes on? What if it was even WORSE than what Michael Vick was doing? That is what I have recently learned here in my own area.
In the central city of downtown Toledo, Ohio there was a shocking discovery made today. A police officer, chasing a perpetrator through a central city/downtown neighborhood, was distracted by a teen sitting on a porch. Since school should be in, she inquired and found the house to have the front door ajar. The discovery she made was shocking. In this house, the officer found nearly a dozen viscous pit bulls. These dogs, some chained with large, heavy chains wrapped around their neck, were loose and locked in various areas of the home. Each dog was reported to have scars on their bodies and faces. There was also an installed fighting pit in the home for the dogs. But this was not the most shocking revelation. That came in the discovery of 5 young children also in the home.
Inside the home, there were 4 siblings and another child. The age range of these unattended little children is between 2 months old and 9 years old. The mother arrived shortly after, and was arrested. The police also made another shocking discovery-a loaded shotgun in the room next to the children, out in the open. This news has left many in my community shocked and disgusted about the events that unfolded today.
"I can't believe this happened here-I can't believe the potential there was for a lot of real bad things to happen. It makes me very sad, and I really feel for those children...", this is a quote from a local resident who wishes to remain unidentified. The events that unfolded this morning in central downtown Toledo, Ohio has left many of us with a feeling of disbelief and disgust. The whole "this couldn't happen around here" idea that we are left with after the allegations against Michael Vick tend to disappear, and are replaced by a feeling of "this CANNOT happen around here anymore."
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21 Comments
Post a Commentgoes to show you that if you raise a dog to be mean they will be mean. if you raise a kid to be mean they will be mean. stupid people that are mean to animals , children, or eldry people, should be charged finds and put in jail. THESE DOGS ARE NOT VICIOUS! it is the spudid people that have them and treat them mean, I love my pit she is a big baby,
Labelling them as "vicious pit bulls" when they had clearly not been vicious to the many children around them is part of the problem!
NO, this isn't a safe way to keep dogs and kids (any kind of dogs) together. NO, I think putting a fighting dog together with kids is a bad idea. BUT even fighting dogs (perhaps more so dogs someone's tried to breed to attack people) are not necessarily aggressive to people. Fighting other dogs is not vicious, its just what they were made to do FOR human entertainment BY the humans who couldn't understand how wonderful these dogs can without being fought. THEY ARE NOT VICIOUS.
Pit bulls are good dogs if a good person has one in there home. I have one and she is the best dog she loves the kids and is very gentle with them its not the breed thats bad its the stupid people that train them that way! Yes they are more energetic and its best to train them young but in the right home with the right people they are just as good as a golden retriever. Which by the way can be trained to fight just as easy as any other dog breed!!!!
Drives home the point that people who fight and/or abuse animals have no place in society and we must start seriously cracking down on animal fighting. Everyone suffers because of them .. dogs, children, spouses, neighbors.
pitbull are not nice to people they are dangerous dogs
to have a around wit
Thanks for sharing. This is so terrible, I hope the parents or parent get what they deserve.
Great article! So sad for those children! I cannot believe a loaded gun was within their reach, either. Crazy!
Great article on a shocking theme.
It's going on around you!
And the only way to stop it is to report these situations, to the authorities and the media.
This has been going on for years. All the publicity now because of Michael Vick. What I don't like is that the pitbulls pay for this as being labeled aggressive or violent dogs by the media and other uninformed people.
It's been time to put an end to dog fighting and mislabeling pitbulls as vicious animals. They are mostly vicious because of what is done to them by those involved in dog fighting.