Canadian couple brutally mauled by 2 dogs in their home

[webfact]

Fort St. John couple brutally mauled by 2 dogs in their home

Couple ravaged in bloody Christmas Day attack

FORT ST JOHN, B.C.: -- A man and a woman from Fort St. John, B.C., are in hospital with serious injuries after two dogs got into their home and attacked them and their pets inside on Christmas Day, say RCMP.

Robin Elgie, 66, was airlifted to a hospital in Edmonton, and his girlfriend, Wendy Lee Baker, 51, is recovering in a hospital in Fort St. John.

Kim Babcock, Elgie's longtime employer, said doctors in Edmonton hospital have performed four operations on Elgie to try to save his arms.

"[The dogs] just kept chewing on him, his left arm. There's basically nothing left of it," said Babcock.

"It looked like a chainsaw massacre had happened in that trailer, the blood was thick everywhere."

Full story: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/fort-st-john-couple-attacked-dogs-1.3385254?cmp=rss

-- CBCnews 2015-12-31

[trogers]

Do the attacking dogs have glowing eyes?

[craigt3365]

Pit bulls. Figures:

http://www.250news.com/2015/12/30/vicious-dog-attack-in-ft-st-john/

In the comments section.

[Usernames]

Yep. They were pit bulls. http://www.alaskahighwaynews.ca/fort-st-john/fort-st-john-man-in-positive-spirits-undergoing-multiple-surgeries-following-vicious-dog-attack-1.2141838

[Lampang2]

Waiting for the "no bad dogs just bad owners" BS rant.

[craigt3365]

Waiting for the "no bad dogs just bad owners" BS rant.

The dogs were left to roam around, so for sure the owners fault. As is normally the case with dogs like this. Very difficult dogs to deal with.

[Usernames]

It's one thing to be face to face with an angry shih tzu and quite another with a mean pit bull.

[OMGImInPattaya]

This is why I'm a cat person.

[steve654]

Waiting for the "no bad dogs just bad owners" BS rant.

Well............................... if you know anything about dogs, especially pit bulls, you would know that many thugs love pit bulls and train them to be extremely aggressive. Some people own pit bulls that are more gentle than a dove. Many dogs love to take on the personality of their owners as well. Every dog my cousins neighbor ever owned, and he has had many different breeds, all exhibited the same paranoid traits of himself. It's actually quite comical to behold.

Edited December 31, 2015 by steve654

[JetsetBkk]

<snip>

Some people own pit bulls that are more gentle than a dove.

<snip>

[Grouse]

Yep! Some seriously aggressive doves out there!

[oneday]

Once they find the owner they need to stick him or her in a cage with two other dogs just like these two that are now dead.

Or otherwise, fry the owner in some very appropriate way.

[Lampang2]

Yep! Some seriously aggressive doves out there!

Siegfried and Roy had a tiger that helped Roy into safety as he had a stroke during performance.

Albeit cutting some veins and nerves in the process.

Gentle as a dove if you ask the owners.

But I don't. I judge for myself.

[soc]

This is why I'm a cat person.

So am l.

Also found cats to be more intelligent than dogs.

Although Border Collies are quite smart.

[MockingJay]

Most disturbing to me about this story is the following sentence taken off the original article: "He said an officer shot and killed one dog, but the other managed to escape with serious injuries. It was later tracked down and "humanely put down."

Clearly shows how deteriorated and erratic our society is. Instead of using blunt force where it is needed, we "humanely put down" instead... When a country is attacked for shoddy reasons or even for blunt politician lies, we "humanely" look the other way...

Sick!

[Scott]

Off-topic post and reply removed.

[ALLSEEINGEYE]

dogs don't kill people, their teeth do!!!

Edited December 31, 2015 by ALLSEEINGEYE

[sanukjim]

A hell of a way to learn about Pitbulls. Keeping even one in your home is stupid,keeping two is idiotic.They deserve what they got..

[ebonykap]

I'm a dog lover....and a pitbull hater!

[Usernames]

A hell of a way to learn about Pitbulls. Keeping even one in your home is stupid,keeping two is idiotic.They deserve what they got..

The dogs INVADED their house.

[Scott]

An off-topic post has been removed. The incident happened in Canada.

[connda]

Most disturbing to me about this story is the following sentence taken off the original article: "He said an officer shot and killed one dog, but the other managed to escape with serious injuries. It was later tracked down and "humanely put down."

Clearly shows how deteriorated and erratic our society is. Instead of using blunt force where it is needed, we "humanely put down" instead... When a country is attacked for shoddy reasons or even for blunt politician lies, we "humanely" look the other way...

Sick!

The West lives in a PC society. Had the officer beat the dog to death with blunt force, the SPCA would have lodged a lawsuit against the RCMP and the officer, and probably would have won a case in court. This is a truly screwed up world.

Canadian wife: "Honey, we can't have a gun in the house. Someone may get hurt."

Funny how that plays out. The wrong individuals get hurt.

Edited December 31, 2015 by connda

[OMGImInPattaya]

A hell of a way to learn about Pitbulls. Keeping even one in your home is stupid,keeping two is idiotic.They deserve what they got..

The dogs INVADED their house.

Another solid reason for personal gun ownership. I'll have to remember this dog home-invasion incident in my anti-gun control posts.

[connda]

Waiting for the "no bad dogs just bad owners" BS rant.

There actually is an element of truth in that. Pitt Bulls have to have discipline and training, otherwise they are walking weapons. The average, untrained Golden Retriever isn't going to chew the neighbors to death if they get out of the gate. Slobber on you? Maybe. Maul you? Not. Pitt Bulls? Untrained they are dangerous. Trained, they can be good dogs. You just don't leave them alone. They need their pack leader around.

Edited December 31, 2015 by connda

[ggt]

• With its powerful jaws, thick skull and muscular legs the American Pit Bull Terrier (and related breeds) makes short work of children and adults it attacks often maiming them for life. The very name "pit bull" is used in our language to signify a singularly tenacious state of being.
• This breed is variously cited as being responsible for nearly a third of all fatal dog attacks in the United States, in part due to its tenacity in a fight. Pit bulls cause one-third of dog-bite related fatalities while only make up less than 2% of the dog population. Because of the deaths, maulings and serious injuries inflicted by Pit Bulls, many countries worldwide ban these dogs altogether or require licenses for ownership of them.

Personally, believe every Pit Bull owner should carry no less than a million dollar insurance on each dog to cover medical and funeral expenses of the victims...

http://www.dog-bite-law-center.com/pgs/stats.html

[Norvid 1950]

The nature creates through natural selection & evolution. Evolution of stars, evolution of planets, moons, solar systems, galactics and evolution of everything in the universe we know including us and all living things.

Maybe some specific things we should live alone and if not to a good standards, let it die the natural way?

[rapom]

My former neighbor was mauled, on the arms, hands and face by a dog, while she was babysitting, 2 preschool children. It was the families pet. She spent several days in the hospital and several months, before she regained back, full use of one arm and hand. The dog was a Cocker Spaniel. On the other side of the coin, my younger brother had one of those so-called killer pitbull dogs. It was probably the meanest looking dog, one would ever see. He was black with big scary yellow eyes. But he never growled or barked at strangers or other dogs. Didn't chase cars or kids on bicycles. Went everywhere with my brother. Loved to ride in the car. My brother would bring him to our parents home, when he visited. He would tell the dog to go see Grandma. My mom would be seated watching tv and he would climb on her lap and sit, all 70 pounds of him. This dog came into my brothers life, as a young stray. He was named "Lucky". My brother said he named him "Lucky" because the dog was lucky, he found my brother and would have a good home. "Lucky" was over 12 years old and over the last year, had slowly declined in health and got to point where he had lost his vision and could barely walk, then refused to eat. In September, my brother had a vet put "Lucky" to sleep and he buried him under a tree, on a friends farm. I am sure it was one of the hardest things, my brother ever had to do. "Lucky" had a good life with my brother. But, I think the lucky one was my brother.

[Dustdevil]

This is why I'm a cat person.

Me too. Grew up with them. Love them.

[starky]

• With its powerful jaws, thick skull and muscular legs the American Pit Bull Terrier (and related breeds) makes short work of children and adults it attacks often maiming them for life. The very name "pit bull" is used in our language to signify a singularly tenacious state of being.
• This breed is variously cited as being responsible for nearly a third of all fatal dog attacks in the United States, in part due to its tenacity in a fight. Pit bulls cause one-third of dog-bite related fatalities while only make up less than 2% of the dog population. Because of the deaths, maulings and serious injuries inflicted by Pit Bulls, many countries worldwide ban these dogs altogether or require licenses for ownership of them.

Personally, believe every Pit Bull owner should carry no less than a million dollar insurance on each dog to cover medical and funeral expenses of the victims...

http://www.dog-bite-law-center.com/pgs/stats.html

Yes easy to pull up stats, only problem is most people indicate a variety of dogs as pit bulls that aren't even close. Add to that the fact that a so called 'pit bull' attack will make the front page whereas a fatality attributed will be far in the back without the breed even being mentioned. Reality is the majority of dog breeds are capable and are responsible for incidents such as this. It all comes down to training and being correctly socialised.

The most recent study of the epidemiology of fatal dog bites in the United States was published in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association in 2013.^[7] While earlier studies were based on television and newspaper reports, this was the first study to be based on law-enforcement reports, animal control reports, and investigator statements. It identified preventable factors in the fatal incidents. They found that the most common contributing factors were: absence of an able-bodied person to intervene, no familiar relationship of victims with dogs, owner failure to neuter dogs, compromised ability of victims to interact appropriately with dogs (e.g. mental disabilities), dogs kept isolated from regular positive human interactions versus family dogs (e.g. dogs kept chained in backyards), owners’ prior mismanagement of dogs, and owners’ history of abuse or neglect of dogs. Furthermore, they found that in 80% of the incidents, 4 or more of the above factors co-occurred.

The authors found that in a significant number of DBRFs there was either a conflict between different media sources reporting breed and/or a conflict between media and animal control reports relative to the reporting of breed. For 401 dogs described in various media accounts of DBRFs, media sources reported conflicting breed attributions for 124 of the dogs (30.9%); and where there were media reports and an animal control report (346 dogs), there were conflicting breed attributions for 139 dogs (40.2%)

According to this study, reliable verification of the breed of dog was only possible in 18% of incidents.

[starky]

A Dose of Reality

1.) Since 1992, the breed most involved in fatal attacks has been the
Rottweiler, not the pit bull.

2.) Although there are no accurate or even near accurate census records
for dogs in the U.S., in some populations pit bulls are estimated to
comprise some 30-40% of the dog population, making it a very popular
breed. Considering that there were an estimated 53,000,000 dogs in the
U.S., and assuming that pit bulls make up 10% of that population, there
would be approximately 5.3 million pit bulls in our society. In 2000, 13 pit
bulls were involved in 8 fatal attacks. That is roughly ONE dog out of
204,000 - or .000385 percent of the pit bull population.

3.) Over the 37-year period from 1965-2001, pit bulls have been blamed
for an average of 2.48 human fatalities per year.

4.) About 40 people (children) per year die by drowning in 5-gallon water
pails. A person, during their lifetime, is 16 times more likely to drown in a
5-gallon water pail than to be killed by a pit bull.

5.) Approximately 50 children in the US are killed every year by their cribs
- 25 times the number of children and adults killed by pit bulls.

6.) Approximately 150 people are killed every year by falling coconuts.
Therefore, you are more than 60 TIMES MORE LIKELY to be killed by a
PALM TREE than a pit bull.

7.) Each year, 350 people drown in their bathtubs. You are 151 times
more likely to be killed by your bathtub than you are by a pit bull.

8.) It is estimated that about 500 deaths per year are caused by aspirin.
You are more than 200 times more likely to die from taking aspirin than
from a pit bull attack.

9.) Every year, more than 2,000 children in the U.S. are killed by their
parents or guardians either through abuse or neglect. A child is more
than 800 times more likely to be killed by their adult caretaker than by a
pit bull.

10.) It is estimated that 5,000,000 dogs per year are killed in shelters.
Since in many places pit bulls make up 30-50% of the shelter population,
and are less likely to be considered for placement than any other breed,
guessing that 25% of those dogs killed is a reasonable estimate.
Therefore, it can be assumed that perhaps 1.25 million pit bulls are killed
per year.

Therefore - it is at least a HALF MILLION TIMES MORE LIKELY that a pit
bull will be killed by a HUMAN than the other way around.

11.) For every pit bull who kills, there are hundreds of thousands that
DON'T.

---------