One Dog Killed, One Captured After Attacking Edgemere Owner
The dogs were on the loose in the Edgemere-Fort Howard communities Friday after seriously injuring an Edgemere woman.
Baltimore County police officers shot and killed one pit bull and captured another Friday evening after at least one of the dogs attacked the animals' owner earlier in the day. At about 2:40 p.m. Feb. 22, police responded to the 7600 block of North Point Road in Edgemere for a report of an injured person, according to a statement from spokesman Officer Shawn Vinson. Police determined the injured woman was attacked by at least one of her pet pit bull dogs. She suffered serious injuries and was taken to Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center for treatment. Both dogs ran off after the attack. Police officials alerted neighbors in the area of the possible danger of the two dogs—one white, the other brown—running loose in the Edgemere-Fort …
michael mooney
12:57 pm on Monday, March 4, 2013
There is nothing inherently dangerous about the breed. What IS dangerous is that any time one of them is involved in a bite incident it is worthy of national news coverage. One of the breeds that most commonly sends people to the ER is the Chihuahua but you never hear of this in the news (it is not sensational enough). How about a survey of every ER bite that involves something OTHER than a Pit. … more ›