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Tuesday, February 17, 2009


Woman Kicked in Face by Horse After Pit Bull Attacks

"Responsible" Advice?
UPDATE 02/17/09: Three days after this incident, it appears the pit bull owner joined PitBullForum.com. User "wi_pitbull_lover" describes the attack and says that the dog will likely be put down, "We love him to death but can't take any chances." Immediately following, members of the forum -- AKA "responsible" pit bull owners -- encourage her not to euthanize the dog. This advice, coming from "responsible" pit bull owners ought to enrage horse owners.
(user: laurieellis27) "you really shouldn't put a dog down because his instinctual nature kicked in. Pitbulls should not be left or any dogs for that matter to roam freely and get into trouble. I don't even believe that you would consider putting your dog down because he was left unattended and decided to get down with a horse..."

(user: sueb) "Please don't put your dog down just because you weren't supervising it well enough! I don't mean for that to sound like a personal attack - it's not intended as one. Pit bulls require more work and vigilance than a lot of other breeds. Some people on this forum have to crate and rotate their dogs because they would fight if left together unsupervised..."
(In case the thread is removed, a copy resides at the DogsBite.org Scrib page).

02/15/09: Animal-Aggression = Human Injury
Lavalle, WI - As stated on many occasions at DogsBite.org, animal-aggressive pit bulls are unsafe. Animal-aggression nearly always leads to human injury. Owners of pets and livestock love their animals. Few will stand by and watch their animal get killed by a pit bull. What often goes unmentioned in these attacks is the injury suffered by the owner that intervened. As this case shows, horse owners also suffer the serious repercussions of an attacked animal.
"Sauk County authorities say a pit bull attacked a horse, which reacted by kicking a woman in the face. Deputies say 55-year-old Louanne Okapal was putting a saddle on the horse Saturday morning when the dog attacked. The sheriff's department says the horse kicked Okapal, causing "severe facial injuries."

A responding deputy found the dog "hanging from the horse's face." The deputy fired bean-bag rounds at the dog but it refused to let go. Then the deputy fired his gun once at the dog, which finally released its grip. Sauk County Animal Control took the dog to a veterinarian for treatment. A second veterinarian treated the horse at the scene."
Related articles:
12/03/08: Pit Bulls Kill One Horse, Severely Injure Another in Las Vegas
11/22/08: Pit Bulls Kill Three horses; Maim One in Willits, California
11/17/08: Flashback: Quarterhorse Zack, Killed by Attacking Pit Bulls

See all: Horse Attacks by Pit Bulls

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7 comments:

Anonymous Anonymous  |  2/15/2009 2:37 AM  |  Flag  
Classic Bull Baiting gene expression...Let me guess, the pit owner is stunned?!

Anonymous Anonymous  |  2/15/2009 8:38 AM  |  Flag  
Why are they treating the pit? Just put it down and stop wasting money!

Anonymous Anonymous  |  2/15/2009 10:48 AM  |  Flag  
They need to treat the pit bull so that it can attack again, and at little to no cost to its owner.

A responding deputy found the dog "hanging from the horse's face."

Anonymous Anonymous  |  2/15/2009 11:08 AM  |  Flag  
This is a perfect example as to why some pit bull owners say that pit bulls can be herding dogs. Every one knows a good herding dog should be able to hang from the face of livestock.

(Sarcasm: Off)

It drives me crazy when people say, "Pit bulls don't belong in the city," as if they belong in the country?! Pit bulls don't belong ANYWHERE. Dog fighting is illegal. There's nothing a pit can do that another breed can't do better, except kill and injure innocent people and other animals. (And if I were judging, they'd win the 'Ugly Dog' category, every time. There's no getting around the fact that to most people, that's one ugly dog.)

Anonymous Anonymous  |  2/15/2009 4:46 PM  |  Flag  
Are horse people going nuts over these pit bull attacks?

I seem to read about them all the time

Anonymous bluesmom  |  2/16/2009 8:44 PM  |  Flag  
To the above anonymous poster... YES we are going nuts about pit bull attacks on horses!

Anonymous Jimmy O  |  2/26/2009 10:41 PM  |  Flag  
"Me and my fiance have two dogs. One is a 3 year old male pit bull purebred, brindle. The other is a 3 year old famale pit bull/boxer mix, brown and black.
The male might be humanely put down due to attacking a horse on Saturday. We love him to death but can't take any chances.
The female will hopefully be with us forever!"

The female will probably be with them forever because she is NOT a purebred pit bull! She doesn't have quite the same desire to kill other animals.

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