#338: Police Kill Attacking Pit Bull in Austin 10/23/08 | Austin, TX Summary: Austin police shot and killed an angry pit bull that mauled a woman, putting her in the hospital with serious injuries. Officers say shots were fired as a last resort. "She was mauled on her fingers, on her wrist, behind her legs...It was pretty gruesome," said Michael Garcia, neighbor. A separate report said the woman had been dogsitting the pit bull when it attacked an English bulldog. She was injur… [Read full blog post]

#330: Police Kill Dog Attacking Goats 10/16/08 | Anson, TX Summary: Back in September, a police officer shot a pit bull attacking a baby goat. Anson Police Chief Patrick Hawthorne said that before the incident the city had impounded three goats, one of which was a baby. They had also impounded a pit bull and put it in a separate location. But the pit bull escaped its pen and attacked the baby goat -- the leg was severed and the goat was bleeding profusely. The officer shot and killed… [Read full blog post]

#321: Man Attacked by Two Pit Bulls Shoots One 10/09/08 | Oildale, CA Summary: A man who shot a dog in Oildale was under attack at the time, according to the Kern County Sheriff's Office. Elmer Walker, 72, was walking on the 700 block of the north alley of Woodrow Avenue when two pit bulls pushed open a gate where they lived and attacked the man. Walker hit one of the dogs with a stick and shot the other dog with a .22 revolver he's permitted to carry. The gun fire caused the dogs the retre… [Read full blog post]