Man Kills Pit Bull Attacking His Dog

Florida Oakland Park  The man will not be cited. The incident is caught on tape by video surveillance
by Associated Press/ CBS News
Published: Sat, August 02, 2008 - 11:30 am CST
OAKLAND PARK, Fla. (AP) - An Fort Lauderdale-area man says he
shot a pit bull after it attacked his dog.
Authorities say the shooter, 49-year-old Anthony Dippolito, will
not be cited. They say the pit bull has been euthanized at the
owner's request.
Dippolito says he heard his 5-year-old mixed-breed boxer scream
"like a little baby" Friday morning as the pit bull latched onto
its neck in Oakland Park. He saw the pit bull's owner beating the
vicious dog.
Dippolito says he picked up a 10-pound satellite dish and hit
the pit bull several times, but the dog shrugged it off.
He says he then got his .45-caliber handgun and shot the pit
bull.
Dippolito says the dog's owner walked the pit bull home.
Animal control officials are investigating.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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I know for a fact that when a vicious dog latches on to another dog or for that fact a human they are not going to let go until they kill their prey.  Granted when you have to female dogs going at it and growling and snipping at each other then sometimes you can break them up with a waterhose but I have had the experience in the past with a violent dog that no matter what he was not giving up and the more we did to try and say the other, well let’s just say it pissed the attacker off more.  I applaude the dog owner, it is time that people of these dogs that are breed to be mean and to fight be put out of their misery if and when they attack an innocent child or another dog.

What gets me is the owner of the pitbull making his comment at the end of the video. He said “it could have turned out differently”...“they could have tried to use a water hose or something”... Is he serious? So, beating the dog with a satellite dish did nothing…what makes him think WATER is going to make the dog release his choke hold? In the meantime, the other mans dog is dieing as seconds pass. Hmm…lets try some peanut butter…no, that didn’t work…lets try shoe polish…no…that didn’t work…he’s not responding to egss either…oh well…we tried…your dog is dead anyway now. I am taking my pit bull and going home…have a nice day.

You can’t blame the man, I would have done the same thing! People should take better precautions when they own a animal that CAN BE extremely vicious!

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