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Pit bull attack near 47th and Chester

April 4, 2011

This note has been passed around the neighborhoods by e-mail yesterday and today and we thought we should pass it along:

Neighbors,
Our dog was viciously mauled late this afternoon. The dog that attacked (a big, dark, brindle pit bull terrier) was tied up outside  Salt and Pepper at 47th and Chester, but broke its leash, raced across  the street and attacked our dog. As we wait to learn about the extent of his injuries from the good folks at PennVet, I wanted to warn everyone to be especially cautious, especially those with small children and animals. Thanks to the kindness of a few strangers the police have identified the owner. Please be careful.

4 Comments For This Post

  1. Steve Minicola Says:

    Thanks for helping me get the word out.

    As far as I know the dog is still with his owner. I went to the 18th District yesterday in an attempt to have the dog declared dangerous, but the community relations officer refused to believe that the dog was a menace. I was able to snap a couple of quick photographs of the dog and owner before rushing to PennVet on the day of the attack (available here – http://www.flickr.com/photos/sminicola/sets/72157626431017242/). If you have a strong stomach and live south of Baltimore I’d encourage you to take a quick look. It’s probably just a matter of time before this happens again.

    If anyone has dealt with a similar problem to this I’d be interested to hear from them. The city bureaucracy can be a little difficult to navigate at times.

    Best,
    Steve Minicola

  2. Adrian Says:

    Wow, now I’m kind of worried for my little dog’s safety. He extremely friendly and goes up to all dogs, too. We had a run-in with a stray once near the dog park on Chester but that dog was just trying to hump him, so I picked up my dog and ran off while someone held the stray.

  3. Jo Says:

    “Pennsylvania law defines a dangerous dog as one that has “attacked, inflicted severe injury to, or killed a human being or a domestic animal without provocation while off an owner’s property. A dog is also considered dangerous if it was involved in committing a crime.'” I found this on the website http://www.hillattorneys.com. They took it directly from the PA Dept of Agriculture website, which also states that all incidences involving dangerous dogs must be reported to the state dog warden, so clearly the 18th district doesn’t know the laws regarding dangerous dogs. There is a contact person and the relevant protocol on the website below. http://www.agriculture.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_2_24476_10297_0_43/http%3B/10.41.0.36/AgWebsite/ProgramDetail.aspx?name=Dangerous-Dogs&navid=12&parentnavid=0&palid=61&

  4. cathy Says:

    My dog and I were attacked by a pit bull on may 20th in south Philadelphia, My poor little( 14 lb) Sophie lost her eye in the attack! I was also bitten on the knee. My community relations officer also has no clue what to do!this is about the 5th dog this dog has attacked. I just found out 3 days later it got out again and went after a person. Tell the police they need to file a directive 74 animal control #4 harboring a dangerous animal, if the officer won’t go over his head and talk to there captain! I am still trying to do this and I won’t stop until that dog is gone! Good luck:)

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