4-Year-Old Brooklyn Boy Killed In Dog Attack

May 28, 2011 11:57 PM

A 4-year-old boy was killed by a dog in his family’s Brooklyn apartment (credit: CBS 2)

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BROOKLYN, NY (CBSNewYork) – A 4-year-old boy is dead after being attacked by a Cane Corso mastiff in his family’s Brooklyn apartment.

It happened late Thursday night in the first floor apartment of a building on Pacific Street. Police say the dog bit 4-year-old Jayelin Graham multiple times on his head, neck and stomach.

1010 WINS’ Glenn Schuck reports: Neighbors Say Attack Was Tragedy Waiting To Happen

Neighbors say the mastiff was in a cage, but often left alone with children.

“The dog was over by the cage, he was outside. There was another dog in the cage. The baby was lying on the floor with his head, like this, like this and the whole neck,” said Shirley Barnes, who witnessed the attack.

The boy was rushed to Brookdale Hospital, where he later died.

“He was a kid, he was a little kid,” Jayelin’s godmother, Ashley Della Cruz, said. “All he wanted to to was play. He just wanted to play with the kids on the block.

“He was no trouble at all, not at all – he was a good kid,” she added. “It’s not fair, it really isn’t.”

Police sedated and removed the dog after the attack. They also removed a second dog, a German Shepherd, from the home.

“It was very hard for people to control them – they were dangerous dogs,” Della Cruz said.

Officials say the German Shepherd was not involved in the attack, but was still taken to the headquarters of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals along with the Cane Corso mastiff.

pit bull 4 Year Old Brooklyn Boy Killed In Dog Attack

Police sedated and removed the Cane Corso mastiff after an attack on a 4-year-old Brooklyn boy, May 27, 2011 (credit: CBS 2)

Neighbors say they tried to help the little boy.

“We had a gentleman on the block who helped get the child out,” said Stacy Barnes, who witnessed attack.

The boy’s two brothers, ages two and five, were not hurt in the attack.

Police say conditions inside the home were not good. They said they found animal feces and urine inside.

Officers arriving at the building encountered a chaotic scene and ended up arresting a handful of people for allegedly trying to incite a riot.

The ASPCA will decide what will be done with the dog that mauled the little boy. Police are questioning his mother and say she could face criminal charges.

Some neighbors say the mother often left Jayelin and his young siblings alone with the dog and other animals and needs to be held accountible for the attack.

The superintendent in the building said the dog belonged to a man who lived with the boy’s mother.

What do you think? Sound off below in our comments section.

4 Year Old Brooklyn Boy Killed In Dog Attack

Richie

How can these people on public assistance adequately provide for three children and two dogs ?

Neglect is the order of the day !

reinventingirvington

Who ever said they were on public assistance? Where do you people come from with your wild accusations. Was shes neglectful ? Yes! Was it stupid to leave a child unattended with a dog? Yes! Should she be held responsible? absoulutely! Whether mom is on public assistance or not is irrelevant.
Jim

I too was looking for the public assistance part but did not find it, an assumption was made as with many other bigoted comments.

I believe the issue here is concerning these types of dogs , pit bulls, yes I know the counter argument is that type of dog is not bad it’s the abuse. Part of the problem with that is of all the dogs that are abused why is it that the pit bull is the one more likely to lash out?

Lindsay Dugan

Jim, this dog wasn’t a pit bull. A Cane Corso is a completely different breed. About twice the size and bred for guarding, if I am not mistaken. CBS NY reported it as a pit bull because they knew people like to read about pit bull attacks. Get the most bang for your buck, lure in those readers with catch phrases rather than ethical reporting.

Jeff

too many animals in this small space overwhelmed the dog that bit the boy. the mom contributed by knowing this may happen. she was unprepared for the obvious.

she didn’t have dog handler gloves, or something to break-up disagreements of the dogs.

take the kids away, and charge her.
Patrick

Let’s clarify some things. PEOPLE are the problem–not the Pit Bulls. By nature, Pit Bulls are friendly, non-aggressive animals. A Pit Bull should NEVER be people aggressive. They are extremely loyal and loving dogs. When a Pit Bull shows aggression toward another animal, or heaven forbid–a human, that Pit Bull was taught that aggression or was wired wrong from the start. The same way any other breed of dog or animal or human can be. And yes, they are dangerous. Either way, it’s not their fault. Dogs can be, and are, as much a product of their environment as any human. I watched the NYPD released footage of the Pit Bull puppy getting slammed into elevator walls, kicked and beaten with his own leash. I watched him cower on the floor in horror and my heart breaks that there are people out there that think it’s okay because it’s only a Pit Bull. Or worse yet, should he make it through this ordeal and come out adopted and then start showing signs of aggression as a result of what he has been through, that he would likely end up being put to sleep. No animal on the planet deserves to be treated this way.
April

http://hawaiiantigerlily.blogspot.com/2011/05/pit-bulls.html

Patrick

Thank You

April

You’re welcome. And thank you. I don’t know about you, but as far as I’m concerned accountability is our #1 problem. It is is not the bank’s fault that you overdrafted your account, it’s not the credit card company’s problem that you overextended yourself, it’s not McDonald’s freakin’ fault that you’re fat and it SURE AS HELL isn’t that dog’s or those childrens’ fault that they were made to live in feces and urine. People need to look in the mirror.

April

This is precisely what I stayed up until 4 this morning ranting about. Let’s not blame the POS mother who is not taking care of her children, pets or household. Really? We’re going to blame the dog in this scenario? Unbelievable. It is ALWAYS someone or something else’s fault. The dog did not bogart his way into these childrens’ safe home and kill. Children are children and even the best children antagonize, provoke and injure animals. THEY ARE ANIMALS AND ARE GOING TO REACT AS THEY FEEL NECESSARY AND THEY ARE CHILDREN, DON’T KNOW ANY BETTER AND SHOULD BE SUPERVISED. As sad as this story is, the mother and baby-daddy, boyfriend, booty-call–whatever he is–should be held responsible and punished. All living and breathing things should be removed from their care immediately and indefinitely.

Lou

April, it WAS THE PIT BULL THAT KILLED THE KID!!! The mother(?)DID NOT KILL THE KID!! Regardless of the reason as to why the DOG KILLED THE KID, the fact remains THAT THE DIG KILLED THE KID!!

April

Lou, sweetie, I understand that but there would have been NO DOG if not for the mother/boyfriend. The dog did not let himself in the apartment to sit unattended with a child. The situation was created by and only possible via the mother’s negligence.
Patrick

Lou, this could have been the result of any dog in this type of living conditions. This just happened to be a pit bull. It is not your typical “piy bull attack” you people are making it out to be. The are naturally gental animals that man as polluted and exploited long enough to give them a bad name. To me it sound those of you whom are simply seeing the words “PIT BULL” are failing to see the neglect of the mom and bf……. a woman in Colorado is sentenced to 10 yrs for being on face book while her son drowns in a tub. A pit bull attacks and kills a 4 yr old while home alone from what I have gathered. Tell me how is it not neglect in this case. You don’t leave a pit bull to baby sit, you don’t leave a dog in a cage 23/7, you don’t allow the dog or kids to live in conditions of feeces and urine. You don”t starve them and neglect them without consequences. While these are extremely unfortunate consequences, it is the result of poor parenting. The mom should be put away and never aloud to have her kids.

Put your self in this situation…. Your caged in your own feeces and urine. The weak guard opens the gate… What do you do…… Kill and run……. are we diffrent?????? No survival is the most primitive instint of any spieces. The dog was just as much a victim as the boy. Victims of the mothers and bf’s neglectful selfish ways.

DanTe

Oh yes. Let’s blame everything and anything but the stupid humans who make the stupid decisions. But than that’s what you stupids are good at: Blaming others.

Here’s a hint. You want to solve all these problems caused by everything BUT you? Try dying off. Preferably before you had spawned and further contaminated the gene pool with the stupid gene.
Paul

Almost as sad as this story is the fact that most who send in comments
cannot at all express themselves well in writing. Poor spelling,misnomers,
and syntactical gaffes are the order of the day. And I have no doubt that
most,if not all, are university graduates.

Janet Bresler

Hay ever1 gots a write to an opinion no mater hwo well they talk or right. This is the us of A

Adeyinka O mcadewunmi

This is the kind of tragedy can could have been prevented.How much more of these will be allowed before these ferocious dogs are permanently banned?

Patrick

Oh here we go. You people kill me with this “ban them” take on pitbulls. give it up. It was Mastifs that killed that lady years ago in the apartment building hall way. People cause pits to attac. They get them to be “cool” and make them that way by being irresponsible. So get over it.

April

Read something sweetie, and I mean besides the stories of the ridiculously sensational and unreliable media. OR, continue being the sheep they want you to be. Your choice.
Janet Bresler

Patrick they were the Cane Corso that killed the jogger in her apartment. Unless they are called Matiffs too. I think in SF. I think they went to jail as they should have. It was the first time I ever heard of the breed. They are a really finicky breed. and really big .
Rodin

Janet, Canne Corsi are a breed of Mastiff.

Paula

I prefer to banned the bad people who put the dogs to fight and kill …I grow up with big dogs ,,,,I have big dogs ..a rottie and a pitbull ..and I use to leave in mine country with big dogs ..my baby she was around big dogs ..and nothing happend ..and U now way ?because I din t traind teh dogs to fiight ,they stay orever they whant ….maybe that man ..he did in purspose to kill the boy because he was not his ..and he was gelos ..

Elizabeth

The neighbors should of called ACS or the police because the neighbors knew that the mother was leaving the children alone with the pit bill. This was an accident waiting to happen. This boy could still be alive if someone would of done something. The person who witnessed the attack should also be held responsible because that person did not do anything to stop the attack. The mother should not get the other two children back.

Jake

Lizzy, you are TOO much!
Janet Bresler

Agree Elizabeth. It is accountability as a society that they should have been reported. The dog would have been removed and maybe placed in rescue and the kids would have been safe. I dont agree about the witnesses . They may have been why all the kids didnt get bit. They may have been there trying to help. The mother and her shack up are the ones that are liable. and should be held accountable. Dogs not properly trained cannot be allowed to kill either. They will kill again if not rehabilitated. Look at Vicks dogs and all that went in to save them. Do we have the resources and the people to rescue and rehabilitate all these dangerous dogs? I not then what to do with these dogs as a society that has to protect the populace. We are going on the premise that WE DO NOT HAVE THE PEOPLE or RESOURCES. What is the answer?

Rodin

All the Michael Vick Dogs rescued have been successfully rehabilitated and most have found homes thanks to Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Utah. They’re referred to as the VICKtory Dogs. There’s even a Vicktory Dogs Wine Collection, 22 labels, each named after one of the Dogs.

http://www.dogloverswineclub.com/vicktorydogs

Patrick

Here we go! The haters are gonna have a field day with this one. This is far from the dogs fault. I agree that the parents should be put down and not the dog. An apartment with 3 kids under 5, 2 large dogs, covered in feeces, urine and confined to cages. This is rediculous. I have a pitbull that sits at 87 lbs and she would not hurt a flee. Kids come over and puch and pull and hang on her and she just stands and takes it with maybe a little licking, lol. She is a lover. The only time she would be aggresive is if you mess with her “dad”. This is a clear cut case of people not knowing how to raise a dog like this. I also agree that people are ignorant to the identifying of dogs. I have a 94 lb boxer that most think is a pitbull. He has a head the size of a jeep, lol. Either way Those of you who cry Pits need to be out lawed need to be educated before you make that vote.
Mrz.Jas

Alot of yall need to get educated on Pit-Bulls. You need to consider the fact that alot of people raise them to be aggressive…they are not “NATURALLY” aggressive dogs. You ALSO need to look at the fact that MOST pits are mixed breeds…for them to say “the dog belongs to A MAN that lived with the boys mom..” it wasnt a family dog. THEREFORE you have a dog that is left with kids, in trifflin conditions, and probably hvent been updated on shots. I have had 3 pits and they were raised as FAMILY DOGS. they arent hunting dogs…they are what you make them. and im a PROUD owner of pits that are raised the RIGHT way and WELL taken care of. My heart goes out to the family, but the mothers neglegance killed her child.

Patrick

I agree with you fully. Thank You. I love my dogs and they have been raised with care and love. They are well taken care of and they are loving gental dogs that love kids, babies and anyone else who doesn’t mess with thier dad. It exceptable fot them to be protectors but you hit the nail oon the head when you said it is the mom that caused this death.

Sheela Na Gig

all the pit bull pushers same old canned talking points come out:

1. show me the face because police, owners, AC, paramedics and experts can’t tell a pit bull by looking at it…BUT I CAN so show me the face. lololol

2. the dog wasn’t treated well so that’s why it killed. Then why aren’t all those abused beagles and greyhounds topping the killer list as well? huh?

Make all the exuses you want for your ugly dogs. Everyone but pit bull owners knows pit bulls are extraordinarily dangerous and therefore need to be regulated.

Daniel Mey

Actually, working as a veterinary technician for over 15 years, I can tell you most pit bulls are very friendly–the Shar Pei is by far the most evil dog on the planet. Chows, chihuahuas, and many other breeds are much more aggressive–Pit bulls don’t even make the list of the 10 most likely dogs to bite (unless they get modified to intentionally put pit bulls on them–it happens). Pit bulls just unfortunately have such powerful jaws that they are like the “airplane crashes” of the dog world–usually quite safe, but when it goes bad, it can go real bad.

Barclayhan

Daniel mey – While your comment as, I think, to support pits, as a vet tech you should know that your comment about the “powerful jaws” of this breed is inaccurate. They have no more power in their jaws than most other dogs.
Barclayhan

Daniel mey – While your comment was, I think, intended to support pits, as a vet tech you should know that your comment about the “powerful jaws” of this breed is inaccurate. They have no more power in their jaws than most other dogs.

Mrz.Jas

‘Everyone but pit bull owners knows pit bulls are extraordinarily dangerous and therefore need to be regulated” <=== you'll never know until you raise one. I ve never been attacked by a pit. Buti wish i could say that i wasnt attacked by a German Shepard..they are who you make em. you raise em aggressive and as fighters, the will become a menace to society!
Patrick

Well cared for and loved and taken care of is inclusive to your “regulated”. I am glad to hear your sooooooo good at identifying pits cause noone else is capable. I hope you break a bone when you fall off your soap box. They are not “extremely dangerous” and people like you turn a blind I to other breeds being in the new for attacks. I recently saw a story where 2 ST. Bernards attacked a pizza man as he walked up the sidewalk. This wasn’t the first itme they had done this either. The owner neglected to take proper precautions knowing his dogs were aggresive. So shut up

RG

Patrick, You know what You’re talking about and I totally agree with all You have written. people blame everything on Pits,If they only knew what big mushes they really are!!

Clay Hund

Didn’t I see you posting on another pit bull article a week or so ago, and that story reported it was a pit bull, but it was an American Bulldog? Typical bashers posting on pit bull articles in a poor attempt to misinform ignorant people.

Guess what, the dog that killed this child wasn’t not a pit bull. It was a Cane Corso. You must be one of those dogsbite.org members that is targeting pit bulls and spreading around foalse info. Seriously, gat a life, because every breed that is vilified at any point in time is always the breed of choice for thugs. Before thugs use them, and after they use them, all of the breeds are deemed excellent. German Shepherds, Dobermans, Rotts, Pit Bull, and next Cane Corsos. It’s a shame there are idiots out there like you that surf the internet for pit bull article to spread your fear.

Garth

Pit Bulls are not dogs you have around children at any time. The breed snaps easily and quickly at the drop of a hat. These dogs are aggressive hunting animals, and should not be allowed in populated cities or suburbs at all. And the parents of this poor child should be arrested as well, for child obuse and neglect. You either have children, and tned to their needs, or you raise hunting dogs. You can;t be both, and think that as you are off frittering around somewhere that nothing bad will happen. What morons………..

RG

Garth,You’re a misinformed and paranoid. They are not hunting dogs.Look at the conditions that the child and the dogs lived in.They are not aggressive,they have determination which must be guided.I have had them all My life– They have watched over My Sister and My Daughter and never had a problem nor any doubt their behavior.

Tom

Every single time, in the news, that someone is killed by a dog… it’s a pit bull. It’s time we put them all down and extinct the breed. They have no practical evolutionary purpose and should be eliminated.
Patrick

TOM it is funny you mention the extermination of a breed. I was just thinking that the breed of stupid people that fail to understand that it is the way the dog are raised should be exterminated. THAT WOULD BE YOUR KIND. Incase you weere too ignorant to get that too
Paula

RG ..U R right !I have a pitbull which I found him when he was 8 months ..now he is 11 yeras old ..and I have a rottie ..I gow up with big dogs ..and YES I use to live my baby with big dogs around her because nothing will ever happend ..i din treat them bad ..now she is over 20 yeras old ..
I love big dogs ..but what I don t undesrdent why they keep them in cageess?

Patrick

YOUR A MORON
piekat

Tom – You have made a simple, yet important point – That you, yourself have no practical evolutionary purpose. Thank you for the keen insight. Please continue to share as it is comments like yours that help us all to understand why our world is in such a mess.

denise

Why is there no mention of the fact that neither the mother nor the owner of the dog were not even home? They left the child unattended
badman

CBS, would you publish a headline that said, “4-year old boy killed by black man”? your headline screaming about pit bulls is BS. You don’t even know for sure that this dog is a pit bull. You probably don’t even know for sure what a pit bull is.

this is not a legitimate news site. it’s a pandering, sensationalist POS.
Debbie k

I believe that pit bulls should not be allowed to b purchased in NY. There are too many turning on their owners or children. Anyone who lives inside that residence should at least b charged with endangering the welfare of a child
JumptheMoon

Dear news media, please stop calling mistreated, neglected, unsocialized dogs “pets.” Pets do not live in their own waste. Pets are not isolated in crates 23/7. Pets live in clean apartments with caring owners who give them veterinary care, neuter them, train them, and socialize them. Pets are part of a family, which is why an attack by a true pet dog is an extremely rare occurrence. These dogs were not pets. The parent might as well have left the baby in an alley with a couple of stray dogs. The outcome would have been the same.

This article’s first sentence is an insult to the poor boy. Four-year-olds are not responsible for anything, much less an animal; this dog was certainly not “HIS pet.” The parents / owners were responsible for this dog–and for that matter, they clearly were not being responsible. But your article has inadvertently put the blame on the boy by implying that it was his dog. Your first sentence should have read “…after being attacked by a dog that his parents were keeping in the apartment.” Place the responsibility where it truly lies: on the neglectful owners of those dogs.

badman

great post, jumpthemoon. This article is sensationalist garbage.The focus should not be on the dog, but on the owner of this dog. The words “pit bull” in the headline are opportunistic and sensationalist – I haven’t believed it until now, but this local CBS news site is complete garbage.

CBS, fire the editor responsible for this story. I will no longer read this web site for news.

RG

I agree,Great Post.The blame should be on the owners
Patrick

I fully agree. Thank you for your post. I have a 87 lb pitbull and a 94 lb boxer most thin is a pit. They are pets. I love them. fix them, care for them, take them to the vet, feed them, walk them 2 miles aday (no matter the weather living in Indiana) socialize them. The whol gammet. People love thm. Even the sceptics. Funny question here. If sceptics ever found out the truth what would they do?……. What would the pit haters complain about then? They are just ignorant. I feel sorry for them. They are actually just like racists.

Jerome

Why does that matter?

James

brown

iggy

you live in an APARTMENT. you have three kids under 5 and a pit bull AND a german shepard? this is child neglect and animal cruelty all in one.
Barre Flynn

The poor child, what a horrible way for a child to day. And it is so unnecessary.
marcia smith

AGAIN these dogs are not handeled right and tragedy occurs.these are a type of catch dog that is what they do I love them and all animals but you can necer not supervise any animal around a child
joeD

Don”t blame the dog – PUT THE PARENTS TO SLEEP – their the animals!
LEONARDO

ANOTHER CASE OF IRRESPONSIBLE PEOPLE. PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT HAVING A DOG DOESN’T COME WITH RESPONSIBILITIES. NOW ANOTHER INNOCENT HUMAN BEING IS DEAD. THE DOG WILL SURELY BE KILLED. DOG BEHAVES IN A MANNER THE OWNER RAISED THEM. I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. JUST PUT THE OWNERS IN JAIL AND DON’T LET THEM OUT TO USE THE BATHROOM TO RELIEVE THEMSELVES. LET THEM SLLEP WITH FECES AND URINE AROIUND THEM.

iggy

cap lock
PAULKA

YES U R RIGHT! ..this is because people ..U don t keep a dog in cages 24/7 ,this is abuse …I fill so sorry for the dogs …I will like to have them to prove they R wrong …they keep a lot of dogs in cages ..they say ..O ..I love dogs …

Scott

Is there a picture of the dog’s face? How do these cops and reporters know that it’s a pitbull when most experts can’t even tell by looks alone?
ExplorerFl

Three kids, two dogs, all living in three rooms in a Brooklyn apartment. No mention of mom or dad? Who is “Shirley Barnes” who witnessed the attack? The Daily News must be hiring from those outcome-based New York schools these days. Sad story by a relic of what used to be a good newspaper.
Rodin

“I don’t know what it is going to take for our lawmakers to do something about dangerous dogs. There needs to be legislation….” There is.

There should be legislation to protect Dogs from abusive, ignorant owners.
Rodin

“Dog owners need to be held to higher standards of responsibility in the handling of their dogs….”

100% in agreement! Read my comment below. What part of it do you not understand?

BTW, all those laws you are clamoring for ARE IN EFFECT. How about enforcing them?
Rodin

“Dangerous Dogs?” Irresponsible owners!

INFORM YOURSELF BEFORE YOU BLATHER:

CANNE CORSO -

The Cane Corso Mastiff is believed to have descended from the old Roman war dogs , Canis Pugnax.

The Cane Corso is a catch dog used with cattle and swine, and also in wild boar hunts. It is also used by night watchmen, keepers, and, in the past, by carters as a drover. In the more distant past this breed was common all over Italy

Cane Corsi are easy to obedience train, have a willingness to please, and form a close attachment with their primary owner. As puppies, a Corso must have strong leadership and training, and although they easily learn the basic commands, any owner understands that the difficult part is controlling and moulding the Corso’s strong protective instinct. Powerful and imposing, a Cane Corso is highly suspicious of strangers, and for this reason aggression should never be encouraged. Because of their need to keep the status quo, a Corso often dislikes new things, animals, and people, so the owner must be careful when introducing the dog to new places and people. Cane Corsi tend to be a quiet breed, though they will bark at anything they are unsure of, but for the most part, they like nothing better than staying next to their owner all the time.[3]

A true Corso should be indifferent when approached and should only react when a real threat is present. Of course, socialization is the key to controlling the dog’s natural protective instincts, because a Corso will find anything threatening if not properly socialized as a puppy. If socialized properly as a puppy, a Cane Corso can get along with other dogs and people.
badman

Len, you’re an idiot
Don

REALLY?? Why everybody makes comments about the dogs and NOT about the idiot who trained them to be aggressive and kill? That idiot should go to jail for both: murder and animal cruelity. He abused the dogs and trained them to bite and fight and what happened is was just a question of time. I am sorry for the innocent victim but the tragedy could be prevented. The truth is that this is the society we are all living in, nothing we can do about, just watch for yourself and your loved ones. There is always going to be bad people until the end of this world. I am sad for those dogs too, they had a bad karma too, ended up in the hands of a criminal who never loved them and now thy have to pay with thier lives.
xtina

So…if one fills out a piece of paper and pays a registration fee, there won’t be any more dog attacks? How, exactly, would that work? What magic is contained wthin a registration process that eliminates the danger you see inherent in owning any particular breed of dog?

And which dogs are going to be subject to this exercise in futility? There are precious few breeds that are dangerous simply by virtue of being what they are. Dangerous dogs are created, not born. And those dogs (primarily pit bulls) who are judged to be dangerous are often the ones least likely to bite anyone. At my son’s clinic, 50 percent of his canine clientele are pit bulls; 50 percent is made up of all the other breeds. In five years, he has yet to be bitten by a pit. He does get bitten fairly regularly — occupational hazard — but it’s always by one of the breeds I suspect wuld be exempt from your Some-Of-These-Dogs registration requirements. Legislation is not the answer. Education is. And in the case of this little boy, I’m guessing that responsible parenting might have helped, too.
Janet Bresler

You got it Len, get the owners for murder and fine them and send them to jail for what their “pets” do. Take the owners and put them in cages or sentence them to death like they do the dogs. I bet people would QUICKLY learn to do right by training their dogs and properly handle them. The dogs will live better lives. the owners will be happy and no one is killed by dogs. Hold owners accountable is the answer. Hold that lousey mother accountable for the murder of her child. She actually put her kids in danger.
badman

and rodin, you are a fine human being
Janet Bresler

I agree. The parents are negligent. They didnt care about the kids or they would not have been neglected them.. They dont. Cane Corsos are not a family dog. They are to big and powerful to be around small kids like that. They could hurt them and not mean too. What a sad situation. I hope the mother loses all the kids and they go to a home that cares.
Chris Morrison

I truly believe everything that you have written, you sound like a very responsible & informed person who loves animals….BAD people make BAD animals, if you treat an animal with the love & respect they deserve, they will be a loyal, loving part of your family!!!
Rodin

Thank you, Chris. I try to inform but, unfortunately, this is not the most appropriate or accepting forum.

Go to SCOOP & HOWL, my biweekly newsletter at:
http://www.from-the-doghouse.com/Scoop_and_Howl.html
Paula

Hi
I am really sorry …I speak better they wright ..I am sorry fot this ..I respect SUA ..and when I came in this country I din t speak a word ..but ..they R people here more then me they can no -t speak or writh not even like ..me …and they abuse the sistem and is wrong
ANd yes I love animals …and some people they treat them verry bad ..even in my country ..
PAULA

I am agree with U!People they are bad ..no t animals …
Sandi Kay

Second that, Rodin!!! The DOGS are NOT THE PROBLEM, it’s the PEOPLE who either train them to be vicious or do not train them at all. I read a comment on FB that said there should be tests to have children or own pets… I know it’ll be jumped on, but imagine what the people and pet populations would be if we had tests…
Rodin

You need a test and license to drive a car. A license to procreate or host an animal would be a watershed. After all, F.U.C.K. stands for “F-ornicating U-nder the C-onsent of the K-ing”. Going back to that standard, given our present day culture of irresponsibility and entitlement, might just be the thing to do.
Jamie Dore Hawkins

Yes!
Rodin

Thank you, Sandi Kay.
Kristin Bresler Cooper

Amen … The mom should lose her children too. To frequently leave her YOUNG children unsupervised with ANY animal for short or long periods of time is irresponsible. And it sounds like she did it frequently. It was an accident waiting to happen. Now there are four victims: The Child, The Cane Corso, The GS and the brother and sister who lost their sibling … not to mention those that witnessed the whole episode. I am sure the “parents” will be hurting too but I have no sympathy for their stupidity. Just sorry to see they will probably get off scott free …

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