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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDogs Attack Minivan In Search Of A Cat
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When an Alabama couple came out of their home to find their minivan with its bumper torn apart and blood, scratch marks, and dents all over the exterior, they were stunned. Theyd been packing for a fishing trip, and now it looked like a madman had set upon their vehicle.
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They called 911. Adam Morck said investigators checked out all the damage, including some odd paw prints and bite marks. [The investigator] looked up like a deer caught in the headlights and said, Guys, I think a dog did this. According to animal control, the perpetrators were two dogs, and they were after at least one of the Morcks cats, who was hiding under the vans hood.
That cat ran away and hasnt been seen since the Saturday night incident. The couples other cat ran up a tree and stayed there. When firefighters showed up to help get him down, he just went higher up the tree.
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Adam Morck, who contacted Dogster to fill us in on the details, says animal control told him the the dogs who attacked were a pair of escaped pit bull-mastiffs who broke free from their owners when left tied up by a rope at the nearby hospital. There was a white one which remains at large, and a red-brown one which they hit with a tranq gun, but he ran away unfazed and they didnt catch him. The police have not yet given us their names, but once the dogs are captured we will be requesting DNA samples to validate the dogs and make sure appropriate parties are held responsible, he wrote.
The pit bulls were human shy and wearing sharp pointed collars, so animal control suspects they were captive bred fighting dogs which would explain why theyd be capable of doing the damage they did while going after my cat. I have seen a busted fighting dog farm years ago, and these poor animals are kept on the brink of starvation at all times to keep them lean and rabidlike at all times.
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http://dogblog.dogster.com/
I hope they find the owners and tie them to a tree and leave them for days.
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Dogs Attack Minivan In Search Of A Cat (Original Post)
Are_grits_groceries
Feb 2012
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Kurmudgeon
(1,751 posts)1. I'm very very glad there were no children who happened to be near by.
Are_grits_groceries
(17,111 posts)2. Any living thing would be in mortal danger. nt
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)3. It's nice to see acknowledgement of the owners' fault
But i guess that's a given from a blog called "dogblog."
sunwyn
(494 posts)4. They should feed the owners to them.
newfie11
(8,159 posts)5. why would anyone breed that cross
The size of a mastiff (assuming english mastiff) with a breed known for possible aggression.
And throw in irresponsible owners and a disaster will happen.