A six year-old dead after being attacked by a pack of dogs while walking to school

[Deputy Chief Command]

Geneva - A six year-old boy has died after being attacked by a pack of dogs while walking to school in a northern Swiss village, police said on Thursday.

The youngster was so badly mauled that he died on the spot near the local kindergarten in Oberglatt, north of the Swiss city of Zurich, local police said.

The 41-year-old owner of the dogs was in police custody and his animals were also seized, they added.

Three dogs were thought to have been involved in the attack but police in the canton of Zurich said they were still uncertain of the number.

The boy's mother, his friends and teacher were receiving psychological support.

Some 13 000 people are bitten by dogs every year in Switzerland but no direct deaths have been reported in recent years, according to the Swiss news agency ATS.

Small children are more at risk of serious injury because they are bitten in the head and upper body, while adults tend to suffer bites to their limbs.

Several incidents involving attacks by pet dogs in recent years have triggered a sharp debate in Switzerland about the degree of control owners have over some types of dogs, and their responsibility.

Swiss authorities hope electronic tagging, which will be obligatory nationwide next year, and a national database will help keep track of dangerous dogs.


http://www.news24.com/News24/World/N...844047,00.html

[viking1]

Yeah ,just read it in the news , horrible and so tragic indeed , 3 pitts coming after him and tear him apart , i hope the owner gets life time for this .

[AlienQ - BANNED FOR LIFE]

Hate it when that happens.

[chazer]

Originally Posted by viking1

Yeah ,just read it in the news , horrible and so tragic indeed , 3 pitts coming after him and tear him apart , i hope the owner gets life time for this .

where does it say pits?

[PixeLs]

Point fingers to those irresponsible owners.

[L4 libido]

and now lets wait for the media to sensationalize this news and portray dogs as evil.

[innocentisabelle]

where were the owners at the time of the attack

[viking1]

Originally Posted by chazer

where does it say pits?

Norwegian newspaper , the owner was at a friends house , he got 6 pitts , and had 3 of them with him, and he closed the door to the room, but the window was open and 3 pittbulls jumped out and running away , and this child was 200 yeards from his kindergarden, his mom has recently let him walk this road alone

[Adultnet]

Originally Posted by PixeLs

Point fingers to those irresponsible owners.

yeah 100%

[gangbangjoe]

omg

fucking sad

[justsexxx]

Of course this is the dog owners fault. HOWEVER, also problem is with the breed of the dog. I mean the chang that a pitt kills someone is bigger then a labrador kills someone....

Not saying that all pitts KILL/BITE, BUT WHEN they bite, you are in serious trouble...

[knoxville]

that is just a horrible death experience.

[who]

I'm still waiting for the gun toting fools who say 'guns don't kill, people do' to come in and say 'dogs don't kill, people do'...

[com]

Ive had my face lacerated by dobermans, been bit by german sheps, and seperated 3 pits / staffs in mid fight many a time... this is a shame, but all I can say is this. A) I carry a gun not to protect myself from humans specifically by any means... and B) dogs represent their owner

[com]

Originally Posted by who

I'm still waiting for the gun toting fools who say 'guns don't kill, people do' to come in and say 'dogs don't kill, people do'...

anyone and anything has lethal capacity... it's judgement that kills...

edit: I am a gun toting "fool" and I dont kill without warrant!

[Th!nk]

that was sad...imagine a very innocent child was killed just like that...that pet owners should be blamed!

[BOSS1]

I say life without parole for the dumb ass irresponsible owner.

My prayers are with the family and the poor kid.

[Fletch XXX]

Point the finger at those IRERESPONSIBLE PARENTS.

what 6 year old walks to school?

blame the parents NO ONE ELSE.

[MikeyFingaz]

that is terrible... i dont pray, but i hope that his family comes thru this tragedy ok...

thinking about something like that happening to a child or someone who cant fend for themselves puts a lump in my throat.

[OzMan]

Originally Posted by Th!nk

that was sad...imagine a very innocent child was killed just like that...that pet owners should be blamed!

The pet owner is responsible for letting his dogs escape. The Mother is stupid for letting her 6 yo walk to school alone even if it was a small town.

But by far the greatest responsibility goes to GFY sig whores. If they were out on the streets protecting the community instead of posting, this would NEVER have happened.

[WebairGerard]

that is an awful story

[AmateurFlix]

That is one breed that needs to be removed from the species.

If I'm not mistaken a law was just passed in Canada forbidding the breeding of pits and all exisiting pits must be spayed/neutered. 20 years from now there won't be one alive anywhere in that country. Hopefully the rest of the civilized world will catch on.

[mikesinner]

Of course this is the dog owners fault. HOWEVER, also problem is with the breed of the dog. I mean the chang that a pitt kills someone is bigger then a labrador kills someone....

Pits are direct decendants of Roman war dogs. Roman dogs where large visciuos creatures that would guard the roman war camp at night against sneak attacks. They where not kept as pets by normal roman citizens. Thatt being said they need a little more breeding in my opinion.

And 6 yrs old is too young to be walking to school alone even if it is 200 yards. Maybe at 8 or 9 but 6?. The parents should also get some of the blame for this. Too many peeps have kids today and don't have enough responsibility to be having them

[who]

Originally Posted by mikesinner

Too many peeps have kids today and don't have enough responsibility to be having them

Yes, they seem to be relying on the government to raise their children for them.. For example, if the kid falls on the street, sue the government for making the street so... unsafe. etc.,etc.,

[Screaming]

Thats horrible.

[Marshal]

this is really sad...

[Fletch XXX]

Originally Posted by mikesinner

And 6 yrs old is too young to be walking to school alone even if it is 200 yards. Maybe at 8 or 9 but 6?. The parents should also get some of the blame for this. Too many peeps have kids today and don't have enough responsibility to be having them

it is no coincedence that they make leashes for kids. they should not be allowed to roam free, just as no dog should.

[BigRod]

wow really sad

[Sanctuary]

Very sad story and I agree both the mother and dog owner are to blame. The child simply did what he was told and found himself in a situation he should've never been in in the first place.

[Redrob]

We had the same thing happen to a 70 year old grandmother who was working in her yard near here last week. Six Pit Bull mixes attacked her. Tragic.

[C_U_Next_Tuesday]

It's a known fact that dogs in packs tend to "hunt" or in this case kill. It could have been an 80 year old lady walking down the street. When dogs sense weakness they will over power..its an animals natural instinct.

You morons that say a person should not let thier kid walk 200 yards to school are freaks.
The child could have been 9 or 10..the dogs still would have killed them no matter what age they were.

[dig420]

Originally Posted by justsexxx

Of course this is the dog owners fault. HOWEVER, also problem is with the breed of the dog. I mean the chang that a pitt kills someone is bigger then a labrador kills someone....

Not saying that all pitts KILL/BITE, BUT WHEN they bite, you are in serious trouble...

I have a Pit. You couldn't MAKE him bite you if you tried. He's sketchy around other dogs, but so are lots of dogs.

It all comes down to the owner, and the people who make bad dog owners tend to like Pits because of their power. imho anyone who wants to have a dog or a child should be tested and licensed, there are a lot of dirtbags in the world. There are a few people right here on this board who breed pits in their backyard and give veiled hints about having been at dogfights.

[dig420]

Originally Posted by mikesinner

Pits are direct decendants of Roman war dogs. Roman dogs where large visciuos creatures that would guard the roman war camp at night against sneak attacks. They where not kept as pets by normal roman citizens. Thatt being said they need a little more breeding in my opinion.

And 6 yrs old is too young to be walking to school alone even if it is 200 yards. Maybe at 8 or 9 but 6?. The parents should also get some of the blame for this. Too many peeps have kids today and don't have enough responsibility to be having them

No, that's like Rotts or something. Pits were hunting dogs, they were used for bears and boars. The bull baiting came later.

Also anytime any dog attack happens in the media the dogs are, by default, Pit Bulls. The article doesn't sell as many papers without the words 'Killer Pit Bulls!!!!' in the headline.

[Maxy]

God damn, i hate these stories of dogs killing kids. Fuckin people are retarded.

[viking1]

Guys : This kid didnt walk alone, they watched him from the kindergarden, even his mom saw him,then suddely thoose 3 pitts come out from the forest and attacked him, they saw the whole attack , and they are now in totally shock and in hospital for treatment, they all freezed up and was watching the whole shit happen and couldnt do anything .

This was stand up parents , and Pitts are not ALLOWED there at all, even an adult would have problems to getting out of this attack alive .

Think before you write or at least check the story !

[SmokeyTheBear]

ban kids..

[Drake]

Originally Posted by dig420

I have a Pit. You couldn't MAKE him bite you if you tried. He's sketchy around other dogs, but so are lots of dogs.

It all comes down to the owner, and the people who make bad dog owners tend to like Pits because of their power. imho anyone who wants to have a dog or a child should be tested and licensed, there are a lot of dirtbags in the world. There are a few people right here on this board who breed pits in their backyard and give veiled hints about having been at dogfights.

Animals are animals no matter how domesticated they are or how they've been raised. They have instincts that under certain conditions they'll act on, and no amount of reasoning will stop them. That's one of the distinctions between animals and human animals.

Many owners of dogs that have attacked unprovoked innocent victims once said "my dog doesn't attack", but they were wrong.

I see nothing wrong with dogs but kids should that young should not be around them. While a dog can just as easily attack you or me, our chances of surviving the attack are much better than a 6 year old.

[C_U_Next_Tuesday]

Originally Posted by viking1

Think before you write or at least check the story !

Thats is probably asking too much of some of these ignorant reclusive opinionated fucks on this board

[bringer]

i think if it were infact pitbulls that attacked and killed this child it would of been said repeated in the article. as you can see in this thread, when people hear about a dog attacking they ASSUME it was a pit and bash them.

http://www.understand-a-bull.com/BSL...llDogsBite.htm

[Libertine]

Originally Posted by bringer

i think if it were infact pitbulls that attacked and killed this child it would of been said repeated in the article. as you can see in this thread, when people hear about a dog attacking they ASSUME it was a pit and bash them.

http://www.understand-a-bull.com/BSL...llDogsBite.htm

I think if you had in fact read this thread entirely you would have known that the guy who said they were pits actually had a pretty good source.

[dig420]

Originally Posted by punkworld

I think if you had in fact read this thread entirely you would have known that the guy who said they were pits actually had a pretty good source.

I googled Pit Bulls Norway Geneva and couldn't find anything about it myself. And anyway Bringer is right, anytime there's a dog attack the reporter automatically says it's a Pit Bull. They're the Great White Shark story of this era. Before it was Pits it was Dobies, before it was Dobies it was German Shepards.

There's a reason you can't use Pits as guard dogs. They're not people aggressive enough and can't be relied on to guard property against people. When you train them to be aggressive they go schitzo, it's against their nature to be people aggressive. Most 'Pits' that attack people aren't Pits at all, or they're mixed breeds from ghetto households who like to abuse their dogs from puppyhood to 'make them tough'. Just like a kid, a dog will do it's best to please it's parents i.e. owners.

umm what's your point mike33? Because I can't decipher one out of your heavily coded post there.

[chazer]

the breed of the dog is really irrelevant. i only asked because all too often people tend too jump in with "pitbull" when the dog is infact another breed altogher.

[viking1]

Originally Posted by bringer

i think if it were infact pitbulls that attacked and killed this child it would of been said repeated in the article. as you can see in this thread, when people hear about a dog attacking they ASSUME it was a pit and bash them.

http://www.understand-a-bull.com/BSL...llDogsBite.htm

Here u go full story in Norwegian , i am sure u find the word " pitbulls" many times there , he got 6 of them, and this kid was outside the kindergarden when iit happend !

http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=110365

Ps : its at least 4 more storys in the archive of children who got attacked and killed by pitts this year , so yeah , no wonder people always say it must be a pit !

[SmokeyTheBear]

there will always be bad dogs, bad owners, and bad kids.. end of story..

[bringer]

Originally Posted by punkworld

I think if you had in fact read this thread entirely you would have known that the guy who said they were pits actually had a pretty good source.

please point me to which post named the source. i see "Norwegian newspaper" which tells me nothing. If the breed was confirmed it would of been released in the AP story or in later updates. The chances are this "source" published speculation as fact and you want to believe it because it coincided with your views on these evil dogs often referred to as "pit-bulls".

[SmokeyTheBear]

the only solution is .. kill all dogs , or kil all owners , or kill all kids..

[MikeyFingaz]

Originally Posted by dig420

No, that's like Rotts or something. Pits were hunting dogs, they were used for bears and boars. The bull baiting came later.

Also anytime any dog attack happens in the media the dogs are, by default, Pit Bulls. The article doesn't sell as many papers without the words 'Killer Pit Bulls!!!!' in the headline.

both are descendants of the mollosser breed... http://www.moloss.com/001/ptxt/breed.html

but i do think that pits sometimes get a bad reputation... many cites ban them not even knowing what an actual pitbull is or looks like... boxers, cane corso's, and american bulldogs are often mistaken for pitbulls.

[bringer]

Originally Posted by viking1

Here u go full story in Norwegian , i am sure u find the word " pitbulls" many times there , he got 6 of them, and this kid was outside the kindergarden when iit happend !

http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=110365

Ps : its at least 4 more storys in the archive of children who got attacked and killed by pitts this year , so yeah , no wonder people always say it must be a pit !

the story says they had a history of aggression. pit bulls do attack people. my problem is people assume its a pit bull and add that to the story as its passed along. this article seems to say they were in fact pit bull terriers and id be interested to hear if they were purebreds or not.

[bringer]

Originally Posted by MikeyFingaz

both are descendants of the mollosser breed... http://www.moloss.com/001/ptxt/breed.html

but i do think that pits sometimes get a bad reputation... many cites ban them not even knowing what an actual pitbull is or looks like... boxers, cane corso's, and american bulldogs are often mistaken for pitbulls.

pit bull isnt a specific breed anyways. several breeds fall under the name "pit bull" without other dogs being mistaken for them.

[MikeyFingaz]

Originally Posted by bringer

pit bull isnt a specific breed anyways. several breeds fall under the name "pit bull" without other dogs being mistaken for them.

three types of dog make up the pitbull breed type

1:american pitbull terrier
2:american staffordshire bull terrier
3english staffordshire bull terrier