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Pit bull dogs attack, kill neighbor’s Springer spaniel
By Penny Rathbun, Staff writer
A group of pit bull dogs escaped their yard, attacked and killed a neighbor’s Springer spaniel in The Colony on Aug. 29.
The pit bulls were owned by Barry Mims. The Colony Animal Control officers found five adult dogs and a litter of seven pups, about a month old. Mims signed three of the adult dogs over to animal control officers. The rest of the dogs were also confiscated because of their health and poor living conditions.
According to Tricia Barrington, manager of the animal control division of The Colony Police Department, three of the adult dogs have been euthanized because of their severe wounds and their lack of socialization. Two of the adult dogs and the litter of pups are at The Colony animal control shelter as of Tuesday.
Mims was charged with animal trespassing on private property and animals attacking or damaging property. Mims has a choice of paying the fees or requesting a court date when he would have a chance to prove the charges were unfounded. Barrington said the fees could be from $200 to $400 per charge.
She added that the animal control division has been aware of Mims for awhile, but they could not go onto his property to examine the dogs, because as near as they could tell, he was within the city ordinance for keeping pets.
The attack last Wednesday allowed them to examine all of the dogs. She said the dogs are dog
aggressive, not people aggressive. She doesn’t think a human would have been hurt unless they had tried to break up a dog fight.
She said the dogs in the shelter have been very easy to handle and happy for the attention. “This was not organized criminal activity,” said Barrington. “The dogs are canine-aggressive. The wounds on the three that were euthanized were very severe.”
She also said the remaining dogs will have to be euthanized if rescue agencies do not take them in. “They have lots of conditions that could be prevented. The dogs are the true victims here,” she said.
The Springer spaniel that was killed was 13 years old and its owner was a 13-year-old girl.
The following are comments from the readers.
In no way do they represent the view of Starlocalnews.com
In no way do they represent the view of Starlocalnews.com
Mrs. David wrote on Sep 16, 2007 8:14 PM:
" This is an awful situation, these pitbulls are out of control in the colony. I know these dogs are taught to attack and they could be really nice dogs it is bad people that train them that way, I feel so sorry for the little girl who lost her best friend that she has had her whole life! Shame on pit bull owners that have no regard to others! We have to worry about walking our small dogs in the neighbor hood afraid of being attacked, if it is not the darn pits it's the coyotes! The city need to put some kind of ordinance and get control of this. "
WARREN ST. wrote on Sep 19, 2007 2:21 PM:
" imagine that. I moved from the colony because of all the problems they have with all animals. They allow chickens to be raised in the middle of town.The awfull smell and about 50-75 chickens cocking at 6:30 a.m every morning wasn't enough. The colony allows all fowl to be raised in the city limits.THE COLONY HAS MANY PROBLEMS WITH VARMITS , UNLISHED PIT BULLS & DITY FARM ANIMALS. "
Mrs. Leighty wrote on Sep 23, 2007 9:34 AM:
" A ban on a breed will not be effective. People who want fighting dogs will just train a different breed.
I love and adore my American Staffordshire Terrier another targeted sweetheart.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odi0XlI-4_g "
Bestuvall wrote on Oct 19, 2007 9:36 PM:
" This happened on August 29.. why is it still being published? "
concerned citizen wrote on Oct 29, 2007 3:05 PM:
" i hear calls on the scanner almost daily about pit bulls either loose or attacking each other in their back yards. just the other night an officer arrived at a call to find five pit bulls ganged up on a single pit bull and he said there was blood everywhere. animal control was called out twice that night on two separate incidences pertaining to pit bulls. the officer sounded to be quite shaken' up. "
Citizen on Patrol 007 wrote on Nov 3, 2007 2:20 PM:
" more pit bull scanner calls, one on Slay where two pitbulls were fighting each other in the back yard and it was so ferocious that multiple concerned neighbors called in as the attack was going on. at first it was thought that the owner's child had been attacked as well but it ended up with him uninvolved. The police had to run code to that one. Animal control had to be summoned, afterhours of course, because this house had already had the police come to it for previous hostile dog calls.
Also, a repeat call on Worley as well, for vicious dogs in a back yard. They were pepper sprayed to try to gain some control. The homeowner could not be contacted.
I am amazed at the very numerous aggressive dog complaints here in the colony. I will keep you posted as to how many more i hear in the future. "
Citizen on Patrol 007 wrote on Nov 6, 2007 9:53 AM:
" One thing we can do as citizens about the numerous viscious pit bulls in our community is to keep calling 911 when we see them running loose or when we hear them attacking something in their own homes. It is our duty to report these problems, you never know when you may be saving some innocent child's life! I would much rather have a police officer go check it out than hear the next day that so and so's child was attacked by their very own pet. A loud commotion with lots of growling and yelping and barking is good enough cause to have a situation looked into. Do not worry ab out being the concerned person who had the nerve to call in a dangerous situation. It will keep you own neighborhood a more enjoyable place to stay. "
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