News, Pit Bull owner sentenced to prison in fatal mauling
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This is not the first time a dog owner has been sentenced. Back in the 90's, a man and wife couple were also sentenced to life after their pair of Presa Canarios, a Spanish breed that looks like a Pit Bull on steroids, were let loose to roam the halls of an apartment building and mauled a neighbor to death outside their doorway.
The couple had been warned several times to keep their dogs under control, but they claimed the dogs were uncontrollable. Given the breed's size and strength, that was probably the truth.
It was a very weird story; the couple got the dogs from an ex-convict who was keeping them for a man who was in prison serving a very long term. The imprisoned dog owner wooed the wife, who was a psychologist or something and worked in the prison, and convinced her to fetch the dogs and take them home. They all- husband, wife, and felon, planned to live as a threesome with the dogs after the convict was released.
All ended up in prison and the dogs were put down. It was a big news story back in the day. As i recall, this case was the one that established the precedent that put the recent pit bull owner behind bars.
LANCASTER, Calif. (AP) — A pit bull owner whose dogs fatally mauled a woman taking her morning stroll was sentenced Friday to 15 years to life in prison for second-degree murder.
The case against Alex Donald Jackson was one of the few where a dog owner has been charged with murder for failing to control pets they knew were dangerous. He will be eligible for parole after serving 15 years.
THIS I agree with. If we started to hold the owners of any type of dog responsible for their complete and utter lack of training for their dog, then maybe we can have less incidents like this.
It is about time that we hold the PEOPLE accountable instead of blaming everything on the dog.
THIS I agree with. If we started to hold the owners of any type of dog responsible for their complete and utter lack of training for their dog, then maybe we can have less incidents like this.
It is about time that we hold the PEOPLE accountable instead of blaming everything on the dog.
Me too. I just wish the punishment were more severe. A woman was mauled and lost her life.
Dogs are the owner's responsibility. If you want to own a dog like this, which is capable of this level of violence, ANY DOG, not just a pit bull, than you should be prepared to pay the consequences.
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