LOL, this Debbie Bell character is on every singel article related to pit bulls that I have ever seen. She also goes by the screen name PracticalOne2 . She is an internet troll using comment boards to smear pit bulls. The great thing about her is, she actually is promoting pit bulls, because if you look at the history of some of our most popular breeds, they became popular as a result of the same controversy. In the end, when pit bulls aren't the devil dog anymore, and they return to the same status they have in the first half of the 1900s, we can all thank Debbie and her anti-pit bull cronies for help raisin attention to these dogs.She will disagree with me, but she will be disageeing with me in ten years, when she is watching someone doing the same thing she is, to another breed that is the choice of thugs. When will people learn, that it isn't the dog, but bad ownership that makes these dogs attack? And seriously, this little dog attack merits a story? Nope, pit bulls aren't over reported. This happens every single day in the US, by all different breeds, yet I haven't seen those breeds get an article yet. I mean I did see this with Rottweilers in the paper, when Rotts were the devil dogs, but since they have rose to high popularity, as a result of over reporting, we rarely hear about them anymore.

You are right there with Mike Vick ...Debbie Bell
Jumper cables were clipped onto the ears of underperforming dogs, then, just like with a car, the cables were connected to the terminals of car batteries before lifting and tossing the shamed dogs into the water."
image of a little black dog splashing frantically in bloody water ... screaming in pain and terror ... brown eyes saucer wide and tiny black white-toed feet clawing at anything, desperate to get a hold. This death did not come quickly.
Vick did all that and more to his dogs, and even threw family pets into the pit with fighters and laughed while they were mauled, according to a witness who testified to federal investigators.

Not all pit bull type dogs are dog aggressive.. I own two dogs that stay together. From what I read about Mike Vicks pit bulls he killed many that would not fight.. so what is your solution... any short haired muscular dog is exterminated ?
Pit bull haters and pit bull advocates remind me of the democrats and rebulicans.. they dont seem to want to comprimise or meet any middle ground.

I am all for spay/neuter.... for all dogs. many different breeds are responsible for some pretty serious attacks, and sometimes even death. There has never been a case of an spayed or neutered dog killing a human. So, while I agree with free spay/neuter and microchipping, I would have to say it would have to go for all dogs that aren't being bred at the kennel clubs standards. The issue is, pit bull isn't a breed, so if you said madatory free spay neuter for all pit bulls, and pit bull isn't a breed, then what would it mean? Sure, there are 3 breeds that typically get the brunt of the law when BSL is enforced, but typically the dogs that do the damage, then get labeled as pit bulls aren't purebreds of those any of those three breeds. And since most people that have pit bulls are mutts, only purebreds can be held to BSL, as mutts are not a SPECIFIC BREED. Good idea Debbie, but unless this across the board for all dogs, which I would highly promote, it will never be law. Too difficult to enforce, and it's not going to work either, because people that have the aggressive dogs, purposely do not fix them.

the extent of the law is dogs are personal property.. which is good. Can you imagine how much it would cost to visit a veternarian if a dogs life were worth say 50,000... this is tragic.. but the story does say the pit bull was in its front yard.. so if it were in its own yard.. very hard to day from the way the article was written.

The pit bull was in the terrier's yard when the attack was reported. It had left its own back yard.