Girl killed by pit bull terrier

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A five-year-old girl has been killed by a pit bull terrier on Merseyside.

Ellie Lawrenson was mauled to death by the dog at the family home in St Helens in the early hours of Monday.

Despite suffering serious injuries in the attack, the grandmother managed to lock the dog in a run outside the home in Knowles House Avenue, Eccleston.

The pit bull terrier was destroyed by dog handlers and armed response police officers who attended the scene shortly before 0430 GMT.

Police say it is not clear why the dog attacked the child and her grandmother but an investigation is under way.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/6222319.stm

A five-year-old girl was mauled to death by a dog in her family home on Merseyside early this morning. Ellie Lawrenson suffered fatal injuries when she was attacked by what was believed to be a pit bull terrier at her house in Eccleston, St Helens.

She died at the scene, Merseyside police said.

The dog also attacked a woman, thought to be the girl's grandmother, who is being treated for serious injuries in hospital. Despite her injuries, the woman managed to shut the dog in a run outside the house.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1980981,00.html
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What a waste of a life and a dog, why do people even think about having such dangerous dogs near children, not only did it attack the child it attacked a woman aswell, I think there should be a need for a licence for any dog.

only 4 months ago we had this
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17630830
 
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very tragic :( what can you say it must be so horrible for everyone involved.


However I expect well see the dog was not to blame, if treated well they can be very nice, if there trained to be guard dogs, then they shouldn't be around people.

Although If this keeps happening I can see the government rushing through new stupid laws to ban certain breeds.
 
So the dog was classed as a dangerous dog under theDangerous Dogs Act of 1991 yet it was left with a old woman and a young child on new years eve with fireworks going off outside.

I hope the childs parents are happy.
 
Whose dogs was it? It doesn't seem to make it clear in the article. If it was the family dog then shame on them for having one with young children, but all too many people do. They all say it's harmless and wouldn't hurt their child - until it does :rolleyes:
 
reports now say it happend in the family home so I presume the grandma was looking after the child and the dog and the parents where out getting drunk.
 
Many people simply aren't responsible enough to keep dangerous dogs just like firearms. The breeding and importing of such animals shouldn't be permitted anyway, there is no reasonable excuse to keep them AFAIC.
 
this happened 2 minutes away from my house :eek:

cheets64 said:
I hope the childs parents are happy.
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Dont be so quick to judge:

Police believe Ellie's parents went out to celebrate New Year's Eve, leaving Ellie with her grandmother. When her parents returned to the house, Ellie asked to stay there rather than go back with them to their home just outside St Helens. They are thought to have left the property at about 3.40am.
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The grandmother was also attacked and as she appears to live with the dog, it's unlikely it has done something like this before otherwise they'd surely not have had it around a baby.
 
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kitten_caboodle said:
The grandmother was also attacked and as she appears to live with the dog, it's unlikely it has done something like this before otherwise they'd surely not have had it around a baby.
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Does that make it okay then? Such dogs all have the potential to turn nasty like that, and they are capable of inflicting serious or fatal injuries as in this case. Having one in a family is tantamount to leaving a loaded gun lying around in a drawer - if not worse.
 
vonhelmet said:
It's very unusual, as the dog would never hurt a fly.
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Yes, how often have we heard that? I remember hearing such a thing many years ago when as a kid, my dad had to stop a neighbour's Alsation from savaging their kids (looking back, it was bad enough as the kids were on their own in the house at the time).

dirtydog said:
Does that make it okay then? Such dogs all have the potential to turn nasty like that, and they are capable of inflicting serious or fatal injuries as in this case. Having one in a family is tantamount to leaving a loaded gun lying around in a drawer - if not worse.
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My sentiments exactly.
 
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dirtydog said:
It's the sort of rubbish that dangerous dog lovers come out with all the time :) (I know vh was being sarcastic)
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So was I ;)

dirtydog said:
Does that make it okay then? Such dogs all have the potential to turn nasty like that, and they are capable of inflicting serious or fatal injuries as in this case. Having one in a family is tantamount to leaving a loaded gun lying around in a drawer - if not worse.
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not at all. I'm saying that it's harsh to say that 'I hope the parents are happy'.

If it has a run, then it's probably kept there when the child is around. If it got out then it's hardly the parents fault is it?
 
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vonhelmet said:
It's very unusual, as the dog would never hurt a fly.
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This is a dog that attacked two people, and was considered too dangerous to remove so was destroyed at the house?

Why is it always the same type of dogs involved in this sort of incident? Bad breeding? Bad ownership? There's definitely something...
 
kitten_caboodle said:
not at all. I'm saying that it's harsh to say that 'I hope the parents are happy'.
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Not as harsh as being mauled to death by a dangerous dog though. The parents will feel terrible and so they should because they are fully responsible and arguably should be done for manslaughter.

If it has a run, then it's probably kept there when the child is around. If it got out then it's hardly the parents fault is it?
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The fact of owning such a dog makes such attacks a possibility. It is their responsibility if any attack happens.
 
dirtydog said:
Not as harsh as being mauled to death by a dangerous dog though. The parents will feel terrible and so they should because they are fully responsible and arguably should be done for manslaughter.


The fact of owning such a dog makes such attacks a possibility. It is their responsibility if any attack happens.
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Still, I'm sure the parents are far from happy. It's amazing how judgemental some people are when something like this happens. Blame the owner, blame the people in the house with the child, fine - but 'I hope the parents are happy?'

The parents don't own the dog - how can they be responsible or guilty of manslaughter?
 
kitten_caboodle said:
If it has a run, then it's probably kept there when the child is around. If it got out then it's hardly the parents fault is it?
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Fault perhaps not, responsibility, definitely.

kitten_caboodle said:
Still, I'm sure the parents are far from happy. It's amazing how judgemental some people are when something like this happens. Blame the owner, blame the people in the house with the child, fine - but 'I hope the parents are happy?'

The parents don't own the dog - how can they be responsible or guilty of manslaughter?
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True, I guess we need to know more about the case but I've yet to hear any reasonable excuse for owning such a dog.
 
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