A clip taken from Honolulu Advertiser:
Nowadays, everyone wants a dog. Everyone seeks to find a dog that looks cool. And here in Hawai'i, most popular dogs are the pit bulls. They look cool, they look like they’re your body guard and they are just natural attraction to the public. It's like they have two personalities just like humans do. One minute they could be friendly, fun, loving dog and the next minute they turn into this aggressive, overpowering "person". Pit bulls are known to be playful, aggressive and born to be fighters. Now a day's they raise these dogs in training them to have "pit-fighting". This is very wrong and to me it seems like cruelty to these dogs. I mean there are a lot of different types or breeds of dogs, but this one is very special to me at the moment. Why? Reason for bringing up pit bulls is because there was very sad and tragic incident attack this past Sunday, October 5, 2008 which pertained to a pit bull in Wai'anae.
It was midnight of Sunday evening, when an 8-week old baby boy was brutally attacked by his great aunties house pet. His name is Iokepa Liptak. He was sleeping with his great aunty, Opal Sao, when she went out to the kitchen for a drink of water while her dog was right behind her at the time. When she looked, she noticed that her dog was no longer in sight and panicked. She ran to her bedroom in shock noticing that her dog was hovering above Iokepa attacking him on his head. This was such a sad attack to hear, read, and watch about. I was so sad just thinking about this baby! When Opal Sao went to grab the baby out of the dog’s mouth to give him to his mom, the dog turned and attacked the mom as well. This dog attacked Opal's niece on her thigh and calf. When the baby was in his mom’s hand, it was too late. He died at 8-weeks old in a matter of minutes. The autopsy said that he died in results of cranial cerebral injuries.
Opal Sao, the great aunty, was shocked and so hurt that such a thing had happened. She says that her dog was a good one, a family pet, and obedient. I guess you can say, because she raised the dog, she would never have thought of her being so violent. Penelope Rose is the name of the dog weighing in at 40 pounds, and is a pit bull mix dog. She was euthanized the very next day by the Hawaiian Human Society. And from what I read lately, pit bulls are natural fighters. They do what they want when they want if not spoken or taught to them. They truly have their own little personal traits as do the other dogs. The family is all in mourn, because this baby was so young not even yet a year old.
My own opinion as well as others I spoke with, believe that maybe the dog was jealous of this baby. There are times when you become so attached to something or someone you don’t want to share that with anyone. And that happens a lot with dogs too. When they are attached to something or become close to the owner, they tend to become overprotected or even jealous when all the attention is no longer on them.
My Sources:
-By Suzanne Roig and Dan Nakaso
Advertiser Staff Writers
Honolulu Advertiser
-Pit Bull Rescue Central
Veronique Chesser
http://www.pbrc.net/breedinfo.html
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