TENNESSEE -- A mule died of rabies Wednesday at a northern Bedford County farm, according to a local equine veterinarian.
"The state called today and said it had tested positive for rabies," Dr. John Bennett said Friday. "I don't know how the mule got it. Maybe it was bitten by a rabid skunk."
The mule had not been vaccinated, Bennett said.
Bennett said he was notified of the mule's condition early Wednesday morning.
"The owner called and said the mule had been down most of the night," Bennett said. "We got to his farm at 6:30 a.m. and the mule was down thrashing with a bloody discharge from its mouth. I was suspicious of neurological problems at that point."
Bennett said he attempted to treat the mule and left for a short time.
"We came back within an hour and the mule had died," Bennett said.
The last recent case of equine rabies Bennett said he remembered occurred four years ago.
"We had one four years ago at the Celebration from Missouri," Bennett said. "The horse had been on a trail ride earlier and had not contacted rabies locally."
Brenda Goodrich of Bedford County Animal Control said she had not heard of rabies cases in the area this year but said she is not always notified. The state health department had not responded to a request for Bedford County rabies statistics as of late Friday.
Goodrich urges animal owners to have them vaccinated and, if expenses are a problem, to take advantage of the rabies clinics held across Bedford County each spring.
(Shelbyville Times-Gazette - Sept 25, 2011)
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Owners of dogs that attacked 6-year-old girl going to jail for keeping dangerous animals
MICHIGAN -- The owners of three pit bulls that mauled a 6-year-old girl in August 2010 are going to jail for keeping dangerous animals.
Retired Jackson County Circuit Judge Edward Grant sentenced Brian Nace, the owner of two of the pit bulls, to 120 days in jail with credit for a single day served. He will serve 90 days immediately and will not spend anymore time in jail if he complies with all court orders and conditions.
Nace, 36, also will be on probation for five years. He must complete 240 hours of community service, he cannot possess, own or have any animals in his home, and he cannot have contact with the co-defendant, Jasmine Bailey.
Grant sentenced Bailey, the owner of one dog and Nace's live-in girlfriend, to 180 days in jail with credit for a day served.
While Nace has no past history of criminal activity, Bailey does and Grant did not give her probation.
Bailey's previous performance on probation was "disastrous," Grant said.
The three dogs attacked Tyah Norris, now 7, inside Nace's fenced yard behind the home he shared with Bailey on Mantle Avenue in Blackman Township. Tyah had extensive injuries to her head and face.
(Jackson Citizen Patriot - Sept 22, 2011)
Retired Jackson County Circuit Judge Edward Grant sentenced Brian Nace, the owner of two of the pit bulls, to 120 days in jail with credit for a single day served. He will serve 90 days immediately and will not spend anymore time in jail if he complies with all court orders and conditions.
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| Brian Nace and Jasmine Bailey |
Nace, 36, also will be on probation for five years. He must complete 240 hours of community service, he cannot possess, own or have any animals in his home, and he cannot have contact with the co-defendant, Jasmine Bailey.
Grant sentenced Bailey, the owner of one dog and Nace's live-in girlfriend, to 180 days in jail with credit for a day served.
While Nace has no past history of criminal activity, Bailey does and Grant did not give her probation.
Bailey's previous performance on probation was "disastrous," Grant said.
The three dogs attacked Tyah Norris, now 7, inside Nace's fenced yard behind the home he shared with Bailey on Mantle Avenue in Blackman Township. Tyah had extensive injuries to her head and face.
(Jackson Citizen Patriot - Sept 22, 2011)
Woman loses thumb in dog attack
UNITED KINGDOM -- An East London woman attacked and badly mauled by two dogs last Thursday night is receiving treatment at East London’s Frere Hospital for her injuries.
Zanele Vayisi s aid she had been on her way to visit a relative and was walking alone in Dawn when two dogs – a Boerboel -Doberman cross and a doberman-dalmatian cross – came out of a yard and attacked her.
"They came running towards me and as I was looking for something to wave them away they were already on top of me," she said.
"I lost my footing and fell down. They viciously mauled me."
Vayisi said the incident had taken place in Klein Road, adding that she had walked that stretch of road before and never had problems.
Describing the attack, Vayisi said it was like a scene from a horror movie as the dogs came at her.
" I didn’t have time to defend myself and I thought I was going to die," she said.
Vayisi suffered facial wounds and her left thumb was bitten off. She also suffered wounds to both arms, one of which was broken.
"They nearly ripped off my left breast and I have bite marks on both my legs," she said. "I also have scratches from the fight with these dogs."
Vayisi said while the dogs were mauling her, four adults had rushed out of the yard where the dogs had come from, but did nothing to assist her.
"I couldn’t believe them," she said. "I was calling in isiXhosa for help. I lost my left thumb in front of them, but these people were walking around me, not knowing what to do."
Eventually, a teenage boy emerged from the same yard and managed to stop the dogs.
"If it was not for that boy, I would have died there."
Vayisi, who was in pain, asked for an ambulance to be called but the people allegedly told her they did not have the telephone number.
When she asked to be taken to hospital in their vehicle, she said she was told it was not working.
"They said their car was broken. I gave up."
She said someone eventually took her to Frere Hospital, where she received treatment.
Vayisi said she had heard it was not the first time the dogs had attacked a person in the area.
The Daily Dispatch yesterday visited the house and the two dogs were seen inside the yard on their leashes.
The dog’s owner, Steven Bardwell, said he wasn’t at home at the time of the attack and had heard that three dogs were involved in the incident.
"I am sorry for what had happened," he said, adding the dogs were not on their leashes at the time.
(Daily Dispatch - Sept 21, 2011)
Zanele Vayisi s aid she had been on her way to visit a relative and was walking alone in Dawn when two dogs – a Boerboel -Doberman cross and a doberman-dalmatian cross – came out of a yard and attacked her.
"They came running towards me and as I was looking for something to wave them away they were already on top of me," she said.
"I lost my footing and fell down. They viciously mauled me."
Vayisi said the incident had taken place in Klein Road, adding that she had walked that stretch of road before and never had problems.
Describing the attack, Vayisi said it was like a scene from a horror movie as the dogs came at her.
" I didn’t have time to defend myself and I thought I was going to die," she said.
Vayisi suffered facial wounds and her left thumb was bitten off. She also suffered wounds to both arms, one of which was broken.
"They nearly ripped off my left breast and I have bite marks on both my legs," she said. "I also have scratches from the fight with these dogs."
Vayisi said while the dogs were mauling her, four adults had rushed out of the yard where the dogs had come from, but did nothing to assist her.
"I couldn’t believe them," she said. "I was calling in isiXhosa for help. I lost my left thumb in front of them, but these people were walking around me, not knowing what to do."
Eventually, a teenage boy emerged from the same yard and managed to stop the dogs.
"If it was not for that boy, I would have died there."
Vayisi, who was in pain, asked for an ambulance to be called but the people allegedly told her they did not have the telephone number.
When she asked to be taken to hospital in their vehicle, she said she was told it was not working.
"They said their car was broken. I gave up."
She said someone eventually took her to Frere Hospital, where she received treatment.
Vayisi said she had heard it was not the first time the dogs had attacked a person in the area.
The Daily Dispatch yesterday visited the house and the two dogs were seen inside the yard on their leashes.
The dog’s owner, Steven Bardwell, said he wasn’t at home at the time of the attack and had heard that three dogs were involved in the incident.
"I am sorry for what had happened," he said, adding the dogs were not on their leashes at the time.
(Daily Dispatch - Sept 21, 2011)
Girl needs stitches after dog bite
WISCONSIN -- A 7-year-old Town of Holland girl needed stitches to her eye, lip and chin after being bitten earlier this month by a dog that also bit a young girl in the face two years ago, authorities said.
The latest incident took place about 3:45 p.m. Sept. 11 while the girl — a relative of the dog's owners — was at the house for a family function. Capt. Dave Adams of the Sheboygan County Sheriff's Department said the dog was eating cake out of a box when the girl stepped on the box and the dog lunged at her, biting her on the left side of the face.
The German shepherd mix — owned by Jeff and Sarah De Blaey, of N3424 State 32 in the Town of Lima — has since been put down, the victim's mother said Friday.
She said her daughter is "doing good" but declined further comment.
This was the second time the dog had injured a small child at the house, according to the sheriff's department.
In May 2009 the dog bit a 5-year-old girl, who suffered injuries to the right side of her face as well as her shoulder and elbow, Adams said.
Messages left at the De Blaey residence Thursday and Friday were not returned.
Adams said no citations have been issued in the case.
(Post Crescent - Sept 25, 2011)
The latest incident took place about 3:45 p.m. Sept. 11 while the girl — a relative of the dog's owners — was at the house for a family function. Capt. Dave Adams of the Sheboygan County Sheriff's Department said the dog was eating cake out of a box when the girl stepped on the box and the dog lunged at her, biting her on the left side of the face.
The German shepherd mix — owned by Jeff and Sarah De Blaey, of N3424 State 32 in the Town of Lima — has since been put down, the victim's mother said Friday.
She said her daughter is "doing good" but declined further comment.
This was the second time the dog had injured a small child at the house, according to the sheriff's department.
In May 2009 the dog bit a 5-year-old girl, who suffered injuries to the right side of her face as well as her shoulder and elbow, Adams said.
Messages left at the De Blaey residence Thursday and Friday were not returned.
Adams said no citations have been issued in the case.
(Post Crescent - Sept 25, 2011)
Pit bull runs through gate, attacks dog and owner
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SUSPECT ENDERS, JUSTIN 04/15/88
A mixed breed Boxer Pit Bull dog ran through a gate on the 400 block of Mellville Avenue and attacked a smaller dog being walked on a leash.
The victim dog owner was bitten on both hands. Both sought medical attention.
The pit bull owner was issued a citation.
(The Californian - Sept 23, 2011)
SUSPECT ENDERS, JUSTIN 04/15/88
A mixed breed Boxer Pit Bull dog ran through a gate on the 400 block of Mellville Avenue and attacked a smaller dog being walked on a leash.
The victim dog owner was bitten on both hands. Both sought medical attention.
The pit bull owner was issued a citation.
(The Californian - Sept 23, 2011)
Pregnant woman savaged in Derby street
UNITED KINGDOM -- A pregnant woman feared she would lose her baby after she was attacked by a dog in a Midland street.
Mum-of-three Rosina Reid, 32, was dragged by the large mastiff-cross into the path of cars in Derby, after the dog tore into her arm. Three cars had to stop to avoid hitting her.
Ms Reid, who is 35 weeks pregnant, had to spend three days in hospital because doctors feared the attack could have injured the baby or caused her to go into an early labour.
“I was really worried because I had a miscarriage at Christmas,” she said.
“I thought I could have lost my baby because of the way the dog was pulling me about on the floor.
“And if it had happened 10 minutes later, after I’d picked my son up from nursery, it could have been my three-year-old that was attacked.”
Police believe the incident involved the same dog that bit a man’s stomach, arms and legs in the same street days on Friday. The owner then ran off with the animal towards nearby flats.
(Sunday Mercury - Sept 25 2011)
Mum-of-three Rosina Reid, 32, was dragged by the large mastiff-cross into the path of cars in Derby, after the dog tore into her arm. Three cars had to stop to avoid hitting her.
Ms Reid, who is 35 weeks pregnant, had to spend three days in hospital because doctors feared the attack could have injured the baby or caused her to go into an early labour.
“I was really worried because I had a miscarriage at Christmas,” she said.
“I thought I could have lost my baby because of the way the dog was pulling me about on the floor.
“And if it had happened 10 minutes later, after I’d picked my son up from nursery, it could have been my three-year-old that was attacked.”
Police believe the incident involved the same dog that bit a man’s stomach, arms and legs in the same street days on Friday. The owner then ran off with the animal towards nearby flats.
(Sunday Mercury - Sept 25 2011)
Woman bitten by dogs that attacked and killed her Yorkshire Terrier
UNITED KINGDOM -- A WOMAN was bitten in the arm as she tried in vain to stop two dogs savaging her pet Yorkshire Terrier to death.
The woman was walking her two dogs – both Yorkshire Terriers – in the Alexandra Road area of Newport on Saturday evening when they were set on by a Staffordshire Bull Terrier and a “Pit Bull-type dog”.
The two dogs that took part in the attack were not on leads, and three men who were with them ran away after the attack, which happened near the Waterloo Hotel at around 10.15pm.
The woman was treated at the Royal Gwent Hospital while specialist police dog handlers attempted to trace both the dogs and their owners.
One of the dogs is described as an off-white Pit Bull-type terrier about the size of a Labrador and possibly called Kane. The other is a brown Staffordshire Bull Terrier with a long tail.
People are advised not to approach the dogs if they see them but to instead call Gwent Police on 101.
(Wales Online - Sept 25, 2011)
The woman was walking her two dogs – both Yorkshire Terriers – in the Alexandra Road area of Newport on Saturday evening when they were set on by a Staffordshire Bull Terrier and a “Pit Bull-type dog”.
The two dogs that took part in the attack were not on leads, and three men who were with them ran away after the attack, which happened near the Waterloo Hotel at around 10.15pm.
The woman was treated at the Royal Gwent Hospital while specialist police dog handlers attempted to trace both the dogs and their owners.
One of the dogs is described as an off-white Pit Bull-type terrier about the size of a Labrador and possibly called Kane. The other is a brown Staffordshire Bull Terrier with a long tail.
People are advised not to approach the dogs if they see them but to instead call Gwent Police on 101.
(Wales Online - Sept 25, 2011)
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