[GeoStL] Re: WARNING! Beware of free roaming pit bull mixed breeds on the Riverwoods Trail along the Missouri River Greenway
- From: Susan Ring <susanmring@xxxxxxx>
- To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 08:23:07 -0600
PS...putting pepper spray on my shopping list.
BTW, my zookeeper daughter tells me that the keepers at her zoo are supposed to
keep it on their person whenever they're on duty ( lions, tigers and bears, oh
my, among other dangerous beasts). Apparently pretty effective.
On Jan 27, 2013, at 11:58 PM, ZLA Solutions wrote:
> Hello fellow geocachers.
>
> On the Riverwoods Trail along the Missouri River Greenway that there are two
> pit bull mixed breed dogs that are DANGEROUS. I was attacked and bitten by
> them this afternoon. I was fortunate in that I had a hiking stick with me and
> was able to keep them partially at bay for a steady 800’ retreat to my car.
> But if I didn’t have the stick to distract them or had a longer walk back to
> the car, it could have much worse. As it was, the ER nurse had to get a
> second batch of needles to inject the Rabies vaccine around all of my wounds.
> I say this so that you will know how serious the danger is at this time.
>
> Animal Control will be driving the trail twice a day for the next 10 days in
> hopes of tranquilizing and capturing the two dogs. They may belong to one of
> the nearby businesses but they could also be strays. Until then I will be
> avoiding the geocaches in that area. I will post a note if I hear that the
> dogs have been captured.
>
>
> As a final piece of advice, the police officer suggested I carry cayenne
> pepper based pepper spray which I will be picking up before my next outing.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Zeke Leventhal-Arnold (caching name ZLA)
>
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