[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: What do you think? - Congo, three other dogs euthanized following second vicious attack
- From: "Janice Buchanan" <wasatchgsd@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: firethorntemple@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:39:49 -0600
The original attack involved the dogs reacting to being beaten with a rake
and
seeing their owner being "attacked" and screaming. Even though they may
have been social dogs before then, their experiences during and following
that
day probably left them with a very different view of visitors. This time,
they
attacked someone they probaby knew, and it sounds like they weren't
provoked. If it were me, I would also have euthanized the dogs involved
under these circumstances. - Janice Buchanan
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 10:11 PM, Tom Elkins <firethorntemple@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> If you'll recall,there was quite a bit of anti-immigrant wackiness at the
> time of the original case,and the owners were portrayed as victims being
> persecuted by an evil system.It always pays to be careful before jumping on
> a bandwagon,and often there's more to a story than first meets the eye.
>
> tom elkins
> Firethorn Temple
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> Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] What do you think? - Congo, three other dogs
> euthanized following second vicious attack
>
> What do you think about this? Should he have been saved in the first place?
> Was this destined to happen again? Or were these bites the owners' fault?
>
>
> Congo, three other dogs euthanized following second vicious attack
>
> By Greg Forester, Staff Writer
>
> Posted: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 2:41 PM EDT
>
> PRINCETON - Congo, the German shepherd that gained national attention
> because of his involvement in the mauling of a landscape worker last year,
> was euthanized today by his owners along with three other dogs following a
> second vicious attack at their owner's Princeton Township residence.
>
> The owners, Guy and Elizabeth James, had fought a months-long court
> battle to save Congo from being euthanized following a June 2007 attack on
> a
> landscaper, but now they have had four of the five dogs - Congo, Lucia,
> Hunter, and Bear - euthanized after their involvement in the Tuesday
> evening
> attack.
>
> Police said Congo and the other animals pounced on 75-year-old Constance
> Ladd, the mother of Elizabeth James, as she left the house and was walking
> through the yard in order to leave the James' Stuart Road West residence.
>
> Ms. Ladd suffered puncture wounds and lacerations to head, chest and arm
> and complained of pain in her hip, according to emergency workers
> responding
> to a 911 call from the James' residence.
>
> But Ms. Ladd refused to confirm or deny that the dogs had indeed bit her,
> and was uncooperative at the University Medical Center at Princeton and did
> not allow investigators to photograph her wounds, according to Sgt. Ernie
> Silagyi.
>
> Investigators later secured a court order from a Superior Court judge and
> returned to the residence and were able to take photographs of the wounds,
> which appeared to be caused by bites from one, if not all of the dogs,
> police said.
>
> "She stated the dogs did not bite her, but the pictures proved
> otherwise," Princeton Animal Control Officer Mark Johnson said.
>
> Police said they were informed that the four dogs had been euthanized at
> an area veterinarian's office Wednesday morning.
>
> Only one German shepherd, Shadow, remains alive after the other dogs were
> euthanized Wednesday.
>
> Congo had already faced death last year after he was singled out for
> destruction for the mauling of a man doing landscape work around the James'
> residence.
>
> A court settlement reached between the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office
> and lawyers for the James family allowed Congo to live, following a
> national
> showing of public support for the dog.
>
> Four other dogs owned by the James family, along with Congo, were
> involved in the attack on Giovanni Rivera, 43, of Trenton. The court
> settlement required numerous restrictions be placed on the dogs for the
> rest
> of their lives. The dogs were required to wear a muzzle when out of their
> enclosure on the James' property, and the owners were required to notify
> township animal control personnel in the event of an escape, or another
> attack
>
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