Pittbulls kill 2 year old and 5 month old

[TripleThreat]

Two young children are dead and their mother suffered major injuries after two family dogs attacked a baby and toddler outside their West Tennessee home.Kirstie Bennard, 30, suffered critical injuries when she tried to intervene in the attack on her 5-month-old boy, Hollace Dean, and 2-year-old girl, Lilly Jane, family and police said.

"She put her body on top of Lilly’s to try and protect her after the attack started," Bennard's uncle by marriage, Jeff Gibson told USA TODAY on Saturday. "Both (dogs) started attacking her while she lay on Lilly."The two children were pronounced dead when officials arrived at the home, the sheriff's office reported.

It was not immediately known what provoked the mauling.The mauling, Gibson said, lasted about 10 minutes.The dogs – two pit bulls that belonged to the family – were euthanized at Memphis Animal Services Thursday.

The family owned the pets, Cheech and Mia, for more than eight years without a violent incident, Kelsey Canfield, the mother's best friend, told Fox News.

"I can promise you those children were her world, and if there was any inkling of danger, she would have never had those dogs near her kids," Canfield told the outlet. "Those children were everything to them, and they just have a really long journey ahead."

Full Article: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...ng/8219201001/

How do you feel about PittBull's? I posted this because my wife shared this story with me and my son was just recently participating in a "read to sheltered dogs" event where you could adopt a dog (I know brilliant).

I've heard the arguments that PittBull's get a bad wrap, but it seems time and time again they are the focal point of dogs who do these horrible acts.

[wazu]

Awful. (Unless it’s a pit bull, of course. They deserve to die alone for their crimes.)

[ChiefsFan63]

I had to put down my girl last fall. I held her through her last moments and for 15 minutes after. It was heartbreaking, but for the best. In all honesty it was probably overdue but I was selfish and didn't want to let her go.

[Pablo]

Originally Posted by wazu

Awful. (Unless it’s a pit bull, of course. They deserve to die alone for their crimes.)

When you put a shitbull down you save a 3 year old's life.

[crayzkirk]

Originally Posted by ChiefsFan63

I had to put down my girl last fall. I held her through her last moments and for 15 minutes after. It was heartbreaking, but for the best. In all honesty it was probably overdue but I was selfish and didn't want to let her go.

I feel ya, my eyes will still get weepy thinking about putting my dog down almost 20 years ago. Have a friend with pit bulls and when he had the female put down, he said he couldn't be there with her. I gave him my opinion that even though it will suck, you will regret it. Well, he is regretting it now.