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Dog bites 3 year old child
By Frederick Corrigan
We as Americans enjoy many freedoms that we cherish and look upon them as our rights. This may be true when viewed from the courts of law. However, is it our right when looked at through the eyes of responsibility? Recently, in Worchester, a three year old boy was sitting in his stroller. Along came a “Pit Bull” dog which proceeded to bite this child in the face and this required over 100 stitches to close the wounds. When any child is injured it is tragic. My heart goes out to this child and unfortunately his suffering isn’t over. According to the report, this incident happened in the apartment building where this child lives and the dog belongs to another tenant in the same building. How can the owner of this apartment complex allow people to keep dogs? Does his insurance carrier approve of this liability? How can the owner of that dog not respect the safety of the other people within that complex? A “Pit Bull” dog is not generally known to be child or family friendly. This is a “Mans” dog! Does this owner have something to protect or hide? Doesn’t he realize that this could have been his child that was bitten? This dog was not licensed and there is no record of the dog receiving the proper shots. In my opinion this owner is a piece of work and based on the lack of responsibility he should be held accountable for every penny of the cost of this child’s treatments. Don’t forget pain and suffering for the child and his parents. We all want our freedoms, but when people lack responsibility then the state needs to make laws to make them responsible. No apartment building, including owner occupied two-family houses, should be allowed to have dogs period. It’s also not fair to the animals. Where do they run? Where do they play? Where do they do their daily duty? Lack of RESPONSIBILITY whether it involves dogs, text messaging, drunk driving, speeding or drugs will only bring more laws and create less freedoms.
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My father always said that my rights ended where another persons began. In other words, it might be my right to own a dog, but if it endangers others, I'm trumped, their right to safety trumps my right to own the dog. I agree when people say we need fewer laws not more, but that is dependent upon people making good responsible decisions I guess.
Nice Intel Frederick. There was a case recently here in the UK where a pitbull (and in the UK it`s illegal to own these dogs) killed a toddler. Often it`s the family pet that turns on someone in the household. When will people realise that some dogs aren`t meant as pets.
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Thank you very much for your comments and your support.
Frederick
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