Dog bites men
Ifelt like sharing a few paragraphs today on topics that struck me as interesting or relevant. President Biden’s German shepherd Commander, during his time in the White House, made news by biting Secret Service agents, even sending one to the hospital. I always believed if these attacks occurred a couple of times, that certainly should have alerted any responsible dog owner to his or her dog’s nature.
In Arkansas if a dog bites or mauls a person and/or other pet once, it can legally be declared a dangerous animal. I don’t know what three or more bites would be called. Psychotic?
But, as expected, the rules for us taxpaying voters don’t apply to some public servants we elect to serve us.
Judicial Watch, the conservative public-interest nonprofit that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, in response to a Freedom of Information Act request, received 269 pages of records from Secret Service related to incidents of aggression by an unrestrained Commander.
Care to take a stab at how many biting incidents the Bidens’ dog was allowed to commit against White House employees and Secret Service agents before the Bidens finally removed him? Judicial Watch says records show such attacks occurred at least 23 times. And that didn’t include other bites by their second German shepherd, Major. Both now are gone from the White House, I’m sure to the relief of those working there.
Biden understandably faced social media criticism at a recent campaign fundraiser alongside Barack Obama for the following joke to the roomful of those wanting him re-elected as leader of the free world: “Harry Truman said if you want a friend in Washington, get a dog. I got one and it bit a secret service agent.”
Knee-slapping hilarious, I guess, as long as you weren’t among all the folks terrorized and bitten. Strikes me his punchline, to be on target, might have said, “bit at least 23 people working around the White House.”
Although pit bulls and Rottweilers are far above other breeds in the number of recorded bitings, maulings and deaths, German Shepherds rank right beneath them, statistics show. All the more reason any responsible large-dog owners should keep theirs muzzled or meaningfully restrained when around people.
POLICEMAN BADLY MAULED
Now that I’m back on dangerous dogs with well-earned reputations for unprovoked savage attacks on innocent humans and their smaller pets, I’ll share a recent one out of Texarkana committed, of course, by pit bull mixes.
Two people, including a police officer, were left recovering after a pit-mix attack two weeks ago.
The officer underwent surgery after suffering serious injuries to both arms. The dogs’ bites resulted in muscle damage on one arm and 23 lacerations on the other, according to a press release from the Texarkana, Texas, police department.
A surgeon reportedly removed a small amount of exposed muscle in the officer’s arm. “It’s too early to be certain about any possible nerve damage, but there was not any obvious damage that he [the doctor] could see. He was admitted and is resting comfortably in his room,” the press release reported.
A woman who was attacked by the dogs before police arrived also was admitted to the hospital and listed in stable condition. “We’re praying for a quick and complete recovery for both of them,” the press release added. Both have since been released. Police were summoned to a neighborhood the evening of March 22 concerning dogs attacking a woman. When the initial officer exited his car and headed toward the house, two large pit bull mix dogs charged him. He was able to strike one with his flashlight, yet was quickly overwhelmed by their sudden attack.
The dogs wound up knocking him to the ground and continued mauling him until a second officer arrived shortly afterwards.
Concerned he couldn’t shoot the attacking animals without striking his injured fellow officer, the second officer turned to his fire extinguisher, using it to halt their attack. Seeing he was seriously injured, the second officer loaded him into a patrol car and rushed him to the hospital.
Another arriving policeman later was forced to shoot one dog to stop its attack on an animal control officer who’d come to capture them. The shot didn’t kill the attacking dog, but disabled it enough that officers could capture it. The second dog was subdues without incident. Both dogs are to be euthanized.
Meanwhile, a person who obviously loves his pit bull emailed me a picture of a pit bull saying it hadn’t made news because the only thing it had done lately was love its owner like thousands of other pit bulls.
I responded that while I appreciated the point of his devotion, there also were a vast majority of banks that hadn’t been robbed, so also didn’t make news.