Puddle
Aug 11th, 2008, 05:52 PM
I'm glad they got this guy and this pack off the street!
Here is the article:
VANCOUVER -- A man wanted in connection with a rash of pit-bull attacks was arrested Monday morning by Vancouver police.
Hal Harris, the owner of the pack of five pit bulls, was arrested on a warrant from Nanaimo. The dogs have been seized and are being held at the Surrey SPCA.
"The dogs are in custody and will not be released in the public," said B.C. SPCA spokesperson, Lorie Chortyk.
The former Sidney resident was wanted in relation to a number of attacks by pit bulls on Vancouver Island and in Surrey in the last 11 months, including one in North Saanich on July 7.
Police allege that in an 11-month reign of terror, five to eight pit bull-crosses owned by Harris have attacked other dogs and pedestrians.
A man walking his dog in Surrey was attacked Sunday near 80th Avenue and 146th Street at about 2 p.m.
Surrey RCMP said the man was bitten twice and the dog was badly injured.
In another attack, three pit bull-crosses mauled a leashed bichon so badly it was put down.
In Surrey last year, a jogger and a cyclist were surrounded and attacked by six pit bulls.
Harris has been identified as the alleged owner of the dogs involved in the eight attacks through licence plates.
Chortyk said it's too soon to know if the dogs will be euthanized.
"Its a whole process that the city has to go through to determine if they're fit to be released to the public or if they should be humanely euthanized," she said.
"It's complex because we're dealing with more than one municipality and there may be possible criminal-negligence charges."
I don't think people should own this perticular breed. I was very close to being attacked by a so called "Friendly Harmless Pitbull from a good home."
I'm not for euthanizing the entire breed but..
Then again..
Feel free to comment if you are a dog owner. I for one am against the breed as house pets.
Here is the article:
VANCOUVER -- A man wanted in connection with a rash of pit-bull attacks was arrested Monday morning by Vancouver police.
Hal Harris, the owner of the pack of five pit bulls, was arrested on a warrant from Nanaimo. The dogs have been seized and are being held at the Surrey SPCA.
"The dogs are in custody and will not be released in the public," said B.C. SPCA spokesperson, Lorie Chortyk.
The former Sidney resident was wanted in relation to a number of attacks by pit bulls on Vancouver Island and in Surrey in the last 11 months, including one in North Saanich on July 7.
Police allege that in an 11-month reign of terror, five to eight pit bull-crosses owned by Harris have attacked other dogs and pedestrians.
A man walking his dog in Surrey was attacked Sunday near 80th Avenue and 146th Street at about 2 p.m.
Surrey RCMP said the man was bitten twice and the dog was badly injured.
In another attack, three pit bull-crosses mauled a leashed bichon so badly it was put down.
In Surrey last year, a jogger and a cyclist were surrounded and attacked by six pit bulls.
Harris has been identified as the alleged owner of the dogs involved in the eight attacks through licence plates.
Chortyk said it's too soon to know if the dogs will be euthanized.
"Its a whole process that the city has to go through to determine if they're fit to be released to the public or if they should be humanely euthanized," she said.
"It's complex because we're dealing with more than one municipality and there may be possible criminal-negligence charges."
I don't think people should own this perticular breed. I was very close to being attacked by a so called "Friendly Harmless Pitbull from a good home."
I'm not for euthanizing the entire breed but..
Then again..
Feel free to comment if you are a dog owner. I for one am against the breed as house pets.