"Chris Williams" wrote in message
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Note the caption beneath the second picture. Not the dogs that
attacked, either. Just "a pit bull terrier".

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews...name_page.html
If it had been a burgler who had jumped
over and been attacked would anybody
question if the dogs had any fault?
They would here. Happens a lot. Burglar breaks in. Dog attacks
poor
burglar. Shyster and burgler sue owner. Shyster and burgler
collect.
BTW, I'm sick of the word 'vicious'. Anthropomorphism at its
worst.
Here, Animal Control requires you to file a 'Vicious Dog Complaint'.
You are not allowed to file a "Stupid Owner Complaint."


How about a Stupid Parent complaint?
The article says the kid climbed into the neighbors yard over a fence
that the dogs were being kept behind. That right there tells me that
as unfortunate as the situation is the kid was wrong.
I'm sorry, I have both kids and dogs and if one of my kids decided to
go against my rules and go into someone else's yard and ended up
getting bitten by a dog, I just can't see a way to justify being angry
with or suing the owner of the dog if it were being kept properly. 7
Years old is old enough to know better than to just go climbing other
people's fences. He should have been taught by his parents that you
need to go knock on said neighbors front door and ask them politely to
retrieve the football. It's stupid that the kid was there in the first
place and even stupider that he got bitten by a dog that was in it's
own yard behind it's own fence.

Jen