Police Officer Runs Over Pit Bull After Girl Attacked

[Hum]

GLENDORA, CA (KABC) -- A 13-year-old girl in Glendora is recovering after being attacked by a pit bull at her father's home.

The attack happened on the 900 block of East Myrtle Avenue at about 12:30 a.m.

The girl was with her 10-year-old and 1-year-old brothers.

Two pit bulls lived at the home.

Glendora Police say officers shot the dog that attacked the girl, but the dog still ran away. The dog was killed when another officer ran the animal over with his car, fearing it was a threat to others.

The girl is expected to be OK.

The second pit bull was taken away by Animal Services.

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[articuno1au]

That's a bit beyond the pale :\

Seems cruel to run over the animal when they could have attempted to put it down more.. humanely..

Either way, glad the girl is ok.

[SongHyeonDeok]

I'm having a hard time figuring out which one is the animal, the dog or the police?

[Digitalx]

Why didn't he set it on fire afterwards and taze it too... I mean you can never be too sure

[+shift. MVC]

Doesn't seem like there's really enough information to judge the exact situation here.

What if there were people around and the only way to safely prevent it from being a danger was to run it over, instead of pulling out the gun and trying to aim at a dog running away.

[Hum]

Wonder if the cop would like being run over, if he shot someone ...

[sanctified Veteran]

He did the right thing. If there was people around then using a gun would be too much risk. A front confrontation against an animal with tons of pressure in its jaws would be a suicide, and awaiting for backup would mean the girl's death.

Seriously people, you put the life of a pitbull over the life of a girl?

[Rippleman]

You weren't there. A dangerous animal is even more dangerous when injured and I would have done the same thing.

[123456789A]

Whats this fascination with pit bulls? I don't understand.

[c.grz]

In the end; it's just an animal. I can't understand how people care more about an animal than a human being.

[Nerd Rage]

I have dogs and am a vegetarian due to not agreeing with the killing of animals......that being said, I don't blame the officer. Pitbulls can be lethal. It had already attacked someone and is now probably ****ed off due to being shot and could have lashed out at any other residents it encountered.

[Hum]

In the end; it's just an animal. I can't understand how people care more about an animal than a human being.

^ I feel that way about some humans.

[Haggis Veteran]

Agreed the officer did the right thing, the animal was a danger to surrounding people

[articuno1au]

EDIT::

Redacted. Wouldn't want to hurt anyone's feelings now would we >.>

[sanctified Veteran]

^ I feel that way about some humans.

Some, but what about the girl? Do you know her personally?

[matt4pack]

He did the right thing. If there was people around then using a gun would be too much risk. A front confrontation against an animal with tons of pressure in its jaws would be a suicide, and awaiting for backup would mean the girl's death.

Seriously people, you put the life of a pitbull over the life of a girl?

And the pitbull was only that way because of stupid humans who I'm sure the dog was mistreated by.

[sanctified Veteran]

EDIT::

Redacted. Wouldn't want to hurt anyone's feelings now would we >.>

The dog was feral, do you think it would just stop hurting others? Even the article says the officer feared it would hurt other people.

Have you owned pitbulls? Once they go berserk it's almost impossible to stop them.

[MDboyz]

They did the right thing. Also, they should take actions against the owner.

[sanctified Veteran]

And the pitbull was only that way because of stupid humans who I'm sure the dog was mistreated by.

Great, then let other people pay for it.

[Richteralan]

Well I'm sure most so called dog lovers will change their tune when it's their family members been attacked.

[matt4pack]

Well I'm sure most so called dog lovers will change their tune when it's their family members been attacked.

I would kill the dog but that doesn't mean it's the dog's fault. It's still humans who created the situation so I would blame them.

[shakey]

I would kill the dog but that doesn't mean it's the dog's fault. It's still humans who created the situation so I would blame them.

This. Dogs are only reacting by instinct and how they were raised. It is a sad sad situation. I feel for both the family and dog. I know if any of my dogs some how ever attacked a family member, I would put them down. But you can be sure I will be bawling like a baby and going against every moral fiber I have. But I know what is more important, though I hold both equally in my heart.

[c.grz]

Instinct trumps training. You can train a tiger to not attack and be docile but once instinct kicks in, all training is out the window.

There's a reason why pit bulls are the favorite breed for use in dog fights.

I grew up with a female pitbull (Nina). We treated her very well never did anything bad to her and did our best to train her well. One day, a boy was walking his pet poodle and next thing we know Nina had jumped the fence and began attacking the poodle. Our dog had never shown any aggression until that day and never since. She knew the dog she attacked as the boy was a neighbor and had brought the dog over a few times. It took me and my brothers several minutes to get Nina to let go of the poodle. Luckily the poodle wasn't hurt too bad.

After that day we could feel something had changed in her. Although she never did anything else; no one felt the same comfort around her after that. We ended up giving her away to a friend who owed a farm.

[HawkMan]

It was a dangerous dog to start with, now it was also hurt and ****ed off(more). running over it makes sense and far safer than firing guns around wildly at small targets like a dog that's running around ready to kill the next person that gets close.

At some point you have to drop the humanely aspect, you don't go out of the car talk nicely to a pit bull like this, tell it to lie down nicely while you rub his belly and inject him with a syringe. It was a dangerous feral animal that needed to be taken out, safely.

[SongHyeonDeok]

In the end; it's just an animal. I can't understand how people care more about an animal than a human being.

They're both the same to me...

Some, but what about the girl? Do you know her personally?

Of course not, I know her race (human) though, and that'll always be enough for me.