Bees kill family dog after neighbor cuts down tree

[Hum]

A swarm of bees attacked and killed a North Hollywood, Calif., family's dog after a neighbor cut down a tree that housed a hive Saturday.

According to KTLA, the man fled down the street, but Babe, the 5-year-old pitbull, could not get away in time. Neighbors said that small children were playing in nearby yards at the time, but no one was hurt.

?We?ve all got kids and dogs,? one neighbor told the station. ?Luckily they didn?t hurt any kids, but it?s terrible they hurt a dog.?

Los Angeles firefighters responded and sprayed foam on the bees to kill them, but the threat will remain until what remains of the tree is removed. It's yet unclear whether the insects were honey bees or the more aggressive, Africanized variety.

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[+Warwagon MVC]

Hmm.. I don't see how this is unique. I can see this happening quite often.

[Hum]

^ Kind of like your birth.

[McKay]

^ Kind of like your birth.

How many times does WarWagon get born?

[Hum]

^ With a little luck, once. :shifty:

[Growled Member]

It's terrible that the dog got killed but it could have been much worse.

[+Warwagon MVC]

^ With a little luck, once. :shifty:

Damn right, i'm limited edition!

[Growled Member]

Damn right, i'm limited edition!

Thank goodness for small miracles. :p

[Hum]

I hope he goes to doggie heaven, poor fellow.

[moloko]

That sucks for the dog. If these were african killer bees they would of went after anythign that was moving including those kids a few yards away.

[Growled Member]

I'm a bit surprised that some kind of charges haven't been brought against the person who cut the tree.

[Shadrack]

Its hard to talk about bees w/o sounding racist anymore. I still LOL though.

Edit: Not about the dog.. That's terrible :( Poor pup.