Boy, 11, bites pit bull to fend off attack

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SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) -- An 11-year old boy is in Brazil's media spotlight after sinking his teeth into the neck of a dog that attacked him. Local newspapers reported on Thursday that Gabriel Almeida was playing in his uncle's backyard in the city of Belo Horizonte when a pit bull named Tita lunged at him and bit him in the left arm.

Almeida grabbed the dog by the neck and bit back -- biting so hard that he lost a canine tooth. :blink:

Almeida tells the O Globo newspaper: ''It is better to lose a tooth than one's life.''

Stonemasons working nearby chased the dog away before it could attack again.

The Folha de S. Paulo newspaper said the boy received four stitches at a local hospital while the dog was taken to a pound and may be killed.

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[Fowarek]

Wow. Man bites dog, literally. Well, I guess it would be "Kid bites dog" instead of man. Guess that dog learned a lesson. I wonder if the dog attacked him again after the kid bit him.

[Budious]

Why do people always assume a pit bull is attacking them? They are large, muscular, and very energetic dogs... it's purely intimidating that they like to be curious of strangers and may jump up on someone or playfully bite wrestle with humans. Pitbulls as a breed were culled when they acted aggressively towards humans, the only pitbulls that attack humans tend to be abused, starved, and actively dog fought. If this kid was able to chase it off by biting it, then this dog was not trying to attack him.

[aubaine]

Why do people always assume a pit bull is attacking them? They are large, muscular, and very energetic dogs... it's purely intimidating that they like to be curious of strangers and may jump up on someone or playfully bite wrestle with humans. Pitbulls as a breed were culled when they acted aggressively towards humans, the only pitbulls that attack humans tend to be abused, starved, and actively dog fought. If this kid was able to chase it off by biting it, then this dog was not trying to attack him.

I, too, find it difficult to believe that a child could successfully fend off an attack by a Pit Bull. I am much more inclined to believe that the child attacked the dog, and then made up this story to cover for himself.

[Ricardo Gil]

They shouldn't allow kids to roam the streets without the owner, they're just too dangerous.

[+Gary7 Subscriber²]

They shouldn't allow kids to roam the streets without the owner, they're just too dangerous.

Yes they should be muzzled and be on a leash. :x