Man takes Big Island Humane Society worker hostage

October 25th, 2007

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I couldn’t believe when I read this West Hawaii Today news article about a man, whose irresponsible pet ownership, resulted in him taking a Humane Society worker hostage.  Pit bulls whether full bred or mixed need to be monitored.  Many are very sweet and they do get a bad rap but then you have owners like this guy who allowed his animal to terrorize his neighborhood by attacking and killing other animals.  When the possibility of putting his dog down became real, he threatened to take Humane Society workers “deep sea fishing.”  (Which he later specified he’d put them in cement shoes and chuck them in the water) 

WHEN will people who are obviously irresponsible and bullies wake up and stop giving this poor breed a bad reputation?  It’s because of owners like him that there are so many Pit Bulls in local shelters to begin with.  Yes, any breed with “bull” in the breed are to be treated with a little more kid gloves than other breeds, just check with your local insurance company.  But with training, love and responsibility Pit Bulls can be just as sweet as the pup next door.

This guy should be stripped of his rights to own an animal.  If you’re not going to make your animal a good citizen, you have no right owning one.


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  1. Dana on January 30, 2010 6:38 pm

    Pit bulls can be brought up to be sweet and loyal. However, sometime in 2000-2003 an 18-month-old baby was killed by a pit bull who had been abused in order to make him mean. The dog became so frantic he broke his chain. The mother fought as hard as she could to save the baby, and has had to have seven surgeries on her hands to repair the damage; but it’s just not possible to get “prey” away from an enrage pit bull except by shooting him.

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