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It's not hard to make that determination.And in an alternate universe...
"Stephens' friend, Barbara Norris, was not convinced by the authorities' account of her death, saying the dogs, which Stephens had been raising since they were puppies, would never turn on her, ABC affiliate WRIC reported. "They'd kill you with kisses," Norris told NBC affiliate WWBT, adding that the dogs' kennels looked as though they had been forced open. She suggested that something may have happened to Stephens after walking the dogs, and the dogs then forced themselves out to help her."
An owner was found mauled to death by her two dogs - but her friends suspect foul play
"the petite, 5-foot-1 young woman, who weighed a little more than 100 pounds, was mauled to death by her dogs, which had a combined weight of about twice hers...."And in an alternate universe...
"Stephens' friend, Barbara Norris, was not convinced by the authorities' account of her death, saying the dogs, which Stephens had been raising since they were puppies, would never turn on her, ABC affiliate WRIC reported. "They'd kill you with kisses," Norris told NBC affiliate WWBT, adding that the dogs' kennels looked as though they had been forced open. She suggested that something may have happened to Stephens after walking the dogs, and the dogs then forced themselves out to help her."
An owner was found mauled to death by her two dogs - but her friends suspect foul play
"the petite, 5-foot-1 young woman, who weighed a little more than 100 pounds, was mauled to death by her dogs, which had a combined weight of about twice hers...."
During the conference, Agnew described the dogs as "very large brindle-coloured pitbull dogs."
"The dogs clearly, at least in our estimation in a dark night, had something to do with this. It was an absolutely grisly mauling," Agnew told reporters."
Two "very large" 50 pound pit bulls? OK, if you say so.
I wouldn't be shocked if she got attacked by someone/something else.
I see that now - reading comp fail. The picture of her showed a smaller dog. This is what coffee is for....those would be very large!No, it says that there was 200 lbs of dog vs 100 lbs of woman.
Not really. Part of the issue is any dog with a wide face and short hair is a "pit bull" these days.Is a 100-lb pit common? I don’t see pits very often.
2016 U.S. Dog Bite Fatalities - DogsBite.org
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- Together, pit bulls (22) and rottweilers (2), the second most lethal dog breed, accounted for 77% of the total recorded deaths in 2016. This same combination also accounted for 76% of all fatal attacks during the 12-year period of 2005 to 2016.
- The breakdown between these two breeds is substantial over this 12-year period. From 2005 to 2016, pit bulls killed 254 Americans, about one citizen every 17 days, versus rottweilers, which killed 43, a citizen every 102 days (Related graph).
Not the point here. The point here is that Bethany Lynn Stephens had plenty of actual first-hand experience with them, which didn’t stop them from mauling her to death.
Is a 100-lb pit common? I don’t see pits very often.
Crips and Bloods?No. they are unheard of.
The whole thing reminds me of the 3/5 compromise, or the term "octoroon"(1/8 coon)
So if you have a rotty/pibull/german Shepard mix....if only its wasnt ??% pit this woman would be alive.
What i have notice over the past 15 years is a rise of popularity of rednose over what used to be almost exclusively bluenose owners...
Its neither good or bad but it has increased the whole pitbulls are visious sterotype
Time to relocate them to a new family
Not as high as it should be, particularly among backyard breeders with a reputation for selling dogs with inherent mental/behavioral issues.Curious to know the non-end of life euthanasia rates for breeds.
Those are nowhere near hundred pound dogs.For the record, here she is with the dogs in question:
The problem with this statistic is that there is no such thing as "a pit bull", but many breeds, including many who are actually mutts with no kind of breed registry.2016 U.S. Dog Bite Fatalities - DogsBite.org
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- Together, pit bulls (22) and rottweilers (2), the second most lethal dog breed, accounted for 77% of the total recorded deaths in 2016. This same combination also accounted for 76% of all fatal attacks during the 12-year period of 2005 to 2016.
- The breakdown between these two breeds is substantial over this 12-year period. From 2005 to 2016, pit bulls killed 254 Americans, about one citizen every 17 days, versus rottweilers, which killed 43, a citizen every 102 days (Related graph).
Those are nowhere near hundred pound dogs.
Poor girl. Her friggin' Dad found her too. I can't imagine that.
I'm calling BS. Or at least put me on the waiting list for pups.A pitbull from a breeder in NH...
I agree some dogs are just bad. Which comes back to the owner...in knowing when an animal needs to get put down.An unfortunate mistake commonly made by delusional people is just because you love something, it doesn't mean it loves you back.
A gal I went to school with had a horse for ten years that she fawned over to the point of being sort of sickening.
Damn thing lived better that a lot of people do.
One day it just got it in it's mind it was her day to die and kicked her right in the head for no apparent reason.
She left a husband and two small kids.
They are animals, not human beings and people who try and assign human reasoning and behavior to them are setting themselves up for bad things to happen.
They are not robots either, you can't just program your desired behavior into them.
This , "Well the dog was poorly trained" out is horseshit.
There are going to be times when no matter how well trained an animal is , it's natural instinct will override that training at the moment.
If it's a Parakeet, you get nipped on the finger, If it's a pit bull you get you throat torn out.
Blame Goochland County Sheriff Jim Agnew and WTKR-TV for the claim "The two dogs each weigh more than 100 pounds".Those are nowhere near hundred pound dogs.