Police in a Washington suburb are in the awkward situation of having to admit they killed “Jesus” — after they shot and killed the Rottweiler-pit bull mix who had attacked its owner.
Police in Rockville, Maryland were called to a house by the owner of Jesus after the 60kg dog became aggressive and agitated, the department told AFP.
They managed to catch the animal but searched in vain for sedatives to subdue it.
Then they used a Taser device to administer 50,000 volts of electricity to the animal, which would ordinarily provoke instant paralysis, but they soon realized they were barking up the wrong tree. “It didn’t faze the dog at all,” Rockville police chief Terry Treschuk said.
“We tried everything. We just had to make a decision and bring this to an end,” he said.
So police shot and killed the dog.
Jesus’ owner was hospitalized with bites to the arms, chest and thighs.
Three children who were in the house were evacuated without injuries.
Pit bulls have a reputation for being aggressive, and cases of them turning on their owners are not unknown. According to a 2000 study by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, pit bulls, Rottweilers and associated breeds accounted for over 50% of all human fatalities from dog attacks.
In many jurisdictions pit bulls are classified as dangerous dogs, regulating who can own them and how they should be kept.
(AFP WITH STAFF WRITER)
華盛頓郊區的警方現在碰到一個棘手的狀況,他們得承認殺害「耶穌」──他們槍殺了這隻攻擊主人的羅威納與鬥牛犬混種狗。
馬里蘭州洛克威爾警局對法新社表示,員警獲報趕到「耶穌」的飼主家,因為這隻六十公斤重的狗變得很有攻擊性而且焦躁不安。
他們設法要抓住牠,卻找不到鎮定劑制伏牠。
於是他們用泰瑟電擊設備,以五萬伏特的電壓電擊這隻狗,被這樣的電力擊中通常會立刻全身麻痺,但過沒多久他們就發現是在白費力氣。洛克威爾警察局局長泰瑞.崔斯查克說:「電擊對這隻狗完全沒用。」
他說:「我們試了各種方法。我們得做出個決定,解決這件事。」
因此,警方射殺了這隻狗。
耶穌的主人因手臂、胸口和大腿都被咬傷而住院治療。
當時在屋內的三名孩童毫髮無傷地被疏散到屋外。
鬥牛犬生性好鬥,攻擊飼主的案例也時有所聞。根據疾病管制中心二000年所做的一項研究指出,人類被狗攻擊致死的案例中,五成以上是由鬥牛犬、羅威那犬和其近親所造成。
許多國家和地區都把鬥牛犬歸類為危險犬類,對於飼主的資格和飼養的方式都有所規定。
(法新社╱翻譯:袁星塵)
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