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Article: Dog's mauling stirs owner: Laws too lax, she says, after pit bull bursts into home.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
- Article date:
- May 11, 2007
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Byline: Jeff Long
May 11--Upset and worried after a pit bull mauled her black Labrador retriever, a Crystal Lake woman said Thursday that she wants to push for stronger laws to protect people and pets from dangerous dogs.
Cristina Orton was putting away groceries Tuesday evening when a neighbor's pit bull charged through a patio screen and attacked her dog, Sammy. The Lab wound up with 22 staples in its head and dozens of stitches, Orton said.
A McHenry County official said designating dogs as "vicious" and eligible for destruction has become more difficult since the legislature made judges, rather than animal-control officers, the ones who ...
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