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Article: OWNERS BLAMED FOR VICIOUS DOGS PIT BULLS MALIGNED, DEFENDERS SAY
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- Post-Tribune (IN)
- Article date:
- June 27, 1987
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PHOTO (COLOR)
Herman Fortenberry Jr. of Calumet Township keeps a firm grip on Cocoa, a 7-year-old female pit bullterrier he owns. Fortenberry breeds the dogs. (Color)(Post-Tribune photo by Dave Bartman)
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In reaction to a flurry of attacks across the country, attention has focused on the pit bullterrier, a seemingly supernatural animal that is stalking through the American psyche like the killer shark from "Jaws."
Tales of the animal's extraordinary powers, savagery and fearlessness still flood the media days after the nation witnessed a vicious attack on an animal control officer on national television.
Weeks earlier, a ...