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Article: Waukesha dog owner wants pit bulls banned; Her puppy was severely injured in an attack by neighbor's pets, she says
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- October 19, 2006
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Waukesha - After watching and being unable to stop two pit bulls
from viciously attacking her 5-month-old puppy, Andrea Rummery is on
a mission to have the breed banned from the city.
Pit bulls are banned in Denver and restricted in Kansas City, and
many other people have raised the issue of keeping pit bulls out of
their communities after attacks. Pit bulls were involved in the most
bite-related fatalities, 66, of humans from 1979 to 1998, according
to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The breed
responsible for the second-most bite-related fatalities during the
same period was Rottweilers, with 39.
"I want them out of our neighborhood and out of this city,"
Rummery said. ...