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Article: Pit bulls crowd city pound Oakland council will consider how best to deal with controversial breed
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- Oakland Tribune
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- July 4, 2005
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OAKLAND -- Well before the recent spate of pit bull attacks
throughout the Bay Area made headlines, Robert Edwards started
carrying mace while walking around his North Oakland neighborhood to
ward off pit bulls running loose in the area.
"Pit bulls are not little cuddly creatures that you bring into
your home and (expect) to be loyal 100 percent of the time," said
Edwards, 56. "It's the 1 percent of the time when they go berserk and
can become vicious killing machines."
Edwards' dog, Audrey, a bichon frise, was attacked by three pit
bulls in February when he and his pet were on the front porch.
"It was absolute terror when the pit bulls came to my front
steps," Edwards said. "They grabbed ...