Man Bites Dog It’s Not – The Eagle on Wednesday’s Dog Fight in Brooklyn Heights

By on October 27, 2010 10:55 pm in Nature, Pets

The Brooklyn Eagle gets to the bottom of this morning’s dog fight as mentioned by several folks on today’s Open Thread Wednesday:

Brooklyn Eagle: Witnesses said that Sophie, possibly part Maltese, allegedly snapped at a brown pit bull/Lab mix named Luna, sparking a ferocious fight. When the owners attempted to separate the howling dogs, Sophie allegedly bit both of them. The sound of the fight and the screams of the owners drew dog-walkers from across the park.

Eventually Sophie sped out of the park, ran across Cadman Plaza West and Henry Street and made it to her home on Cranberry Street, with her wounded owner chasing after her. Witnesses called 911 to summon help for Luna’s owner, still in the park, bleeding from the left hand.

Luna’s owner alleged that Sophie’s owner cursed at her during the fray. “She called me a b****,” she said as a FDNY paramedic bandaged her hand. “She said, ‘You b****, get your *** dog off my dog.’ But her dog bit Luna. Everyone thinks that because Luna’s part pit bull, he’s to blame.”

“That’s racial profiling,” said one of the dog owners remaining in the park.

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  • WillowtownCop

    I’m a cat person. I don’t know much about dogs, but my cats, who are very well treated and taken care of, will, from time to time, completely lose their marbles and tear around the apartment destroying everything in their path, including human flesh. I suspect dogs, no matter how well trained their owners think they are, on occasion do the same, with more dire consequences.

    If you are the type of person who is concerned about this, you should stay out of dog parks and regular parks with off leash hours during those hours. If you have to reschedule your run, so be it. If you own a dog, you should keep it on a leash where required by law and make sure it has its proper tags. People get tickets for that all the time. I even write small dogs for being off the leash, because I’ve never heard of a dog on a leash getting hit by a car.

  • Demonter

    Beware of dangerous retractable leashes! My parents Shitzu ran into the street and got killed by a truck due to the fact that the leash wasn’t locked and the dog had enough line to run too far. A terrible tragedy which was completely avoidable.

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