Pitbull: Killer or Rapist...this is crazy
 

(Lockport, NY, July 10, 2007) - - We want to warn you that our top story is both bizarre and deeply disturbing. Police are investigating an apparent sexual attack by a family pit bull on a two-year-old boy in Lockport. The boy is at Women and Children's Hospital. News 4's Lorey Schultz reports.

This two-year-old pit bull shows no signs of aggression, but it did on Sunday when it apparently sodomized a Lockport toddler.

Residents who live in the neighborhood where it happened are still talking about it.

One neighbor said, "You hear about dogs attacking children in horror films, but as far as in this community, it's never happened."

Police say the boy was sexually assaulted in his Washburn Street home by his family's two-year-old pit bull, who had been with them since it was a puppy.


http://wivb.com/Global/story.asp?s=6768851

Dogs hump things...people, toys, pillows, air, whatever. No way that dog was able to insert without help from someone.

Thank you Lisa! I was just going to say that. There is no way that the dog would be able to pull off a diaper and insert his genitals in the infant. This story seems to off for me.

I'd say its likely the dog pulled off the diaper, but not with the intent to penetrate the child. Even with the diaper pulled off, I still think it had to have help, I mean-dogs hump each other willingly & still can't succesfully penetrate.

noiw....we DO remember that sodomy does NOT necessarily mean to penetrate right....?

In most cases, sodomy is oral sex.....

In a toddler no less? However I could see there still being injury from it. Who left a toddler alone with a pit bull? Pit Bulls are terriers and while they're generally very protective of their family, it's not good to leave small children along with terriers in the first place. (Not any dog for that matter, but terriers are worse than others)

You make a good point, its just the impression I got from the article & the news video saying he had surgery on his rectum.

Here's another article: http://www.tonawanda-news.com/local/...192134718.html

This is unbelievably bizarre. Poor child! What will happen when he grows up and is known as the boy who was raped by a dog? Flog the mother. Drollefille, you have it right. There is NO reason she should have left the child with the dog.

Are we sure this is for real??

I personally don't think it's for real.

Side note....does a pit bull have the length to be able to penetrate a rectum?

(I'm a cat person.)

The news video says that the family wants the dog destroyed but I think thats a bit harsh considering I'm with the rest of you on this either not being real, or at least not really happening as its presented.

My guess is that a family member probably did the deed and the dog gets to be the scapegoat.. er dog.

But apparently there's DNA to test from the boy? I know that can be skin cells too, but still. My twisted mind is wondering if this is someone trying to cover up sexual abuse. ETA: Kevin posted faster than I did.

And yes, dog's penises would probably be large enough to penetrate a rectum, particularly a toddlers. They also have a bone in them which could have caused injuries even without actual penetration.

It's the removal of the diaper + mounting that's a hard believer for me. Unless the kid happened to be in a stripping stage. I don't know, I think there's more here than meets the eye, but it's not completely impossible.

I don't think the dog should be destroyed since this wasn't an attack and the boy's injuries were accidental on the dog's part.

If the dog is being blamed for someone else's abuse, I think the family would be quick to want it destroyed as well if their intent is to cover up the abuse. This story just seems to be too strange to be true. I'm sure the investigators are just as skeptical as I am.

I would think that a forensic analysis should be able to say what went on.

-- perhaps this is a really good example of why woe should spay and neuter our pets? If this dog had been neutered (assuming this "attack" took place), it probably wouldn't have had the urge to hump the kid.

Neutering doesn't always cure that urge - my best friend's poodle is neutered and he's still humping away (pillows, etc). I agree with your earlier post, this is "the dog ate my homework" taken to the next level.

It might still hump, but wouldn't the critter be unable to achieve penetration? I swear I remember something from some animal behavior section of a class that mounting/humping has more to do with dominance than sex in a lot of instances.

Regardless this is my WTF story for the day.