Cops kept Busy With Pit Bull Attack On Highway

This article in CityNews reminds me what happens when dogs become unsocialized like the Ontario government has made it vertually impossible to do anymore. I'm not saying this is the case in this article as it doesn't go into detail about the owner, nor show pictures of the dogs other than saying the owner is having them put down.

However, when I read an article with basically no facts to go on, it makes me wonder. Where the dogs properly registered as required by law? If not, there would have been so many charges against the owner besides them not being registered properly such as running at large, non muzzled and leashed properly, the attack to the two dogs and injuries to people involved just to name a few.

They did however show a video of the Bull Mastiff being led into the cruiser which was walking at large and eventually coxed. That strikes me as funny since Bull Mastiff's aren't banned in Ontario.

Cops Kept Busy With Pit Bull Attack & Dog On Highway
Wednesday May 9, 2007

Late Tuesday into early Wednesday was a busy stretch for Toronto Police, as two separate incidents involving dogs prompted calls to officers.

Just after 7pm Tuesday, two pit bulls escaped a fenced-in yard in the Finch and Neilson area and attacked two women who were walking their own dogs. An elderly woman was sent to hospital and one of the pets was killed, while the other, a miniature collie, was seriously hurt.

"The owners of both the victims' dogs were injured . they received minor bites to their forearms in attempts trying to save their dogs," said Toronto Police Cst. Wendy Drummond. "The attending officer was also injured ... bit by one of the dogs as well."

The animals were eventually captured and taken to Animal Services. At the owner's request, they'll stay there until they're euthanized under Ontario's pit bull ban.

Then, just after midnight officers spotted a mastiff (video) wandering up a ramp to Highway 401 near Kennedy and Progress. With some lengthy and careful coaxing the dog was loaded into a police cruiser and taken to a nearby animal shelter.