AR-News: (US MO) Terrier vs. carrier

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

Pit bull attacks letter carrier day before new law begins 

By David Tanner 
The Examiner 
 
David Tanner/the Examiner
   During a tense moment Saturday, Independence Animal Control Officer James 
Jamerson subdues a male pit bull at 2206 S. Cedar Ave. Earlier, the dog bit 
mail carrier Steve Puterbaugh, who is OK. The worman in red is a friend of the 
dog's handler, who brought the dog to authorities after the handler left. Two 
Independence police officers were nearby to react, had the dog bitten Jamerson. 
 
Saturday was the second time in Steve Puterbaugh's 25-year career he has been 
attacked by a pit bull. 
The Independence mail carrier, with bandages from his right elbow to his 
hand, was shook up but talkative as he described the large male pit bull terrier 
that ran him down Saturday morning at 2206 S. Cedar Ave. 
"I was delivering mail to the mailbox," Puterbaugh said. "(The handler) threw 
the door open and he was right on me. He was biting at me before I could do 
anything. She came running out and pulled him off of me. She had to sit on him 
to get him off of me." 
Standing in the street, Puterbaugh rolled back the bandages to reveal the 
teeth marks. Nearby, police and animal control officers searched the property for 
the handler, identified as Lisa Parker, and the dog, named Pete.





full story:

http://www.examiner.net/stories/030104/new_030104028.shtml
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