Pit Bulls Running Rampid In Joplin Joplin Missouri has a tremedous pit bull problem and it's becoming an epedemic throughout the country. Joplin Globe said that 36 percent of the villages, towns and cities in Missouri have some sort of Breed Specific legislation. Without a ban in Joplin, we are sitting prey for pit bulls to literally invade this community, and they are coming in in groves. If the people of joplin don't step up to the plate and demand a pit bull ban, our city will be like New York City, where pit bulls are running the streets barking and growling, tearing at everything in their path, and people are afraid of going out of their homes at night. First I would like you to click Here. A new window will open. The man you are looking at right now is one of the reasons they have a pit bull ban in Independence Mo. Please take a close look. Here you will find an article from KMBC-TV Kansas, where his family describes the attack and his recovery. Please read. If you will Click Here you'll find a story about a woman who died three weeks ago after a pit bull attacked her face and nearly ripped her scalp off. And on July 4, where an infant, while playing under the kitchen table, was attacked by a pit bull that came into her home. The pit had her whole head in his mouth, shaking her. Read Article. This next incident happened in 2004, but I thought is was important. Headlines read, "Child in Stable Condition; Scalp found in dog's stomach". Listed below are a few pit bull attacks and maulings in the state of Missouri. This is a very small list, but everyone I talk too seems to have their own pit bull attack story to tell as well. Pit Bull attacked a 6-year-old boy last week - Joplin Globe - Published May 02, 2007 3 pit bulls maul and slay miniature pet Prized donkey June 8, 2007 - Hymalayan Cat saved after 2 pit bulls invaded home - Joplin Mo. Cat Mauled and Killed by 2 Pit Bulls June 22, 2007, Joplin Mo July 5, 2007 -2 Pit Bulls kill 2 cats and maul 1 dog and 1 cat while in their own individual yards - Joplin Mo. Caruthersville, Mo - Toddler Dies After Pit Bull Attack Miami - 2 Pit Bull Attack and critically injure a dog Pit Bull bites the face of a 9-year-old girl - WEBB CITY, Mo Pit Bull Attacks, Kills Show Horse - Leavenworth County, Kansas Pit Bull Attacks Olathe Boy Walking Home Young child recovering after pit bull attack - Fredericktown, MO Dogs Attacks Man and then Charged at Officers - Springfield MO. Grandfather pulled a neighbor's pit bull off his screaming granddaughter - KANSAS CITY, Mo. Go Here for a list of pit bull attacks, maulings and killings throughout the united states, within the last two years. I'm sure you will find It Astonishing. You can also read the acutal events and see videos of the attacks and victims telling their story. Most stories end in, "the dog was so loving and gentle, It didn't seem like he could hurt a flee", or "he played with the children all the time, he never showed any signs", or the neighbor who was attacked mowing his yard, "he was so kind", or the owner was "such a wonderful, gentle man". Take a look around this site and you will find the pit bulls ancestory, temperment, studies, information from the National Canine research Foundation, a view of city, state and country wide bans (coming soon), and a letter on breeders (comming soon). Please take the time to read this material in the near future. No person has been killed by a pit bull in Joplin yet, however a little 6 year old boy was attacked and his knee cap was ripped off. Many animals have been killed, a prize donkey, an abundance of cats and little dogs, a 9 year old girls face and neck was ripped apart, home invasions, and many more have been reported and thousands unreported. On Saturday, June 8, 2007 there was one attempt made by 2 pit bulls on my cat Boo Boo while she was sitting on the sofa, in the privacy of my own home. Friday, June 22, the same 2 returned and killed Blackie, a sick cat with FIV that I had been taking care of for 2 years, while he was sitting in my front yard...he was too fat to even fight back. Knocking on doors and going down streets and alleys to find where the pit bulls lived that killed Blackie, I found that at least 2 lived on every block in Joplin, some three, some four. July 6, 2 different sets of pit bulls killed 2 cats, and mauled 1 cat and 1 dog in their own yards. Friday July 13 a baby pit bull was on a friends front porch without a collar, and later that day as he and his grandson were going to an auction, saw another pit bull without a collar run down a hill by Zora, then down main street. The other day I saw a man with many muscles walking his pit on a thick chain. He had a difficult time holding on to it because it was so strong and powerful. Pit bulls are comming out of the woodwork..our community is overflowing with abandoned and unwanted pit bulls, and eventually they will take over our good town. Let's not wait for another diseaster, let's do someting about it now. Anymore than we can allow a bear, lion, or leapord to live in our city, can we allow a pit bull without strict laws and regulations to protect our people here. Contact Joplin's city counsil and request a pit bull ban, because your life, your children's lives, and your animals lives are at stake. We need your help! CITY MANAGER R. Mark Rohr 602 Main Street 624-0820 (Ext. 200) Fax No. 625-4707 CITY ATTORNEY Brian W. Head 602 Main Street 624-0820 (Ext. 225) Fax No. 625-4713 CITY CLERK Barbara L. 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