[Chat] Follow up: tonight's dog attack and Baltimore law

Wed Dec 2 22:21:50 EST 2009

Paul - I am very sorry to hear about this horrible experience.  I hope that
both Greg and your dog recovery fully.  Can you provide a little more detail
(e.g. east side / west side; how many houses from 27th or 28th street) about
the location of the property where the dog and youths originated before the
attack?  I will certainly look to avoid this property when walking with my
daughter and advise others on the block to do the same.

Thanks,
David Kinzer
2712 Guilford

On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 9:51 PM, Paul Williams <oldhousehistory at aol.com>wrote:

>  The CV Chat and Discussion listserves are not seemingly sending
> submissions to recipients in a timely fashion for subscribers for an
> immediate posting (sans digest) but this is a problem for us subscribers
> using this venue for a current emergency alert.   I’m a CV resident - but in
> DC during the week, but when this attack took place to my partner this
> evening, I had hoped everyone on the list would have been alerted (sans
> digest recipients). The victim of this attack, in fact, is a member of both
> CV list-serves, but has unfortunately relied on me forwarding both alerts
> and responses emails.
>
>
>
> *In any event, from tonight’s (WED Dec 2, 6 PM) vicious dog attack:
>           *
>
>
>
> Our 12 year old greyhound is at Ardmore for a few days, as Greg just took
> him there this evening – one of their vet techs is our house sitter, in
> fact.
>
>
>
> We’re not sure of the actual house number where the dog came running off
> the porch, but we are within a few houses, so it won’t take long – with
> animal registration requirements.  It’s also unclear if those taunting the
> Pit Bull to kill our dog were on the owner’s porch or next door, but that
> will also become clear with further investigation from proper
> authorities.
>
>
>
> Incredibly, and completely incomprehensible, was that police arrived and
> determined that if the human under attack had no serious injuries – a finger
> lost, a baby mauled, or worse, the Police said they must hand the entire
> case over to Animal Control (note that the cop was so nice and offered to
> administer first aid to Greg and offered a ride to the vet.   Animal Control
> is the agency in charge.  Apparently our dogs can be mauled to death, a dog
> owner under attack can sustain bleeding and bruising and physiological
> injuries, but no police record is necessary under the law, and in fact, no
> follow up that may help in even a civil case down the road.  That needs to
> change NOW.
>
>
>
> Police do not go door to door to find the owner of the dog in question,
> only Animal Control.   Police are not able by law to tell us which porch
> this vicious animal came from.  We cannot learn from police calls (our own,
> a witness, and a follow up witness) where the offending dog resides: we need
> to only call animal control.  So, I’m guessing the Animal Control called
> tonight from our communal police calls found the few houses in question
> tonight dark and unresponsive, and I suspect that the pit bull in question
> was removed to another location for a month or two to hide from authorities.
>
>
>
>
> I’m not one to sit back and take this injustice, so we will be organizing
> massive media attention to our unjust Baltimore City laws, just revealed to
> us tonight in these most unfortunate circumstances.  It is time to take back
> our city and expose to the masses on a national level what we have just
> learned tonight with which is a common practice that can affect every dog
> and cat owner, and even parents with small children!
>
>
>
> In the immediate future, if you have a small child in a baby carriage, any
> size dog, or even a roaming cat, AVOID the 2700 block of Guilford Ave, as
> the owner of this young Pit Bull conveyed verbally and rather clearly during
> the attack that “there is nothing I can do.”
>
>
>
> Look forward to an immediate community call for action, growing media
> event, and exposure that this is a truly flawed Baltimore City law, which we
> will push for CHANGE for us citizens living in Charles
> Village.
>
>
>
>
>
> Paul K. Williams
>
> Kelsey & Associates, Inc.
>
> 1929 13th Street, NW
>
> Washington, DC 20009
>
> WashingtonHistory.com <http://washingtonhistory.com/>
>
> 202-213-9796
>
>
>
> 2629 Guilford Avenue
>
> Baltimore, MD 21218
>
> BaltimoreMarylandHistory.com <http://baltimoremarylandhistory.com/>
>
>
>
> *From:* discussion-bounces at charlesvillage.info [mailto:
> discussion-bounces at charlesvillage.info] *On Behalf Of *Paul Williams
> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 02, 2009 8:25 PM
> *To:* 'Charles Village Discussion List'
> *Cc:* laredmond at hotmail.com
> *Subject:* Re: [Discussion] Village Parents Dec. 6 Toy & Book Swap
>
>
>
> For the Parents Group:
>
>
>
> There is a pit bull in the 2700 block of Guilford Avenue that attacked a 39
> year old man and a 12 year old dog this evening, with the encouragement of
> bystanders on the porch.  I would highly discourage any parent with a young
> infant or child from traversing this block, with or without dog or child,
> until this situation is resolved, as this dog is currently allowed by its
> owners to roam free and attack anything it is apparently trained to do.
> Police have been notified, and there is nothing in the law that they are
> able to do: only animal control can remove this dog from our community.
>
>
>
> Paul
>
>
>
> Paul K. Williams
>
> Kelsey & Associates, Inc.
>
> 1929 13th Street, NW
>
> Washington, DC 20009
>
> WashingtonHistory.com <http://washingtonhistory.com/>
>
> 202-213-9796
>
>
>
> 2629 Guilford Avenue
>
> Baltimore, MD 21218
>
> BaltimoreMarylandHistory.com <http://baltimoremarylandhistory.com/>
>
>
>
> *From:* discussion-bounces at charlesvillage.info [mailto:
> discussion-bounces at charlesvillage.info] *On Behalf Of *Lauren Redmond
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 01, 2009 10:20 PM
> *To:* Charles Village Chat listserve; Charles Village discussion listserve
> *Subject:* [Discussion] Village Parents Dec. 6 Toy & Book Swap
>
>
>
> Charles Village's brand new parents group, Village Parents, invites you to:
>
> A Toy and Book Swap
> at Village Learning Place
> 2521 Saint Paul Street
>
> Sunday, September 6th.
> 2:30-5:00pm
> Swapping starts at 3pm
>
> Please bring your gently used toys and books to swap for something that is
> "new to you".
> Babysitting will be available in the downstairs classrooms.
>
> If you have a baby and no toys or books to swap yet, come anyway and meet
> your CV family neighbors.  There may be toys to take home after the swap.
>
> Any toys left after the event will be donated to charity.
>
> If you are unable to attend, but would like to be added to the listserve to
> be notified about future events, go to:
>
> groups.google.com/group/charles-village-parents and click on "Join this Group".
>
>
>
> Questions? Contact Lauren Redmond at laredmond at hotmail.com or Julie Neale Taylor at jnealet at hotmail.com
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