European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 21, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 16 the stars and stripes May 1985 acceptable pets or Bloodthirsty killers by Leon Daniel United press International Wally Roberts saw the mangled body of Deborah he knew instantly she had been killed in her bed by his pit Bull Debbie body was All chewed Roberts her entire face had been chewed her Scalp was Napoleon was standing beside the he was covered with there was this look on his face that i fouled up real who paid with his own life for the fatal was of a Breed that critics charge Are killer dogs beyond they demand legislation to control their unsavoury reputation has boosted the popularity of the dogs originally bred to fight each other in in Many parts of the United they still arc bred to fight and although do fighting is illegal in All states and a felony offence in like most victims of attacks by pit Pernell was killed last february in by one kept As a not to Napoleon was my Best said who works at a graphics design he is a physical fitness Buff who races Mountain bikes As a Roberts bought Napoleon in 1981 from a Chicago who grew to 75 was registered by the american Kennel club As an american Staffordshire the Breed name preferred by the which opposes but the Staffordshire is the same Breed As the Ameri can pit Bull once bred exclusively to fight and still known for its strength and powerful the fighting has got out of Roberts a different dog is some people Are Breeding these dogs just to theres too much although Napoleon bit at least two people before he attacked who was living in Roberts the dogs owner insists the killing was a Freak Acci when i came into the i thought at first she had blown her head off with my Roberts there was blood All Over the Napoleon was standing right beside he just looked at me like he knew he had blown i dont think ill Ever be Able to lose that picture in my mind of finding Debbie that i have nightmares about Roberts said he feels remorse but not guilt or responsibility for Perseus 1 met with a he he told me to feel the pain but not the i had nothing to do with what some of the pain Roberts feels is because authorities had to put Down i miss my dog a he he really was my bust Roberts of i miss my Friend she was a Good Robert Bakers specially for the humane society of the United states is tipping off Law enforcement officers on when and where dogfights Are to be it is dangerous undercover work that has taught him a lot about pit Bull terriers and the kind of people who own attacks on humans Are increasing in direct proportion to the growing popularity of the Baker said in an interview at the society Headquarters in Wash he has no National statistics but is keeping an Ever thickening file folder crammed with accounts of the in one of the latest reported on March Helen was attacked by a pit Bull while raking leaves in her Yard at one of two pit bulls leaped a Fence from a Yard next door and bit her on the face and Throat in an attack that lasted just 30 seconds and left her with a broken Baker finds it ironic that news coverage of the society Long opposition to do fighting has made the pit Bull terrier More people started buying them for the sole purpose of having the meanest dog on the he its a Macho the ones who dont fight their dogs own them for the same reasons As the people who be cause of the growing popularity of the we now find pit bulls running around Loose and people being torn Baker concedes that pit bulls May be no More Likely to attack humans than some other the prob Lem is the severity of the he when a pit Bull attacks a the damage is Marcellus Hampton died horribly at the age of 11 after tripping while playing on his front porch in Cin and falling within reach of his family pit Bull named who was chained to the Side of the the dog grabbed him by the head and dragged him up and Down the a witness then the dog had him by the buddy powerful bite severed the boys carotid the main supplier of blood to the that 1983 killing and other attacks prompted the City Council to approve an ordinance Banning the Sale of pit Bull terriers and requiring that they be kept fenced in or muzzled and on a a proposal that would have banned the Breed from Cincinnati was got pit Bull control legislation after a series of including an incident in which an elderly woman was left naked and bleeding after her two dogs turned on such legislation is bitterly attacked by the Breeds such As Ralph Greenwood of Salt Lake president of the american dog breeders his which Baker and others in the humane society charge is a front for Regis ters the Breed under the name american pit Bull do fighting is against the Greenwood spelling out his organizations official we dont Sanction or encourage anything we have no Way of knowing if the dogs we Register Are As for his personal View of Greenwood does not consider the practice its like racing he its been built up into More than it pit bulls love to Greenwood fighting dogs have been known to die in the pit with their tails still up and which some take As evidence that they Are bred to a blood sport they pit bulls do not even growl when they some times for several losers do not always die in the pit but sometimes As Well As die of their five time winners Are dubbed grand champions and command top stud sometimes losers Are shot by disgruntled wounded dogs rarely Are taken to veterinarians for fear the owners will be Greenwood scoffs at humane society charges that trainers of fighting dogs attach live Kittens to cat Mills to cultivate blood lust in their that he can you imagine a boxing Trainer taking his fighter to a crippled childrens Hospital to work out with the kids you cant make a dog do what he Doest want to Greenwood these dogs fight they dont snap and they just fight for the love of using treadmills to increase a dogs stamina is not Greenwood its just an exercise he if its its wrong for you to go to the Greenwood blames the press for the Breeds poor if an australian Shepherd kills a baby in a that one tiny he if its a pit Bull the press makes a big thing of there Are biting dogs in any if a dog he ought to be put Greenwood contends pit bulls Are Good with ninety percent of dog problems Are people prob he if a dog is trained not to be hell be As for dogs trained to an animal trained to fight one species Doest go after he Greenwood insists pit bulls can make Safe these dogs Arent for he they have to be some people  teach Rin tin tin to shake the staunch defender of the Breed Teddy Roosevelt had one in the White remember the Little rascals in the movies and their dog that was a pit Patton had one in world War he said the pit Bull has always been a Little outlaw animal but a lot of people love animal shelter officials in Are seeking court permission to destroy a pit Bull that recently attacked a 3yearold seven months after the dog bit a 2yearold boy and two adults who came to his in the second 75pound Frankie inflicted 30 puncture and rip wounds on the who still is in a Hospital in fair three including fran Kies face Misdemeanour charges in connection with the although there was no evidence that Frankie was a fighting the Colorado legislature recently voted to strengthen its Antido fighting outlaw bikers have gotten into said state John Herzog of Colorado theres big gambling up to can be bet on a single Herzog said he Hopes the new legislation will Lead to the arrest of major do fighters in Colorado who already have been under the new Law enforce ment officers would not have to actually witness clan Destine dogfights to make in a Man was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and placed on five years probation last year after his two pit bulls mauled to death his 67year old he was the first person in the state to be held criminally responsible for a death caused by a evidence disclosed that David Reynolds had let the dogs out of his House judging from the Trail of blood and drag Marks on Grace Parsons the prosecutor they were apparently trying to drag the body some of the accounts of pit Bull attacks disclose heroic attempts by bystanders to Rescue Christine suffered bites when she drove away a pit Bull that mauled a 7yearold girl in Albu Christine realized the dog was dragging the girl Down the said her she ran out and tried to shoo the dog but he turned on Christine and started biting