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With Bans In Place, Some Pit Bulls Being Dumped
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- With pit bull bans in effect in some metro cities, more of the dogs are being dumped on the streets, KMBC's Lara Moritz reported.
Two weeks ago, Sadie could barely lift her head. Emily Libla spotted the dog and stopped her car to help. "She was so skinny and so weak. She was having trouble walking. She was stumbling as she was trying to walk. She was so weak, I had to pick her up and put her in my car," Libla said. "I have never ever seen a dog still alive that looked like this one when Emily brought her in," said Kathy Graves of Brookside Animal Clinic. Moritz reported that in two weeks, Sadie's health has improved. But she is not the first pit bull dumped at the Brookside Animal Clinic. "He was sitting at the front door with a harness made out of telephone wire, tied to the front door," Graves said about another pit bull left at the clinic. Graves was able to help find a home for that dog, but she can't do that for every pit bull that comes around, Moritz said. "This is a pit bull that's been dumped because somebody can't have them, whether it was Overland Park, Lee's Summit, wherever. Somebody is hoping that they'll find a home for them," Graves said. "Regardless of the breed, no dog deserves to be abandoned and to starve to death," Libla said. Graves said because pit bulls are banned from some cities does not mean abandoning them is the answer. "You should not do this to any dog, I don't care if it's a pit bull or a cocker spaniel. No dog should be allowed to run on the streets like that," Graves said. Copyright 2006 by TheKansasCityChannel.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. |
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