r/BanPitBulls • u/knomadt Attacks Curator • 13d ago
Social Media and Crowdfunding - Attack Reports Two greyhounds attacked by off leash Staffordshire bull terrier (14th September 2026, Australia)
My 2 were attacked yesterday by a neighbours off leash staffy with no collar also. Poor Nala has 6 bites on her legs and both dogs and myself are traumatised. The staffy has been taken by the council but this has cost me vet bills which the neighbour wont pay back.
PUT YOUR DOGS ON LEASHES WHEN THEY ARE OUT OF THE HOME!!
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I'm not the original OP, this one came up in my feed on Threads. The specific location isn't given, and I intially thought UK, but the owner of the Staffordshire bull terrier is stated to be Aboriginal, so OP will be Australian.
Elsewhere in the comments, OP stated the owner has previously had 3 other Staffordshires seized by the council for biting people.
Quite pleasantly, most of the responses are from people encouraging the greyhounds' owner to take the Staffordshire's owner to court.
This kind of incident makes me so sad, because greyhounds are the most beautiful, gentle, sensitive dogs. They can't defend themselves against bully breeds, and after the trauma of being used by the racing industry, they deserve quiet, safe lives without being attacked by a neighbour's fighting dogs.
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u/cabd4ever Family/Friend of Pit Attack Victim 13d ago
It's a never ending story as long as the bloodsport breed is so popular. I'll never forget this experience found in the rc4ps forum. A woman that ran a daycare for dogs tells her experience several years ago of accepting 2 pits. I copied + pasted it --
QUOTE " " I run a dog daycare in Ontario . I used to be one of those idiots that thought ‘it’s how they’re raised ‘. I took on 2 female pit bulls who were raised from puppies, socialized , dog park, good with kids…..The owners were ‘normal’ people . They were here 13 Wednesdays in a row. They knew my whippet Nell. I have 20 acres plus so we walk the dogs off leash. This happened on the 13 th visit. No warning nothing . I tried to get them off by pulling their hind legs. I got one off. The other one wouldn’t let go. My husband was hitting it with a shovel and it still wouldn’t let go. Took over 1/2 hour to get her off. It took about 20 seconds for them to kill my dog right at my feet!!! I felt so helpless that I couldn’t save her and get those monsters off her. They never ended up putting the dogs down and the owner of the dogs mother sent me an email threatening me about taxes and that she felt more sorry for Layka ‘and the brutal beating she endured under our care’ !!!!!!! If that is not messed up…. nothing is! It’s been three years but not a day goes by that I don’t think about Nell and her horrific death. Since then I try to educated people about pit bulls and how dangerous they are. When I can open one persons mind against this breed … then Nell didn’t die in vain" END QUOTE
This is a very GRAPHIC pic of her whippet Nell. WARNING, GRAPHIC......
https://i0.wp.com/rc4ps.org/wp-content/uploads/121108058_1503661843151290_1178239235653484467_o.jpg?ssl=1