>> A WOMAN IN NEW YORK HAS BEEN ARRESTED AFTER HER TWO
PITBULLS ATTACKED TWO MEN.
THIS BRINGS UP THE DEBATE AS TO WHAT WE SHOULD DO ABOUT PIT
BULLS, AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE CONSIDERED DANGEROUS.
CYNTHIA WHO IS 55, IS NOW FACING CHARGES AFTER VIDEO
CAPTURED HER DOGS ATTACKING TWO MEN.
THE VIDEO WE ARE ABOUT TO SHOW YOU IS GRAPHIC.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU A FAIR WARNING.
LET'S TAKE A QUICK LOOK, THEN I WILL GIVE YOU STATISTICS
AND INFORMATION ON PIT BULLS.
>> CALL THE COPS.
>> THEY CAN'T STOP IT, BRO.
>> HURRY UP, THESE DOGS ARE ATTACKING A MAN.
>> YOU SEE A SECOND GOOD SAMARITAN
GETTING ATTACKED.
>>LET ME TELL YOU WHAT THE INJURIES WERE.
THE VICTIM LOST PART OF HIS RIGHT EAR, SUSTAINED NERVE
DAMAGE TO HIS ARMS AND HAD CUTS ALL OVER HIS CHEST AND ARMS.
OLIVER WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH EIGHT COUNTS OF
ASSAULT AND TWO COUNTS OF RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT.
BOTH OF THEM HAD TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL.
THE PERSON WHO WAS INITIALLY ATTACKED SUFFERED THE MOST,
BUT THEY ARE BOTH EXPECTED TO SURVIVE AND RECOVER.
>>SO THE MAIN MAN THAT WAS ATTACKED, HE IS AN ITALIAN
IMMIGRANT, AN ARTIST.
HE IS A TERRIFIC GUY AS YOU WILL SEE IN THE STORY.
HE HAD TO HAVE FIVE HOURS OF SURGERY ON FRIDAY NIGHT.
HE IS STILL IN THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO TAKE
NERVES FROM HIS LEGS AND PUT THEM INTO HIS ARMS.
THE DOGS TOOK CHUNKS OUT OF HIS ARMS AND HIS EAR.
AS YOU SAW IN THE VIDEO, THE DOGS BIT INTO HIM AND
DRAGGED HIM ACROSS THE STREET.
WE TALKED GENERICALLY ABOUT DOGS, DANGEROUS DOGS LIKE
PIT BULLS AND ROTTWEILERS.
THERE ARE PROBABLY 200 MILLION DOGS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
THEY ALWAYS SAY THE SAME THING, NOT MY PITBULL.
I SHOWED YOU THE VIDEO BECAUSE NOW YOU CAN SEE IT COMING.
THEY ARE DANGEROUS ANIMALS.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN GET RID OF ALL PIT BULLS.
I GET IT.
DOESN'T MEAN I DON'T LIKE DOGS.
DOGS ARE LOVELY.
I HAVE PETS OF MY OWN.
I AM TELLING YOU, BE CAREFUL.
THEY ARE SUPER DANGEROUS ANIMALS.
THEY ARE NOT TO BE TAKEN LIGHTLY.
I HAVE NEVER MET A DOG OWNER WHO DIDN'T TELL ME, NOT MINE,
NO WAY.
WHO I DIDN'T THEN SEE TAKING THEIR DOG SUPER LIGHTLY.
>> I DID A LOT OF RESEARCH INTO PIT BULLS JUST TO SEE WHAT
THE CONSENSUS IS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE ACTUALLY THE
MOST DANGEROUS DOGS.
I AM A HUGE DOG LOVER AND AM AGAINST BANNING BREEDS.
BARACK OBAMA SAID BANNING AN ENTIRE BREED OF DOG DOES
NOT MAKE SENSE AND IS NOT EFFECTIVE.
I AM NOT ENDORSING THAT WHATSOEVER.
HOWEVER, YOU LOOK INTO THE NUMBERS AND YOU REALIZE THAT
PIT BULL'S DO TEND TO BE THE MOST VIOLENT DOGS OF ANY OTHER
BREED.
LET ME GIVE YOU THE STATISTICS AND TELL YOU WHAT THE ASPCA
AND PETA SAY.
IN A 10 YEAR PERIOD FROM 2005 TO 2014,
PIT BULLS KILLED 203 AMERICANS AND ACCOUNTED FOR 62
PERCENT OF THE TOTAL RECORDED DEPTH.
COMBINED, PIT BULLS AND ROTTWEILERS ACCOUNTED FOR
74 PERCENT OF THESE DEATHS.
THE ASPCA IS SAYING THAT IT IS UNFAIR TO SAY THAT THE
ENTIRE BREED IS MORE VIOLENT THAN ANY OTHER BREED.
THEY LIKE TO TREAT EACH DOG INDIVIDUALLY, AND IT
DEPENDS ON THE ENVIRONMENT THEY WERE RAISED IN.
A LOT OF PIT BULLS ARE RAISED IN POOR NEIGHBORHOODS.
THEY MIGHT HAVE OWNERS THAT DON'T HAVE RESOURCES TO
CARE FOR THEM AS MUCH AS THEY SHOULD.
AS A RESULT, THEY MIGHT BE MORE VIOLENT THAN OTHER DOGS.
THAT WAS ONE THING THAT WAS MENTIONED.
PETA THINKS THAT PIT BULLS SHOULD BE REGULATED
SIMILARLY TO HOW LEOPARDS AND EXOTIC ANIMALS ARE REGULATED.
THEY COULD BE DANGEROUS, AS A RESULT WE NEED TO BE
CAUTIOUS WITH THEM.
THAT IS COMING FROM AN ANIMAL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION.
>> IF YOU ARE NOT CAUTIOUS WITH THEM, WHAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN IS THEY ARE GOING TO BE EUTHANIZED.
THEY ARE ALREADY TAKEN INTO ANIMAL SHELTERS.
LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THIS GUY THAT WAS ATTACKED.
A PRIEST CAME BY, HE IS IN REALLY BAD SHAPE.
THE PRIEST TELLS HIM DON'T GIVE UP AND HE SAYS, "HE TOLD ME
DON'T GIVE UP, SO I DON'T GIVE UP."
I LOVE THIS GUY.
IT TURNS OUT HE OWNS A PIT BULL.
>> WOW.
>> HE SAID TO NOT EUTHANIZE THE DOGS.
>>THAT IS AMAZING.
>> WHAT A GREAT GUY.
I AM NOT HALF THE MAN THIS GUY IS.
THE COPS ARRESTED THE WOMAN.
TO POINT OUT TOUGH SITUATIONS, THE OWNER HAS
BEEN ARRESTED 37 TIMES.
IT WAS MAINLY FOR DRUG OFFENSES, SO WE DON'T KNOW IF SHE IS
A DANGEROUS PERSON.
THE GUY WHO WAS ATTACKED SAID ñ
THE COPS SAID SHE SICKED THE DOGS ON HIM.
THE VICTIM SAID NO.
I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THE VICTIM IS MORE LIKELY TO BE CORRECT.
I DON'T KNOW WHY ñ MAYBE COPS WERE FRUSTRATED WITH HER?
I HAVE MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN TO HER.
I WOULD HAVE TO HEAR A LOT MORE OF THE CONTEXT TO FIGURE
OUT HOW NEGLIGENT SHE WAS.
THIS GUY SAYS NO, IT IS NOT HER FAULT.
NO, DON'T PUT THE DOGS DOWN.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY THAT MAKES HIM A GREAT GUY, BUT
I DON'T AGREE WITH YOU.
THOSE DOGS ARE DANGEROUS.
NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU SAW IN THE VIDEO, IT TURNS OUT
IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME THEY HAVE DONE IT.
THEY ALSO ATTACKED ONE OF HER NEIGHBORS.
THE NEIGHBOR SAYS THOSE ARE VICIOUS DOGS.
SHE SAID ANY TIME I GO OUTSIDE MY HOUSE NOW, I LOOK AROUND
TO SEE IF THOSE DOGS ARE AROUND.
YOU MIGHT LOVE YOUR DOG, AND MAYBE YOUR DOG IS FANTASTIC.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT YOUR DOG.
SOME DOGS ARE DANGEROUS.
I CAN'T SEEM TO GET DOG LOVERS TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
AS ANA JUST POINTED OUT, ONLY SIX PERCENT OF THE DOGS IN THIS
COUNTRY ARE PIT BULLS, BUT THEY CAUSE 62 PERCENT OF DEATHS.
ROTTWEILERS CAN LITERALLY LOSE THEIR MINDS, AND IF THEY DO
THEY ATTACK ANYTHING IN SIGHT.
THAT IS PRETTY DANGEROUS.
IF YOU HAVE A DOG LIKE THIS, DON'T TAKE IT LIGHTLY.
IT COULD BE A KILLING MACHINE.
MOST OF THEM AREN'T, BUT SOME ARE AND WHEN THEY DO THEY
CAUSE A LOT OF DAMAGE.
I AM NOT SAYING BAN PIT BULLS,
BUT I KIND OF AGREE WITH
THE PEOPLE YOU QUOTED THERE.
MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE MORE REGULATION TO MAKE SURE
THEY ARE HANDLED IN A RESPONSIBLE WAY.