Dog attacked four people, put to sleep

Was this the right thing to do?

I definitely think it was the right thing to do, but dont totally agree with "bad owners breed bad dogs". Some breeds are just known for their viciousness, pitbull's being one of them. What i don't agree with is why they refer to animals as being "destroyed" in these situations. It just makes it sound like such a horrible thing to do to the animal when in fact it's only euthanization which is not really cruel.

Try and sugar-coat it any way you want. The dog was KILLED for being a dog. Whatever you want to blame on the breed... this was the owners fault.

I feel sorry for the dog, who did not wake up one day making an informed choice to attack people; but it does sound like the dog was dangerous. I hope that the dog's owner was with the dog when they euthanized him.

Please enlighten me: what is the point of breeding and owning vicious dogs?

One thing I don't understand is the ONLY dog bites you hear about on the new are pit bulls well there are hundreds of dog bite of various breeds but you dont hear about them on the news you have to ask around for the info. I blame the owner if the dog any dog is trained right it wouldnt bite unless it was scared or fearful. This I know I own a pit and my daughter foster's them and we have never had a problem with any of them even the ones that are abused and left for dead can be trained to listen to their owner. Remember only pit bull are talked about in the news not the little dogs are even the german shephards or other breeds that bite and do alot more harm to a person do you hear about in the news what that tell you!!!

It's not the "bite" that's news-it's the severity of the attack, killing a child, ripping someone's hand, arm, leg or face off that makes news. Although all breeds may bite (even people bite), the issue is breeds that are most likely to bite, with very little or no provocation. I still don't understand why people want to own a dog that is prone to be vicious.

It doesn't matter who or what, the safty of people should always be the priority. If owners breed dogs to attack people, then the dog and the owners should be held accountable.