This happened yesterday-4 pit X's killed woman walking. What will happen to the owners?
Question:
Dogs Kill Woman on TorC Street
By Rene Romo
Copyright © 2011 Albuquerque Journal
Journal Southern Bureau
LAS — Margaret Salcedo was taking an Easter afternoon walk down a residential street in Truth or Consequences when four dogs, which had gotten out of their yard, attacked and killed her.
A police officer arrived on the scene while the attack was still under way and shot one of the dogs, which later died, said Patrick Gallagher, Truth or Consequences police chief. The three others were later rounded up and impounded at a local animal shelter.
They appeared to be pit bull mixes.
"Initially, I believe he (the officer) fired a few shots. That was unsuccessful. And then the dogs advanced toward him, and that's when he shot one," Gallagher said.
Gallagher said Salcedo, 48, was walking along the public road when she was attacked near her home. Gallagher said Salcedo did not own a car and walked where she needed to go in town.
The attack occurred in a residential area between the main commercial part of town and the Rio Grande.
Police responded to an emergency phone call at 4:25 p.m. Sunday, and the victim was found being mauled at the intersection of Marshall and Platinum streets, one block from the dogs' home at 1406 Nickel St.
The dogs' owners, identified as John and Maria Hardiman, were not at home at the time of the attack, but the dogs were "out at that time," Gallagher said. The police chief said it appeared the dogs had left their yard either through a hole in a fence or by jumping a section of the fence that "looked like it had been bent over in the past."
Salcedo died at Sierra Vista Hospital shortly after 8 p.m., before she could be transferred to a trauma center, Gallagher said. She had sustained "pretty substantial bites" to her arms and legs, he said.
Karen Green, a friend for six years, said Salcedo often spent time at the home of a longtime companion on Copper Street, two blocks from where the mauling occurred.
Salcedo was unemployed and lived off of Social Security disability benefits for mental health problems. She had two adult children.
"She was a lovable person. Didn't have a mean bone in her body," Green said. "She never had an unkind word to say to anybody."
Green said the dogs had escaped from their yard before and she had worried about them roaming about because "there are small children all around this neighborhood."
Christina Salvato, manager of the Sierra Animal Shelter where the three surviving dogs are being held, said the dogs appear to be pit bull mixes, each weighing about 30 pounds. One male is an adult, while the other two dogs are about 1 to 2 years old.
The dog that was shot, and later found dead below the house where it lived, was an adult male pit bull, Salvato said.
"The youngest one that's in here is basically a puppy. She's very sweet, gives you kisses through the fence," Salvato said. "She didn't know any better. She just did what the other dogs did. But she's going to lose her life because of it."
State Police criminal investigators took over the case at the request of TorC law enforcement, said Capt. Mark Umprovitch of the State Police office in TorC.
Gallagher said, "We don't really have the same level of resources they (State Police) do with regard to evidence collection and forensic analysis. ... When it comes to somebody's life, it's something that requires a level of investigating commitment that, unfortunately, I don't have."
Whether the owner of the dogs will be charged in connection with the case has not yet been determined, Gallagher said.
What happened? Pit Bulls happened. The attack only lasted 3 minutes & the woman was dead. She was dead when the police arrived.
We all know the dogs will be euthanized but what will the owners of the dogs face?
What do you think should happen to the owners?
Rayven> the woman was killed in less than 3 minutes.
Answer:
i would like the owners of any dog that kills a human being to be on a new reality show called kill the owner ... because we all know it is not the dogs fault (freakin sarcasm) ... so owner Maria Hardiman should be shackled and attached to a wall facing several men with guns ... every man with a gun gets to take a shot starting with a foot or arm or hand and working up to the head and death ... the death must be painful and not quick ... make the husband watch his wife be ripped apart and killed ... anyone who finds that a bit much or a bit harsh, lets ask Margaret Salcedo what she thinks, oh wait, we can't because that is exactly how she died, painfullly and prolonged and in intense fear ... next it is the husband's turn ... it would be nice if all family and friends could be in the background freaking out as that would push up ratings for sure ... and kill that bastard who let his weapons roam free ... it is the age of reality television and it is the age to eradicate these monsters that some are still deluded into thinking they are pets ...
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