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Pit Bull Attack Victim Moves From Hospital To Rehab Center
August 13, 2013
The Nokomis woman who was viciously attacked and mauled by two pit bulls at her home July 18 has been released from the USA Medical Center in Mobile.
Sandra Lambert, 63, is now at the West Florida Rehabilitation Institute in Pensacola, learning to live without her dominant right arm. Her arm was amputated at the shoulder following the dog attack. She is expected to remain at the rehab center for at least a couple of weeks.
The two pit bulls that attacked Lambert at her home were euthanized at the Escambia County Animal Shelter. Animal Control’s investigation determined that Lambert’s family had been taking care of the two animals for at least 10 months, making the family the legal owners of the dogs, according to Escambia County officials. Family members signed custody of the dogs over to animal control with the understanding that the animals would be put down..
Lambert had taken both pit bulls out for a walk behind her home on in the 8000 block of Jakes Road. Molly, the female dog, was on a leash and lunged at some chickens in the yard. Lambert yelled “No, Molly” to the dog and pulled on her leash. The dog quickly turned on her and attacked, with the male dog, Rosco, joining in.
She was airlifted to the USA Medical Center in Mobile where she underwent several surgeries.
An account to help Lambert with medical expenses has been established. Donations can be made to the “Benefit Account for Sandra Lambert” at any branch of United Bank. Donations can be mailed to United Bank, P.O. Box 8, Atmore, AL 36504.
Pictured top: An Escambia County Animal Control officer removed a tranquilized pit bull from an enclosed porch at the home of Sandra Lambert. Pictured below: Molly, one of the dogs involved in the July 18 attack, after being tranquilized. Pictured bottom: The attack happened at a mobile home in Nokomis, FL. Lambert was airlifted to the USA Medical Center in Mobile. NorthEscambia.com exclusive photos, click to enlarge.
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5 Responses to “Pit Bull Attack Victim Moves From Hospital To Rehab Center”
Pit bulls have killed 16 humans (mostly children and the elderly) in the US so far this year, dismembered several others, and badly injured hundreds (again, mostly children). Not a day passes that we don’t read of a serious pit bull attack that was completely unprovoked. While I am sorry about lady’s predicament, it is difficult to sympathize with adults who choose to own, or expose themselves to, such monsters. Ms. Lambert was warned by family members and friends to get rid of the pit bulls, but she chose to believe the pit bull propaganda and continued feeding them. She would have been in less danger feeding two Florida panthers!
Pit bull opinions are firmly held. No amount of facts will change the minds of anyone who has been attacked by a perceived breed of dog or swarm of bees or wild eyed Walmart shopper. A strong aversion to each would develop. For sake of argument, though, here are some CDC and Humane Society factoids:
There is no AKC recognized Pit Bull breed. The catchall descriptor includes: American Pit Bull terriers, American Staffordshire Terriers, Bull Terriers, American Bulldog, Bull Mastiff, Boxer, Dogo Argentino, and Olde English Bulldogge.
As for banning “pit bulls”, the UK banned them; the number of dog bites did not decrease but stayed exactly the same. German shephards and rottweilers have stronger jaws than pit bulls. Although fatal attacks on humans appear to be a breed-specific problem (“pit bulls” and Rottweilers) other breeds also bite and cause fatalities at equal or higher rates.
Because of difficulties in accurately determining a dog’s breed, enforcement of breed-specific ordinances raises constitutional and practical issues. What isn’t difficult to determine is the fact 97% of dogs that bite people are NOT spayed or neutered. Attacks by responsibly owned, spayed/neutered, socialized, properly housed/restrained dogs not allowed to run loose in packs are rare. Such attacks usually follow provocation and are preceded with body language/warning behavior.
Unless folks just savor wide scale killing and wider scale government intrusion into their lives, the take aways from all of these facts are:
SPAY OR NEUTER your pets; socialize them – integrate them into your family. Do NOT chain out your dogs as lawn ornaments or as symbolic “bad” watchdogs.
Just as you do with kids, adult humans mold the personality of their pets. If YOU are irresponsible, violent, aggressive, chances are real good the dog (and kids!) will be too.
CONSIDERING:
“a reaction like that is far from normal pit behavior”
And yet….
No, won’t go there, wouldn’t be prudent, folks will believe what they choose to believe no matter what the numbers show.
David for humoring the dangerous
I agree with the above statement. Very well said. As a pitbull owner myself, this is an absolute tragedy to hear about. If this was in my town, I would find out who turned the dogs over and investigate their doings, because a reaction like that is far from normal pit behavior…. or dog behavior in general.
Yet again, this is very tragic. I wish the woman best of luck.
I will say this is a horrible situation. And I pray that God helps her through thiss tough time. But I will also say, by the aricle is sounds as if she adopted the dogs in. These precious animals would have never reacted in this way if it weren’t for their previous owners. Obviously who ever their previous owners were did not treat the animals with love and respect as pets should. I hope tha whoever had theses pets before this woman gets karma their way. Pitbulls are not awful animals unless they are treated and fought to be awful animals. I feel sorry for the dogs. And I pray this woman heals well and understands not all pitbulls are this way.