Customs Dog Attacks 4-Year-Old Girl @ IAD
Feb 18, 2010, 5:56 pm
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Customs Dog Attacks 4-Year-Old Girl @ IAD
Customs Dog Attacks 4-Year-Old Girl
02/18/10
Dulles International Airport - The U.S. Customs and Border Patrol says one of its dogs bit a 4-year-old girl during a training exercise at Dulles International Airport.
Spokeswoman Kelly Ivahnenko says it happened Thursday about 10:30 a.m. at the domestic terminal baggage facility. She said it was not known why the dog, a Belgian malinois, bit the child.
Ivahnenko says the girl was bitten on the abdomen and received immediate medical attention and was taken to a hospital. Her condition is not known.
02/18/10
Dulles International Airport - The U.S. Customs and Border Patrol says one of its dogs bit a 4-year-old girl during a training exercise at Dulles International Airport.
Spokeswoman Kelly Ivahnenko says it happened Thursday about 10:30 a.m. at the domestic terminal baggage facility. She said it was not known why the dog, a Belgian malinois, bit the child.
Ivahnenko says the girl was bitten on the abdomen and received immediate medical attention and was taken to a hospital. Her condition is not known.
Feb 18, 2010, 6:04 pm
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Feb 18, 2010, 6:13 pm
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ok kelly baby....
*i am a major animal lover with 2 dogs for my first 33 years before i switched over to cats so it does pain me to say put the animal down but it has to be done.
Spokeswoman Kelly Ivahnenko says dog bites are not common and the agency is making every effort to find out what happened and take appropriate steps to prevent a dog bite from happening again.
- dog bites are common
- put the dog down* and you will prevent this from happening again with this dog.
- muzzle all cbp dogs and you will prevent all future dog bites
*i am a major animal lover with 2 dogs for my first 33 years before i switched over to cats so it does pain me to say put the animal down but it has to be done.
Feb 18, 2010, 6:16 pm
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The article says this happened by the domestic baggage claim. What is CBP doing with dogs around the domestic terminal baggage facility?
Perhaps a nice lawsuit will motivate DHS to stop letting the dogs out like this.
Nothing to stop DHS from muzzling the animals.
Perhaps a nice lawsuit will motivate DHS to stop letting the dogs out like this.
Nothing to stop DHS from muzzling the animals.
Feb 18, 2010, 6:19 pm
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As to the handler who allowed this to happen, well, I hope he has deep pockets for the up coming legal actions against him Wonder if they will put the dog down so as to do a rabies check?.
Feb 18, 2010, 6:31 pm
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Are service dog bites common, though? I've worked in two police departments over 34 years and can't think of any accidental dog bites off the top of my head (though many bites when the dogs were sent in search of a criminal).
Feb 18, 2010, 6:41 pm
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ka-ching!
ok kelly baby....
*i am a major animal lover with 2 dogs for my first 33 years before i switched over to cats so it does pain me to say put the animal down but it has to be done.
ok kelly baby....
- dog bites are common
- put the dog down* and you will prevent this from happening again with this dog.
- muzzle all cbp dogs and you will prevent all future dog bites
*i am a major animal lover with 2 dogs for my first 33 years before i switched over to cats so it does pain me to say put the animal down but it has to be done.
Feb 18, 2010, 6:41 pm
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Maybe not if he is named as one of the defendants in the lawsuit. Had a boss who was a state employee who told OSHA that he would be protected against any fines/penalties by the fact he was a government employee. OSHA put him into his place.
Feb 18, 2010, 6:56 pm
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Feb 18, 2010, 7:04 pm
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Is there really a decent chance the dog handler could be sued? Quite the dysfunctional system south of the 49th, eh?