[Illusion]

She was pretty and a pit bull apologist as well. How sad.

GOOCHLAND COUNTY, Va. -- Bethany Lynn Stephens, a 22-year-old Glen Allen woman found dead in the woods off Manakin Road Thursday night, was mauled to death by her dogs, Goochland County Sheriff James Agnew said.

Stephens' father called 911 Thursday, at about 8:18 p.m., when he went looking for his daughter in an area of Goochland where she often walked her dogs.

He discovered her dogs in the woods, and he told the sheriff's office the dogs appeared to be "guarding" Bethany's body.

Sheriff's deputies arrived and spent 60 to 90 minutes attempted to catch the dogs -- which the sheriff described as pit bull dogs.

Bethany's body was taken to the Medical Examiner's Office.

"It appeared the attack was a violent attack initiated by the victims' dogs while the victim was out for a walk with the dogs," Sheriff Agnew said the Medical Examiner's initial report indicated. "The victim had defensive wounds on her hands and arms trying to keep the dogs away from her, which would be consistent with being attacked while she was still alive."

Agnew said it appeared that the first traumatic injury she suffered was to her was to her throat and face.

"It appears she was taken to the ground, lost consciousness, and the dogs then mauled her to death," he said.

While the investigation was considered on-going, Sheriff Agnew said there were no strangulation marks on Stephens' body and this was not a homicide.

The dogs are with Goochland Animal Control and the sheriff's office will pursue euthanization.

"It was an absolutely grisly mauling ," Sheriff Agnew said. "In my 40 years of law enforcement I've never seen anything quite like it. I hope I never see anything like it again."

http://wtvr.com/2017/12/15/bethany-stephens-obit/

[Oswald2001]

As long as pit bulls ONLY kill their owners, I have no problem with them.

[CrunchyCripple]

One way of finding out you did a shitty job training your dogs.

I'll bet they got into a fight or tried to go after something and she got into the middle of it.

That's why it's so important to always keep up on your training on any animal in your care.

Having them since babies and loving them is not enough and can be lethal if that's all there is. There were friends of hers saying the dogs "Couldn't have done this. She's had them since they were puppies!". That's not how it works people.

Since no one was there to witness the attack, they should do dna testing to make sure what looks like happened, happened. It shouldn't just be a visual judgement and no witnesses. The dogs should be evidence until proven guilty.

You wouldn't want it to turn out that there was a human involved, or even someone who had their own dogs who did this and split.

Odds are against it, and her dogs probably did kill her - but it should be thoroughly investigated. Too many murders and crimes are waved off by shitty investigations.

[Illusion]

Originally Posted by HolographicSexOffender ↗

There’s one reason the woman was killed:

SHE OWNED PIT BULLS.

Anyone who contests this basic fact deserves whatever they get.

END OF STORY.

Nonsense...

It was clearly the owners fault. She did not love these animals and abused them regularly, which is the ONLY reason these poor dogs of peace could be forced to defend themselves from any further torture.

My pitty would only lick you to death.

[CrunchyCripple]

Originally Posted by Illusion ↗

Nonsense...

It was clearly the owners fault. She did not love these animals and abused them regularly, which is the ONLY reason these poor dogs of peace could be forced to defend themselves from any further torture.

My pitty would only lick you to death.

No. No. No.

A dog does NOT have to be beaten and physically abused to become aggressive toward a human.

If you have a dog and do not train it properly, it will be "wild" as in, if it gets excited, it becomes uncontrollable - because it was never really under control in the first place. Or, it will be nice to you, until you try and command it to do something - like get off the furniture, then it may get aggressive.

Training creates bonding, not cuddling, kisses and treats.

It doesn't matter that the dog hasn't ever bitten you before. If you haven't worked with the dog to stay cool in excitable situations - you have a potential problem on your hands. If you have more than one of those untrained/unbonded dogs - they may pack up(bond to each other) and attack you.

All dogs are pack predators. Domestication has not taken this out of them. They have to be treated in the proper way, for their entire lives.

Over excitement is not good in dogs, because it puts them in the red zone. They physically can't hear you when they reach a certain level of excitement. You have to be able to snap them out of it, before they reach that level.

Some dogs are cool all the time and don't get excited about much of anything. Other dogs - like most working breeds, will become excited about many things.

It's definitely an important issue that most people don't even pay attention to.

[Illusion]

Originally Posted by CrunchyCripple ↗

No. No. No.



All dogs are pack predators. Domestication has not taken this out of them. They have to be treated in the proper way, for their entire lives.



It's definitely an important issue that most people don't even pay attention to.

Stop trying to insinuate that all dog breeds are created equal. Pit bulls were bred for violence and murder. Domestication has not taken this out of them. It's definitely an important issue that most pitbull apologists will never admit to, even if all the evidence is presented to them right to their face.

[CrunchyCripple]

Originally Posted by Illusion ↗

Stop trying to insinuate that all dog breeds are created equal. Pit bulls were bred for violence and murder. Domestication has not taken this out of them. It's definitely an important issue that most pitbull apologists will never admit to even if all the evidence is presented to them right to their face.

They aren’t all equal. That’s why there’s different breeds. Created for different jobs.

ALL of the terrier breeds were created to kill animals.
All of the guardian breeds were created to guard the property/livestock and attack a threat.

Not all breeds were created for violence, but they all come from the same animal. Some traits have been turned up, and some turned down - but none have been erased.

That’s why it’s stupid to pretend your dog is incapable of anything negative or harmful - no matter how gentle it is, or what breed/mix it is.

[niknik]

From my own personal experiences, pits are a more aggressive dog. Most people know that, everyone should know that.

Like Chows, which i rarely ever see, but they from my personal experiences are right up there, maybe even worse than pits.

My brother and some friends of mine have had them. My brothers had puppies, and the fucking puppies were trying to kill each other. Seriously, I'm not exaggerating those little bastards were aggressive.

Pit bull apologist full of shit and they know it. Or they wouldn't be all over social media trying to prove how friendly their pit is.


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[DEWBZ]

Good, fuck the confederate cunt

[Jordana]

Love you.

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