AnonymousSource: Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office
At approximately 11:30 a.m. today, Sheriff’s deputies responded with fire and medics to a report of a victim who was attacked by a dog on San Milano Drive. When deputies arrived, they located the victim who had serious injuries. Fire and medics arrived shortly after and took over care of the victim.
Deputies further learned that two dogs had broken through a fence and attacked the victim. A resident where the dogs live secured them prior to deputies’ arrival. Neighbors in the area were able to direct deputies to the address where the dogs were and added that they were familiar with the dogs from previous encounters where they had been aggressive.
Deputies contacted 24-year-old Armando Coronado at his residence with the two dogs. County Animal Control responded and took possession of the dogs and deputies arrested Coronado for a violation of 399(b)PC: possession of a mischievous animal that causes serious bodily injury. Coronado was booked at the Santa Barbara County Jail with a bail of $20,000.
The identity and the condition of the victim are not available for release.
City of Goleta officials were informed of this incident and indicated that they plan follow-up with County Animal Control, who provide contract service to the City of Goleta.
I wonder if the victim provoked the dogs in some way. Dogs don’t attack unless provoked
Blame the victim, really?
Poor dogs, they’ll get the worst of it for their idiot owners ignorance.
PUG: Of course, what a dog sees as “provocation” by a person can often be a normal non-aggressive action, as dogs obviously aren’t capable of understanding every normal human action. To say the dog must have been provoked suggests, misleadingly, that the human was teasing, hurting, or otherwise intentionally antagonizing the dog, which is often far from the truth. Not saying you were implicitly stating this, just reminding our readers of the facts.
Are you serious ?
Violent dogs are usually mistreated by the owner…hope he stays in jail, a while.
I don’t think it’s the dogs that should be put down…
They should make him clean kennels for a year at the animal shelter. Scumbag.
I’m kinda surprised the dog owner was arrested. Unless, there’s been some history , with those dogs… Or, maybe, the victim was critically injured or something…. I guess, as usual, we will have to wait to get the rest of the story.
Right. Some dogs consider a human walking nearby provocation because they have been ill- or mis-trained.
Zero breed correlation, pitties are no more likely to bite than cocker spaniels. Read Pitbull Placebo it is a free pdf download tracing demonization of various breeds through history. Used to be Shepards characterized as “Nazi Police DOgs”. Then Rin Tin Tin came along and the scapegoat shift to Dobies…then Rotties…the blame du jour is now pit bulls but they are generally quite sweet creatures. SOME however are dangerous. I hd one nip my shirt at 7-11 in Old Town and the owner neither apologized to me nor did he discipline the dog. I think the owner encouraged that behavior…and then there is that suburrbanite who lets her Rottweiler run loose in Los Carneros Park.
I apologize if I upset anyone. I didn’t mean it. I am having a rough time right now. Being on the autism spectrum during a pandemic is not easy.
I’d also like to specify that I’ve worked in the medical field, including infection control. I’ve been out of the house to shop, once in Feb., and once as late as March 7. A couple of decades ago, I was intubated in Cottage’s ER and spent about 3 days on a vent. I take this pandemic very seriously. I don’t want to be intubated again. Cutting back on news is the best medicine for the anxious healthy!
I agree with Rex. I was attacked by an Afghan while walking across a school playground when I was a teenager, totally unprovoked.
Has there been some history , with those dogs… Or, maybe, the victim was critically injured or something…. I guess, as usual, we will have to wait to get the rest of the story.
Pit bulls are extremely sweet and docile. If you want to adopt a pit bull, nearly every animal shelter across the US is filled to the brim with these loyal dogs. Everyone who has small children should have one of these dogs, and the elderly too.
If they are such a “sweet and docile” breed, why are so many animal shelters filled to the brim with them? It takes training and consistent exercise from owners to keep them from being a problem. In-your-purse dogs have yappy problems, but if they bite, they don’t have the jaws to clamp on, kill or maim. They end up in shelters in disproportionate numbers too for similar reasons. Take away point: Adopt an old dog if you can’t/won’t train and exercise them & need a companion.
Any owner of a dog is committing abuse if that dog is roaming free. The reason because that owner is 100% responsible for its behavior, and the results of its behavior. If a dog attacks someone, that person has a right to defend themselves by any means necessary, which can include deadly force. If a Pit bull came into my yard and threatened me I would not hesitate to use maximum force if it attacked (Or threatened me) All dogs can bite, but not all bites are equal. I am not advocate of senseless abuse but dog owners need to understand that if their for its roaming free they are putting the safety of the public at risk, as well as their dog.
Guessing these weren’t cocker spaniels that attacked.
I’d still like to reach out to you and urge you to find other pastimes. This site; ANY news site, especially those few that allow comments, doesn’t seem like the best outlet for you, and many of us, at this time. I’ve been reading a lot. Look for magazines and fiction and non-fiction that grabs you; that is input that is easy to control. (I also watch a lot of crap tv! sit coms and even reality tv.)
“Pit bulls are extremely sweet and docile,” except when they maul, maim and kill people. Especially small children, babies, and the elderly. People who live in the same home, or visit, or walk nearby. They were bred to attack and their massive powerful jaws are their outstanding trait. Maybe only 1% or less of pit bulls cause injuries to humans, but there are hundreds of thousands of them in this country (millions?) so that 1% adds up. They should all be neutered or spayed.
D8vanilla – all I can tell you is that Deputies have had many contacts with the people at the address where the Dogs lived, most not related to the dogs. The suspect in this case has a long history of contacts with with law enforcement. Perhaps the sheriff’s Department will share more as the case proceeds.
Hopefully, if Coronado is found guilty (and the dogs were not provoked), the penalty, along with payment of all medical expenses resulting, will include a provision forbidding him from owning, sharing a house with or boarding any dog for a very long period of time. The neighbors should be notified of this, as they should be of anything toxic in their neighborhood.
Reply to APR 12, 2020 09:02 AM:———-Quick. Read this before Edhat Staff Admin jumps in: “I am not advocate of senseless abuse but . . .” As opposed to . . . “sensible abuse?”
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, I am surprised to see that no Edhat commentators are noting that Edhat is offering a cousin of the dog in question here for adoption, saying how sweet it is. Can we compartmentalize so easily?
A friend’s dog, a border collie mix, bit a man on his thumb through the fence. The man sued for $0.5M for nerve damage to his thumb. The insurance company settled the day before the trial was to start for $200K. So if this guy had any insurance or assets, it could end up being very costly for him.
Pit mixes are nasty. Sure some are sweet. But pits and many mixes genetically – through selective breeding over time – possess too much power in their jaws, and can be genetically aggressive. There is no disputing that different dog breeds have different personalities. This isn’t imagined. Family member rescues pits – tried to convince us all they’re real sweethearts. One of their pits killed another one in a fight over food. But oh, he “didn’t mean it” and family member continues to rescue these “poor, misunderstood” dogs.
@9:33 am For the same reason it’s full of chihuahuas and German shepherds. Popular breeds with certain families who get them as puppies because they are cool. Then they need vet care , training and time.
@9:33 am For the same reason it’s full of chihuahuas and German shepherds. Popular breeds with certain families who get them as puppies because they are cool. Then they need vet care , training and time.
Keep communities safe and support Breed Specific Legislation! As more people fall prey to the pit bull propaganda machine and adopt these dogs, we are increasingly being forced to be around these heinous creatures. “It’s the owner, not the breed!” pit bull lovers always say … but how do you reconcile that with the fact that so many of these heinous creatures are adopted from shelters and have been raised by some owner you don’t know? Or how do you reconcile this with the facts about pit bulls…
There are around 4 million pit bulls in the U.S., representing about 7% of all dogs. Between 2009-2018, pit bulls killed or maimed more than 3,500 people in North America. About 80% of human deaths (or about 20 deaths per year) from dog attacks are due to pit bulls. The pit bulls’ owner, family member or child visiting the home are the most likely victims, representing about 75% of those killed. Females, adults and children, are much more likely to be attacked than males.
People bitten but not killed by pit bulls are more likely to require emergency room care for severe injury than those bitten by other breeds.
In 2017, pit bulls were documented to have killed at least 13,000 dogs, 5,000 cats and 20,000 farm animals. This represents 90% of all animals killed by attacking dogs.
Support Breed Specific Legislation. Get rid of these dogs in our communities.
“SAFETYADVOCATE” – The reason so many pit bulls are involved, is because no other breed has such a high number of dangerous owners. It’s like when rottweilers were the “bad breed” in the 90s. “Tough guys” and gangsters wanted them to look macho. Pit bulls are the same. They’re a wonderful breed, just as ALL dog breeds are. But when the majority of pit bulls are purchased/acquired by gangsters and thugs to train to be vicious, then OBVIOUSLY, the percentages show high for pit bulls. It’s a numbers thing. If all these tough guys had labs instead of pit bulls, it would be the same numbers for labs. Pit bulls also (by their nature) are strong physically and have stronger jaws than other dogs. That means their attacks are more vicious, just as their stupid owners want them to be. Only a “heinous creature” would advocate for the destruction of a breed of dogs.
Regarding the “dangerous owner” argument… it’s zero comfort or help to a victim who has had their arm, their face ripped off by a pit bull mauling. At that point, regardless of why, the pit bull has done irreversible damage and forever ruined somebody’s life by permanently disfiguring them.
A 2011 study from the Annals of Surgery concluded that “Attacks by pit bulls are associated with higher morbidity rates, higher hospital charges, and a higher risk of death than are attacks by other breeds of dogs. Strict regulation of pit bulls may substantially reduce the US mortality rates related to dog bites.”
Regarding the “dangerous owner” argument… it’s zero comfort or help to a victim who has had their arm, their face ripped off by a pit bull mauling. At that point, regardless of why, the pit bull has done irreversible damage and forever ruined somebody’s life by permanently disfiguring them.
A 2011 study from the Annals of Surgery concluded that “Attacks by pit bulls are associated with higher morbidity rates, higher hospital charges, and a higher risk of death than are attacks by other breeds of dogs. Strict regulation of pit bulls may substantially reduce the US mortality rates related to dog bites.”
SAFETY – right, and it would be “zero comfort” to a victim of any other breed’s destructive bite. Also, I already explained: pit bull are stronger and larger than most other breeds, therefore, there bites will be worse. You can’t ban a breed to “comfort” the victims or because the bites are worse than others. If that were the case, any breed larger or with more jaw strength than a beagle would need to be banned.
breed specific legislation does not work and does not increase public safety. all it does is drive pet owners into the shadows where they are less likely to get their pets vaccinated, less likely to spay and neuter, and less likely to utilize training services due to the new illegality of their pet. The correct solution is public outreach, education, low cost spay and neuter services, and low cost training. please educate yourself before you attempt to sentence innocent pets to death.