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http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article53003700.html
Just before Thanksgiving, Alexandria Griffin-Heady mused on her Facebook page about how life can take strange turns. Here she was, at 24, she wrote, trying to adopt her 9-year-old brother, who after their mother’s death in 2011 had been bounced through the foster care system.
She wanted, she said, to help raise him and “shape him into an amazing man.” Sacramento County Child Protective Services had given her permission to have the boy for overnight weekend visits in the travel-trailer she shared with her dogs, on property adjacent to the rural Yuba County home of the adoptive parents of two of her other siblings.
But it all went tragically awry on Sunday, when she left the boy alone with her three pet pit bulls. When she returned from her security guard shift a few hours later, authorities said, the small blond boy, Tyler Griffin-Huston, had been mauled to death.
No arrests had been made as of late Monday. The three dogs, a mother and two offspring that Griffin-Heady had raised from puppyhood, had been seized and placed in an animal shelter. They will be euthanized if they are determined to be dangerous animals, said Yuba County Undersheriff Jerry Read.
The mauling has left police, neighbors and authorities with troubling questions about the circumstances of the boy’s fractured life and terrible death. Was Griffin-Heady, who recently moved to Northern California from Florida, capable of parenting her young brother? Was the trailer where she lived, which Read said had no working bathroom, safe for Tyler? Why would she leave her brother with three dogs capable of killing him?
Griffin-Heady did not respond to requests for an interview. Read said officers were still investigating, and that she could face criminal charges of child endangerment.
Roberto Marquez, a lawyer representing Griffin-Heady in the case, said criminal charges would be inappropriate for what was essentially an unpredictable tragedy. His client, he said, was trying to reunite a broken family, and had no sense that her dogs could pose a threat.
“If she had any hint at all that these dogs had any propensity for violence, she would never have left her brother with them,” he said. “She raised them and cannot fathom what could have happened that caused them to attack a little boy.”
“I don’t even think it rises to the level of negligence,” he said. “She had no knowledge that anything like this could occur.”
Laura Badeker, Tyler’s aunt, said her niece was trying to “rescue” her brother from the foster care system, where he had lived off and on since his mother’s death. But she said Alexandria was incapable of caring for him, and that her living circumstances and dogs put the boy at risk.
Badeker said Tyler was living in a foster home under the supervision of Sacramento County Child Protective Services at the time of his death. She said she repeatedly told the agency she thought Tyler was unsafe with his sister, who was granted unsupervised overnight visits with the boy after she moved from Florida several months ago.
“She was trying to rescue him from the system,” Badeker said. “But I told everyone on the team that was supposed to be protecting Tyler that Ali was not prepared to take care of him on any level. They were warned over and over again.
“Why didn’t someone evaluate what was happening? Somebody needs to be held accountable for this.”
CPS issued a brief written statement in response to questions about the case.
“We are deeply saddened by the tragic death of this child,” said the statement, issued by agency spokeswoman Laura McCasland. “CPS is continuing to work with Yuba County law enforcement during this investigation.”
According to Badeker, Tyler also was receiving “wraparound services” from EMQ FamiliesFirst. The agency provides services designed to help children with “emotional and/or behavioral disturbances so they can be reunited or remain with their families and communities,” according to its website.
EMQ FamiliesFirst spokeswoman Eva M. Terrazas originally agreed to answer questions submitted in writing by The Bee, but later issued a statement saying the agency was unable to discuss the case in detail because of privacy issues and a pending investigation.
Tyler and his four siblings endured a chaotic family life marked by crime, drug abuse and homelessness, said Badeker. Their mother, Natalie Griffin-Trammell, spent years homeless and addicted to drugs, and her criminal record included felony child abuse in 1999. She died on the streets of Sacramento in 2011, at age 44. Loaves & Fishes, a Sacramento homeless services agency, held a memorial service for Natalie shortly after her death.
Tyler was the youngest of the five children she left behind; his siblings range in age from 17 to 27. Two of his siblings live with their adoptive parents on property adjacent to where Griffin-Heady was living, said Badeker. Tyler’s father, she said, is mentally disabled and unable to care for his son.
Badeker said her niece had drifted around the country in recent years, and before arriving in Sacramento had been living in a motel room in Florida with her dogs.
Griffin-Heady’s dogs appear to be a huge part of her life. Badeker said her niece has an affinity for pit bulls, believing they have been unfairly stigmatized. She has posted dozens of videos of her dogs on YouTube, mostly under the title “My Wolf Pack.” Many show her interacting with the animals in bed as they lick her face and playfully romp with her.
On her Facebook account, Griffin-Heady lists her motto as “live fast, die young, be wild and have fun.” She recently posted comments about Tyler:
“Life hits you sometimes in ways you cannot describe,” she wrote. “I never thought at 24 I’d be adopting my 9-year-old brother, but you roll with the punches.”
She added that she is grateful that “I get to raise him and shape him into an amazing man...God wouldn’t have made such an amazing boy just to be ordinary. In my life during all the bad I always wondered why I was here... I know now it was to care for him.”
On the morning that Tyler died, Griffin-Heady left home before 7 a.m. for a “short shift” at work, said Marquez, her lawyer. She felt comfortable leaving him knowing that his siblings were close by, he said. “She told him she would be back very soon,” he said.
When she returned, she found his mangled body and the dogs covered in blood.
The three dogs seized on Sunday are a female pit bull or pit bull mix and her two puppies. When a visitor approached their kennel at the shelter, one wagged her tail in a friendly manner. Another barked loudly. Undersheriff Read said the dogs will be euthanized in short order unless their owner intervenes.
Read said he was deeply affected by the case. “It made my heart hurt this morning,” he said. “That kid must have been terrified.”
“This one bothers me more than most,” he said. “I see lots of bad things, but none much worse than this. I have kids myself, so it goes deep with me.”
He questioned the boy’s living circumstances with his sister. “Not having a bathroom in place is certainly not optimal,” he said.
The Linda neighborhood where Tyler died features large semi-rural lots with older homes and trailers. On the Dunning Avenue property where Griffin-Heady lives, a white stucco house with purple shutters sits beside an aging travel-trailer.
A man who answered the door at the house said the family was in mourning and declined an interview.
Across the street, Ronald Trapp said he had seen the boy with blond hair once or twice.
“It’s just an awful tragedy,” he said. “I’ve had dogs, pit bulls, my whole life and never had a problem with them like that. It’s awful. There’s no words to describe it, and I feel for the parents. May the child rest in peace.”
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Very sad story. Cant imagine the pain he must have felt as he was being mauled to death.
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Ban 9 yr old boys..
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Waiting for radical plato calling me a bad dad for having a staffordshire bull terrier
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Ban 9 yr old boys..
No No... Ban security guards.
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a wall of fucking text
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a wall of fucking text
Ban walls of fucking text
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Waiting for radical plato calling me a bad dad for having a staffordshire bull terrier
I don't know why you take it so personally. So what, I think certain breeds of dog aren't suited to civilised society, stories like this one just highlight why. There are many more suitable breeds of dog that don't carry the same elevated risk that pitbulls and other dangerous breeds do. I think they should be phased out by making the current generation the last one and enforcing compulsory sterilisation on this generation.
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I don't know why you take it so personally. So what, I think certain breeds of dog aren't suited to civilised society, stories like this one just highlight why. There are many more suitable breeds of dog that don't carry the same elevated risk that pitbulls and other dangerous breeds do. I think they should be phased out by making the current generation the last one and enforcing compulsory sterilisation on this generation.
Exactly
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I don't know why you take it so personally. So what, I think certain breeds of dog humans aren't suited to civilised society, stories like this one just highlight why. There are many more suitable breeds of dog humans that don't carry the same elevated risk that pitbulls hebrews and other dangerous breeds do. I think they should be phased out by making the current generation the last one and enforcing compulsory sterilisation on this generation.
See how ridiculous and offensive your argument is, now that I made some small changes!!!
Oh, wait. :D
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Ban people in trailer homes
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I don't know why you take it so personally. So what, I think certain breeds of dog aren't suited to civilised society, stories like this one just highlight why. There are many more suitable breeds of dog that don't carry the same elevated risk that pitbulls and other dangerous breeds do. I think they should be phased out by making the current generation the last one and enforcing compulsory sterilisation on this generation.
no i dont take it personaly what a anonomys guy on the internet says, it was just a joke
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no i dont take it personaly what a anonomys guy on the internet says, it was just a joke
He always loses his shit over pitbulls. :)
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Pitbulls are predominantly owned by jackass thug wannabes.
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What's a Bitch doing owning 3 pitbulls??....Dog is Never Woman's Best Friend, animal will always try to be the alpha in any female's presence, it's a Fact!!....Stupid bitch should own cats!
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What's a Bitch doing owning 3 pitbulls??....Dog is Never Woman's Best Friend, animal will always try to be the alpha in any female's presence, it's a Fact!!....Stupid bitch should own cats!
now this is one stupid post
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/family-dogs-kill-2-tennessee-kids-injure-mom-who-tried-to-stop-mauling-family-says/ar-AA12K1Gg?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=b7e26b656e374a7d8eb6a8ce7acb4bdd
Great family dog! ::)
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Pitbulls are predominantly owned by jackass thug wannabes.
This is LITERALLY backed by science.
Great post!
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Such gentle, loving dogs if just they have the right owner. ::)
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They will be euthanized if they are determined to be dangerous animals, said Yuba County Undersheriff Jerry Read.
I think that ships fucking sailed....
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In Norway, this dog breed is banned. Along with 4 other of the more dangerous ones.
This is the only way imo.
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In Norway, this dog breed is banned. Along with 4 other of the more dangerous ones.
This is the only way imo.
Do they ban blacks and trailer trash as well?
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Do they ban blacks and trailer trash as well?
No, but they should.
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I wouldn't trust any dog alone with kids (esp. pitbulls) . And if it bites a child I'll take it out back and put a bullet in its head so fast it won't even get a chance to lick its lips.
https://nypost.com/2022/10/07/tennessee-mom-kirstie-jane-bennard-hospitalized-after-her-2-kids-killed-in-pit-bull-attack/
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I wouldn't trust any dog alone with kids (esp. pitbulls) . And if it bites a child I'll take it out back and put a bullet in its head so fast it won't even get a chance to lick its lips.
https://nypost.com/2022/10/07/tennessee-mom-kirstie-jane-bennard-hospitalized-after-her-2-kids-killed-in-pit-bull-attack/
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She was asking for it by wearing those revealing clothes.
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thing with pitbulls they dont exhibit normal dog behaviour
These dogs are killing this man yet their tails are wagging
Thats meant to be a sign of playfulness in dogs
shame no one knew to pick the dogs up by the back legs
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Pit bulls are a dangerous breed. Should be made illegal to own.
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thing with pitbulls they dont exhibit normal dog behaviour
These dogs are killing this man yet their tails are wagging
Thats meant to be a sign of playfulness in dogs
shame no one knew to pick the dogs up by the back legs
It's infuriating how fucking useless the average person is. Literally no one bothers to stop the man from bleeding out with simple tourniquets, and no one bothers to just choke the bloody dogs out.
I'm working with an extremely aggressive Tibetan mastiff in my spare time just now - the owner is just not suited to handle it, though. Most dogs just need calm, sensible leadership, but there's also no denying the massive genetic aspect of breed temperament. When you intentionally select for things like drive and aggressiveness, you end up with a dangerous dog.
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UK first one illegal second one legal
(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/90/28/f3/9028f36fc1cf2e2e1ddf09ca63d3adf2--american-pit-bull-terrier.jpg)
(https://pitpenuk.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/xl-bully-for-sale-pkoy6rlcxyq5hcdr3r7tjdb1t7dgtqbjqvnpa4q9zk.jpg)
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Adult chimpanzee or pitbull as a pet - Pick your venom.
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thing with pitbulls they dont exhibit normal dog behaviour
These dogs are killing this man yet their tails are wagging
Thats meant to be a sign of playfulness in dogs
shame no one knew to pick the dogs up by the back legs
I didn’t know about the hind legs …. My instinct would have been to “ soccer kick “ and punch them! …. (That’s what I was feeling watching this brutal tape and getting pissed off at how useless everyone was!)
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UK first one illegal second one legal
(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/90/28/f3/9028f36fc1cf2e2e1ddf09ca63d3adf2--american-pit-bull-terrier.jpg)
(https://pitpenuk.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/xl-bully-for-sale-pkoy6rlcxyq5hcdr3r7tjdb1t7dgtqbjqvnpa4q9zk.jpg)
That 2nd beast looks menacing!
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Dumb humans should be illegalized. Cant pass a certain IQ test-level, remove 'em from the earth.
Dogs were bred by humans to be a certain way. Not sure how hard it is to keep a dog in a fenced in years, I've been doing it for 40 years.
(And have had 3 rescue Pitbulls).
People who let their dog out and it attacks, person needs to do jail-time. Simple...
(Cant even put away violent criminals these days, never mind any other retards).
After Buddy though, its small-lame dog time in life. Yorkie, Weiner, Boston Terrier (probably), Chihuahua, etc.
Nothing more dangerous than a human being, especially a braindead one...
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Dumb humans should be illegalized. Cant pass a certain IQ test-level, remove 'em from the earth.
Dogs were bred by humans to be a certain way. Not sure how hard it is to keep a dog in a fenced in years, I've been doing it for 40 years.
(And have had 3 rescue Pitbulls).
People who let their dog out and it attacks, person needs to do jail-time. Simple...
(Cant even put away violent criminals these days, never mind any other retards).
After Buddy though, its small-lame dog time in life. Yorkie, Weiner, Boston Terrier (probably), Chihuahua, etc.
Nothing more dangerous than a human being, especially a braindead one...
Hi Joseph Mengele! ;D
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I didn’t know about the hind legs …. My instinct would have been to “ soccer kick “ and punch them! …. (That’s what I was feeling watching this brutal tape and getting pissed off at how useless everyone was!)
It's infuriating how fucking useless the average person is. Literally no one bothers to stop the man from bleeding out with simple tourniquets, and no one bothers to just choke the bloody dogs out.
I'm working with an extremely aggressive Tibetan mastiff in my spare time just now - the owner is just not suited to handle it, though. Most dogs just need calm, sensible leadership, but there's also no denying the massive genetic aspect of breed temperament. When you intentionally select for things like drive and aggressiveness, you end up with a dangerous dog.
Monday morning QB, getbiggers! Everyone is properly fucked in that video until a gun or major league batter shows up.
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Monday morning QB, getbiggers! Everyone is properly fucked in that video until a gun or major league batter shows up.
Sure, punching and kicking dogs like that when they are in that state of mind is pretty useless, but it's marginally better than standing around like a gormless retard while someone is being killed. Yes, ideally you'd have a gun to use if they're ripping someone apart; however, if it has its teeth sunk into someone, you can rear naked choke it unconscious in the exact same way you'd do to a human.
Same with a simple dog lead slipped tight over its neck - it's a noose when you pull it up tight. It's why you'll notice Cesar Millan (and other sensible dog trainers) always uses a rope dog lead without a collar when he's dealing with dangerous dogs. He can quickly choke it out if he needs to.
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Sure, punching and kicking dogs like that when they are in that state of mind is pretty useless, but it's marginally better than standing around like a gormless retard while someone is being killed. Yes, ideally you'd have a gun to use if they're ripping someone apart; however, if it has its teeth sunk into someone, you can rear naked choke it unconscious in the exact same way you'd do to a human.
Same with a simple dog lead slipped tight over its neck - it's a noose when you pull it up tight. It's why you'll notice Cesar Millan (and other sensible dog trainers) always uses a rope dog lead without a collar when he's dealing with dangerous dogs. He can quickly choke it out if he needs to.
In Phoenix sum years ago a call came in that 3 pits were attacking children in the street
A Sheriff showed up and unloaded his clip
He said the dogs would retreat and run 25 yards away and then turn back and charge again
He said it was like they demon possessed
He unloaded another clip which finally took them out
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In Phoenix sum years ago a call came in that 3 pits were attacking children in the street
A Sheriff showed up and unloaded his clip
He said the dogs would retreat and run 25 yards away and then turn back and charge again
He said it was like they demon possessed
He unloaded another clip which finally took them out
That is what they look like sometimes; it's insane. I had a Boerboel once and it was the same when it perceived a threat. When a handyman crawled under my front window to get to the neighbors' house, it tried (and almost succeeded) to launch itself through the glass to get to him. If you've seen Pit Bulls, Presas, Boerboels, Dogo Argentinos and dogs of that nature in action, you quickly realise how incredibly dangerous they are with the wrong owner. I'd hardly ever recommend any of them as family pets.
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Looks pretty easy.
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Monday morning QB, getbiggers! Everyone is properly fucked in that video until a gun or major league batter shows up.
Yea unfortunately in those situations you have what you have (and 90% of the time that is nothing ) … you got to at least try to save the person (versus standing there watching) and that’s the bottom line
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Yea unfortunately in those situations you have what you have (and 90% of the time that is nothing ) … you got to at least try to save the person (versus standing there watching) and that’s the bottom line
Thank God I live in an open carry state
When I’m not at home if a piece isn’t on me it’s in my car
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Yea unfortunately in those situations you have what you have (and 90% of the time that is nothing ) … you got to at least try to save the person (versus standing there watching) and that’s the bottom line
Yeah, but you have to remember that 'G_Thang' doesn't have the strength in his arms to blood-choke a 60 lb dog that's already distracted. He'd be better off offering it a blast of his crack pipe instead.
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/n-c-woman-87-has-foot-amputated-after-pit-bull-attacks-her-2-others/ar-AA12T1vR?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=0e64257df02841a2960211b33c677db5
Another day another attack.
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That is what they look like sometimes; it's insane. I had a Boerboel once and it was the same when it perceived a threat. When a handyman crawled under my front window to get to the neighbors' house, it tried (and almost succeeded) to launch itself through the glass to get to him. If you've seen Pitbulls, Presas, Boerboels, Dogo Argentinos and dogs of that nature in action, you quickly realise how incredibly dangerous they are with the wrong owner. I'd hardly ever recommend any of them as family pets.
I've seen good and bad Pits.
The problem is that they have an insane ability to kill and do massive damage.
Very few breeds have this ability.
Plus they have the "thug" aspect and most of the people that own them are retards trying to look hard.
Carry a piece, pop a cap in them. No better or worse than a dindu IMO.
I'd have no problem blowing the head off any pit attacking a human.
Watched a 12 year old boy almost die when i was a teen. It was a "good dog" and was never "aggressive". Until that day.
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I've seen good and bad Pits.
The problem is that they have an insane ability to kill and do massive damage.
Very few breeds have this ability.
Plus they have the "thug" aspect and most of the people that own them are retards trying to look hard.
Carry a piece, pop a cap in them. No better or worse than a dindu IMO.
I'd have no problem blowing the head off any pit attacking a human.
Watched a 12 year old boy almost die when i was a teen. It was a "good dog" and was never "aggressive". Until that day.
I agree. I'm not well enough to think of a more suitable articulation so I'll just say that I feel spiritually bonded to dogs; however, to stop some innocent young person getting their face torn off, I'd shoot it as well. Perhaps it would be better for real Pit Bulls to not exist. And by that I mean that it should be illegal to breed them as opposed to euthanizing them.
Real Pit Bulls - not the giant mastiff crossbreeds or little fat things - were bred to be friendly to humans and extremely dog-aggressive. This is so that the cowards in the pit with them could pull them off the other dog once it ripped it apart. That drive and aggression, though, makes them extremely dangerous with the wrong owner. It is in their genes. And as you stated - these are status dogs. Every wannabe hardman wants to get one and show off how unstable it is.
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oh my god, it's awful!
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Sounds Like those doggies had a lot to eat that night. The Kid probably provoked the dogs. Pitt Bulls Rock!
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/teachers-remember-7-year-old-girl-mauled-to-death-by-pitbull-a-light-inside-her/ar-AA166pwd?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=ec17232769b1482fac1d6276933485d3
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/pets/discover-why-the-uk-is-set-to-ban-american-bully-xl-dogs/ar-AA1gOIjn?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=e03bc31b1981440c82c96a96b508e306&ei=32
Good move!