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This is an urgent public safety
advisory for Sandtown residents, to exercise extreme caution
when outdoors due to repeated sightings of
Presa Canario dogs running loose in the Wallace Road Area in
unincorporated South Fulton in the Sandtown Community. Neighbors
have repeatedly reported multiple violations of the leash law to
Animal Control and Fulton County Police.
This breed is classified as one
of the top 10 most dangerous dogs and it resembles a Pitt Bull,
but is much larger - almost the stature of a Great Dane.
Parents particularly in the Wallace Road area should also
exercise caution when their children are outside playing or
travelling to and from the school bus stop.
One of these dogs challenged a
neighbor in the 2100 block of Wallace when she walked out of her
front door. Walkers and hikers should carry a cell phone and
mace, a golf club, stick or bat. Should you spot one of these or
other dangerous dogs running loose beware.
Due to the aggressive nature
exhibited by these individual Presa Canarios in particular,
should you encounter them running loose,
call 911 and also call Animal Control - when you are in a safe
location at 404-613-0358
Fulton County Animal Ordinances
Fulton
County Animal Field Services Officers enforce the Fulton County
animal ordinance and state animal related laws
Presa Canario
Attacks against people
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In January 2001, Diane
Whipple, a 33-year-old woman in San
Francisco, California was
killed by two Perro de Presa Canario (or Presa Canario mix[12])
dogs owned by her neighbors, attorneys who had acquired the
dogs on behalf of a client who had trained them for
fighting.[13]
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In August 2006, Shawna Willey, a 30-year-old woman in Coral
Springs, Florida, was killed by her own Presa
Canario.[14]
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In March 2012, A 21-year-old man had finished lifting
weights in his garage and stepped outside to cool off, when
he was attacked by two large dogs, that each grabbed one of
his arms and pulled him to the ground.Sacramento,
California, KXTV, March 10, 2012.[15]
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In August 2012, Rebecca Carey, a 23-year-old woman in Decatur,
Georgia, was killed by dogs that she was caring
for in her home. Two were pit bulls, one was a boxer mix,
and two were Presas.[16]
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In April 2013, a 5-year-old girl in White
Plains, Maryland was
attacked and critically injured by family-owned dogs at her
home. Police thought that at least two of the three dogs at
the home, an English bulldog and two Presa Canarios, were
involved in the attack.[17]
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In February 2014, a woman near Znojmo in
the Czech
republic was
attacked by the 60 kg Perro de Presa - Akita
(dog) mix.
Police managed to shoot the dog before the dog killed her.[18]
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