Killing Animals and Attacking Children

Dogs have not traveled far along the evolutionary road since the time they hunted and killed for food. In fact, some breeds are still selectively bred for their tendency to chase or stalk prey and at least capture, if not kill and/or eat them.

Notable among these are the Terriers, Dachshunds, sighthounds and various hunting breeds. It is no wonder then, that pet dogs occasionally succumb to their ancestral tendency, even without special training.

Dogs are often inadvertently trained to kill. For example, many dog owners have urged their pets (sometimes playfully) to chase cats, squirrels and stray dogs, and are often horrified when their dogs bring home the neighbor’s Teacup Poodle as a trophy of the chase.

Sometimes other animals, usually cats, have “trained” dogs to become killers. These animals do this unknowingly by sitting on fences, rooftops, in trees or beyond fences, tantalizing the dog from a safe vantage point.

After enough of this teasing, the dog becomes sufficiently frustrated to attack an animal when the opportunity presents itself.

Dogs that kill other animals are usually, but not necessarily, of the excitable type and react aggressively or dominantly to other species or smaller dogs.

The killing of smaller dogs or cats by larger dogs is usually the case in urban areas. However, when dog packs operate as Hunting groups, much larger animals become the prey, sometimes even people.

Most dogs that have killed people, either by themselves or in packs, select children as their prey. Child killings (especially those committed by lone dogs) have usually occurred at or within the dog’s “territory,” or have involved a child who screamed shrilly when first approached or knocked down.

A small percentage of dogs appears to be stimulated in the most primitive way by the screaming of any animal: their reaction is to kill that animal. Wild canines have killed members of their own pack that cry out after they have become trapped or are injured.

Dogs that kill other animals should be differentiated from those with a fighting problem. Most dog fights end before either of the combatants is seriously injured.

These episodes rarely result in the death of either dog. Predatory attacks aimed at killing the prey animal are deliberate, with the fangs aimed at the base of the prey’s neck just above the shoulders. If the prey is on its back, the soft flesh of the throat or belly is attacked.

A predatory attack also usually includes violent shaking of the victim. Rarely does a domestic dog actually eat its kill, though some that prey on chickens and other fowl tend to do so more often that cat or dog killers.

Daniel Millions
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23 Responses to “Killing Animals and Attacking Children”

  • john l says:

    Do you think Al Queda terrorist are planning on attacking our schools and killing our children?
    I seen this on the Beck show and was wondering if they have the same thing in mind as they did in Russia or thats what the show said they did in Russia. Wouldnt this turn the people here into animals just as they want?

  • pathfinder says:

    You certainly can’t discount that possibility. They attack when you least prepared for it.
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  • CHARITY G says:

    I think it would be safe to assume that they are always planning something of that magnitude. It will only turn us into animals if we let it . . .
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  • time_wounds_all_heelz says:

    Beck has a pretty good point and brings out some pretty strong evidence.
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  • sharia_vigilant says:

    I read something on this about 2-3 months ago. Pamphlets had been sent to police departments across the nation warning them of a heightened concern over the possibility of Islamists targeting America’s schools…

    FOUND IT! –
    We learn today that the FBI and DHS have been handing out bulletins to law enforcement across the country warning that jihadists may be targeting US schools. Terrorism analyst Lt Col Steve Grossman recently warned that the US is vulnerable to a Beslan-style attack. Beslan, you will recall, is the southern Russian city where in 2004 Muslim jihadists took over a school and killed 332 people, 178 of them children. “The enemy is infiltrating us at all levels, and certainly school bus drivers are one area to look at,” Col Grossman warns. “And how about high school, middle school and elementary school cafeteria workers? Janitors? Delivery people?” Not a comforting thought.
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    http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/016031.php#more

  • Edge Caliber says:

    No, its usaully a "Shock and Owe tactic". I wonder why, instead of bombing buildings I would go for easier targets like water supply, dams, subway systems, power plants, highways and cripple a city.
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  • booman says:

    I am sure that they are planning all sorts of atrocities against us. They have been thwarted thus far, thanks to a higher level of awareness and Homeland Security.
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  • armyparalegal says:

    Without any doubt in my mind. Yes, there will always be people who hate our way of life and who will want to see us suffer. What better way to damage the American Resolve than to kill our children, our future.
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  • 45 cal says:

    They are wimps so a soft target is what they like ones cant defend themselves> To stand up and fight and not behind women & children as human shields would be difficult for them>
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  • pretzeldent says:

    They might be.

    Fortunately for them Dubya is ‘fighting them over there’ so they don’t have to come all the way over here to kill our best and brightest.
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  • WCSteel says:

    Terrorist like all criminals are cowards.

    They will go for the easiest targets to create the most devastation and will hurt us the most.

    Our children cannot defend themselves against such hateful people.
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  • rockandroll58-79 says:

    YES!! No on the last question!!
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  • fugin777 says:

    i don’t think so…if they do attack again they will want to kill as much Americans as possible not just get us really mad. if you look at there history, Spain,Africa,America,England…they always attack places where its heavy populated

    maybe a big university but I’m shure they wont
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    common sence

  • Towelie says:

    Let us all remember that even thought most of the Beslen terrorists were Russian, they were also ALL MUSLIM!

    Religion of pieces!
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    mysfums – I know you are not American and I invite you to give me your real name and please come visit the state of Georgia. Just let me know and I will pick you up from the airport myself.

  • iwannabehome says:

    They seem to be focusing on financial centers. The Twin Towers was the main office of Bank of America which is the US branch of the world bank, for example.
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  • mysfums says:

    Have you offended them in any way or did your government did something to them. In that case, you are more likely to expose yourself and your family to that risk. Put it in a simple way, terrorists don’t simply put a bomb in your kid’s school for fun. Things happen for a reason!
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    Towelie – Please be low profile, kaboi! Don’t turn the whole world against you.

  • findinglifeodd says:

    Anything is possible.
    But the host probably did it more to keep your attention.

    It’s like saying you will be in a car accident tommorrow or a meteor will fall out of the sky and destroy a major city.

    Most religions do not advocate killing children (at least not the intentional targeting).
    Plus attacking a target like a school would require some planning since the school is so public that someone is bound to spot something out of the ordinary.

    Besides, if they were to attack again in the US, there would many other targets they could hit that would do more damage.

    If they were to attack children at a school, the public would be much more enraged than if an FBI office was hit.

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  • Ham8888888888 says:

    Check on the Internet. It seems Al Queda are the only idiots that post their plans for all to see.
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  • m1a1mikegolf says:

    Considering that they have done this before and that their doctrine focuses on high-profile attacks that are designed to cause fear and horror in the population they targeted – this should be obvious.
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  • cpocollins says:

    Their goal is to kill all infidels…if the libs don’t beat them to it.
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  • kim t says:

    I think they will stop at nothing look at what they are teaching their kids over there, hello!!!
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  • rich2481 says:

    I doubt it, I think they would be more able to attack a football, baseball stadium and cause much more problems with ease,
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  • nikola s says:

    i am afraid yes…
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