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wpxi.com - 12/23/2008
North Side Family Upset After Deputy Shot Dog - News Story - WPXI Pittsburgh
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PITTSBURGH -- Police are investigating whether a deputy was justified in shooting and killing a dog in Pittsburgh's North Side. The owners of Lincoln, a 10-month-old pit bull, said he was docile and playful, not violent. Tara Mangan said an Allegheny County sheriff's deputy knocked on her door ...

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Hit & Run — ... after entering the wrong garage to serve a warrant in a gang-related case.  Milwaukee resident Virginia Villo is suing that city for the 2004 police shooting of her lab-springer spaniel mix, Bubba.  As part of her lawsuit, she requested police reports of every dog killed by Milwaukee police over a nine-year period.  The request turned up 434 dead puppy reports, or about one every seven-and-a-half days. See more puppycide stories from recent months here, here, and here.  Or browse stories from the last couple of years ...

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The Agitator — ... a Dalmatian after entering the wrong garage to serve a warrant in a gang-related case. Milwaukee resident Virginia Villo is suing that city for the 2004 police shooting of her lab-springer spaniel mix, Bubba.  As part of her lawsuit, she requested police reports of every dog killed by Milwaukee police over a nine-year period.  The request turned up 434 dead puppy reports, or about one every seven-and-a-half days. See more puppycide stories from recent months here, here, and here.  Or browse stories from the last couple of years here ...

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