However, during the same period as the Titanic catastrophe, five pitbulls died from the same neglect of safety that killed five would-be visitors on the Titanic.

A 1912 shipwreck that has already been explored a lot, where four millionaires and their sons enjoyed diving. Titanic From June 18th to June 22nd, 2023, the multi-million dollar North Atlantic expedition took the world by storm and called for an international law governing the construction of deep-sea sightseeing boats.

Reported around the same time, Robert Johnson Showalter, Jean Lily Elizabeth Crackie, Joseph “Iceman” Brown, Luis Flores, and an as yet unidentified 2 A year-old girl’s death from a pitbull attack each barely died. Local news as soon as possible.

But their near-anonymous deaths had some similarities. Giant Dive passengers and crew Hamish Harding, 59, Paul Henri Narjolet, 77, Shazada Darwood, 48, and their son Sleman Durwood, 19, and all Stockton Rush, 61, who built and operated the ship that died.

“Full speed to the ice field on a moonless night”

of Giant Imploding under pressure to descend to 4,000 feet, the windows were estimated to withstand only one-third of their depth.

“I was struck by the similarity [of the Titan disaster] To Titanic It’s a disaster,” said Canadian filmmaker and ocean explorer James Francis Cameron, 68. He is a veteran who has dived to the sea 33 times. TitanicDuring that time, he believes he spent more time on the shipwreck. Titanic Captain Edward Smith spent time on board while the ship was afloat.

“The captain was repeatedly warned that there was ice ahead of the ship,” Cameron recalled. “Yet he plunged into the ice field at full speed on a moonless night, resulting in the loss of many lives. There have been very similar tragedies where warnings were ignored in diving around the world. , I think it’s absolutely amazing that it happened in exactly the same place.It’s really surreal.”

Disregarding Obvious Risks – and Ontario Law

Showalter, Cluckie, and Brown owned a pitbull that killed them.

The pit bull owners and their owners who killed Flores and the as-yet-unnamed girl may not have been aware of the risks they were taking by owning a pit bull, but they ignored the warnings and in Clarkie’s case. The 2006 warning also seems to have been ignored. Pitbull ownership prohibited in Ontario, Canada.

Of all the more than 700 Pitbull attack deaths and over 6,000 permanent disfigurement Pitbull attack injuries recorded worldwide in the last 40 years, about 80% have occurred since 2007 , so someone with some knowledge might think: The latest five deaths are “surprising” and “completely unrealistic”.

‘Amazing’ and ‘surreal’ pro-animal politics

Even more alarming and surreal is that despite the fact that pitbulls continue to kill and injure more people and other pets than all other dogs combined, the American SPCA, Best Friends Animal Association, Dog Trust, USA Hundreds of groups, including the Humanitarian Society, the United States, Maddie’s Foundation and the Royal British SPCA, continue to deny the unrest. Promote pitbull adoption. and put pressure on legislators on both sides of the Atlantic, Titanic A wreck is usually the first sign that a pit bull is dangerous, often overriding breed-specific legislation, which is the only legislative approach that can prevent fatal and/or disfiguring attacks. is intended for

Pit bull bans were lifted in Independence, Missouri and Maysville, Kentucky in the same week that five recent pit bull fatalities were reported.

Jean Lilly Elizabeth Clarke

Gene Lily Elizabeth Clarke, 76, of Burlington, Ontario, Canada, was apparently in her backyard with her husband of 54 years when her pitbull exploded, injuring her husband and a neighbor who came to her rescue. .

Police shot a “very aggressive” pitbull dead for rescue. Clarkie, who was hospitalized, died 10 days later from his injuries.

robert johnson showalter

On June 8, 2023, Robert Showalter, 71, of Beckley, West Virginia, said, “I was sitting on the porch with my neighbor when I lost consciousness.

Annie Moore of WVVA Television News said, “A neighbor called the police saying she ran to pick up the phone next door to call 911.”

“When Beckley firefighters and emergency medical services arrived at the scene, they found Showalter’s pit bull biting his throat,” Moore continued.

Officer Beckley shot Pitbull dead to stop the attack.

Joseph “Iceman” Brown

Joseph “Iceman” Brown, 65, of the Bronx, New York, passed away on June 19, 2023.

About two weeks ago, “a pitbull attacked him and nearly ripped off his arm,” another cousin, Christopher Brown, confirmed, according to a Facebook post by his cousin Karen Miles.

“He had over 10 hours of surgery and was in the hospital for nearly two more weeks. Unfortunately, he got an infection that spread to his bloodstream.”

Luis Flores

Luis Flores, 40, died on June 20, 2022 after being attacked by multiple pitbulls in Lockport, Texas. “Three days after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed a bill that would facilitate investigations of dangerous dogs by the local animal protection agency,” Eric Ragatta noted. USA Today.

“The proposed bill would also increase criminal penalties for owners whose dogs are repeatedly involved in gratuitous attacks, and would also protect the identity of those who report dangerous dogs,” Lagatta said. ‘ explained.

The vetoed bill is called the “Ramon Najera Act” and is “named after an 81-year-old Air Force veteran who died in a dog attack in San Antonio in February 2023.”

(See 81-year-old Ramon Najera beaten to death by pitbull, shocks San Antonio.)

Governor Greg Abbott opposes ‘over-criminalization’ of Pitbull attacks

Pitbull owners Christian Alexander Moreno and Abilene Schneider, both of San Antonio, said their dog beat Najera to death on February 24, 2023, injuring three others, including Najera’s wife. was arrested after inflicting a

Both men were charged with causing death by possessing a dangerous dog and injuring an elderly person. Both are felonies in Texas.

Moreno and Schneider are currently awaiting trial. Their 3 pitbulls were euthanized.

The Ramon Najera Act, introduced by Texas Rep. Elizabeth Campos (D-San Antonio), passed the state legislature on May 12, 2023 and the state senate on May 22, 2023 bottom.

In his veto statement, Governor Greg Abbott said, “Texas’ existing penal code criminalizes attacks by dangerous dogs, so the owner of the dog responsible has already been arrested for a felony. there is,” he said.

“The justice system should be allowed to function without the over-criminalization seen in this bill,” Abbott argued.

Two people charged in Flores’ death

Flores was attacked while walking near her home. An Aransas County sheriff’s deputy shot and injured a pitbull, but the entire herd fled while medics performed CPR on Flores. The Sheriff’s Department announced later that day that the herd had all been captured, but later warned Lockport residents to beware of the possible escape of one or two pitbulls.

Guadalupe Carrion, 33, who was arrested at the scene, and Mario Alberto Mendoza Pena, also 33, were charged with second-degree felony with dog attack death on Thursday. He was later arrested at the McAllen Hidalgo Reynosa International Bridge.

Pena “arrived at the bridge from Mexico, where officers matched an outstanding warrant from Aransas County, Texas, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection official said,” said Sandra Sanchez of Border Report. reported.

Pitbull rips 2-year-old from mother’s arms

In the ghost town of Concho, Arizona, population 38, a mother of a 2-year-old child, whose name has not yet been released by authorities, “was holding her little baby,” according to a Facebook post by a woman who identified herself as a distant neighbor. A girl in her own fenced garden. The dogs, identified as three pitbulls by the Apache County Sheriff’s Department, “ran away from a neighbor’s property, attacked a little girl in her mother’s arms, and tore off the girl’s arm” on June 21, 2023. The girl was bleeding before paramedics arrived. “

“She was taken to Summit Regional Medical Center in Show Low, Arizona, 38 miles south for emergency treatment, but later died of her injuries,” the Apache County Sheriff’s Office said.

Pitbull owners Jason Brad Kruse, 50, and Tongia Maria Chubokov, 51, were arrested at the scene, according to a media release from the Apache County Sheriff’s Office.

Kruse and Chubokov were “incarcerated in the Apache County Jail on one count each of aggravated assault with a lethal weapon (in this case a second-degree felony based on the age of the victim) and assault with a vicious animal in general (a fifth-degree felony). ” ended the Apache County Sheriff’s Office media release.

“The case is under investigation, but more details should emerge in the coming weeks,” said Mollie K. Ottman, editor of the paper. Mountain Daily Star.

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