What Happens When Dogs Attack a Bull

Status: Real
This series of images of two pit bulls attacking a bull are a couple of months old (though they're new to me). They recall those images of a mule attacking a mountain lion. Despite looking rather surreal (especially that one of the dog suspended in air above the bull), not to mention bizarre (what were the dogs thinking?), they are real. This scene occurred in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, outside of New Orleans, when the two pit bulls, crazed with hunger, decided that a bull would make a great dinner. They were wrong. A reporter for the Sunday Telegraph witnessed the scene:

Like a wrestling tag team, the bitch and the dog attacked with awesome ferocity, leaping at the bull's head and latching on to its muzzle. The stricken bull repeatedly shook the dogs off, flinging them up to 15 feet in the air. But they took turns to keep up the attack, exhausting the bull which was by now smeared with blood. Even after the bull trampled the bitch, leaving it dazed, the dog stepped up its attack... It was too dangerous for an unarmed witness to intervene but The Sunday Telegraph flagged down a National Guard truck. Seeing what was happening, a soldier shot the bitch in the head. The dog paused before resuming the attack. It took two bullets to stop it dead.

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Posted on Thu Feb 02, 2006



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True story.

My cousin in England, is middle-aged, mild in manner, 5-ft 7-in and weighs 160-lb.

He was taking his small West Highland Terrier for a walk when he was approached by a
very large biker with extensive tattoos and wearing in leathers, wrap-around sunglasses
and a bandana headscarf. In addition, the man was accompanied by a large slavering pit-bull terrier with a spiked collar pulling strongly on a heavy leash. Adding to this the biker obviously had something to say to my cousin. A nightmare opened up.

"'ere," said the biker, "your dog could kill my dog"

Flustered and amazed at the statement my cousin stuttered a non-committal reply
"I don't think he would"

"Yes, 'e could" came the reply "'e could get caught in my dog's throat!"

So now you know how dangerous small dogs can be. Perhaps they should be banned.

Tim Moore
Posted by Tim Moore  on  Wed Jul 23, 2008  at  03:14 PM
So what if those dogs were hungry. Look at what they were able to do to a bull. Just imagine what the what have done to a HUMAN BEING. Those soldiers did the right thing. They were there to protect civilians and that is what they did. Are you people idiots? It is easy for all you jerks to hide behind your monitor and make stupid comments defending the dogs because you were not there and do not realize that life and death decisions had to be made every day. The number one priority was defending human lives. Offer them food?!? I'd love to meet the pillow biting tool that made this comment. Why dont you try getting your head out of your ass. That goes for all of you tools. Get your priorities straight!
Posted by chris m  on  Mon Feb 09, 2009  at  06:40 PM
this is very cruel....and u seen what happened to the dogs!
Posted by rachel  on  Sun Aug 09, 2009  at  05:32 PM
Any animal would struggle against a tag team attack from 2 pitbulls. Pitbulls are very strong dogs and their grip when they bite is like a vice.

Whether a Bull, Horse or even a Lion would find this attack a tough fight especially if the pitbulls are defending their territory or fighting to eat.

http://www.obediencetrainingfordogsblog.com/most-dangerous-dogs/list-of-the-top-10-most-dangerous-dogs
Posted by Steve Rankin  on  Sat Apr 03, 2010  at  07:34 AM
to gwen we are hunter gathers first of all and if we were starving we would have killed the bull and ate him....predetors vs pray dumb ass
Posted by anthony  on  Sun Apr 11, 2010  at  12:03 AM
It is incredible that people are defending these animals with no fear of attacking a bull. The pit bull nutters are unbelievable. Animals that are that desperate, hungry, fearless, and strong represent and TREMENDOUS threat to people in the area, but just because its a pit bull, people are saying I bet if it was labradors...blah...blah...blah. Heck yeah, if labradors were attacking a BULL like that kill them. We don't want them around. Do you all have screws loose?
Posted by InTheWeeds  on  Tue Apr 20, 2010  at  05:41 PM
Chuckybrewster is wrong and ignorant and needs to educate himself.
The ATTS is a test designed to identify suitable dog candidates for bite work training. The test is designed to find dog candidates that are both bold and able to maintain focus in strange situations.

It was never designed to screen for suitability for companion animals. It significantly does not test for reactivity to dogs and other animals which is why pit avocates like it, why the dogs do well, and why it is meaningless.
Posted by Chuckie is ignorant  on  Sun Jun 20, 2010  at  10:04 AM
Those who said bad things about pit bull on the first comment are in lalala land My grandfather was attacked by a GOLDEN RETRIEVER yes he did go to the hospital and needed stitches. Don't you know is the person not the breed.
Posted by Kevin  on  Tue Jan 11, 2011  at  03:31 AM
Ladies and Gentlemen,

I have personally built a catapult to mimic the above picture second to the left. It is very hard to design such a catapult and have many months invested. However, the results have been spectacular. I will try to post pictures of the many test launches I have. I have been able to recently launch a pit bull a good 125 yards. Do not fret, I too place .45 caliber rounds into each pit's head at 850 feet per second after each launch. I have become very efficient in controlling this breed's population. The pups are the most aerodynamic and you should see them fly. Sometimes it is very hard to find some of the test subjects after launch. So if you see a little pit bull pup worming around on four broken legs, then stop by and say hi.
Posted by Jesus McDoomsday  on  Tue Feb 08, 2011  at  01:32 PM
@Richard
How come so many people are so ready to put their own children at stake in defence of these animals? And don
Posted by G.Nichols  on  Tue Feb 22, 2011  at  03:17 PM
Pit Bulls are dangerous dogs. Shooting them was the right thing to do to keep the person taking these photographs safe from them. If they were that hungry, they were a threat.

I get sick and tired of people who are animal lovers and pitbull-ophiles protesting that pit bulls are sweet dogs and not dangerous. The statistics say otherwise. The breed was specifically honed to be a dangerous breed of very strong, very aggressive animals. You don't read about chihuahuas attacking people and killing them, because they ARE NOT PIT BULLS.

What a bunch of dumb fucks.
Posted by Butch  on  Tue Mar 29, 2011  at  09:23 PM
poor starving pitbulls. i hope the soldier who shot them got his legs blown off in iraq, and then his family back home starved to death and he committed suicide because his dick got shot off. i love pitbulls they are so cudly but they are so tough and mean when they need to be
Posted by nate  on  Mon May 23, 2011  at  10:42 AM
These dogs where probably starving to death so they did what mother nature told every living meat eating creature on this planet to do.Example take a wolf attacking sheep , they do this because they have no natural pray left or very little.I own 2 pit bulls , and it all depends on how you rase them,all pit bull attacks should be seen also from the dogs perspective , how where there raised and especialy socialized , you cannot expect from a dog witch has been kept locked into a kennel (fed through the fense ) or is tied up to a dog house with 2 m autonomie to behave especialy towards new things as children ore strangers anything but normaly !!!Most of the attacks happen with negleckted or misstreated dogs , and not just with pit bulls !!!Stop thinking that agressivity is in ones blood , its the same with humans , does it mean if you come frome a family that has had people that have been boxing that all thje children of this family are agressive ore that all of them will be boxing fore life ...I dont think so 😜

Another thing here in Transilvania is another missbeleav , that dogs like German sheppeard , doberman , Rotweilers , ore Pit bulls should be shot ore euthanised after having reached 9 years old bekause there are going to go Crazy , ore at least the probablity is high , i would like to hear the western opinnion on this mater , thanks in advance !
Posted by Lehel  on  Sat Jul 16, 2011  at  03:23 AM
Sorry for the Spelling !
Posted by Lehel  on  Sat Jul 16, 2011  at  03:24 AM
Oh yes and an other question did you think that the Bull has survived ,ore has he also starved to death , ore what did they do after they have *saved* him ? Bring him to a shelter ?
I woud have been normal to lure the dogs away with some food then to decide about their behavior , then to take action , the Stupid reporter Stoped the vehicle of the Army they probably would have watched the show from the distance, but they have made the right choise buy taking 2 lifes in stead of saving 3. Congrats !
Posted by Lehel  on  Sat Jul 16, 2011  at  03:38 AM
Cut ears or bobbed tails...oh please. I've seen fighting pits with natural ears and all of them have natural tails! Those are just starving dogs attacking a cow because they're hungry. That's all.
Posted by Ted  on  Wed Aug 28, 2013  at  01:28 PM
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