Animal control officials on Friday were trying to determine what caused a pit bull to a pregnant Pacifica woman in her home.
According to the Associated Press, a necropsy was performed on the two-year-old dog, which police say mauled and killed 32-year-old Darla Napora on Thursday.
The AP reported that Capt. Dave Bertini of the said that the results won’t be returned for a few weeks, but officials were determining whether the male, unneutered dog had rabies or some other kind of condition that may have prompted it to attack and kill its owner.
Pacifica Police responders at the scene of Napora’s death shot and killed the dog, named Gunner, after it escaped from the back yard and approached them while they were checking on the body.
Greg Napora, the deceased’s husband, returned from work to find his wife lying in the front room of their home on the 500 block of Reina Del Mar Avenue. The pit bull was near the body when he arrived. He called the police and reported a possible mauling at about 12:15p.m. Thursday.
According to the AP, the family’s second pit bull, a 6-year-old female named Tazi, had been removed from their home and was being kept at the Peninsula Humane Society. She was not acting unusually, a shelter official said.
This mauling comes in the wake of another fatal pit bull attack of a child in Concord, CA last year and one in San Francisco six years ago, the AP reported.
Let's stop with the breed hate speech & start being more compassionate. This poor man is a member of our community and he needs our SUPPORT not more distress that he know his wife would not have wanted. He lost his wife, his unborn baby, his dog, his other sweet girl dog is still at the humane society AND his cat ran away in the commotion of all of is. He really has nothing but an empty house and an empty heart. I sincerely hope he is not reading any of these awful comments. You are in our prayers Napora family. We will miss you.
We take good care of are animals he also lives with a cat that he loves very much, I've had my pitbull for 1 1/2 years and he's never once tried to get aggressive with anybody he meets, I also have a 10 yr old son that he loves very much also he is unnudered and a big Teddy bear Love your animals take them out to interact with other humans and other animals. I love the breed of pitbulls, strong sharp and good looking Peace
as you say "When pit attacks are in the news don't expect the rest of us to turn a blind eye and deaf ear to it." I do, however expect you to research the stories you read. Or do you believe everything you read? Then read that a Pit Bull cant reach 125 lbs. Read that the tests results on Gunner arent back yet. And as far as "if you don't like that others have strong reactions to your pit, then choose another breed. Do NOT expect the rest of us to accept your personal choices when you clearly are not respecting ours." Are you also against Gay Marriage? Do you even own a dog? And what are you quick to? attacking an entire breed via the internet before the evidence is released?
Wow. One word for you buddy, "karma."
I think ANY dog is capable of attack but there must be an underlying reason for it! (environmental, psychological, health reason, poor breeding, etc etc). What's bad is the media loves the 'stir' created by focusing on certain breeds. To people who thinks 'pit' bull dogs are evil, or bad, please read this article first - please take a moment to look at this from the animal's perspective, they are also a victim of heartless human: http://www.workingpitbull.com/dogfighting.htm
. . .And just because you read it, doesn't mean it's true!
Of course you are right (and it is quite an understatement) to say that "something was wrong." However, you are wrong when you say that "dogs don't kill all of a sudden." There has to be a first incident when a dangerous dog exhibits aggression and while it is (thankfully) rare for that first incident to be a fatal attack on a person, it is by no means impossible. This is especially true of pit bulls who are often bred for "gameness." What "gameness" means is the quality of NOT STOPPING AN ATTACK once one is commenced. This is why pit bull owners are cautioned never to trust a pit bull unsupervised with any other animal--even if the pit bull has seemingly been great with the other animal for years.
http://www.piaberrend.org/stray-pit-bull-saves-woman-child-from-attacker/
DogsBite.org is a national dog bite victims' group dedicated to reducing serious dog attacks. Go look at the stats. In the 3-year period from 2006 to 2008, pit bull type dogs killed 52 Americans and accounted for 59% of all fatal attacks. Combined, pit bulls and rottweilers accounted for 73% of these deaths.
DogsBite.org is a national dog bite victims' group dedicated to reducing serious dog attacks. Go look at the stats. In the 3-year period from 2006 to 2008, pit bull type dogs killed 52 Americans and accounted for 59% of all fatal attacks. Combined, pit bulls and rottweilers accounted for 73% of these deaths.
DogsBite.org is a national dog bite victims' group dedicated to reducing serious dog attacks. Go look at the stats. In the 3-year period from 2006 to 2008, pit bull type dogs killed 52 Americans and accounted for 59% of all fatal attacks. Combined, pit bulls and rottweilers accounted for 73% of these deaths.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=nmGKtby43Oc&NR=1