Toddler dies from Pit Bull attack at Camp Lejeune home

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Boy’s death ruled accident

May 16, 2008 MOLLY DEWITT & LINDELL KAY daily news staff

Julian Slack, 3, bled to death Wednesday as the result of injuries to his face, head, neck and arms suffered in an attack by a pit bull aboard Camp Lejeune, said Dr. John Almeida, the medical examiner who performed the autopsy.

...Slack was at home and under the care of a babysitter at the time of the incident, Fahy said.

The attack occurred about 4 p.m., when an acquaintance of the Slack family, who is neither a Marine nor a base resident, stopped by the Tarawa Terrace I home with the dog. At some point, the dog was let into the residence and became excited or startled by something Slack may have done and attacked the boy, Fahy said.

Near the time of the attack, the child's parents arrived and transported the child to Onslow Memorial Hospital for medical attention, Fahy said.

The boy arrived at OMH without a pulse, hospital spokesman Tim Strickland said.

He was pronounced dead at the hospital at 5:08 p.m.

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Three years ago, a 9 year old was attacked and maimed by a Rottweiler at the same base.

Dog attack brings bad memories for mother

While Camp Lejeune officials consider changes to its pet policies in light of the mauling death of a toddler by a pit bull in base housing Wednesday, the mother of a then-9-year-old girl who suffered a dog attack on the base in 2005 said she is reliving the nightmare all over again.

Gaston was married to a Marine at the time and lived in base housing. Her daughter rode her bicycle to a friend's house in March 2005 to see whether the child could play. A rottweiler got loose from a fence in the yard and attacked the girl. She was bitten on the face and neck and half her ear was torn off by the dog, all according to court documents......

While any dog can bite, these types have powerful jaws and hang on, so that if or when they bite, they can do tremendous damage. They grab and hang on.

This link shows dog attack death and maiming statistics for the USA and Canada from Sep 1982 to Nov 2006.
69 percent of all dog attack deaths have come from Pitt, Rott type animals, and Wolf hybrids.