Man Drags Pit Bull To Death Behind S.U.V.

Indiana Man Was Angry His Pit Bull Had Killed His Chihuahua

(CBS/AP)  An Indiana man angry that his pit bull had killed his Chihuahua dragged the pit bull to death behind an S.U.V., police said.

Kevin Collins, 20, was arrested and charged with felony animal cruelty. He remained incarcerated at the Steuben County Jail on $10,000 bail Saturday night.

A woman driving along a county route on Thursday saw the animal being dragged along the dirt road, noted the S.U.V.'s plate number and called 911, police said.

Police said they found Collins at his parents' house. Collins told police he dragged his pit bull because it killed his other dog.

According to CBS affiliate WANE Collins first shot the dog and then dragged it along a rural dirt road.

Afterward, Collins dumped the dead dog along the road and left it, police said.

A neighbor, Ginny Workman, told WANE, "I'm shocked that Kevin would do something like that, I am totally shocked, because he is a nice kid."

If convicted, Collins could be sentenced to six months to three years in jail.

[kaelinda]

People like this are the reason PETA and HSUS have so many followers. There''s no excuse for animal cruelty, and I hope this guy gets a lot of time in jail, plus a fine, plus probation, plus community service working at the local animal shelter.

[anonbychoice]

I think HE should be shot and drug behind a vehicle. And he called the animal cruel. 3 years isn''t long enough. I don''t care for pitbull''s either, but no animal deserves that kind of cruelty.

[missingamerica]

I mean, really - the only thing the pit bull did was chew the chihuahua to pieces.

[keithle1]

A tough guy who has a pit bull also has a chihuahua?
Oh-kay. You thought he was a "nice kid." He obviously wasn''t.

Gimme a blow torch & a pair of plier, please.

[erasmus6]

"I''m shocked that Kevin would do something like that, I am totally shocked, because he is a nice kid."

It shows you that you just REALLY don''t know anyone,doesn''t it?

[kailumego1]

Another Micheal Vick?

[tucano2]

Surely there must be a more efficient method of ridding us of this breed. Nevertheless, it is, after all, a start; that is a good thing.

[tucano2]

Next we''ll be hearing of illegal alien terrorists being dragged to death, or no, it is not likely we would hear of it.

[wolftotem-2009]

People - focus on the cruelty, not the breed. All pit bulls aren''t bad, much as all people aren''t bad. I have 2 - they''ve been raised with other dogs, cats, pygmy goats, and chickens. They sleep together, groom each other, and get along quite well. I also have a 3 year old grandson. The only times they show any aggression at all is if someone is threatening any member of their household. They behave in the manner they were raised - same as any other "child".

If this person were charged with doing the same to a child, would you be so quick to jump to his defense, and make jokes about his behavior? An animal is no different than a young child... they are both totally dependent upon their caregiver to feed and care for them, and raise them to be a productive member of society. Something apparently his parents missed...

[actornaught]

I can''t imagine the grief of having such a big dog kill such a little one. He surely was acting in the heat of the moment. Dragging the dog a bit odd, tho. My bet is that he gets off without jail time, if he''s convicted of anything.

[erasmus6]

ALL dogs can be unpredictable. The reason that there is a problem more with Pitt Bulls and Rotweillers etc., is because of the kind of people that get them and the way they are treated and raised by them. I know someone that has a rotweiller and it is a big baby. Of course that is because he didn''t raise it to be a KILLING MACHINE.

[mo005]

And now who is more violent the animal or its care taker. The dog was raised by a quick tempered human so it is only natural for the dog to be that way. I would say the litle dog started it, micro-dogs are aways thick skined and will start the fight. I''m not saying it was right, but the pit just probably went on instinct. Poor dogs get blamed and pay for an idiots poor raising again.

[mo005]

wolftotem: Dude they won''t listen to you. Barbara wa wa said twenty years ago pit bulls are little devil dogs. America thinks they are all mean and ferociuos species. I myself have raised them and I think they are excellent dogs in the right hands. So I''m with you all the way.

[Krazcarl]

The man is guilty and snould be punished severly anyone that know anything about dogs know that bulls are territoral a small dog jumps up in it''s face it''s curtains, not a big lover of pits but this is the breed anyone read the news. He''s like every other limp dicked that gets a pit bull and tries to look tough. He was so scared to touch it he dragged it behind a car arter he hooked the line to his bumper. Trying to look good for the Mrs. No wonder the dog didn''t respect him.

[actornaught]

mo'', dogs are socially oriented, and if a big dog doesn''t tolerate a smaller dog''s antics, especially one in it''s pack, the big dog is defective.

I had a 10 lb. dog that harassed the heck out of the 80 lb. alpha dog, and nothing ever came of it (my ex took the little one after the divorce). I now have a smaller chihuahua, and the 2 dogs show nothing but the utmost respect for each other, very impressive.

somewhere between the owner and the pitbull, one or both had a problem. Absolutely no way is there justification for the pitbull to kill such a small dog.

[hermit22]

once there was a baby laying on the floor where she was put and not big enough to get away from a puppy who was CHEWING on her! i got up out of my chair and thumped the puppy away to rescue the baby from crying.no yelp, no whine,nothing but the IDIOT of a mother came charging after me,bawled me out for shoving the puppy away! to this day i REGRET at the time i didn''t know about "social services" and go nose to nose with that 20 somthing know-it-all-you-aint-gonna-tell-me-nuthin-nincompoop and turn her nasty self in for "NOT PROTECTING" her own little baby daughter by taking the side of a dog over her own baby!

another woman watched a dog bothering a little boy who could barely walk and couldn''t escape from a BIG dog who was nosing right up to him. i thumped the dog on the nose and he backed off. no yelp, no whine, nothing, he just backed off! THEN the woman of the house said, "that''s not my dog, so you can do what you want, but if that were MY dog,....yap yap yap yap....you wouldn''t do that...." SHE took the side of the dog too. i was stunned! she sat there in her own house and did NOTHING to rescue that toddler from that dog....
some places make you wonder what happens to kids inside those walls. places i don''t want to go back to.

[sunseeker6]

First, the little dog probably bugged the Pit Bull to no end. Most little dogs are yapping, annoying creatures. Second, a Pit Bull is not noted for being the most tolerent of a dog. The man was an idiot and exceptionally cruel. If he didn''t want his worthless little dog to die then he never should have gotten a larger dog. What happens when this guy gets mad at a person? To do something so cruel to an animal "in the heat of the moment", what will he do when his neighbor pee''s him off? Drag his butt behind a SUV, course shoot him first. Won''t be an animal next time. And for the earlier comment, DUH, never put a baby where a dog or puppy can get at it.

[mickgabe]

Hey,

We all know that certain dogs have special breeding chacteristics....it ..could be...a Doberman....Pitbull......Alsatian......Rottweiler.....Chihuahua....and some are bred to Protect....as ....such....so, it all comes down to the Owner of the pet...to...TRAIN....that pet.....Otherwise.............there is no contest...where...Primevil...Instinct...reacts!

[Krazcarl]

astronaught were talking bulls not your hienz 57 that are confused and saying your dogs are socialy oriented is just an excuse to dump them on your friends and nieghbors. Dogs are carnivors not grass eating goats.This is the greatest excusce of dog owners to look down there nose.There dogs there not retarded if you tower above them they are cool. Remember school and the bullys.Dogs read people that''s how they got domesticated. Your one of the many dog owners that think your cool cause you have dependaent pets probably why your divorced.

[michellem99-2009]

erasmus6 and crzmeat..If the persons won''t do the right thing. That being a person who will step up to the plate. Socialise and train that member of the family the dog then they should not have him/her in the fisrt place..Yer don''t do what this man did..Ban the asre from owning a dog for the rest of his life.
Yes dogs are all different and we must be aware of that. Most get dogs for the wrong reasons. It is not the dog but the person..

[actornaught]

Anyone that thinks a pitbull can be excused from killing, especially a pack member, is too witless to own one. That''s why they''re being outlawed more & more. You need to figure out pitbulls are dogs, not machines, and stop making excuses for them.

I have to work at controlling my ''57'', he knows he''s not the leader, as every dog should, EVERY DOG! (actually, I''m the Alpha Dog) He also goes nowhere and is a very aggressive protector.

crz'', come back when you can read, form a complete thought AND write...

[Krazcarl]

astronought that is so typical hide behind ignorane.

[actornaught]

astronought that is so typical hide behind ignorane.

Posted by crzmeat

lol... ummm... is that thought fragment even english? What the heck are you talking about?

[Krazcarl]

actornaught...Ignorance sorry see your concerned about my spelling.

[Krazcarl]

Your a sorry middle class lady that thinks everyone will respect your love for animals and have no idea how to take cake of anything.I grew up on a farm have seen this a 1000 times. Hows my spelling

[michellem99-2009]

crzmeat,as a Mainer I have no problm reading yer words and we are not the best spellers but we do our best.T

[michellem99-2009]

crzmeat,as a Mainer I have no problm reading yer words and we are not the best spellers but we do our best.T

[toolmangler-2009]

There is no such thing as a "safe" animal. Each one will turn on you with the right circumstances.

[Krazcarl]

Love ya Michelle M99 I do the best I can if they can''t figure me out they don''t want to.

[michellem99-2009]

There are postees I can''t make out what they say. I know their user names. the postee that got on yer asre have never tried to read donnie900 have he/she..
Dogs are like children in a way. So it is up to the master/mistress to do right. Sense they won''t that is why this nanny govt passes the laws they do.

[actornaught]

crz'', it''s not your spelling, it''s your thinking, or lack of it. Every dog must be controlled. Period. No excuses. So how does ''dependant pets'' sound like anything but a requirement to you?

Where the heck do you think my dog gets ''dumped on my friends & neighbors''? He''s not even allowed off the property!

And ''look down my nose'' at what? My irreplaceable 11 year old dog?

[michellem99-2009]

I figger that. Now the pet owners must take better care that their dog don''t attack cos if that dog does the owner pays..oh yes..Yer don''t let that dog do as it pleases..that is the problom. They breed them to fight..druggies make them mean..host of other things..crzmeat thanks.

[liz741]

Look here people I am an owner of an 2 yr old pitbull. She would not hurt a fly!!!! I RAISED HER THAT WAY CUZ OF PEOPLE like this guy who drug his pitbull cuz it killed his other pet. Well if you were watching them like you would a human child maybe you would or could of stopped it from happening. Dogs are like humans they need the same amount of attention as anyone!!!! So if you want to hit, drag, abuse the animals maybe you do not need to have an animal!!!!!! My pitbull loves everybody and thats they way I raised her. I raised her to love and not hate or fight people. People who raise their pits to fight them etc.... They shouldnt have dogs at all. That is mean and uncalled for!!!!!!! I hate people who do all these things to dogs. Its real sad for the bread and who ever owns that bread in the long run...That is enough for now but If it was up to me he should be done the same way!!! An eye for an eye I say

[Krazcarl]

AHHH caught your hand in the cookie jar,,,,I don''t know you but everyone that goes on about thier pets being socialy OK that excuses no leash drag it anywhere I go if you don''t like it it''s your fault. It likes me so it''s cool thier dumped in the yard with free run minamal vet care. I''m cool I have pets after being raised on a farm it''s al about being cool face it most people have pets so they aren''t lonely and to look cool. I''m 50 and over the years I''vr sean 75% of animals with insufficaint care that had nothing to do with caring for them just I look cool but vets are getting rich though they do have to euthanize{?} a lot to make everyone feel OK

[michellem99-2009]

a lot of mainers are farmers or children on farms. They learn to handle more than dogs. I did not in foster homes. People around us were. I knew farm kids. They know more than city folks. I would listen to crzmeat..yer just might learn something useful.
In Hermon there was farms . We never worried about dogs they were taken care of properly.

[actornaught]

lol... i grew up on a farm, and still live in farm country. And my neighbors never see my dog unless they come here. BUT, i can form a sentence that follows a thought. You can''t even answer a simple question.

I give up trying to figure out what you''re talking about.

[xzavierbrown]

I understand that most dogs that tasted flesh and blood must be put down..but this is cruelty.

but it goes to show that we are the most dangerous animal in this planet...(despite of all the education and upbringing) we retain all the primitve animal attributes..it is still imprinted in our genes..placed in a situation..it will come out.

[michellem99-2009]

I can follow crzmeat''s posts..I am older than the farm child now adult. There is no spell checker on this board..Yer MS Word does. Their are persons who never graduauted high school or did the english class made very little sense. It is not the book learning that making a good caretaker of the dogs yer own so they don''t get out oontrol. If not..not own them. They can be taken away from ya..So some learn hands on teaching..crzmeat learnt from yer Dad as farm children do..

[nothappyatall]

JAIL this stupid prik for the maximum, this nut is out of control, rational normal people don''t shoot and drag an animal to death behind their vehicle.

[tonic1661]

i am truly an animal lover and i know you will all go crazy on this but if the dog was dead from being shot is it cruelty or anger. Maybe he should not have shot the dog, but the dog did kill. and it killed another dog which is very cruel and is more cruel than being shot. that dog did need to be put down.

[vegasnews]

This is a prime example of why dogs need to be trained properly. Bad behavior is a result of bad training.
I have recently created a new section in my news service Vegas Buzz, to include Dog News. The Dog News section offers information to dog training links and resources and should be helpful to anyone with a problem dog.

You can find it in Vegas Buzz or through http://www.dogtraininglosangeles.info

Regards,

James Wilson
Vegas Buzz News

[apndrgn]

I think he should serve the maximum, in dog years. I had a redneck on meth do the same thing to my pit, only he was a little more clever and was attempting to claim insurance by luring my dog out of the yard. He damaged my fence then walked real close with his poodle and his shotgun but my dog latched and ripped.
It was his moms poodle, her last name tucker. So I called him a mother tucker. in dog years. next...

[actornaught]

We don''t know all the details. I even doubt the headline ''Drags...to Death'' is accurate. If it is, there''s logically grounds for cruelty. But shooting the dog was likely meant to be immediately fatal, easily done in a grief stricken panic for such a small dog''s likewise cruel death. I''m betting this will go as a ''heat of the moment'' crime, even a crime of passion.

After reading these posts, i realize that chihuahua''s are about as maligned as pitbulls. It''s pretty sick that the death of the little dog doesn''t matter as much as the bigger one, that sick pukes think the pitbull was entitled to kill the little dog.

I feel badly for all 3 of these creatures.

[erasmus6]

monmon

If you don''t like the way people spell, then don''t read their posts.

And some people don''t have spell check on their computer so p-i-s-s off.

[itgranny]

I don''t have a problem with the guy shooting the dog. While not very asthetically pleasing, in many cases it''s quicker and far less traumatic than taking the dog to the vet, leaving it in a cage for a few hours (probably with other strange dogs around it barking and carrying on) then have it restrained by strangers into a position where it can be given the euthanasia solution in the vein.

As for dragging dead animals behind the truck, i too have dealt most of my life with farm animals and that is often a routine way to dispose of large animals. Unfortunately, it''s rather hard to explain when it comes to a dog that doesn''t weigh anything close to a cow or big pig. Dragging around a dead dog because you''re pi$$ed, isn''t a very good way to let off steam.

[erasmus6]

newster1

"prik"

There is no censor for the word prick.:)

[jpwalsh123]

Drag him along behind a truck and see how he likes it.

[radiob-2009]

I have had dogs all of my life, none of the many varieties ever attacked another dog without being attacked first have had dobermanns,labs,collies,irish setters,bjon fres,sheltys,saymoeds,terriers,pekinese,beagles,and a pit bull. Always owning more than one dog at a time, they have never fought with each other. The only time I have ever had trouble with one of my dogs is when the dog felt threatened by another dog that was not a part of the family or when the dog felt I was threatened. Dogs are what the owners make them out to be.

[mojo3001]

If the guy shot the dog first then the dragging of the dog is meaningless. People want to lock this guy up forever over a *** dog. I don''t believe in mistreating animals, personally. I think it is crazy that people value an animals life more than a human beings life. People are out there raping women and abusing children and they just keep getting away with it. Kill a dog and its national front page news. Just fine the guy, our jails are already too crowded.

[grammawhamma]

crzmeat: What made you such a bitter sounding person? Geez....lighten up a bit.

I do agree that people should not have pets if they are not willing to take care of them responsibly. This man is cruel...I hope he doesn''t have any kids to take his anger out on!!