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WITH JUST THAT. JIM: ANIMAL SERVICES GOT INVOLVED, BUT THE FAMILY STILL WANTS ANSWERS. WESH 2’S BOB HAZEN SPOKE TO THE FAMILY, WHO WANTS TO MAKE SURE THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN. BOB SHADOW WAS A 9 POUND : DOBSON OUT FOR A WALK ON A LEASH THIS MORNING. BUT AS THEY WERE HEADING DOWN BOWIE LANE IN THE BUENA VENTURA LAKES AREA, OF OSCEOLA COUNTY PETE MALLOY SAYS A PIT BULL ATTACKED, AND KILLED SHADOW. >> HE DIDN'T STAND A CHANCE AT AL BOB: OSCEOLA COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES WAS AT MALLOY'S HOUSE WHEN WE SHOWED UP THIS AFTERNOO LATER, AN OFFICER SHOWED UP ACROSS THE STREET AT A NEIGHBOR’S HOME, THAT’S WHER MALLOY SAYS THE PITBULL RAN OUT OF AN OPEN DOOR AND STRAIGHT AT HIS WIFE, AND SHADOW. >> THE LADY HAD YELLED AT MY WIFE THAT IT WAS OK, HE WAS A FRIENDLY DOG. AND HE JUST RAN AT MY WIFE AND DOG AND IMMEDIATELY ATTACKED THEM. BOB: HE SAYS THE DOG GRABBED SHADOW STARTED SHAKING HIM LIKE A TOY, THEN CARRIED HIM BACK INSIDE ITS OWNER’S APARTMENT, AND INTO A CAGE. MALLOY RAN INSIDE AFTER THEM. >> I FOUGHT IT FOR 5 MINUTES, I WAS PUNCHING IT, I GRABBED IT BY ITS THROAT, PUNCHING IT IN THE EYE. JUST ANYTHING I COULD DO, GRABBING ITS JAWS. BOB: SHADOW DID NOT SURVIVE. MALLOY SAYS HIS WIFE AND SON ARE HEARTBROKEN. THE PITBULL WAS TAKEN BY ANIMAL SERVICES, WHERE IT WILL BE HELD FOR 10 DAYS, UNTIL THE COUNTY, AND THE OWNER DECIDE WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN. BUT MALLOY BELIEVES THE LAWS, AND ORDINANCES NEED TO BE STRICTER, SO WHAT HAPPENED TO SHADOW WON'T HAPPEN TO ANOTHER FAMILY'S DOG. >> IF A DOG GETS A TASTE FOR BLOOD, IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN. THE PENALTIES NEED TO BE HIGHER FOR THE OWNER OF THE ANIMAL. AND THE ANIMAL NEEDS TO BE EUTHANIZED. BOB: REPORTING IN OSCEOLA COUNTY, BOB HAZEN, WESH 2 NEWS. JI

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