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The owner of the aggressive dog that fatally attacked a greyhound in the city’s core is now asking the public for money — to save his pit bull, he says.

The local GoFundMe campaign was started by John Scenna of Windsor on Monday.

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In the campaign’s single sentence of explanation, Scenna said the incident wasn’t the dog’s fault.

“It was my fault I was exhausted from walking around for hours and fell asleep (sic) she doesn’t deserve to die,” he wrote.

The dog’s name has been alternately written as Corvus or Karma.

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The campaign’s stated goal is $5,000. As of 4 p.m. Tuesday, not a single dollar had been raised.

Meanwhile, the campaign’s comment section has been filling with outrage and criticism of Scenna.

Windsor community member Joe McParland, the owner of the greyhound who was killed by Scenna’s dog, said he also became emotional when he saw the GoFundMe page and realized what it was about.

“To be honest with you, it was like a punch to the gut when he saw it,” McParland said on Tuesday.