criminal carelessness: 8-MO infant dies, attacked in a *bouncing chair*

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link to the news story:
8-month-old baby girl dies after she was attacked by pet dog in Florida

I am going to quote the article, & then state why i think the parents & grandmother should be charged with manslaughter & child endangerment.

An 8-month-old baby girl died Wednesday in Miramar, Fla., after she was attacked by a family dog, local police said.

The infant was in the care of her grandmother at the time of the attack, Miramar Police Officer Yessenia Diaz told USA TODAY.

The family owns three pit bulls — a mother, one male sibling and one female sibling. The grandmother was walking the dogs when the male dog, which police said was 3 or 4-years-old, got away from her & attacked the baby, who was bobbing in a bouncy chair in one of the bedrooms.

The family raised the male dog, who attacked the child from a puppy. Broward County & Animal Care and Adoption officials removed all three dogs. Diaz said the dog that attacked would "most likely" be put down, but it would depend on the result of an evaluation by animal control experts.

Police withheld the identity of the victim and her family because the parents asked for time to inform other relatives.

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- Granny left the baby ALONE IN A ROOM, AWAY FROM HER, in a house with 3 dogs over 40# each.
- She LEFT THE DOOR OPEN for the dog - how convenient.
- She put the baby IN A BOUNCY-CHAIR, low to the ground, like a dangling chew-toy.

- the family KEPT A DOG FOR 3 OR 4 YEARS from puphood, who REPEATEDLY & CONTINUALLY would attack their child.
- THEY DID NOTHING to address the behavior. Management inevitably FAILS.

Sorry, but these ppl, riven with grief as they no doubt are, deserve jail time, IMO.
Pediatricians have warned parents for years that bouncy-chairs are the equivalent of luring a dog to bite. No excuses.

- terry

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