Daily Mirror, Drug Test on Killer Ellie Dog, By Paul Byrne, Tuesday 9th January 2007
Recently Ellie Lawrenson, a five year old girl was mauled by a Pitbull and died as a result of this. This story reports that the dog will undergo a toxicology test to determine whether the dog had been given illegal drugs to make him react like he did. There is also an investigation into how the dog was 'Kept, treated, managed, handled' and police will also look into the dogs diet. The police are suspicious about the way the dog was treated as the dogs owner also Ellies Uncle Kiel Simpson, was a convicted drug dealer. Police fear Kiel may have given his dog some sort of steriod.
The language used by Paul Byrne is quite dramatic calling it an 'Animal' rather than a dog and using words like 'Savaged'. Although the story is reasonably sympathetic towards the dog as they do not know how it was treated, it does still make the animal out to be a beast. It gives the reader the impression that the dog was overly agressive but explains that it may not be totally the dogs fault.
The story is quite short and is basically an update on a previously reported story. The story heavily implies that the Uncle was to blame for the dogs behaiviour.
Suspicions over the dog's treatment were fueled by the fact that the dog was two stone over the average weight for this type of dog. However It doesn't say anything about the dogs size. Just because the dog was overweight it doesn't mean that it was due to steroids. Many dogs weigh more than they are supposed to, the usual reason for that is lack of excersice.
However I think it is quite unusual for a tabloid newspaper to try and explain the reason behind a killer dogs behaiviour. For example I could not see The Sun telling readers why the dog reacted the way it did. Pitbulls are known for being agressive and tenacious, but that is not to say they all are. I think it is quite refreshing to see a newspaper trying to explore possible reasons behind the dogs actions rather than just brandishing it blood thirsty.
The death of Ellie is tragic but I feel it would be unfair to totally blame the dog. The Uncle has to take some responsibility for the animal, if he knew it was aggressive then why leave it with your five year old niece? And if he was feeding it drugs then that is totally unacceptable. It is unlikely for a well looked after dog to become overly aggressive but untill the results are in who knows where the blame lies.
Recently Ellie Lawrenson, a five year old girl was mauled by a Pitbull and died as a result of this. This story reports that the dog will undergo a toxicology test to determine whether the dog had been given illegal drugs to make him react like he did. There is also an investigation into how the dog was 'Kept, treated, managed, handled' and police will also look into the dogs diet. The police are suspicious about the way the dog was treated as the dogs owner also Ellies Uncle Kiel Simpson, was a convicted drug dealer. Police fear Kiel may have given his dog some sort of steriod.
The language used by Paul Byrne is quite dramatic calling it an 'Animal' rather than a dog and using words like 'Savaged'. Although the story is reasonably sympathetic towards the dog as they do not know how it was treated, it does still make the animal out to be a beast. It gives the reader the impression that the dog was overly agressive but explains that it may not be totally the dogs fault.
The story is quite short and is basically an update on a previously reported story. The story heavily implies that the Uncle was to blame for the dogs behaiviour.
Suspicions over the dog's treatment were fueled by the fact that the dog was two stone over the average weight for this type of dog. However It doesn't say anything about the dogs size. Just because the dog was overweight it doesn't mean that it was due to steroids. Many dogs weigh more than they are supposed to, the usual reason for that is lack of excersice.
However I think it is quite unusual for a tabloid newspaper to try and explain the reason behind a killer dogs behaiviour. For example I could not see The Sun telling readers why the dog reacted the way it did. Pitbulls are known for being agressive and tenacious, but that is not to say they all are. I think it is quite refreshing to see a newspaper trying to explore possible reasons behind the dogs actions rather than just brandishing it blood thirsty.
The death of Ellie is tragic but I feel it would be unfair to totally blame the dog. The Uncle has to take some responsibility for the animal, if he knew it was aggressive then why leave it with your five year old niece? And if he was feeding it drugs then that is totally unacceptable. It is unlikely for a well looked after dog to become overly aggressive but untill the results are in who knows where the blame lies.
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