This evening, Friday at around 5:30, while walking one of our dogs, an aggressive medium-sized pit-bull, all beige, with a triangular white patch on its neck, came up and attacked our dog. This dog had no collar on. My partner, who was walking our dog, was for a while able to kick it away. A woman and child who were driving by very kindly pulled over, came over with a golf club and helped drive the dog away, even offering to take my partner and our dog into their van and drive them home. The attack happened at the corner of N. Highland and Jackson St. First, THANK YOU to the person who pulled over, whoever you are. Second, if anyone is familiar with this dog we would very much appreciate it if you could let us know - while neither my partner nor our dog was physically hurt, we would feel better knowing whether this was an animal that just happened to get out of its home or whether this is an animal we need to be concerned about in the future. Finally, this raised for us a legal question which perhaps someone could answer? Had this animal continued to attack and we'd been unable to fend it off, what would have been the consequences of shooting this dog? I happened to be at home when this attack happened. But, disregarding for a moment the ethical issue (and it would be a huge issue for me personally), had the health of my partner or our dog (who was leashed, collared and licensed, by the way) been at risk, I likely would have considered this, for better or for worse. Yes, the weapon and carry permit are legal. I apologize in advance for any shock this may carry, but as this is an issue that now has occurred several times for us, it seems germane to at least put forward the question. In any case, this shook us up very much, hence this letter. -------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Stein 813 North Highland Avenue email: mark(.)stein(@)verizon(.)net (remove all parentheses) --------------------------------------------------------------