Presa Canarios

A little while back in class we watched the Case Study about the two Presa Canarios that attacked and killed Diane Whipple. My mom just recently told me of a time where my parents were being sued because of an almost similar incident. We own a rental house and the people who lived there had a dog (type is not really as important). But the neighbor’s dog broke through the fence one day into our yard and the dog that lived there attacked the intruding dog. The neighbor’s dog ended up having to go to the vet and suffered some severe wounds. The lady then sued us in a small claims court and was trying to get us to pay for the full veterinary bill. Prior to this we had asked her to help us pay to fix the fence since it was not only ours but hers as well and she refused. So at this point I was convinced my parents were going to win. The lady had refused to let us fix a fence that was broken; her dog came into our yard and attacked our dog first but suffered more severe wounds. My parents went to court and the judge’s final verdict greatly shocked me, they had lost. I guess the lady next door did such a good job sympathizing with judge, she went up crying, totally broken down, and claimed she was unable to afford the bill. From this I realized two things, the justice system can be easily persuaded and maybe even biased, and also that owners of dogs can be held responsible what for what their animals do.