Man killed by pet dog on Christmas Day. An Indiana pit bull owner by the name of Eddie Cahill aka Edward Cahill, was killed by Fat Boy as he was apparently playing keep-away with the dog bones that he got the animal for the holidays.
Man killed by pet dog and the story reignites the debate over pit bulls being violent. On Christmas Day, at around 5 PM, Bianca Rodriguez, who was spending some time with her relatives, returned to her home in South Bend, Indiana, where she discovered the body of her husband, Eddie Cahill aka Edward Cahill, in the living room.
The Indiana pit bull owner was covered in blood and dog bites on the face and arms. Rodriguez also found the family’s 8-year-old pit bull named Fat Boy with blood around his mouth.
Indiana police and Animal Control officers were rapidly called to the scene. Fat Boy was brought to the Humane Society in Hobart, Indiana, where Animal control officers say they had to use a taser to get the dog under control, and he was later euthanized, per the Cahills request.
Speaking to local media, Rodriguez explained that the dog may have mauled Cahill as they were playing keep-away. The family gave Fat Boy dog bones for Christmas and the 40-year-old animal lover would spend hours having fun with his beloved pet.
The widower called the death of her husband a freak accident and told reporters that the pet dog was never aggressive before. The Indiana pit bull owner claimed she and her husband slept with one dog, while the other animal stayed in their young daughters’ bedroom. The woman explained:
“They were playful dogs.One slept with the girls and the other slept with me and my husband.”
Rodriguez, who has another pit bull named Keylo, also eight years old, went to reveal that she hopes that people will not stop adopting pit bulls. Mrs Edward Cahill stated:
“I don’t want people to think bad of pit bulls. It was a freak accident. He loved the dogs.”
But according to the police, the dogs were not always the good and lovable pets that Rodriguez spoke about. In the past, the Cahill family had been advised by the police to euthanize the dog because he was violent and unpredictable.
While Rodriguez was for, her husband was against the idea of killing Fat Boy. The man killed by pet dog story has gone viral, and has sparked another debate on the adoption of pit bulls. What say you?
