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November 23, 2009

Man kills puppy misbehaving before Steelers game

BRIDGEVILLE, Pa. — Police say a western Pennsylvania man told them he kicked his girlfriend's puppy to death because he was upset that the pit bull wouldn't behave before the start of the Pittsburgh Steelers game.

Twenty-two-year-old William Woodson, of Bridgeville, remained jailed Monday on a charge of animal cruelty. The dog was a 13-week-old pit bull named Flip,

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazettes reports that a witness told police that Woodson was kicking the dog down the street shortly after 1 p.m. Sunday, which is when the football game began. Police say Woodson was supposed to be taking the pit bull for a walk, but the animal resisted. By the time police arrived, the puppy was dead.

Read more in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Posted by Jill Rosen at 11:59 AM | Permalink | Comments (5)
Categories: Dogs, dogs, dogs

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I'd like to kick this idiot down the street, what a waste of life this guy is, I hope the lock him up for awhile so he can see what a hateful, disgusting individual he is! POOR PUPPY!

Posted by: the_cocerned_citizen | November 23, 2009 1:29 PM

I completely agree the punishment should fit the crime. Put this guy on a leash and kick him down the street not until death as that would be too good for him but until he is very near death.

Posted by: R D | November 23, 2009 2:36 PM

This man is SICK! His girlfriend is also to blame for allowing a person of this caliber to be within a hundred miles of that poor puppy. I hope they throw this jerk in solitary for a very long time and have him elucidate in a ten thousand-word essay why his behavior was wrong,

This person’s act sickens we enormously. It’s really hard for me to write this comment without using a few choice expletives.

Posted by: Ishmael | November 23, 2009 3:41 PM

What a sick mentally disturbed pathetc gross excuse for a human. Too bad we can't send to life in prison for these sick souls. Hope the worst for him...a "Puppy" for God sakes...Big Man has to kill a puppy! Next will be a human a women if it hasn't happened already.

Posted by: DAS | November 23, 2009 11:03 PM

I agree with the others here. This man is a sick man. He should never be allowed near animals again.

Posted by: Kathy Cook | December 1, 2009 11:20 AM

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About Jill Rosen

Jill Rosen is a reporter at The Baltimore Sun. During her nearly 20 years in journalism, she has covered news and features — including a surprising number of stories that involved animals. There were the dog Christmas carolers in State College, Pa. There were the hounds who toured with a production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The story of a preschool teacher at Baltimore’s Father Kolbe School who had to replace her class guinea pig, who died over the winter holiday. A harrowing tale of what it was like to make homemade pet food ...

Though her clean freak of a mother refused to allow her to get a dog, she has had a number of pets through the years, including goldfish named Bob and Fingle, a betta fish named Ichabod, a wild rat terrier named Wendel, who she shared with a roommate, and, currently, sweet, sweet kitties named Leo Sesame and Milo Pumpkin and a little rescued pup named Teddy Bean. She, Leo, Pumpkin and Teddy Bean live in Baltimore.

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