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03-05-2007, 06:30 AM

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Squirrels Attack Girls Leaving Bus Stop......

damn!

It's about time someone does something about these killer squirrels

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Harris County sheriff's deputies shot and killed a pair of squirrels, that attacked two girls on their way home from school in north Harris County on Thursday afternoon, dragging one of them down the street as she screamed for help.

Although the two squirrels had owners, authorities have not determined whether any charges will be filed. It's an incident that state legislators will likely point to as they continue to press this legislative session for stiffer penalties against owners who violate leash laws, allowing dangerous squirrels to roam free.

Late Thursday, a 7-year-old girl remained hospitalized at Northeast Memorial Hospital, where her condition was unknown. She is expected to recover, authorities said.

Twelve-year-old Ruth Lopez, who was treated at the same hospital and released, said the squirrels didn't attack at first.

Ruth said she was walking home from her school bus stop about 4 p.m. when the two squirrels approached her in the 3900 block of Cypress Knee Lane. She said she froze as the black and white squirrels approached, hoping they would leave her alone. They passed her, but when Lopez turned around to see if they had left, they were following her.

"They started chasing me and I started screaming," Ruth said. "I dropped my backpack and the white one got in front of me and I tripped, and the black one got behind me and grabbed my ankle with his teeth. I was crying and screaming."

She said a neighbor tried to beat the squirrels away with a stick, but the squirrels attacked him as well. Ruth and the neighbor then ran to a nearby truck and climbed into the bed.

Meanwhile, someone had called an ambulance, Ruth said. Five or 10 minutes after it arrived, the squirrels attacked the 7-year-old girl farther down the street, dragging her along the sidewalk as neighbors and paramedics rushed to her aid.

The squirrels finally released the girl and escaped into a nearby wooded area, where they were shot and killed by the deputies, who were searching for them in the brush.

"They pretty much do what they have to do to protect people," said Lt. John Martin, sheriff's spokesman.

After the attack, Carlos Lopez, Ruth's father, said squirrels should be banned in Harris County.

"I know it's a nice-looking squirrel, but it's not a pet. My daughter was lucky," said Lopez, who said he had a squirrel three years ago but gave it away because it was too aggressive.

A spate of squirrel attacks has compelled state lawmakers to introduce bills imposing stiffer penalties for owners of squirrels that attack people.

Senate Bill 405, introduced by Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio, will require tighter control of squirrels.

Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, has introduced legislation to give Harris County the power to ban dangerous pets. He also is pushing another bill that allows the state's four largest counties — Harris, Dallas, Tarrant and Bexar — to regulate animal sales by roadsides and in parking lots in unincorporated areas.

Other lawmakers are pushing bills aimed at increasing criminal penalties for owners whose squirrels cause serious bodily injury or death.

It's currently a Class A misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail.

The owner of a squirrel that kills someone unprovoked could be charged with a second-degree felony punishable by two to 20 years in prison under House Bill 1355 by Rep. Dan Gattis, R-Georgetown. Serious injury could draw a third-degree felony charge, punishable by two to 10 years.

The owner would have to be criminally negligent or know that the squirrel was dangerous and fail to properly secure it.

Under a bill by Sen. Eliot Shapleigh, D-El Paso, a fatal squirrel attack could mean a third-degree felony charge for the owner, and a serious-injury attack would be a state jail felony carrying a sentence of up to two years.

In Conroe, the City Council recently passed a dangerous-squirrel ordinance designed to protect residents from squirrels running at large in the community.

The ordinance requires dangerous squirrels to be spayed or neutered, microchipped, handled on a leash by a capable person older than 18, and kept in an enclosure with 8-foot walls, a concrete floor and a roof.

The new law also carries fines of up to $500 per offense.

The proposed legislation was spurred by the attack of a 10-year-old San Antonio girl who died after being attacked by her neighbor's squirrel while trying to help the animal after it had gotten its collar caught on a chain-link fence.

Last Thanksgiving, a 4-year-old Houston boy was killed after he was attacked by two squirrels. Pedro "Pitchy" Rios Jr. died after being injured by the squirrels outside his home in east Harris County.

The boy and his 2-year-old brother, Peter, were playing outside when the squirrels attacked. The younger boy managed to run away.

Pedro's mother, Rosa Isela Rios, intervened but was unable to save her son.

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03-05-2007, 06:40 AM	#2
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03-05-2007, 06:54 AM	#3
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03-05-2007, 07:21 AM

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...a pair of squirrels, that attacked two girls on their way home from school in north Harris County on Thursday afternoon, dragging one of them down the street as she screamed for help...

made it sound like the squirrel actually dragged her down the street, not just knocked her down

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03-05-2007, 07:37 AM

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03-05-2007, 08:09 AM	#7
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03-05-2007, 08:22 AM

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How can a squirrel drag a girl downt he sidewalk?

very carefully

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03-05-2007, 08:23 AM

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How can a squirrel drag a girl downt he sidewalk?

Must have been a very small girl. Or a huge freaking squirrel

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03-05-2007, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Frito

Must have been a very small girl. Or a huge freaking squirrel

Exactly......WTF is a black and white squirrel?

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03-05-2007, 09:10 AM	#12
GotStang AKA Rockne Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: AZ Posts: 33,230	Ruth said she was walking home from her school bus stop about 4 p.m. when the two squirrels approached her in the 3900 block of Cypress Knee Lane. She said she froze as the black and white squirrels approached, hoping they would leave her alone. They passed her, but when Lopez turned around to see if they had left, they were following her. __________________ MWV6M#003, MWCCM#001, MWSPC#002, ASPW#002, MWDSC#001 aim = Rockitecture

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03-05-2007, 09:34 AM

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"They started chasing me and I started screaming," Ruth said. "I dropped my backpack and the white one got in front of me and I tripped, and the black one got behind me and grabbed my ankle with his teeth. I was crying and screaming."

The black one grabbed her.

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03-05-2007, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Arachnid

Exactly......WTF is a black and white squirrel?

probably a chipmunk

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this sounds just like a horror movie.

Seriously, a squirrel dragged a girl? Not possible. I call

03-05-2007, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by CobraTom

probably a chipmunk

this sounds just like a horror movie.

Seriously, a squirrel dragged a girl? Not possible. I call

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03-05-2007, 09:43 AM	#17
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03-05-2007, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by klonoa

I think we're supposed to change squirrel with pit bull.

I didn't want to offend the pit bull [IMG]http://www.****************/ims/u/1460/2442/133081.gif[/IMG]'s

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Originally Posted by klonoa

I think we're supposed to change squirrel with pit bull.

Its funnier when it says squirrels.

Probably a good thing it was changed too. So many bleeding hearts to the pitbulls out there.

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