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More from Other NewsA pit bull terrier mix was euthanized this week after it bit two people in the Ojai Valley, including a well-known television and movie actor, authorities said.
Actor Peter Strauss, 61, whose credits include "Rich Man, Poor Man" and "Law and Order," was bitten by the 30-pound dog Sunday in his orchard near Avenida Del Recreo outside Ojai, said Kathy Jenks, director of the Ventura County Department of Animal Regulation.
The dog also bit another neighbor, Dennis Foster, the same day, Jenks said.
After Strauss contacted Jenks' department, an animal regulation officer responded and found the dog in the street. The animal acted aggressively toward the officer, but he caught it with a dog-catching pole, Jenks said.
Jenks did not have specific information about the victims' injuries. She said both decided to seek medical attention.
After being told about the bites, the dog's owner relinquished the animal to the department and asked that it be put down, Jenks said.
He told authorities the dog, Moby, had escaped over his fence through a neighbor's yard and into Strauss' orchard, Jenks said.
The dog was being tested for rabies this week, a standard practice in similar cases.
Posted by SF1943 on March 26, 2008 at 6:31 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Kathy Jenks.....WHA A JOKE! SHE HAS TO HAVE SOME "WOOD" ON SOMEBODY IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATIVE BODY TO KEEP HER JOB AS LONG AS SHE (?) HAS!!
Posted by jill on March 26, 2008 at 7:58 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I hope the dog's owner has to pay for the dog bites. Irresponsible dog owners risk other people's safety and the animals' lives. Especially when the breed is known to be agressive. I've experienced this THREE different times while walking my dog on a leash and dogs came running at us from garages and attacked my dog. The dogs were a pit, rottweiler and American bulldog. And all the times the owners said, "He's friendly" and didn't stop their dogs from coming over. I am too afraid to walk my dog around the neighborhood anymore. What the hell is wrong with people?
Posted by Tom_Johnston on March 26, 2008 at 10 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Is it somehow more important that this dog bit a person who earned a living as an actor....more important than another person?
I'm sure Mr Strauss would agree..the issue is that this dog bit two people....
Posted by smithjc on March 26, 2008 at 10:27 p.m. (Suggest removal)
maybe if the dog had only bitten the actor his owner could have tried to say that the dog was a critic.
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