Posted 10/24/2007 05:22:00 PM by Douglas

Getting tired of all those stories of pit-bulls eating the face off a baby? Try this one on for size. The pit bulls eat a kid's pony. Oh, it gets worse:

A pair of pit bulls killed a miniature horse given to a cancer-stricken Pampa boy by the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Raul Vasquez believes he was just seconds from saving Anniversary, a 31-inch-tall gelding, but ended up scaling a tree when the dogs turned toward him.

One dog was caught moments after Monday's attack, but the other remained on the loose Tuesday and may be injured from a gunshot wound, Gray County Sheriff Don Copeland said.

Anniversary was purchased from a breeder in Kentucky for $1,800 by the Make-A-Wish Foundation and delivered to Vasquez's son, Christian, in August. Christian, who will be 4 on Nov. 11, was diagnosed in January with medulloblastoma, a malignant form of brain cancer that requires him to undergo chemotherapy sessions in Amarillo.

How freakin' terrible. At least they didn't interview these curs owners that tried to trot out same old pit bull defense that these animals are harmless.

Vasquez said Christian bonded with Anniversary, making it tougher to break the news to his 3-year-old son.

"He said, 'who killed my horse?' And I told him it was some mean dogs that did it," Vasquez said. "Then he asked me 'why?' And I told him 'they were really mean dogs.'"

How horrible. Really mean dogs indeed, and stupid, stupid people that claim they're "just dogs."

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