{"id":2117415,"date":"2023-12-06T12:43:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T17:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tragedy-as-3-month-old-boy-is-killed-by-familys-exotic-pet-this-could-have-easily-been-avoided\/"},"modified":"2023-12-06T12:51:37","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T17:51:37","slug":"tragedy-as-3-month-old-boy-is-killed-by-familys-exotic-pet-this-could-have-easily-been-avoided","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tragedy-as-3-month-old-boy-is-killed-by-familys-exotic-pet-this-could-have-easily-been-avoided\/","title":{"rendered":"Tragic: Baby Killed by Family&#8217;s Exotic Pet &#8211; Preventable"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftragedy-as-3-month-old-boy-is-killed-by-familys-exotic-pet-this-could-have-easily-been-avoided%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2117415&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Tragedy as 3-Month-Old Boy \u2063Is Killed by Family&#8217;s Exotic Pet &#8211; This Could Have Easily Been Avoided<\/h2>\n<p>Almost\u2064 every parent will tell you that the very first moment they laid eyes upon their child, \u200bthey realized just how exponentially their\u2064 level of responsibility had expanded. Not only were they responsible for the safety, well-being and \u200bfuture of themselves or their \u200bpartner, they now were responsible for doing that for a virtually helpless human being they were now charged with raising to adulthood \u200cto \u200dbe\u2063 a conscientious member of a functioning society.<\/p>\n<p>Note the \u2062caveat there: <em>almost \u200devery parent<\/em>. \u2064Every once in a\u2063 while, one comes across a story that, as a mother or father, sickens\u2062 and discomfits you because of the arrant lack of responsibility. Such is the \u200ccase in Shelby County,\u2062 Alabama, where a 3-month-old baby is dead thanks to\u200c an exotic\u2064 pet no prudent parent would own.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbrc.com\/2023\/12\/01\/3-month-killed-by-pet-wolf-chelsea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WBRC<\/a>, in Chelsea, Alabama, the infant died on Thursday after\u200d a pet that\u2063 was \u201cdescribed as a wolf-hybrid\u201d\u2064 by\u2062 authorities tried \u201cplaying\u201d with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/day-care-nightmare-1-infant-dead-3-children-hospitalized-possibly-ingesting-fentanyl-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">child<\/a> while he \u2063was on the floor.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">EXOTIC PET KILLS BABY: The Shelby County Sheriff\u2019s Office says a 3-month-old baby in Alabama died \u2063after being\u2064 bitten by a \u201cwolf-hybrid\u201d kept as \u2063the family\u2019s pet. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SwQeT0XoeT\">https:\/\/t.co\/SwQeT0XoeT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Local 3 News (@Local3News) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Local3News\/status\/1731818918711357797?\">December 4, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Shelby County Coroner and the Shelby County Sheriff\u2019s Department are now\u200c investigating.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn Thursday, November 30, 2023, at approximately 12:54 pm Shelby County 911 received an\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/3-dead-after-shooting-at-party-at-denver-industrial-storefront\/\" title=\"3 killed in shooting at Denver industrial storefront party.\">emergency call reporting<\/a> an animal attack involving an infant at a residence in the area of \u2062County Road 440 in Chelsea,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-alabama-police-officer-killed-another-wounded-in-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shelby County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/a> said in a media release Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShelby County deputies, Chelsea firefighters, and \u200cShelby County Animal Control Officers \u200bresponded to the scene. The infant was transported to an area hospital by ambulance, with a law enforcement escort.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUpon\u200c arrival at the hospital, the infant was pronounced\u200d dead due to injuries suspected \u200bto\u2064 have been caused by the animal. The animal is described as a wolf-hybrid \u200dand was reportedly kept as a pet \u200dby \u2064the family of the infant,\u201d the news release \u2062continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe animal\u2064 was euthanized at the scene by an area Vet, at the request \u200cof law enforcement, and has been transported to the Alabama State Diagnostics Laboratory in Auburn for \u200dfurther examination and investigation. There is no threat to the \u200cpublic. The Shelby\u2062 County Sheriff\u2019s Office is currently investigating the \u200dcircumstances that led to the death of\u200c the infant.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>WBRC reported the Shelby County \u200bCoroner said that, \u2062\u201caccording to the parents, the baby was on the floor and the wolf-hybrid picked up \u200bthe baby and started playing with him. They stated the parents tried to get the baby from the \u2062wolf-hybrid, but it was\u2064 too late.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIts just unthinkable that this could happen to this baby,\u201d Chelsea Mayor Tony Picklesimer \u200csaid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you choose to own an exotic pet, what comes with that is additional responsibility to be \u2064sure that not only your family is safe, but your neighbors are safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, \u2064to be fair, WBRC \u200dalso reported that it\u2019s unclear just\u2063 how much the family knew about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hero-dog-named-lady-dies-protecting-children-mountain-lion-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the animal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmy Byrd, a wolf-hybrid \u200cexpert told WBRC the only\u2062 way to truly know if you own a wolf-hybrid is through an extensive DNA test,\u201d the station reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cByrd said true\u2062 wolf-hybrids are\u200d rare and she doesn\u2019t believe there are that many here in Alabama. [Eighty] to 90 percent of the wolf-hybrids \u200bByrd sees in Alabama \u2064are actually multi-generation northern K-9 breeds. In\u2062 many cases, these\u200c animals are \u2063sold to inexperienced homes that have not done the proper research on the animals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, it\u2019s also safe to say that, if the Shelby County Sheriff\u2019s Office\u2063 was describing the animal as a \u201cwolf-hybrid\u201d with some certainty the day <em>after <\/em>the animal killed the infant, there was\u2064 no \u201cextensive DNA test[ing]\u201d done upon the animal; someone involved clearly knew what they were dealing with.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, as Byrd noted, any canine of\u2063 sufficient strength and problematic temperament is\u200c capable of doing harm to\u2062 a child.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd when you mix that with an ancient breed like a wolf dog, \u2062you have an animal with extreme intelligence, a lot of athletic ability and the tendency\u200b to want to \u200cescape,\u201d she \u2064said.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Picklesimer \u2064asked that \u2063those on social media exercise kindness toward the family \u200bwhile seemingly blaming the state\u2019s laws \u200dfor the loss.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlabama is one of\u2064 four states in the United States that does not have \u2063a code against exotic animals,\u201d he said. \u2063\u201cOnce they get a taste, nature takes \u200cover, and it\u2019s just very sad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One can indeed have sympathy for this family\u2019s\u200c loss without believing that Alabama\u2019s state code regarding \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/police-rush-transport-rare-antivenom-hospital-man-bitten-deadly-exotic-pet-snake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exotic animals<\/a>\u201d is to blame. Again, it\u2019s murky what this family knew\u200d about this dog being a \u201cwolf-hybrid\u201d \u2014 \u2063or, \u2063according to the expert WBRC quoted, whether it actually <em>was<\/em> a \u201ctrue wolf-hybrid\u201d and not\u2064 one of many \u201cmulti-generation northern K-9 breeds\u201d \u2014 but one can surmise that they had\u2062 a dangerous\u2063 pet that was not a run-of-the-mill dog. It killed their \u200cchild.<\/p>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t take much to do the\u200d math and realize there was likely a gross abdication of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sperm-donor-with-genetic-low-iq-syndrome-fathered-15-children-without-telling-mothers\/\" title=\"Sperm Donor With Genetic Low-IQ Syndrome Fathered 15 Children Without Telling Mothers\">parental responsibility<\/a> here. \u2063Absent some piece of exculpatory evidence so wild one would have to construct a mind-bogglingly elaborate scenario to introduce it, there\u2019s no excuse \u200dfor this \u200cexotic pet being around a child. Period. They were responsible\u200d for the safety of a virtually helpless <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-jen-psaki-grossly-compares-precious-unborn-babies-lumps-coal-suffers-backlash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">human being<\/a>; even if they thought this was just some kind\u200d of dog, it was still a dog \u200dthat quite obviously did not belong anywhere near their child. Whether \u2062or not this merits\u2062 charges is a\u2063 matter for law enforcement, but the fact remains that this death almost certainly could have been\u200d avoided by exercising elementary parental responsibility.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tragedy-3-month-old-boy-killed-familys-exotic-pet-easily-avoided\/\">Tragedy as 3-Month-Old Boy Is Killed by Family&#8217;s Exotic Pet &#8211; This Could\u200b Have Easily Been Avoided<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<br \/>\n \u200crnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> Why is it \u2063important to consult \u2063professionals \u2063and conduct proper research before bringing an exotic pet into a \u2063home \u200dwith \u200cyoung children<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Pet ownership,\u201d Picklesimer said. \u201cWe have some\u200c laws regarding dangerous animals, but it is \u2064not comprehensive.\u2063 I would \u2064certainly hope that we might \u2063\u2060possibly see some additional legislation on a state level, very vigilantly \u200cstudied, when \u200bit comes to ownership of animals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While it \u200cis true that stricter laws regarding exotic \u200dpet ownership may help prevent tragedies like this one from occurring, the responsibility ultimately falls on the parents. It is their duty to ensure the safety of their children, and that includes making\u200d informed decisions about the pets \u200cthey bring into their homes.<\/p>\n<p>Exotic pets, such \u200cas wolf-hybrids, can be unpredictable\u200c and dangerous. They\u2063 may\u200c have instincts and behaviors\u200b that are not suitable for\u200b living in a domestic environment. Owning such a pet requires extensive knowledge, experience, and resources to provide the\u2064 proper care and environment for them.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, in many cases, people acquire exotic pets without fully understanding the\u200c responsibilities that come with them. \u200dThey may be \u2063drawn to the novelty and uniqueness of owning an \u200bexotic animal but fail to consider the potential risks and dangers involved.<\/p>\n<p>Proper research, education, and understanding\u2064 of the specific needs and behaviors of \u2064an exotic pet are crucial before bringing one into \u2064a home with \u200dyoung children.\u200b It is \u200cessential to consult professionals, such as veterinarians or \u200bexperts\u200b in the specific species,\u2064 to ensure that the pet is suitable for the\u200d family and that the necessary precautions are taken.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, it\u2062 is important\u2062 to be \u200baware of and comply \u200bwith any\u2064 existing laws\u2064 or regulations regarding exotic pet \u2062ownership. Even if the state\u200d does \u2063not have comprehensive laws in place, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/laguna-beach-to-cite-pet-owners-whose-dogs-bark-for-over-30-minutes\/\" title=\"Laguna Beach targets pet owners with dogs barking for more than 30 minutes.\">responsible pet owners<\/a> \u200cshould take extra \u200bprecautions to \u2064ensure the safety of their family and the community.<\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-nfl-first-round-pick-pleads-guilty-to-drunk-driving-crash-that-killed-las-vegas-woman\/\" title=\"Ex-NFL player admits to DUI crash that killed Vegas woman.\">tragic incident serves<\/a> as a harsh reminder that the decisions \u200bwe make as\u2062 parents have significant consequences. It is\u200d our duty to prioritize the safety and well-being of our children above all else. Owning an exotic pet may seem exciting and alluring, but it should never\u200d be undertaken lightly or without proper consideration.<\/p>\n<p>Let us learn from this heartbreaking\u2062 event and strive to\u200d be more responsible\u2064 pet owners \u2062and parents. Together, we can prevent senseless tragedies like this from happening again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almost every parent will admit that the instant they saw their child, they understood the immense increase in their level of responsibility. 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