but if we did, i would like to protect my dog! CPR, what a story.

 

 

http://www.app.com/article/20101108/NEWS04/101108021/Man-performs-CPR-on-his-dog-after-alligator-attack-

 

Man performs CPR on his dog after alligator attack

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS • November 8, 2010

 

 

 

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- A Florida man shot at an alligator to free his dog from its jaws. Tom Martino said he and his Jack Russell terrier Lizabeth were walking along the Hillsborough River in Tampa on Thursday when the alligator wrestled the 15-pound dog into the water.

 

Martino started shooting into the water around the alligator to scare it into releasing the 9-year-old dog. He performed CPR on the dog until it coughed up water and started breathing again.

 

Lizabeth was being treated for alligator bites and lung injuries from being underwater.

 

A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission trapper captured the 5- to 6-foot alligator Thursday night.

 

Martino has a concealed weapons permit

Wow good for him, and no mention of charges being pressed!! Must be awesome to live in, well....not here.

I've always said the only use for small dogs is for bait. Never thought about baiting a gator with a yap dog...me thinks visiting the in-laws in Miami and hitting the shelter before a hunting trip...I kid, about visiting the in-laws.

New Jersey rewrite:

 

Man arrested for all sorts of ridiculous weapons violations after bear attack on his dog

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS • November 8, 2010

 

 

 

WEST MILFORD, New Joisey. (AP) -- A West Milford man expects to be spending a lot of time in jail after shooting fozzy bear to free his dog from its jaws. Tom Martino said he and his Jack Russell terrier Lizabeth were walking along the Reservoir in West Milford on Thursday when the innocent black bear darted out and innocently wrestled the 15-pound dog into the water.

 

Martino immediately drew his illegal assault weapon and began targeting the poor animal in the water around his dog in an attempt to frighten it into releasing the 9-year-old dog. He performed CPR on the dog until it coughed up water and started breathing again.

 

Lizabeth was being treated for bear spit and lung injuries from being underwater.

 

An NJ Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commissioner captured the 5- to 6-hundred pound bear Thursday night. The bear has been returned to the woods in order that it can continue to live a peaceful life with Brian Miller and the Anti Bear Hunt Boo Boos.

 

Martino (of course) does not have a concealed weapons permit...

That was great

How about those 2 goats that were bear food in West Milford? The woman shown in our paper, The Suburban Trends, made her look like one of the Anti-Bear or anti-anything hunting types. I wonder how she feels about bear hunting now?

 

Good rewrite...

edited to add more nutso stuff

I think we should address this story very seriously. We all could write to our polititians and get them to hire a NY firm to study the effects of shooting around aligators if they did one day appear in NJ. The study could be as short as 2 years with a modest budget of 8 or 9 million. This way we can make sure that everyone and everything is safe forever and from everything. I also wonder if that hypothetical bear might need an animal psychologist after something like that...perhaps another NY firm could handle that study.