Beloved pet mauled by pit-bull

A THORNLIE resident was unable to save his pet chihuahua-maltese cross from being savagely mauled and killed by what is believed to be a pit-bull terrier.

On Thursday, August 23, at 9.05pm Malcolm Roy was walking his dog Coda along Farrer Place when a pit bull grabbed the smaller dog.

“My husband tried to push the pit-bull away, scooped up Coda with both hands, up in the air, but this pit-bull jumped up and grabbed Coda and ran away with him in his mouth,” Heather Roy said.

“We are devastated by this tragic loss and would like to warn people to keep an eye out for this vicious dog for fear it may attack a small child or another dog.”

Neighbours heard Mr Roy’s screams during the attack and tried to find Coda. Police were called because there was no response from the rangers.

“Police participated in the search and found a leg of Coda’s,” Mrs Roy said.

“They were very caring and contacted the ranger the next morning.”

The Roys’ wanted to thank their neighbours for trying to help them find Coda.

“Our caring neighbours mustered together and walked the streets looking for the pit-bull terrier and the body of our Coda,” Mrs Roy said.

“A big thankyou from the bottom of our hearts to all who searched with torches, and for the comfort and caring.

“It’s heart-warming to see just how our community came together when tragedy struck.”

What everyone else is thinking

Teresa

24/01/2013

Thornlie 23-1-13 in a park with my 4 year old grandson, regardless of the breed I want these guys prosecuted.

A brown 3 legged pit bull came running from his owner grabbed my dog and proceeded to rip it to pieces, he is at the vets atm, not sure if he will survive, I jumped on this dogs back to cut off his air supply so he would let go, he had no collar on and all his owner could do was take big running kicks at the dog, he missed and kicked me in the hip, he had no collar and no lead, my dog was panting and lying on the floor bleeding, my grandson traumatized I asked this guy for his details as my dog was injured badly and he just dragged the dog with his one remaining back leg, kicking him all the way, the other person with him was in a motorized wheelchair, I will ring the ranger this morning I want these guys prosecuted the dog to go to a good home, his answer to me was "I ain't got no f***ing details" Sorry to pit bull owners but fact is fact. I need info on these guys

Dog-loving Family

24/09/2012

Thank you REGARDLESS your comments echo the sentiment of the Roy family - it was a larger dog that came and attacked. In fact the article tried to put a posititve note about how community come together during tragic circumstances. Mr Roy was giving the best description he could under the horrific circumstances. The paper chose to put the suspected breed in the title not the Roy family. I know for a fact that the Roy family did not treat this dog description lightly - effort was made to identify this dog as a pitbull. Aaron Gosper you cannot claim that this attack is not possible as you cannot speak for every dog that is out there. It is not media hype as there are other witnesses in neighbouring streets of Thornlie. Mapex Drummer I realise that the breed has a lot of bad press - rather the Roy family wished to shed light on bad owners not the breed. It saddens me that people have focused on the breed name and not the fact that a large vicious dog attacked a small dog on a leash.

Mapex Drummer

16/09/2012

WHERE IS THE EVIDENCE?! You can't go around saying that a Pit Bull attacked your dog without evidence to support your claim. Pit Bulls already have a bad reputation due to IDIOT owners; they don't need anymore bad press from people who can't even identify a Pit Bull let alone make a claim against one. It's so easy just to blame a Pitty rather then have hard evidence. "My dog got killed by a dog but I didn't see what kind of dog so I'll just blame it on a Pit Bull" "No one will care of I blame a Pit because they already have a bad reputation anyway". Next time I see a story like this it had better have hard evidence to back it up!

Shame on Comment News for for outright blaming a Pit Bull for this attack in the headline of this story too. The idea behind investigative journalism is to INVESTIGATE THE TRUTH and compile evidence through investigation. It is not to take allegations and Print them as truth and fact!

My grandparents dog?!

11/09/2012

This is my grandparents dog. I had been told about the incident on Tuesday. I am absolutely devastated when my mum told me about what happened. I didn't realize it had become such a major issue in Perth but a vicious dog that killed Coda would definitely become a major issue. I remember Coda sitting up with my grandma and chewing on his toy. I guess now that every time I go to Perth now, a huge part of my life won't be there and my little brother would be very confused and doesn't understand the word killed or dead!
Coda was such a beautiful dog and I will miss him forever!!
And I hope he rests in peace!!
😭

aaron gosper

10/09/2012

I do not believe that a pitbull ran up to you and stole your dog out of your arms as some who rehabitilitates ex fighting and abused pitbull and bull breed dogs I know that the way the way that this attack has been described is not true or correct. I believe media hype has brain washed to believe that any dog that attacks is a pitbull.Why no description??? if you would like to see a a ex fighting i have no issues with showing you this amazing breed! Do you know before humans took this amazing breed and made them fight they wre babysitting dogs! look the breed up! do some research and prove this dog is a pitbull or be a man and appoligise!

family who love dogs

I am so so sorry for your loss what a horrific experience to lose your beloved dog in such a tragic way. The owners are 100% to blame here. Who ever owns the dog which attacked YOU should bear the full blame for this. ALL dogs should be safely inside or secured on your property at all times OR should be restrained on a lead if walking. I have two dogs a kelpie and a chihuahua, my chihuahua is far more aggressive than the kelpie she has a tendency not to care how big the other dog is she will chase and nip so she is always on a lead and never out of our property. It is NOT breed issue it is a human one. The owner has to accept the consequences of allowing his /her dog to be wandering freely. They need to be held accountable for this dreadful situation RIP Coda x x x

Annie

07/09/2012

My heart breaks for you for the loss of coda i do know the pain you are going through myself partner and my malamute husky was attaked by a pitt bull i was lucky she did survive the pain of watching the pittbull trying to rip her throat out my partner tried to pick her up like yours did it came back again bite in to her leg her leg was just hanging i amazed that there are comments that pit bulls only go after other dogs i was attaked like you would never believe what about all the childen adults etc etc that have beeln killed by pittbulls not owners it s the breed iam not trying to upset you but we need to take a stand and stop this from happening time and time again i have goone through a packet of tissues from crying my poor girl i cant even take her fo a walk because of the attack

Regardless!

06/09/2012

REDARDLESS OF BREED! They are not Judging the type of dog that attacked their poor Coda, But merely saying "which dog they believed it to be" ... So take your pathetic opinions else where... They are devastated over losing their little coda, and do not need you to begin a debate!!

I am very sorry for your loss! I was very sad to have heard about this! I would wish for the *Bigger Dog* who attacked poor coda to be put to sleep, as it is a danger to young children and other small dogs... (I realize it may not be the bigger dogs fault for how its owners raised it but unfortunatly it is to late to change its nature..)

Sasha

Writing in with your opinion is fair enough but I think a little more sensitivity is needed these people have just lost their sweet,little pet, they are devastated and at the moment all they can think about is their loss so please think about it , what if it were your dog??

Proud staffy owner

I am sorry to hear about your dog, however my question to you is how can you identify the dog in question was a pit-bull especially at night? The true pitbull has been banned from entering Australia for the past 15yrs and did you know there are 26 breeds that are commonly pointed out as a pitbull? I have had the opposite where the yappy dogs that are roaming the streets, charge and nip both of my dogs staffy x one of them was severely abused, and who is at fault here? Is it me with 2 well-behaved so-called dangerous dogs or the yappy dogs asking for a fight. Who is to blame the responsible owner or the irresponsible owner?

Erin

05/09/2012

So sorry to hear about this. When we lived in High Wycombe a dog wandered onto our front yard and attacked our cat (he lived) the ranger knew the dog-this was not the first time he'd attacked (he'd killed some old ladies dog a while before he went for our cat) the ranger wanted the dog put down, and for the owners to pay for our vet fees. What did they do? Moved house! The dog in question here was a bull mastiff

The second time was in Mt. Helena. Neighbours had a work man leave the gate open and their staffy/pit mix wandered into our yard and went for my cat. He lived...and the difference here...they paid all our vet bills, and then built a separate area for the dog so it would never happen again, without being asked. I knew the dog and it was lovely around people and with other dogs...so to be honest...Yes, some dogs are more aggressive than others. But at the end of the day it comes down to the owners.

Wendy Dyet

04/09/2012

My heart breaks for this poor couple and their baby, Im so so sorry for what has happened and how you must feel. It makes me so dam mad when some people who own dogs just cannot find it in themselves to be responsible in their ownership. It should not matter what type of dog it was it should not been loose to be able to commit such an act, one has to wonder how the attacking dog has been raised to be so violent.
I myself own a rottweiler and have on many occasions been abused for owning "A Dangerous Dog" yet I trust him with all my being I have socialized him from the word go so he would be a dog who is not a danger to the community. He has actually been attacked himself by two staffies.....yet he never retaliated in any way....my point.....its not the dogs fault for reacting in this way, it is the person who owns these animals and how they raise them that are responsible.
I hope that whoever owns the dog who attacked is held accountable for this horrible act.

naia

In our neighbourhood there were a few irresponsible dog owners who would deliberately wait until after dark to let their dogs out to "do their business" rather than walk them, knowing full well that the local Rangers are not on duty after 7pm.

I am so sorry to yet read of another small dog being killed by a bigger dog ,poor,little Coda what a beautiful little dog so very sad for you both I do hope you find your ,little Coda and be able to put her to rest.
My heart goes out to you, and this dog responsible needs to be found and put to sleep asap before another innocent dog gets killed!!

Robbie

Pitbulls are nice dog on their own and good with people but unpredictable with other dogs. That dog should NEVER have been out on the street by himself. I cried when I read about that poor little dog being killed, it must have gone through so much fear. My heart goes out to the owners. I had a miniature poodle killed by my son's bullterrier so can empathise with Mr Roy, I was devastated.

Juanitameachen

I feel sorry for the owner of this dog, but please don't judge the dog Believed to be a pitball. My son got attacked by a Maltese cross dog but you don't see me make assumptions of this breed. Please don't judge the dog and it's breed it probably wasn't even a pitball !

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