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AND TO ME, THAT CONSTITUTES
ABUSE.
>> LITTLE KEVIN, JUST 4 YEARS
OLD, NO LONGER A SMILING LITTLE
BOY.
NOW IN THE HOSPITAL WITH
HORRIFIC INJURIES, HIS SKIN
RIPPED FROM HIS FACE, HIS EYE
SOCKET, DHEEKBONE, JAW SMASHED.
HOURS OF SURGERY UNDERGONE NOW.
YEARS MORE TO GO.
ALL BECAUSE OF THIS PIT BULL.
THERE HE IS.
THE DOG ATTACKING THE 4-YEAR-OLD
AFTER THE CHILD CAME INTO ITS
YARD AND TRIED TO TAKE ITS BONE.
SO HERE'S THE QUESTION.
WHO ARE PEOPLE TRYING TO HELP
HERE?
SOME HAVE RUSHED TO HELP KEVIN,
THE LITTLE BOY, RAISING $7,000
SO FAR FOR HIS RECOVERY.
BUT APPARENTLY EVEN MORE PEOPLE
RALLYING AROUND THE DOG, A "SAVE
MICKEY" PAGE ON FACEBOOK.
49,000 LIKES AND MORE THAN
50,000 PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED AN
ONLINE PETITION TO SAVE THE
DOG'S LIFE.
AND MICKEY EVEN HAS AN ATTORNEY
NOW DEDICATED TO FIGHTING FOR
HIM.
RICHARD ROSENTHAL, WITH ME,
RICHARD, YOU'RE AN ATTORNEY BUT
YOU HIRED AN ATTORNEY TO
REPRESENT MICKEY HERE.
FIRST QUESTION, WHY?
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THAT'S
NOT CORRECT, WE DIDN'T HIRE AN
ATTORNEY.
THE LAW FIRM IS WORKING PRO B
BONO.
>> OKAY.
SAME QUESTION, WHY?
>> BECAUSE KILLING MICKEY IS NOT
GOING TO HELP THE BOY AT ALL.
THE BEST COMMENT ON THIS ISSUE
WAS BY THE DOCTOR RIGHT AFTER IT
HAPPENED WHERE HE SAID, THE DOG
WAS DOING WHAT DOGS DO.
UNFORTUNATELY THE CHILD WAS
DOING WHAT CHILDREN DO.
AND THE END TO THAT IS
UNFORTUNATELY THE BABYSITTER WAS
NOT DOING WHAT RESPONSIBLE
ADULTS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.
THIS IS NOT THE DOG'S FAULT AS
MUCH AS IT'S THE BREAKDOWN BY
THE BABYSITTER IN TAKING CARE OF
HER RESPONSIBILITIES.
>> OKAY, RICHARD, WHAT DO YOU
THINK SHOULD HAPPEN TO THE DOG?
THE OWNERS HAVE GIVEN UP THE
DOG, CORRECT?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
IF WE'RE ABLE TO WIN AND THE DOG
IS NOT PUT DOWN, HE WILL BE
TURNED OVER TO THE LEXUS
PROJECT, AT WHICH POINT HE WILL
BE EVALUATED BY TRAINERS.
HE WILL GET WHATEVER TRAINING IS
NECESSARY AND THE DETERMINATION
WILL BE MADE WHETHER HE SHOULD
PROBABLY BE ROSENTHAL,
SPEARHEADING SAVING THIS DOG.
>> MY MOTHER OWNS TWO PIT BULLS.
IT'S NOT ABOUT CRIMINALIZING THE
BREED.
BUT THIS IS ABOUT A PARTICULAR
INSTANCE OF THIS DOG -- BY
RICHARD'S OWN ADMISSION, STILL
POSES A RISK OF HARM.
THERE'S A REASON WHY THEY SAID
DOGS DO WHAT DOGS DO.
IF THIS DOG IS POSING THIS TYPE
OF UNREASONABLE RISK OF HARM TO
YOUNG CHILDREN OR OTHERS OUT
THERE, HE HAS TO BE PUT DOWN.
IT'S NOT ABOUT PUNISHING THIS
DOG.
IT'S NOT ABOUT PUNISHING
MICKEY --
>> IT'S ABOUT A SAFETY ISSUE.
LONI COOMBS, GO AHEAD?
>> I ABSOLUTELY AGREE.
THIS IS NOT A REFERENDUM ON PIT
BULLS.
IT'S A REFERENDUM ON WHAT
HAPPENED IN THIS CASE.
AS RICHARD SAYS, WELL, THE CHILD
DID WHAT THE CHILD DID AND KIND
OF PLAMING THE CHILD FOR TRYING
TO TAKE THE DOG OR THE
BABYSITTER -- THAT'S NORMAL
BEHAVIOR FOR A 4-YEAR-OLD CHILD
TO GO AROUND AND LOOK AT THINGS
AND TOUCHING THINGS.
AND THEN THE DOG REACTS, HEY,
THAT'S WHAT DOGS DO -- DOGS DO
NOT GO OUT AND JUST MAUL
CHILDREN ALMOST TO DEATH.
CRACKING THEIR EYE SOCKET, THEIR
JAWBONE AND CHEEKBONE.
TO SAY, THAT'S WHAT DOGS DO, IS