10/3/2021
Akron Ohio
Summit County
A sixteen-month-old child was killed by pit bulls in Akron Ohio. Details are sketchy at this time but it is reported that the little girl was in the living room of a home when a disagreement broke out between a 20-year-old man and a woman, not the parents of the child. Two pit bulls were present in the room per Fox 8 News and police feel that the argument "riled up the pit bulls" enough that the dogs attacked the child. The little girl was transported to Akron Children's Hospital where she was pronounced dead.
Akron's last pit bull fatality was in 2020, also a small child. This is the twenty-third dog attack fatality in Ohio since the Ohio Legislature passed HB 14 to deregulate pit bulls in the state. That bill was written by the legal staff at Best Friends Animal Society in Kanab Utah. Why is an organization located in Utah writing law for the State of Ohio? Good question and I can't answer it.
Best Friends assured Ohio residents that their "breed-neutral" bill would make our communities safer. Quick review, 23 deaths in the nine years since HB 14 was passed. In the decade prior to the passage of HB 14 Ohio had 5 fatal dog attacks. Does this sound safer to you? Best Friends breed-neutral law has been a colossal failure but they don't accept responsibility for it. How do these people sleep at night?
Update - The child has been named, she was Ka'Vay Louis-Calderon. A heartbreaking video shows a beautiful and loved child.
Details revealed include a bite history for one of the dogs and that the child was frequently in the home and had lived there in the past.
Ka'Vay's parents hope to start a foundation to help victims of vicious dog attacks.
