Man Bites Dog PETA involved Incident article from local paper

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Man Bites Dog! PETA involvement.

June 6, 2017 The Daily Herald Sun

Johnathan Rodale correspondant

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You reporter was called to view the amazing scene of a man biting a dog in the fore noon.

Your reporter viewed the dog’s leg, after being bitten by the man, showing teeth marks and blood spilling from what can only be described as a gash caused by the bite.

Your reporter was called to the scene by one of the many bystanders who has viewed what was happening and had sent images and texts to friends and family in the wake of the biting in order to record the event for any eventuality.

The International Division of PETA was contacted by your reporter and, speaking off the record, after I had informed them of the headline, said that after investigation that they would bring all national and local resources to bear on the situation.

The local police, who were being called out to the scene of an explosion at the GYMFAX warehouse on 117th and Barnes; also said that they would respond with all necessary personnel after dealing with the explosion.

The local Veterinary Surgeon, Dr. Foxx, when he arrived, and with a look of astonishment on his face,said that “I have never seen anything like this!”

Your reporter pressured the Doctor for further information on what can only be called an extraordinary event and he replied. “I’ve heard about it but never saw a man biting a dog to suck out snake venom. It is good he loves his pet.”

Your correspondent will provide updates in the Newspaper's feed which can be found at the top left of this article.

filed: June 6, 2017 JR : DHS
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[GreyGeek]

Except that making cuts at the bite site and sucking out whatever usually doesn't work. Better to get the victim to the nearest medical facility ASAP for venom antidote.

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I imagine that the fellow was in such extremis that he didn't stop to consider that,

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[GreyGeek]

A little commentary on that myth: http://www.outdoorlife.com/blogs/sur...venomous-snake

Some old, but still applicable medical advice: http://www.webmd.com/women/news/2002...ck-snakebite#1

[Qqmike]

Snakes ... I'm a firm believer in not taking any chances around them. Move slwoly, take no chances. Out here, the desert SW USA, mainly rattle snakes to be concerned about. Common sense applies: don't surprise the snake, don't attack it, don't tease it, don't step on it "accidentally" (be paranoid: always assume the snake might be right where you wish to step). As a desert rockhound, I've come face to face with rattlers dozens of times, I always stayed calm and slowly backed off, and the snake would always calm down or move away. Confronted one walking up a narrow 5'-wide arroyo, up an incline, the snake ahead of me coming down the arroyo, face to face. I've found myself standing right over--on top of--a bunch of them, me standing on a rock bluff, the snakes under that rock, maybe hanging out in the roots of a cholla cactus just inches under me. Once, a girlfriend froze 3 feet from a cactus hiding a warning rattler, I stepped in, took her by the hand, escorted her away with no aggression on the part of the "scary" snake who quickly calmed down as we walked away. A little common sense goes a long way: don't run at high speed around their territory!

A common example, going down a rocky hill, don't step down over a rock step or shelf (where a snake could be underneath the shelf in the cool shade). I have heard the info in your link and agree with it. The over-eager Boy Scout of the 1950's could do more harm than good trying to cut and suck. I've heard that even a tourniquet might cause problems to set in, maybe like dead tissue? or deeply-poisoned tissue below the tourniquet?

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Medical personnel say that applying a tourniquet merely allows the venom to concentrate at the bite site, making damage in that area more severe. Eventually one will have to release the tourniquet anyway to avoid cell death of the limb, so nothing is gained and more is lost.