Crime & Safety
Pitbull Locked Up For 4 Years Due To Be Euthanized
Several people are urging the city to reconsider euthanization and instead allow Rose the pitbull to live at a shelter.
WATERBURY, CT — A Waterbury pitbull that has been locked up in the pound for four years and is due to be euthanized after an incident has drawn widespread attention.
Rose got free from her owner in April 2014 and bit two people as they tried to catch her, according to Fox 61.
A federal lawsuit was filed earlier this year, but a judge refused to give it class action status. The city requested that it be allowed to move forward with euthanization plans.
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A rescue shelter has offered to take Rose.
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Four years in solitary confinement could soon end for pit bull: WATERBURY – Rose, a pit bull-mix, has waited on death row at the Waterbury dog pound for four years, confined alone to a 10-foot by 4-foot chain-link run. Rose is stuck in the center of a… https://t.co/kJ5njdtbdz pic.twitter.com/uzyDXoX3X8
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