Maureen Faibish of San Francisco was arrested on June 24, 2005 on the charge of child endangerment in the actions leading up to the death of her son, 12-year-old Nicholas Faibish, who was mauled by one or both of her two pit bull dogs, Rex 2 and Ella.
Nicholas was discovered dead in the front bedroom of her home at
approximately 15:15 PDT on June 3, 2005, by his mother, who had left
the house to run some errands. She had locked her son in the basement
to keep him away from the dogs. "I put him down there, with a shovel on
the door.", Faibish said in a telephone interview to the San Francisco
Chronicle. "He had a bunch of food. And I told him, 'Stay down there
until I come back.' Typical Nicky, he wouldn't listen to me."
Faibish stated that she believes that her son had walked in when Rex
2, a male pit bull, was attempting to mate with Ella, a female pit bull
who was in heat at the time. She stated that Rex 2 had been acting
posessively prior to the incident. A police officer shot and killed
Ella in order to gain entry to the apartment. Rex 2 was captured and
removed to an animal shelter. "The police killed the wrong dog if you
ask me.", Faibish said.
Source: Wikinews
