Armed gardai called in to combat growing pit-bull threat.(NEWS)

From: Evening Herald (Dublin, Republic of Ireland) | Date: January 3, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: Alan O'Keeffe

GARDAI confronted by pit bull dogs at the homes of Dublin criminals are using armed officers for protection, the Evening Herald has learned.

Gun-carrying gardai are backing up dog handlers who accompany detectives on searches of homes where the feared dogs are kept by unscrupulous owners.

The disclosure about the armed response to the pit bull threat comes in the wake of the savage killing of five-year-old Ellie Lawrenson by a...

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