[spidey]

You know, I'm normally the first to say that it's almost never the case that dogs attack without provocation or warning, and I certainly agree that the "victim" here is at least partly responsible for this attack (as is the owner), however, I'm sorry but I think it's really over the line for a dog to attack someone to this extent (serious mauling and needing to be strangled to death to stop the attack) over "taunting" unless there was serious pain and no way to escape. We certainly don't know just how serious the "taunting" was, but it's certainly possible that there was BOTH human instigation AND a dog with a temperament/management problem. It's one thing for a dog to snap or even bite when being taunted, it's entirely another for a dog to maul a person unrelentingly like this.