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Zack Martin said he owns one of the pit bulls, a 2-year-old female named Betty, and was taking care of the other, a male named Tank, while his owner was out of town. Martin said he had Tank chained up in his backyard because of a past incident in which the two dogs got out and caused trouble together, but he allowed Betty to run loose in the fenced backyard. On Tuesday, he found the chain broken and both dogs gone.

"We never saw it coming," he said. "They're the kinds of dogs you'd let play with your babies."

Yet another preventable incident. Let's start focusing more on the stupid owners in these "accidents." How does this owner not see this possibility based on his earlier statement about them getting loose before and causing trouble together?

Also, I feel bad about the JRT being killed, but why on earth was it running loose too?