Every day in the news, there appears at least one story that prompts the question: How did this happen? Occasionally those news items are about dogs — a dog mauled a meter maid, a family pet attacked a member of its own household, a neighbor kid was chased up a tree by the dog next door…

The following letter tells us how these stories happen, how they make it onto the front pages of our newspapers. It's the backstory to a tragedy that has yet to occur but surely will if the peopl ...

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