The Madding Crowd

Eventually we're going to find out if there's anything physically or medically wrong with the dog that may have caused this attack.
     -- Pacifica Police Captain Dave Bretini, referring to Gunner, the pit bull that killed Darla Napora

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My first thought about this tragedy was that this was probably resource guarding. The dog had something that his owner was trying to remove from him. 
     -- Trish King, Director of Behavior and Training at the Marin Humane Society

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. . . It was possible that Gunner was provoked by something getting in the way of food or a toy he wanted.
     -- Scott Delucchi, Peninsula Humane Society

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The woman fell off a ladder and hit her head . . . .  The dog had blood on it's body because he was trying to nudge her to make her move.... 

     -- Cindy Marabito, author of Pit Bull Nation

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I am firmly convinced in my own mind that the aggression he exhibited had surfaced before this horrible death occurred (probably when he was about 15 months old) and either was not recognized as aggression, ignored or excused.

     -- Julie Howard (one of the top dog behaviorists in the country)

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Tazi is kind of our rock. Right now we need her back. It's what Greg has left right now.

     -- Sandy Robinson, Darla Napora's mother, referring to Greg Napora's second pit bull

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They are the most loving animals I have ever had in my life.

     -- Greg Napora, referring to Gunner, the pit bull that killed his wife Darla. Napora plans to bury Gunner's cremated remains in the casket with his wife.

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Darla Napora

41931 517691     47

her path of destiny = 47 = Internationally known

     -- Ed Peterson Numerology, Numerology for Darla Napora

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Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife . . . .

     -- Thomas Grey, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard

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Compiled from various news sources including the Daily Mail, the Mercury News, the Examiner, the Contra Costa Times, the San Mateo County Daily Journal, and the Sonoma County Press Democrat, among others.