• Apparently a hoax.

Remember when three pit bulls killed another dog at Magnuson Park? Never happened, according to Grisha Stewart of Ahimsa Dog Training in Ballard (though pit bulls apparently did break the leg of a husky at the park). She has "an inside source" at Animal Control, she said—here's the report from her blog:

Here are the facts of the Boxer story, as told to me by Animal Control:

There was a senior boxer at the water with a small dog, and there was a scuffle with pit bull—type dogs. The owner was not bald, but had short hair. He did have tattoos. The scuffle seemed to be of the ‘normal’ type that dog park fans see a lot of, with a lot of bluster but no injuries. I’m sure it was still scary for all involved. The boxer was never taken to the vet.

No report has been filed by the Boxer’s owner, and she probably wishes this would all just go away (I had heard from another source that her husband didn’t want the dog at the park in the first place). Therefore, animal control is no longer doing special patrols, just the regular ones.

After weeks of the mystery owner being unidentified, Animal Control got her name and made a visit, 3 weeks after the events at Magnuson. The Boxer had no signs of injury and the woman reported no injuries. Given how much this story has been stretched, I feel like we have no real information on who started the scuffle (versus it being an unprovoked attack), among other things.

The Husky incident is being dealt with by the police, not Seattle Animal Control. I’m not sure why. The Husky did get a broken leg. It may or not have been the same dogs who fought with the Husky as the previous week with the Boxer.

Stewart is asking her source to contact The Stranger to confirm that the "DOG KILLED" signs were a hoax. Dan Savage denies any involvement.