UPDATE: on Quebec baby mauled by dogs - mother charged - WTF??

So apparently they are charging this young mother with manslaughter!

WTF??

All over the country, people get away  - lilterally - with MURDER.  Drivers get in cars drunk- often on a regular basis- run over people and get off with slaps on the wrist and suspended sentences.  Bloody BRYANT runs OVER a cyclist and his case is DISMISSED!! A taxi driver in Brampton hit and killed a man, leaving him dying in the street as the cowardly bastard ran off and got a suspended SENTENCE - and they are charging this young girl with MANSLAUGHTER?? 

The upgraded charge of manslaughter against the mother indicates that the Crown intends to prove that there was a criminal act committed that brought on the death of the baby, rather than sheer negligence, said criminal lawyer Conrad Lord.

They are trying to prove she had INTENT?

What happened is a tragedy - a terrible, horrific tragedy.  It is doubly sad becuase so many factors are seen over and over again in these kind of cases.  In this most recent article, it mentions "puppies in a cage" - which means the parent dogs are going to be extra-vigilent and fragile in terms of behaviour - that the male in fact is most likely NOT neutered which is yet another factor (a common denominator in serious dog bites are UNNEUTERED males).

The poor wee baby was strapped SAFELY in a car seat - the mother thought.  By all reports, even at her young age (she is  KID herself for god's sake!), she was a conscientious and caring young mother.

She made a mistake in JUDGMENT - one based on youth, lack of experience and very common misconceptions about how dogs act around young babies.  People far older than she, with more experience with children and dogs make that SAME mistake again and again.

My heart breaks for that young mother. It aches for the dogs which will now likely be euthanized.  It is a horrific, terrible thing but that child - the mother - should NOT be targetted as someone who with forethought and intent allowed her baby to be killed. That is outrageous.  It smacks of sexism (because so often men seem to get away with so much more) - of a vigilante mentality that the Courts should NOT support nor encourage. 

Let her alone to mourn her tragedy. God knows, she has to live with it the rest of her life. She went out for a SMOKE, leaving her baby, she thought, safe and clean in a little chair.  She did not abandon the baby, plan her demise nor put her in a position she KNEW would result in death or injury.

Get a GRIP - and leave this child alone!