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<\/a><\/p>\n(Beth Clifton collage)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TUCSON,\u00a0 Arizona\u2013\u2013<\/strong>Pit bull rescuer Tina M. Weger,\u00a0 61\u00a0 was killed on January 19,\u00a0 2025,\u00a0 the Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner confirmed on January 24,\u00a0 2025,\u00a0 to Raya Torres of 13 News in Tucson.<\/p>\n \u201cWeger suffered puncture wounds and the Tucson Police Department and the Pima Animal Care Center are investigating,\u201d\u00a0 Torres reported.<\/p>\n The Pima Animal Care Center \u201cconfirmed the pit bull was euthanized and that Weger got him from another rescue in Tucson,\u201d\u00a0 Torres added.<\/p>\n Tina Weger. (Facebook photo)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cAccording to her Facebook page, Weger has been fostering,\u201d\u00a0 specifically fostering pit bulls, \u201csince at least 2023.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Pima Animal Care Center also said Weger had been fostering the pit bull [who killed her] for more than a year,\u201d\u00a0 Torres added.<\/p>\n Added 13 News anchor Mary Coleman,\u00a0 \u201cHer cause of death is \u2018Puncture and avulsion injuries\u2019 due to \u2018Dog attack.\u2019 \u00a0The manner of death is \u2018Accident.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n The medical definition of avulsion\u00a0is \u201can injury in which a body structure is torn off.\u00a0 The term most commonly refers to a surface trauma where all layers of the\u00a0skin\u00a0have been torn away, exposing the underlying structures,\u00a0 i.e. subcutaneous tissue,\u00a0 muscle,\u00a0 tendons,\u00a0 or bone.\u201d<\/p>\n (Beth Clifton collage)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Thirty-six of the most recent photos on Weger\u2019s Facebook page showed pit bulls she was apparently fostering,\u00a0 trying to place in adoptive homes.\u00a0 The other three photos were selfies.<\/p>\n But Weger\u2019s Facebook page may not have been kept current.<\/p>\n Among Weger\u2019s most recent postings,\u00a0 she lamented on February 5, 2023 that the Pima Animal Care Center was \u201coverwhelming full,\u201d\u00a0 and that she had two foster pit bulls,\u00a0 a \u201chigh energy\u201d female named Volpix,\u00a0 \u201cwho runs like the wind and does the fastest zoomies around my pit bull Bentley,”\u00a0 and a male named Diesel.<\/p>\n Diesel,\u00a0 Weger said,\u00a0 \u201cwas recently on the euthanasia list, \u00a0given until the end of February\u201d [2023] to find a home.<\/p>\n (Beth Clifton collage)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cI have fostered him several times,\u201d\u00a0 Weger added.<\/p>\n Asked one Katherine Spence Castro,\u00a0 \u201cAny reason he was on the euthanasia list?\u201d<\/p>\n Responded Weger,\u00a0 \u201cHe has a bite on his record. Apparently he was kept in the back yard and owner entered the gate in the dark to give him water and he jumped up and bit her on the arm.\u201d<\/p>\n Diesel,\u00a0 according to a Facebook posting from December 6,\u00a0 2023,\u00a0 was still in Tina Weger’s home,\u00a0 undergoing remedial training.<\/p>\n By way of personal information Weger offered only that she had worked for Delta Global Services,\u00a0 a former subsidiary of Delta Airlines;\u00a0 came originally from Stoughton,\u00a0 Wisconsin;\u00a0 and had lived in Madison, \u00a0Wisconsin.<\/p>\n Other online sources indicated that Weger while in Madison worked for the Burkhalter Travel Agency.\u00a0 before relocating to Tucson,\u00a0 and was formerly married to a Timothy Edward Weger,\u00a0 with whom she had two now adult sons.<\/p>\n (Beth Clifton collage)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n NewspaperArchive.com added, \u00a0on page 8 of the September 25,\u00a0 1997 edition of the Waunakee Tribune, <\/em>\u00a0that a Tina M. Weger had been fined $71.90 for speeding.<\/p>\n But Kenneth Francis Ripple,\u00a0 senior United States Circuit Court judge on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals,\u00a0 apparently mentioned both Timothy and Tina Weger in an April 11,\u00a0 2000 unanimous opinion by a three-judge panel of the court,\u00a0 upholding the conviction of one Michael Roe.<\/p>\n Wrote Ripple,\u00a0 \u201cMichael Roe was convicted of conspiring with Timothy Weger to distribute cocaine. \u00a0There is no dispute that Weger was involved in the distribution of cocaine; \u00a0he pleaded guilty to cocaine conspiracy and then testified against Mr. Roe at trial.<\/p>\n \u201cA Madison, Wisconsin, police officer testified that he had found drug paraphernalia in Weger’s trash, \u00a0and more paraphernalia was found inside Weger’s home. \u00a0Further, there is no dispute that Mr. Roe and Weger engaged in cocaine transactions with each other.<\/p>\n (Beth Clifton collage)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cAt sentencing,\u201d\u00a0 Ripple summarized, \u00a0\u201cthe district court attributed 623 grams of cocaine to Mr. Roe. The district court had relied on several pieces of evidence in arriving at this amount.\u00a0 Timothy Weger had testified about the amount of cocaine he saw Mr. Roe handle. \u00a0Tina Weger, \u00a0Timothy Weger’s wife, \u00a0had testified about a pile of cocaine she saw Mr. Roe weighing in the Weger basement and had made hand motions to demonstrate the size of the pile.\u201d<\/p>\n The trial court,\u00a0 Ripple continued,\u00a0 \u201cconsidered Tina Weger’s testimony that she \u2018saw Mr. Roe weighing out a quantity of cocaine sufficient to fill a soft drink can.\u2019<\/p>\n (Beth Clifton collage)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cAt trial, \u00a0Tina Weger, \u00a0when asked how much cocaine she saw Mr. Roe weighing on a scale in the basement of her home, \u00a0made a hand gesture that the court described as holding her thumbs and first fingers together. \u00a0Tina Weger then responded, \u00a0\u2018It was more. It filled the whole scale. \u00a0I don’t know how big it is. I don’t know how big, but it looked\u2013\u2013or from here I mean it looked like it was a nice-sized pile.\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cThe district court used terminology different from Tina Weger’s in describing the amount of cocaine,\u201d\u00a0 Ripple acknowledged.\u00a0 \u201cThat difference does not make its finding of facts clearly erroneous. \u00a0The district court, \u00a0after observing Tina Weger’s gesture and seeing the scale to which she was referring, \u00a0simply described in graphic terms what it had seen.\u201d<\/p>\n Gladys & Pam Robb,\u00a0 her victim.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Tina Weger,\u00a0 the fifth known U.S. dog attack fatality of 2025,\u00a0 all killed by pit bulls, \u00a0was also at least the eighth pit bull rescuer killed by a pit bull since 2020.<\/p>\n The others:<\/p>\n Juanita L. Sanchez<\/strong>, \u00a035, \u00a011-3-2024, Fontana, CA. \u00a0Killed by two of her four \u201crescued\u201d pit bulls.\u00a0 (See\u00a0Five pit bull fatalities in first week of November 2024 include 3 in one day<\/a>)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Jimmy Miller<\/strong>, \u00a072, \u00a09-25-2024, \u00a0Cardwell, MO. \u00a0Killed by rescue pit bull.\u00a0 (See\u00a0Skunks, raccoons, bears, bad bugs & pit bulls, oh my! in the Carolinas.)<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Lilly Elizabeth Cluckie<\/strong>,\u00a0 76,\u00a0 6-16-2023,\u00a0 Burlington, Ontario.\u00a0 \u00a0Fatally injured by her own rescue pit bull,\u00a0 died 10 days later.\u00a0 (See\u00a0If pit bull victims were billionaires in a leaky sub,\u00a0 public might give a damn<\/a>.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Pit bulls Angel & Isabella. Isabella killed owner Don Gibson in Tulsa, 3-23-2023.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Don Gibson<\/strong>,\u00a0 67,\u00a0 3-23-2023,\u00a0 Tulsa,\u00a0 Oklahoma.\u00a0 \u00a0Two pit bulls were leaders of an 8-dog attack.\u00a0\u00a0(See\u00a0Pit bull kills rescuer trying to stop a fight; third fatal dog attack in six days<\/a>,\u00a0 and<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Waterloo denies pit bull killed baby; Tulsa ignores 2 more pit bull deaths<\/a>.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Pam Robb<\/strong>, 71, 2-17-2022, Oakland Park, FL.\u00a0 Rescue dog also mauled Jan Haas Stenger, 52.\u00a0 (See<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Will lawsuit over Pam Robb death expose history of dog who killed her?)<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Sharon Rene Baldwin<\/strong>, 60, Fort Worth, TX, 4-12-2020; \u00a0attacked in home by rescued pit bull on March 28, \u00a02020.\u00a0 (See\u00a0Pit bull attack deaths only slightly slowed by COVID-19 stay-home orders<\/a>.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Beth & Merritt Clifton with friends.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Zachary S. Willis<\/strong>, 27, Moses Lake, WA, 10-8-2020; killed in female housemate\u2019s trailer.\u00a0 The housemate was injured.\u00a0 (See\u00a0Self-defined pit bull rescuer killed by pit bull in Moses Lake, Washington<\/a>.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The post Tucson pit bull rescuer Tina M. Weger, 61, killed by own foster pit<\/a> appeared first on Animals 24-7<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (Beth Clifton collage) “Weger got [the killer pit bull] from another rescue in Tucson,”\u00a0 Pima Animal Care Center tells media \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TUCSON,\u00a0 Arizona\u2013\u2013Pit bull rescuer Tina M. Weger,\u00a0 61\u00a0 was killed on January 19,\u00a0 2025,\u00a0 the Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner confirmed on January 24,\u00a0 2025,\u00a0 to Raya Torres of 13 News in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12022],"tags":[1205,3655,27008,10469,28982,16347,28981,28983],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-48544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-activist","tag-bull","tag-foster","tag-killed","tag-pit","tag-rescuer","tag-tina","tag-tucson","tag-weger"],"yoast_head":"\n“Weger got [the killer pit bull] from another rescue in Tucson,”\u00a0 Pima Animal Care Center tells media<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nHad fostered pit bulls at least since 2023<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nHad three pit bulls in home as of 2023<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n“He has a bite on his record”<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nSpeed kills.\u00a0 So does cocaine.\u00a0 And pit bulls.<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n“Enough to fill a Coke can”<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nDifferent terminology does not change\u00a0 facts<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nEight rescuers in five years killed by pit bulls<\/h2>\n
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