Pit bulls & public safety

•  Killer Cane Corso owner convicted, but pit bulls & Cane Corsos kill 3 more

•  “Only” two babies killed by pit bulls in first half of May 2026

•   Moms killed by dogs remembered in memoriam on Mother’s Day 2026

•  Conviction in one dog attack, sentencing in another, & 3 more deaths

•  Mystery fatal dog attacks in four states include at least two by pit bull

•  How denial about pit bulls killed LaKesha Newsom & Celeste Jackson

• Predatory pit bulls kill the very young & the old in Michigan & Mississippi

• Both convicted of fatal dog attacks, Koko Miller & Brandy Dowdy face prison

•  Dragnet for killer pits in Georgia; Oklahoma City pit bull owners face Murder 1

•  Add Aryson Lee Page & Barbara Brewington to 2025 record pit bull death toll

•  Pit bulls kill four in five days; three owners dead & one criminally charged

•  Daughter details mother’s slow death by pit bull in Oneonta, Alabama

•  Free-roaming packs of up to 40 pit bulls terrorize Johnson County, Texas

•  Rottweilers & pit bulls kill 2-year-old & adult man near child care facilities

•  Great Dane/husky mix ends baby laughs on Florida mother’s 21st birthday

•  Two off-duty police dogs kept at homes wreak havoc in rural Colorado

•  Nine of 13 dog attack fatalities since July 2025 rabies death were by pit bulls

•  Pit bulls kill Alabama 7-year-old, Mississippi shelter worker, & L.A. electrician

•  Too many pit bulls: New York City shelters refuse intake, SF/SPCA lays off staff

•  Indiana pit bull attack double deaths & Oklahoma case leave big questions

•  Three pit bull owners charged in deaths of two babies & a senior citizen

•  Mother & son get 14 & 19.5 years for pit bull death of Jo Ann Echelbarger

•  Pit bulls kill four babies in four weeks; parents indicted for 2024 baby death

•  Pit bulls kill two more babies & a 43-year-old man in first days of April

•  Pit bulls kill 3 women, leave one in critical; one owner criminally charged

•  Two more dog attack dead, but USA Today gets hep to the pit bull jive

• Kansas pit bull mauling brings 2025 body count to 13 in eight weeks

•  Cincinnati pit bull death indictment; owners guilty in Circleville pit death case

•  Trump regime promotes dog shooter Noem,  fires FBI agent who shot pit bull

•  This is a first: St. Louis postal worker’s pit bulls kill a neighbor

•  1st dead by dog in 2025: man killed by own pit bull & boy who petted pits

•  Texas pit bull victim Anaya Davis, 2, is record 71st U.S. dog attack fatality of 2024

•  Pit bull victim Kingsley Wright, age 3, was 70th dog attack death of 2024

•  History repeats in four pit bull fatalities near scenes of previous attacks

•  Five pit bull fatalities in first week of November 2024 include 3 in one day

•  Pit bulls kill two men miles from home, one in home, & one in front yard

•  Four U.S. dog attack fatalities in one week for the third time in 2024

•  Snuga Swings recalled; killed 5 babies in 10 years. What about pit bulls?

•  “American bulldogs” are in fact pit bulls, child’s death demonstrates

•  Deaths demonstrate: guns, pit bulls, & responsible parenting do not mix

•  Columbia River scofflaws charged after dog attack fatality & mayhem

•  Worst dog attack month in two years includes death in Gaza firefight

•  UPDATE: Four toddlers killed by dogs in 10 days: lessons yet to be learned

•  Another 10 days, another dog attack kills a baby, just 70 miles away

•  Four toddlers killed by dogs in 10 days: lessons yet to be learned

•  “Olde English Bulldogges,” huskies, denial, & avoidable deaths of children

•  Pit bulls kill four in last two days of January 2024

•  U.S. dog attack body count soars, as in U.K. despite Bully XL ban

•  Granny acquitted of fatal dog attack; gramps & child’s mom yet to be tried

•  If dogs kill your mama or grandma, don’t expect the law to give a damn

• Abstracts of 16 breed-specific medical studies of dog attack injury

•  Pit bull mauls drummer doing DoorDash gig to be near wife awaiting trial

•  Corpus Christi: 30th U.S. dog attack fatality of 2023 is 21st by pit bull

• Does not acknowledging a fatal pit bull attack mean it did not happen?

• “Flesh & blood scattered everywhere”: Dog Bite Prevention Week 2023

• Woman killed by pit bulls where cockfighters appear to own the law

• Dog Bite Prevention Week 2023: stiletto heels in mud, blood, & dog poop

• Pit bull kills rescuer trying to stop a fight; third fatal dog attack in six days

•  Toledo pit bull advocate Bonnie Varnes, 58, killed by family pit bull

•  Does the Second Amendment protect a “right” to shoot a pit bull?

• No-kill drive leaves TN county with no shelter & as many strays as ever

• Pit bull attack death streak reaches nine in nine days

•  Pit bull fatality streak reaches seven in eight days

•  Five pit bull attack deaths in five days: these were the victims

• Pit bulls running amok to kill is not “manslaughter,” says Oklahoma City jury

• Pit bull mayhem,  murder, other crimes,  & the multiplier effect illustrated

• Six pit bull-related deaths linked to “The Wickedest City in America”

• Austin Animal Services: “On the far side of stupid”

• Albuquerque animal shelter may lead U.S. in staff maulings

• The deaths of Katie Janness & Javon Stokes, pit bulls & Occam’s Razor

• Emily Kahl: 16th fatality attributable to 2012 gutting of Ohio dog law

• Why were Amber Miller & Tony Ahrens killed by dogs in Newport, TN?

• Pit bulls kill at Mafia graveyard; extortion in New York statehouse

• CDC: fixated on rabies, ignoring 100 times more deaths from pit bulls

• Six dog-related fatalities disclosed in 24 hours, but key info withheld

• Navajo Nation: “They hid the dogs who killed my daughter!”

• 2020 began & ended with pit bulls killing babies in Dayton, Ohio

• Police dog attacks on black children soar in Baton Rouge

• Pit bull moonshine claims another life in the “Sunshine State”

• Montgomery County to pay $3.5 million to survivors of Klonda Richey

• Pit bulls on aircraft: ANIMALS 24-7 responds to federal proposal

• Feds crack door to banning pit bulls from airliners

• The Third Dog:  a mystery featuring 2 deaths, 2 Great Danes, 2 pit bulls,  and ???

• Mark Kumpf named Detroit animal control chief. Remember Klonda Richey?

• How did Kumpf get elected top Detroit dogcatcher? Inside info raises questions

• L.A. County pays $3 million to family of pit bull owner killed by ricochet

• Shelters make mega-payouts to pit bull victims: what will change?

• Diane Whipple died for the sins of dangerous dog advocacy

• January 2019 saw the most dog-related deaths in 13 months

• “Educate yourself”: pit bulls in schools run amok

• Albuquerque sued again for allegedly rehoming dangerous dogs

• Moms of babies killed by pit bulls want foster agencies to pay

• Safety agencies failed woman, infant killed by pit bull mixes

* Pit bull impounded, drifter kills police chief

• Gambling––on dogs & dollars––erodes animal care & control ethic

• Trainer who pushed pit bulls for police work indicted for fraud

• Pit bull death of 4-year-old underscores “March For Our Lives” messages

• Judges hit “mindboggling arrogance” in pit bull attack cases

• Chicago animal control chief, a pit bull advocate, attacked by pit bull

• Whose dogs killed Deborah Onsurez, 8th victim in December 2017?

• From pit bulls to street dogs, irresponsible advocacy inflames “dog menace”

• Miami pit bull ban update, 2017 edition: “No pit bulls” still means “No pit bulls”

• Pit bull advocacy exposed by the CBC Fifth Estate with host Mark Kelley

• Three pit bull attack deaths in one day mark 35 years of logging the mayhem

• When pit bulls charge: holding fire gets cops hurt 12 times more often

• Three dead, two critically injured, in hotbeds of pit bull advocacy

• L.A. County tightens dog policies; Albuquerque drops the ball

• Dog Bite Prevention Week 2017 starts with a bang-bang-bang

• Oregon cities move to bar dogs from public areas

• Pit bulls & “proximate cause” deaths

• Repeal of pit bull bylaw contributes to death of two-year-old

• Pit bull attack tests Army will to enforce ban from base housing

• Shelter sued for rehoming pit bull who attacked woman––but NYC hires pit advocate as “community dogs program coordinator”

• Misunderstood Nanny Dogs,  by J. Thomas Beasley

• Albuquerque Animal Welfare Department #2 and behaviorist allege neglect of public safety in pushing pit bull adoptions

• Audit hits San Antonio Animal Care Services for alleged neglect of public safety

 • Lenient animal control policies toward bully breeds were in background of four of five recent death-by-dog cases

• Pit bull death of 4-year-old underscores “March For Our Lives” messages

• Stamford shelter manager is first in U.S. to be charged with reckless endangerment for rehoming dangerous dogs

• Fitchburg becomes third public shelter to suspend operations due to liability concerns about pit bulls

• Fitchburg:  Can pit bull advocates be trusted to do rabies control?

• Roswell resumes releases of dogs to rescue groups following 3-day suspension after pit bull attack

• “Service pit bull” who attacked three people is re-impounded

• Shelters sued for attacks by rehomed pit bulls

• Father sentenced in case of 4-year-old killed by pit bulls because Miami-Dade law was not enforced

• Why San Antonio Animal Care Services did not promptly impound a gunshot-wounded mastiff found running in a pack

• Buncombe County, NC orders moratorium on pit bull adoptions

• Albuquerque pound broke city’s own dangerous dog law

• Albuquerque city shelter released dangerous dogs

• How behavior testing fails adopters, dogs, volunteers & shelter staff

• What is the Austin Animal Center doing to dogs in the name of “play”?

• Christmas baby killed by pit bulls because Miami-Dade law is not enforced

• Dallas: dog attacks soar as “live release rate” climbs

• Animal control director can be sued for dog attack death, court rules

• Court rejects animal control chief Mark Kumpf’s defenses

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