Pit bulls abroad

Australia,  Canada,  Egypt,  France,  India,  Ireland,  Philippines,  Russia,  South Africa,  South America,  United Kingdom

Australia

•  Safety from dog attacks is basic human right, India Supreme Court rules

•  Australia fatal & disfiguring dog attacks,  2005-present

•  Dingo vs. dog: Piper James death reignites Australian animal control debate

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

•  Aussies fined for pig/dog videos; Wyoming wolf killer Cody Roberts indicted

•  More dog attack deaths fuel alarm in South Africa, Australia, Ireland

Brazil

• Record dog attack & pit bull attack death count in 2025 for 4th year in a row

•  In the home of the dread Fila Brasileiro: pit bulls kill 35 times more people

Canada

•  Fatal & disfiguring dog attacks in Canada, 2004-present

•  South African & Canadian dog attack deaths illustrate growing global crisis

•  Calgary pit bull death perp Bagarić fined $18,000; U.S. perp gets 35 years

•  Ten fatal dog attacks come to light in two weeks, eight ignored by media

•  What a Cane Corso victim & a dogfighting suspect had in common

•  Owner charged in Calgary pit bull death case was known to police

•  Calgary asks why 86-year-old pit bull victim waited 30 minutes for ambulance

•  Bans on pit bulls & backyard chickens survive repeal votes in Winnipeg

• Wrestler Megan Milner is first Canadian pit bull fatality of 2020

• Pit mix fatality spotlights failure of so-called “Calgary model”

• Quebec introduces toughest dangerous dog law in North America

• Montreal & province of Quebec set to ban pit bulls

• Pit bull lobby exposed in Quebec as never before

Egypt

• Egypt bans pit bulls, Rottweilers, & 14 other high-risk dog breeds

France

•  Case against fiancé for Elisa Pilarski death by pit bull may go to trial

• Pit bull victim Elisa Pilarski’s mother & a Dutch witness speak

• Pit bull victim Elisa Pilarski’s boyfriend Christophe Ellul indicted for manslaughter

• DNA & vets agree: pit bull Curtis, not hunting hounds, killed Elisa Pilarski

•  Pit bull suspected of killing Elisa Pilarski struck twice more in five days

• Pit bull or hunting hounds? Who killed Elisa Pilarski & unborn child Enzo?

India

•  Safety from dog attacks is basic human right, India Supreme Court rules

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

•  Street dogs win, reckless feeders lose, in Supreme Court of India reversal

•  Dog-feeders kill India’s national neuter/return no-kill dog control policy

•  New study finds: India rabies deaths & therefore world toll far exaggerated

•  India Supreme Court moves against “dog menace”

•  Fatal dog attack in Florida is not a felony, but in India brings national uproar

•  New data shows decline of rabies in India

•  Pit bull attack death streak reaches nine in nine days

•  Mad dogs & rabies follow Englishmen out of India

•  Bangalore to pay dog bite victims $31.50 per puncture

•  More medical warnings link dog meat to rabies

• “ANIMALS 24-7 is right” on pit bulls, says Animal Aid India

• What Gau Rakshas, the ALF, & “pit bullies” have in common

•  Mission Rabies vaccinates 60,000 dogs in 10 Indian cities in 30 days

Ireland

•  Ireland bans XL Bully pit bulls; already restricted pits by 3 other names

•  XL Bully & Staffordshire kill Irishwoman on her 23rd birthday, raising hue & cry for ban

•  More dog attack deaths fuel alarm in South Africa, Australia, Ireland

•  Disfiguring pit bull attack on child spurs calls for stronger Irish dog law

Philippines

•  Philippine mad dogs claim deadly revenge for being eaten

Russia

•  Putin’s pet? Attack of the Russian baby-killing dachshund from hell

South Africa

•  South African dog attack deaths, 2004-present

•  South African & Canadian dog attack deaths illustrate growing global crisis

• U.K. & South Africa let the meter run on pit bull attacks while doing nothing

•  Second South African pit bull fatality of 2023 builds pressure for national ban

•  Soccer hero Philemon Mulala is latest South African pit bull victim

•  More dog attack deaths fuel alarm in South Africa, Australia, Ireland

•  Baby is 3rd South African killed by pit bull in 9 days; calls for ban rise

•  “We can’t live like this in a world where dogs eat children”

• Pit bull attacks inflame pit bull lynchings in South African shantytowns

• 87,570 South Africans petition for pit bull ban after most recent fatalities

• More deaths in South Africa despite Pit Bull Federation warning

• Fatal dog attacks & dogfighting explode in South Africa

• Deadliest dogs in South Africa? Boerboels challenge pit bulls

• Boerboel dogs: “bull-biters” became symbols of apartheid

South America

•  Pit bull attacks, not bullfighting bans, are the talk of South America

Thailand

•  Attacks push Thailand toward tougher pit bull & Rottweiler bans

Turkey

•  Fighting 2004 no-kill law, Turkish prime minister Erdogan runs for dogcatcher

United Kingdom

•  U.K. Bully XL ban slows Bully XL fatalities, but pit bull attack deaths go on

•  United Kingdom dog attack fatalities, 1991-present

•  Two arrested after baby boy is third U.K. “XL Bully” pit bull death of 2025

•  Which kill more, rabid dogs in Thailand or pit bulls in the United Kingdom?

• Old & young country girls in UK & Alabama trusted wrong friends’ dogs

• Justice upholds “XL Bully” ban as both U.K. & U.S. pit bull body counts soar

•  Losing money, U.K. Kennel Club drops programs helping flat-faced dogs

•  U.K. election: pro-animal & pro-Dangerous Dogs Act Labour slate wins big

•  Baby-killing Malinois & upcoming U.K. election put XL Bully ban on trial

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

•  “Bully breed” kills grandma amid U.K. Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 debate

•  Pit bull kills trainer as U.K. groups seek repeal of Dangerous Dogs Act 1991

•  When pit bull fanatics run animal control: U.K. could learn from K.C.

•  U.K. & South Africa let the meter run on pit bull attacks while doing nothing

•  Sentencing for “Carefully” pit bull attack death marks start of U.K. dog law debate

•  Pit bull kills trainer as U.K. groups seek repeal of Dangerous Dogs Act 1991

•  U.K. amends Dangerous Dogs Act, but fails to close “Staffordshire” loophole

•  U.K. Dangerous Dogs Act exempts the two breeds most likely to kill

•  New U.K. death exemplifies pit bull advocacy chutzpah

•  The RSPCA recommends you & your pets for a pit bull’s dinner

•  Dog attacks surge 76% in England in 10 years, coinciding with exemption of Staffordshire pit bulls from the Dangerous Dogs Act

•  How the League Against Cruel Sports is defending dogfighting

•  Unleashed:  The Phenomena of Status Dogs and Weapon Dogs, by Simon Harding

(Beth & Merritt Clifton)

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