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(Click the link below to see the complete data log, 1982-2021.)
2021 final dog attack stats with breed.
Please be aware that the data lines for years previous to 2021 may have changed as result of making updates based on new information.
For example, we occasionally learn of dog attacks not reported in the years in which they occurred, or receive additional information about the identities of dogs and/or dog attack victims.
Beth & Merritt Clifton
Each year’s posted edition of “Dog attack deaths & maimings, U.S. & Canada” is as complete and accurate at the time of posting as available information permits, but the numbers will inevitably change slightly as time passes and further data comes to light.
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Well done extensive compilation tracked for 40 years, but who’s going to use the information and for what purpose? There are approx 90 million pet dogs in U.S. & approx 10 million in Canada, approx 100 million total & the lucky ones are loved dearly by their owners & treated kindly.
Dogs, descended from grey wolves have been domesticated for thousands of years & ‘selectively bred’ for changes in form, physiology & behavior for the whims of humans for hundreds of years. No one who doesn’t want a dog is forced to have them nor can the animal be blamed for being forced to be ‘owned’ by a human. Surely this ‘list’ of dog attacks is not meant as a ‘condemnation’ of animals in their manipulated innocence at the hand of man, but if it’s meant to be read by anyone wanting to ‘own a dog,’ then it’s surely serving a worthy purpose & should be appreciated for the time & effort it took to compile.
May all the physically ripped-up dogs, hung & electrocuted by Michael Vick & others that we never see lists of, RIP.
Sharing with gratitude and praying that your hard work WILL be educational and hopefully eye-opening for so many who refuse to acknowledge the facts. I’m hopeful that people will not make the kinds of apologies for (human) serial killers that they do for CANINE serial killers — not confident, but hopeful — and that species will not in future mean giving carte blanche to these, either.