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If pit bulls are not “devil dogs,” why not speak their names?

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Ignoring pit bull mayhem does not make it go away What happens when ANIMALS 24-7 goes ten days without publishing a new dog attack death or maiming account? Unfortunately,  the multinational failures of the so-called humane community to recognize and effectively address dog attack mayhem do not stop. The body count rises,  even if temporarily […]

“Return-to-field” = animal control neglect of duty, two cases allege

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Accused of hoarding but not charged,  no-kill shelter operator sues Los Angeles County Animal Care & Control LITTLEROCK,  California––A new strategic twist in the perpetual running battle between alleged animal hoarders and animal control agencies trying to prosecute them popped up in a January 30,  2023 web posting from the High Desert Animal Alliance,  issued […]

2nd fatal dog attack of 2023, like the first, kills child out past sunset

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Mother mauled trying to save son from four Rottweilers & Rott mixes             FORT HALL,  Idaho––The second fatal dog attack in the U.S. of 2023 occurred in almost exactly the same manner as the first and the first near-fatality:  a small child,  alone outdoors after dark,  was fatally mauled by unfamiliar big dogs,  in this […]

Soccer hero Philemon Mulala is latest South African pit bull victim

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South African pit bull-inflicted fatality rate,  over past 100 days,  soars to four times the U.S. record rate of 2022 LICHTENBERG,  South Africa––Few Americans would recognize the name Philemon Mulala,  but among soccer fans in Africa,  he enjoyed approximately the fame of a major league baseball player who punctuated a career longer than most by […]

Pit bulls allowed to run loose bring 1st fatality & 1st near-fatality of 2023

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One child killed & one nearly killed within minutes on sixth day of the year             EAST BATON ROUGE, Louisiana;  APPLING, Georgia––The first human death by dog attack in 2023 came earlier in the year than the first fatal dog attack of any of the 40-plus previous years that ANIMALS 24-7 has logged fatal and […]

Dogs killed 62 Americans & three Canadians in 2022; pit bulls killed 41

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Deaths due to dog eclipse previous records.  Deaths by pit bull might;  it’s all in how you count them. Dogs caused the deaths of a record 62 Americans and three Canadians in 2022,  the fortieth consecutive year that ANIMALS 24-7 has logged fatal and disfiguring dog attacks occurring throughout the U.S. and Canada. The U.S. […]

10-year totals: pit bulls kill 81% of pets & livestock animals killed by dogs

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The numbers & how ANIMALS 24-7 derives them A decade ago,  in January 2013,  ANIMALS 24-7 embarked on what is now a 10-year voyage to boldly go where no statistician had gone before,  to find not only how many other pets and livestock animals are killed by dogs each year,  but also to establish which […]

Pit bull owner charged with culpable homicide in South Africa

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Rare criminal case filed after six fatal pit bull attacks in 45 days SENWABARWANA, South Africa––Walking to work at about 5:00 a.m.,  two days before Christmas,  Melitta Sekole,  43,  of Senwabarwana,  Limpopo state,  South Africa,  was on a heavily traveled footpath through Ga-Makgato village,  heading toward Vivo village,  ten miles away,  when two pit bulls […]

All 40 of the 2017 pit bull attack human fatalities (U.S. & Canada)

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2017 pit bull fatalities 1) Logan Bratz, 6,  was killed and his friend Syrai Sanders,  5,  was seriously injured by two pit bulls on January 18,  2017 as they walked to school with their mothers in Atlanta,  Georgia.   2) Valentin Herrera, 76,  of Los Angeles, California,  was killed by two pit bulls on February […]