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Pit bulls killed 33 of 46 U.S. victims of fatal dog attacks in 2019

January 4, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Two pit bulls ended last victim’s troubled life in a Houston ditch HOUSTON, Texas––Medessa Jean Ragsdale,  44,  the last identified dog attack fatality of 2019,  had few other distinctions in life,  but most certainly did not want that one. Ragsdale,  as a 19-year-old high school junior in Hutchinson,  Kansas,  received a brief mention in the […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, USA Tagged With: Benjamin Cobb, Christine Liquori, Cledith Davenport, Elaine Richman, Emma Hernandez, Janet M. D'Aleo, Lana Bergman, Medessa Jean Ragsdale, Merritt Clifton, Victor Garces

Houston dog fancier killed: “Before pit bulls, it was Dobermans”?

February 16, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Elaine Richman killing resembled the 1955 & 1960 attacks that made Dobermans  infamous HOUSTON, Texas––Found dead in her Houston back yard on February 8,  2019,  Doberman enthusiast Elaine Richman,  66,  most likely succumbed to severe facial wounds and apparent defensive wounds to her hands and arms. “Preliminary autopsy results list a sharp force injury as […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Breeding, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Training, USA Tagged With: Elaine Richman, Frances Tetreault, Karl Dobermann, Kiyana McNeal, Merritt Clifton, Virginia Kraft Payson, Winifred Bacon

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