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 […]
Alabama mauling: “Emily’s Law” fails to protect public from pit bulls
2018 law raised penalties for dog attacks, but also raised bars to preventing them FORT MITCHELL, Alabama–– “Vicious dog attack warrants misdemeanor charge,” bannered Robbie Watson of WLTZ-38 First News on July 10, 2019, but the story focus was on the shock and frustration of victim Sandy Vogts that the attack itself actually brought […]
Insuring pit bulls, State Farm pays out double the norm for dog attacks
Policies on other breeds subsidize pit bull owners BLOOMINGTON, Illinois––State Farm, both the leading U.S. property-and-casualty insurance company and among the few that cover pit bulls, paid out a record $132 million in 2017 to settle dog attack claims. State Farm released this information in a prepared statement recognizing Dog Bite Prevention Week 2018, April 8-14. […]
Pit bull death of 4-year-old underscores “March For Our Lives” messages
New Alabama law increases penalties for dog attacks but does little to prevent them WASHINGTON D.C.––Dog attacks, pit bull attacks in particular, were not on March 24, 2018 “March For Our Lives” agenda, but were indirectly part of the subject. The “March For Our Lives” came one day before four-year-old Noah Treviño of Converse, Texas, […]
Virginia pit bull fancier, 22, sets new record for pit bull deaths in one year
Fourth U.S. pit bull fatality in first two weeks of December 2017 GOOCHLAND, Virginia––Pit bull advocate Bethany Lynn Stephens, 22, on December 14, 2017 became the record 36th human killed by a pit bull in the U.S. in one year, the 37th in the U.S. and Canada combined, and the 54th killed by a […]
Emily Mae Colvin, 24, is record 35th U.S. pit bull fatality of 2017
Death came on Pearl Harbor Day JACKSON COUNTY, Alabama––On this day, December 7, 2017, a date which will live in infamy only until the next fatal pit bull attack, 24-year-old Emily Mae Colvin of Section, Alabama for reasons unknown stepped outside the low chain link fence keeping her dog confined alongside County Road 121, and […]