Fatalities inflicted by pit bulls & pit bull mixes 1) Laura Williams Ray, 53, West Monroe, LA – 1-9-2018 2) Rylee Marie Dodge, 3, Duncan, OK – 1-14-2018 3) David Brown, 46, Owensboro, KY – 2-16-2018 4) Loxli Chavez, 13 months, Cape Girardeau, MO – 3-9-2018 5) Noah Trevino, 4, Converse, TX – 3-25-2018 6) Hong Saengsamly, […]
43 Americans & Canadians killed by dogs in 2018, 34 by pit bulls
Fatal & disfiguring attacks declined, but pit bulls––just 5.6% of the U.S. dog population––inflicted upward of 75% Far fewer dogs killed and disfigured people in the U.S. and Canada in 2018 than in 2016 and 2017, which saw new records set in almost every dog attack category that ANIMALS 24-7 tracks from media reports––but pit […]
Moms of babies killed by pit bulls want foster agencies to pay
Kansas case filed; Florida case likely CLEARWATER, Florida; TOPEKA, Kansas––A lawsuit filed on September 21, 2018 against the Kansas Department for Children & Families and the nonprofit child fostering agency KVC Behavioral Healthcare by survivors of foster child Piper Dunbar, age 2, killed by two pit bulls in 2016, may presage a case in development […]
Safety agencies failed woman, infant killed by pit bull mixes
Why were the victims & the killer dogs in the same homes? LAS VEGAS, Nevada; CLEARWATER, Florida––Pit bull mixes were on October 5, 2018 disclosed to have killed 58-year-old Susan Sweeney of Las Vegas four days earlier, and seven-month-old foster child Khloe Williams that afternoon in Clearwater, Florida, under circumstances in each case suggesting significant […]