2019 PIT BULL FATALITIES 1) Lana Bergman, 70, Joshua Tree, CA, 1-17-2019. (Killed by 4 resident pits owned by transients temporarily allowed to live on her property, facing eviction at the time. See January 2019 saw the most dog-related deaths in 13 months.) 2) Ashton McGhee, 1, Guthrie, KY, 2-7-2019. 3) Edward Stanley, 85, Amarillo, TX, 1-21-2019. (Killed by […]
Pit bulls killed 34 of 47 U.S. victims of fatal dog attacks in 2019
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 […]
January 2019 saw the most dog-related deaths in 13 months
Three killed by pit bulls, three in human conflict involving dogs, one possibly by German shepherd, one killed by dogs unidentified by breed HOUSTON, Texas––A January 28, 2019 shoot-out in Houston, Texas that left five police officers injured and two drug suspects dead raised the apparent dog-related death toll for the month, worldwide, to eight, […]