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 64 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. […]
Georgia pit bull owner hit with rare criminal charges in mother’s death
Fewer than 15% of fatal dog attacks bring prosecutions of dog owners LaGRANGE, Georgia––Rosetta Marian Russell Gesselman, 81, of La Grange, Georgia, on October 7, 2022 became the 56th dog attack fatality of the year in the U.S. and Canada. Forty-three of the 56 dog attack victims thus far in 2022 were not the actual […]
Rottweiler killing of seven-year-old brings murder charges in Virginia
Rottweiler raised from puppy by man who called himself “Nitemare” WAYNESBORO, Virginia––Waynesboro, Virginia police officers and Augusta County Sheriff’s deputies on May 13, 2022 arrested the parents and grandparents of seven-year-old Olivia Grace Floyd, killed by a four-year-old family Rottweiler named Ranger on January 29, 2022. The Rottweiler, acquired by adoptive grandfather Stephen Christopher Kachmar as […]
Family Rottweiler raised from pup kills first dog attack victim of 2022, age 7
Three nurses in the victim’s family (See also Rottweiler killing of seven-year-old brings murder charges in Virginia.) WAYNESBORO, Virginia––Seven-year-old Olivia Grace Floyd’s mother, Alicia Floyd, 37, has for almost 17 years been a registered nurse at Rockingham Memorial Hospital in Harrisburg, Virginia. Olivia Grace Floyd’s father, Brooks Floyd, 39, is a nurse practitioner in […]