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Dogs killed 62 Americans & three Canadians in 2022; pit bulls killed 41

January 6, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

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 62 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. […]

Filed Under: Canada, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, The Americas, USA Tagged With: Bennard, Betty Ann "Rusty" Williams, Evangeline Brooks, Merritt Clifton, Michelle Sheeks, Olivia Grace Floyd, Pam Robb

Georgia pit bull owner hit with rare criminal charges in mother’s death

October 17, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Canada, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, The Americas, USA Tagged With: Brandy Lee Dowdy, Denis Ivan Bagarić, Matthew Leroy Satchell, Merritt Clifton, Olivia Grace Floyd, Penny Lee Bashlor, Rise Jo Morrow, Samuel Joseph Cartwright, Shalom Guifarro, Shamaine Cato, Stephen Christopher Kachmar, Tongia Gesselman

Rottweiler killing of seven-year-old brings murder charges in Virginia

May 17, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

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 Christoper Kachmar as […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, USA Tagged With: Alicia Rene Floyd, Brooks Anthony Floyd, Chris Nitemare Kachmar, Merritt Clifton, Olivia Grace Floyd, Penny Lee Bashlor, Stephen Christoper Kachmar

Family Rottweiler raised from pup kills first dog attack victim of 2022, age 7

February 1, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Breeding, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Middle Right Tagged With: Alicia Floyd, Brooks Floyd, Chris Nitemare Kachmar, Merritt Clifton, Olivia Grace Floyd, Penny Bashlor, Stephen Christopher Kachmar

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