More than 40% of jurisdictions that repeal pit bull bans have a fatal or disfiguring attack within 30 months PROSSER, Washington––Christin Gregerson, 45, and son Hunter, 15, beat the odds on April 8, 2022. First of all, they survived an unprovoked attack by as many as seven pit bulls. Second, unknown to them, Christin […]
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 […]
91% of dog attack disfigurement victims in 2016 were mauled by pit bulls
Total reported disfiguring dog attacks for the first time topped 1,000 A record 1,075 dogs, including an also-record 741 pit bulls (69%), participated in attacks disfiguring 631 Americans and Canadians in 2016, according to the breed-specific log of fatal and disfiguring dog attacks kept by ANIMALS 24-7 editor Merritt Clifton since 1982. Of the disfigured […]
Kansas City Pet Project dog attack claims don’t add up
Veterinary Information Network notes rising shelter dog attacks KANSAS CITY, Missouri––The numbers on two recent dog attacks furnished by the Kansas City Pet Project to Fox 4 news reporter Robert Townsend don’t add up, but the total of victims and the severity of their injuries mounted in mid-November 2016 after the no-kill shelter founded by […]
Repeal of pit bull bylaw contributes to death of two-year-old
Second Topeka-area two-year-old killed since ordinance was gutted in 2010 TOPEKA, Kansas––Piper Dunbar, age 2, of Topeka, Kansas, was on September 24, 2016 killed by pit bulls in her own front yard, the latest victim of an ongoing drive by pit bull activists to repeal the breed-specific legislation which had long prevented fatal and […]