Compiled by the editors of ANIMALS 24-7 from media accounts since 2004, this table is a subset of data from our annually updated table Dog attack deaths and maimings, U.S. & Canada, 1982-present. Detailed notes on compilation and definitions are accessible at that link. __________________________________________________________ Dog breed Dogs Child […]
Record 75 dog attack deaths in 2023 included also record 59 by pit bull
But the two most publicized possible dog attack fatalities of 2023 are off the list FARMINGTON, Maine––Arguably the two most publicized and discussed dog attack fatalities in the U.S. and Canada during 2023, including a record 75 in the U.S. alone and an also record 59 by pit bull, were two that apparently did not […]
Yes, there is data on how many dogs, especially pit bulls, kill other animals
Just because the mayhem in small towns & remote places goes overlooked by mass media does not mean ANIMALS 24-7 is not keeping track of it ANZA, California––“Residents of rural Anza say they’re being terrorized by wild dogs who have mauled and killed about 300 sheep and goats in the past three months, chased a […]
Abstracts of 16 breed-specific medical studies of dog attack injury
Compiled by Gaye Fisher for ANIMALS 24-7. Editors’ note: While pit bull advocates and organizations mass-produce a blizzard of papers published in “soft science” journals purporting that pit bulls and other “bully breeds” are “safe,” hard data published in leading medical journals is unequivocal: pit bulls and other “bully breeds” do more severe damage, more […]
How many doggies are in the window? Dog breed census 2023
Crunching the data from 3,672,000 classified ads offering dogs for sale or adoption We ran all the numbers twice just to be sure. The fourteenth annual ANIMALS 24-7 survey of the U.S. dog population by breed, and seventeenth overall, crunched the data from 3,672,000 classified ads listing dogs for sale or adoption during the three […]
United Kingdom dog attack fatalities, 1991-present
U.K. human victims of fatal dog attacks occurring since the introduction of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991, in effect since August 12, 1991. (98 total, 134 dogs involved, 91 of them [68%] pit bull-type dogs [shown in red], 23 of the nominally prohibited pit bulls exempted as “Staffordshires.” See “English bulldog”: two dog breeds, one […]
Riverside County, California extends lead in fatal dog attacks
Joe Cleveland Scott & Mateo Salvador were 10th U.S. dog attack fatalities in 10 weeks JURUPA VALLEY, California; McDONALD CHAPEL, Alabama––As of the moment, ANIMALS 24-7 has discovered little about the lives of Joe Cleveland Scott, 73, of McDonald Chapel, Alabama, just outside Birmingham, and Mateo Lucas Salvador, 42, of Jurupa Valley, California, in Riverside […]
“America’s rifle,” “America’s dog,” & some of America’s other most enduring fictions
Promotions & defenses of the AR-15 and pit bulls are among “America’s big lies” WASHINGTON D.C.; KANAB, Utah––An AR-15, as the world knows now, dubbed “America’s rifle,” was on May 24, 2022 used yet again to massacre Americans, this time 19 fourth graders and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. (See […]
How to heal pets, heal the humane community, & heal the veterinary profession
Diagnosis by Dr. Jeff Young, Rocky Mountain Vet, & prescription by Bob Christiansen could provide a cure-all Drawing from a million to 1.7 million viewers per episode of his reality TV show Dr. Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet, Jeff Young might be considered the most influential veterinarian in the world. Certainly Young must be the most […]
16 real-life tips for surviving a dog attack (2021 edition)
Could electroshock have stopped shocking attack on Queen Charlotte the carriage horse? by Merritt & Beth Clifton Shocked by video of an April 3, 2021 pit bull attack on a carriage horse named Queen Charlotte, and vividly reminded of her own recent narrow escape from a pit bull attack while riding her horse Link, “social […]