The complete 2020 U.S. & Canadian dog attack death log as we know it: Deaths involving pit bulls 1) McKenzie Terwell, 4 months, Dayton, OH, 1-9-2020; family pit bull. (See Deaths by pit bull: will new California law slow the mayhem?) 2) Donald W. Abner, 55, Conway, KY, 1-10-2020; Melissa Wolke charged with murder. (Also see Deaths by pit […]
Dog attacks: COVID-19 made 2020 the strangest year yet
Forty percent of pit bull attack disfigurements not reported? Dog attack fatalities were up in 2020, but disfiguring dog attacks were down? Pit bull attack fatalities rose to the second highest total in a year on record, yet disfiguring pit bull attacks dropped by 62%? How could this be, in view that fatalities are a […]
In our time, a bonneted pit bull ate Grandma & Little Red Riding Hood
Fatal pit bull attacks continue at record pace with two babies killed at grandparents’ houses AKRON, Ohio––Perhaps not since the mythical big bad wolf first ate and then posed as Grandma, and then ate Little Red Riding Hood too, have canines posed a greater threat to small children visiting Grandma’s house. The identity of a […]
Why “Human races are not like dog breeds: Refuting a Racist Analogy”
Pit bull killing of Rhode Island child punctuates point made by local prof & colleagues one year earlier KINGSTON, Rhode Island––Fifteen-month-old Scarlett Pereira, of East Providence, Rhode Island, killed by her grandparents’ pit bull as the family enjoyed an outdoor lunch, on July 16, 2020 became the 29th U.S. dog attack fatality of the year. […]