DOG BITE NEWS & INFO

A walk in the woods turned dangerous for a man at Sandy Bottom Nature Park in Hampton recently. The man was walking a trail near where his family was holding a cookout when two pit bulls began running straight towards him. He tried to run from the animals, but fell. The dogs attacked the man’s … Read more

Dog attacks on postal workers are down slightly from 2016, with more than 6,000 workers injured nationwide in 2017. The number is still staggeringly high, even as the number of attacks locally have gone down. Virginia saw 161 postal workers attacked by dogs last year, compared with 173 in 2016. Even with the small amounts … Read more

An 8-day-old baby girl has died after being mauled by the family dog. Police say the infant was lying in her bassinet when the family’s large “shepherd-like” dog came in and attacked the child. Police say the baby’s head and upper body were primarily hurt in the attack. She was rushed to the hospital where … Read more

A case of mistaken identity led to a brutal mauling of a Virginia Beach teenager by a K-9 police dog. News reports say the 13-year-old was heading home with his 9-year-old brother after playing video games at a neighbor’s home. When the boys went out the front door, the K-9 dog attacked the older boy … Read more

An 8-day-old baby girl has died after being attacked by her family’s pet wolf dog. Her parents reportedly heard the infant’s cries and rushed in to find the dog standing over her bassinet. She sustained serious injuries to her upper body and head. Tragically, the infant succumbed to her injuries later that afternoon. The dog … Read more