A 55-year-old Washington, DC woman is dead after being mauled by her pet pit bull, Kaine. Reports show that the woman’s husband stepped out for just 15 minutes, and upon return, he’d found that the dog had killed his wife. He says the woman and the dog were close, and that the animal may have … Read more
A new report with thirteen years of data has revealed shocking trends about dog bites in America. Dogsbite.org has released their findings, including the statistic that 433 people have suffered fatal dog bites since 2005. The report breaks down these attacks by breed, with pit bulls responsible for 66 percent of the fatalities. Rottweilers followed, … Read more
39 people were killed by dogs in the year 2017. That is the news from a nonprofit victims’ advocacy group. They have recently published a report on the number of people killed last year. The 39 contribute to an overall figure of 433 deaths caused by violent dog attacks in the last thirteen years. Pit … Read more
A pit bull has been shot by police in Newport News after biting an officer. Authorities say they were responding to a possible burglary in progress when a pit bull bounded out of the home in question. It bit one officer on the arm before letting go and charging at another. The officer shot the … Read more
When we think of mugshots, we think of criminals who have been accused of horrific misdeeds. A new trend, however, is changing the way dog lovers see the breeds they love and connecting vicious attacks to a familiar scapegoat: the pit bull. Long associated with deadly attacks, the pit bull has been the source of … Read more
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