Comedienne Ellen DeGeneres and her partner, Portia de Rossi, “adopted” Iggy, a Brussels Griffon mix, on Sept. 20, 2007. When the dog did not fit into their household, they did what dog owners almost always do: they gave Iggy to someone with kids who seemed fit to provide the dog with a good home. In […]
In September, Lylie Cox, a 4-month-old girl living in Warren, Ohio, was mauled to death by a 120-pound Rottweiler during a party at a home attended mostly by teenagers. 19-year-old Christopher Fura and 22-year-old Jason Winters owned the dog, and this week were formally arraigned on charges of involuntary manslaughter and second-degree child abuse. (Click […]
On October 15, 2007, Rosalie Bivins, 65, died after a pack of five to seven dogs attacked her as she used a walker to make her way to the mailbox at the end of her driveway. This happened in Oklahoma, a strict liability state. (Click here to read the article.) The common danger factor in this […]