Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has asked for a report to be drawn up on the case of a 17-year-old woman said to have been killed by her in-laws. They are alleged to have murdered her by first causing her to be mauled by dogs, and then shooting her in the head. The autopsy confirms […]
Crystal Watson and Jack Smith each have been sentenced to seven years in prison and must pay $5,000 each, following their dogs’ fatal attack on Tanner Monk. (Click here to read about the sentencing.) You can read about the death of Tanner Monk at Dangerous and Vicious Dogs on the Dog Bite Law site.
Most of the victims of serious dog attacks are children. All of these kids have mothers and fathers. When their children suffer, so do their parents — sometimes becoming overwhelmed by it. Recently in England, a young mother whose baby was killed went out drinking with her best friend, got in an argument with her, […]
Two-month-old Iokepa Liptak, a resident of Honolulu, Hawaii, was killed by his parents’ dog on October 5, 2008. He is the nation’s 17th victim of a fatal dog attack. Hawaii has a dog bite statute that has been interpreted as essentially re-enacting the one bite rule. There is a horrific trend in the fatal attacks since […]
The trial of Jack Smith and Crystal Watson for the fatal dog attack upon 7-year-old Tanner Monk began this week. The boy was killed by two pitbulls on May 18, 2008, in Breckenridge, Texas. (To read about the trial, click here.) This state had the highest number of fatal dog attacks in the United States […]
It is not widely known (but should be) that the U.S. Postal Service stops delivering mail to homes with dangerous dogs. Sometimes the stoppage extends to the entire neighborhood. This is for the protection of the mail carriers. Click here to read a recent article about one such mail stoppage.
On Monday, September 29, 2008, Katya Teresa Todesco, a 5-year-old girl residing in Simi Valley, California, died from a pit bull attack which occurred on September 23, 2008. The dog was in a neighbor’s back yard. (Click here to read the story.) There is an element of cover-up in this story that is somewhat remarkable. […]