In Richmond, VA, 6-year-old Matthew Logan Johnson was mauled to death on January 24, 2007, by two of seven Rottweilers owned by his parents. The dogs that killed the boy were newly adopted only days before. In Brewton, Alabama, on January 29, 2007, 18-month-old Taylor Kitlica was killed on her front lawn by a Rottweiler […]
Senator Doug Jackson has introduced 5 bills that will make the streets and children of Tennessee safe from dangerous dogs and their equally dangerous, irresponsible owners. One of his bills would repeal the shameful “one-bite rule,” so that dogs will no longer be allowed one free mauling or killing of a human being. Presently, Tennessee […]
6-year-old Matthew Logan Johnson was mauled to death Wednesday night by one of six Rottweilers found at a residence in suburban Richmond, Virginia No wonder another child has been fatally mauled in the State of Virginia. It has an official policy of protecting irresponsible dog owners. Virginia adheres to the ancient and inhumane “one-bite” rule. […]
Donald Brewer, the owner of a pit bull that killed 2-year-old Arianna Fleeman in 2005, will this week start serving a 12-month jail sentence for involuntary manslaughter. The crime of involuntary manslaughter means the killing of a human being as a result of negligence. The facts of this case suggest, however, that there was far […]
On January 12, 2007, a dog killed a man by firing a shotgun at him. Thomas Ayer St. Charles III was standing in the water next to a small boat in Tennessee. Inside the boat was a loaded shotgun which pointed in his direction. A hunting dog jumped into the boat, hit the trigger of […]
San Antonio, TX – 10-year-old Amber Jones was fatally attacked by a neighbor’s pit bull on January 12, 2007. She previously had played with the dog. It jumped a fence and mauled her to death on the street. This is the first canine homicide in the USA in 2007. There were no death cases in […]
The above quote refers to the animal control department that covers the beach where Mariko Bereday let her Rottweiler run loose, allowing it to severely maul a 2-year-old boy and, just six days later, nearly kill a 4-year-old girl. The department cannot identify the city’s dangerous dogs because citizens do not make the necessary reports. […]
The following was sent to me by a dog bite victim from South Africa, who asked that I post it to the Dog Bite Victim Log: I decided to take my German Shepherd for a long walk to Camps Bay and back and then to go and vote (needless to say the country managed without […]
Two pit bulls bit a woman 62 times and ripped off part of a finger while she walked her own dog near her home in Florida on Tuesday afternoon. Rose Ann Manzella, 42, said she heard the two pit bulls running up behind her and stepped between them when they started nipping at her dog. […]
The State of New Mexico, through its failure to enact a dog bite statute of any kind, will have to answer to a little girl who today is in critical condition. Two dogs that were running at large pursued her into the street, where she was critically injured by a passing car. This state, however, […]