Dog Bite & Attack News - July 2007

July 31, 2007 - Indiana
An Eaton woman has been accused of threatening three potential witnesses in an upcoming trial stemming from a dog-biting incident. Heather Ann Wilson, 27, 111 N. West St., had been charged June 25 with two counts of dog-bite liability, a class C misdemeanor carrying a maximum 60-day term. Under state law, a dog owner can face that charge if they "recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally fail to take reasonable steps to restrain the dog," the dog leaves the owner's property and "bites or attacks another person resulting in unprovoked bodily injury." Details
July 31, 2007 - United Kingdom
A 60-year-old woman was knocked to the floor when an Alsatian attacked her and clamped its teeth into her thigh as the woman walked into St George's Church on Andover Road in Newbury, Berkshire. She was left with puncture wounds from the bite and extensive bruising over her body from the fall. Details
July 31, 2007 - Vermont
While visiting her parents in Oswego, N.Y., last month, Regina Bailey was walking her dog, Kirbee. They had passed a few houses when a German shepherd mix got loose from a neighbor's house and attacked Bailey's dog. She screamed for help several times, but nobody came. Bailey, a Winooski resident, separated the dogs several times, but her dog, a Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen, was bitten four times and died from the attack. Details
July 31, 2007 - New York
The initial conclusion that a 6-year-old Bath boy died from a pit bull's dog bites issued a tragic warning to adults that young children should always be closely supervised around pets. The fact that the dog involved was from an aggressive breed makes such supervision imperative. Details
July 31, 2007 - Florida
A $200,000 settlement was awarded to an Interlachen girl for massive leg injuries she received during a pit bull attack in 2005, her attorney said Monday. Maggie Ricks, who was 4 at the time of the attack, received leg injuries so bad she will wear a brace the rest of her life, said Joe Camerlengo, the Jacksonville attorney who handled her case. ?? (responded) Details
July 31, 2007 - Nebraska
Eight-year-old Ashley Maxon was attacked by a dog while visiting a neighbor's home last week and the incident unveiled a history of attacks involving the same dog. Ozzie, a rottweiler, ended up in quarantine at the Humane Society. (Note: graphic video on website) Details ?? (responded)
July 31, 2007 - United Kingdom
A MAN was taken to hospital after being savaged by a pitbull-type dog in Saumarez Park yesterday. The animal was being walked by a Best Friends, Door to Door Pet Care employee when it suddenly attacked her feet before turning on the man. Details
July 30, 2007 - Hawaii
The number of reported dog bites in Hawai'i has steadily increased in recent years to more than 1,000 annually, raising the potential that more lawsuits will be filed against dog owners.
Dog bite lawsuits have generated awards and out-of-court settlements in Hawai'i of more than $350,000. Details
July 29, 2007 - Cayman Islands
In a rare case for the Cayman Islands, a woman faces criminal charges after her dog bit a man on the leg. The woman was charged with failing to ensure her dog was on a lead and also charged with allowing a ferocious dog to be at large. The latter charge carries a potential six month jail term and a $500 fine upon conviction. Details
July 28, 2007 - Oklahoma
Covington’s mayor and acting-dog catcher says he has quite a headache but he’s going to be OK. Jim Postier suffered a cracked skull and internal bleeding after two pit bulls charged him Friday afternoon, knocking him to the asphalt. Details
July 28, 2007 - Virginia
An area couple is recovering after being injured in a dog attack in their Bedford County neighborhood. They say they were out for a walk in their neighborhood off Wiggington Road last Sunday when two dogs attacked them. They tried to fight the two boxers off, but couldn't escape without bites and other injuries. Now neighbors are raising questions about what can be done to keep them safe. Details
July 28, 2007 - Oregon
Don and Lynnette Ramsey still are apologizing for making such a big deal about their nearly 16-year-old cat Boots. Don said he knows some people will think he and his wife silly for caring so much about "an old cat." Boots was sleeping under a shrub in her yard early this month when she was mauled by two dogs roaming the neighborhood in West Salem; investigation showed these dogs had killed killed another cat prior - Details ??
July 28, 2007 - Georgia
A 19-year-old Interlachen woman received 900 stitches during surgery after her family's pit bull lashed out and bit her on the face Thursday evening. Amanda Boyles, 19, was at home Thursday night playing with the 2-year-old white pit bull named Boss Hog when the dog suddenly lunged at her face, according to the Putnam County Sheriff's Office. - Details ??
July 27, 2007 - Ohio
The city has had about seven dog bite complaints this year, according to Police Chief Robert Floor. That's up from one or two such cases a year. None of the bite complaints have caused serious injuries, according to the chief. Details
July 27, 2007 - Florida
Zeus, the German Shepherd that bit a Verizon repairman in March, will be allowed to go back to his owners. Sarasota County judge Phyllis Gallen ruled that the dog will be returned to his owners, Gilbert and Ana Otero of Nokomis, although Zeus will now be classified as a dangerous dog. The repairman was asked by the owner to wait before entering the home, but he didn't and Zeus bit the repairman. - Details; Link to the court orders HERE
July 27, 2007 - Washington, DC
During more than five hours, they heard testimony from nine witnesses, including character witnesses and sworn affidavits, about how Molly (10-pound Bichon Frise ??) ended up dangling from Sidney's (50-pound Pit Bull/Greyhound mix SP) mouth July 4. - Details
July 27, 2007 - California
Officers responding to reports of a fight got more than they were expecting early Friday when they were attacked by two pit bulls. One of the dogs bit into an officer's leg and police fatally shot the dog. - Details
July 27, 2007 - Michigan
The search continues today in and around Gladstone for Allan Lundberg, 67 who was last seen there Tuesday afternoon when his German shepherd reportedly bit a woman. Officers suspect Lundberg may have willingly went missing in order to protect his dog. Officers said they do not believe the dog is a public threat. - Details
July 26, 2007 - South Africa
At least three people are in hospital after being mauled by vicious dogs in Gauteng. A boy from Lydenburg in Mpumalanga also fell victim to a dog attack on Saturday. - Details
July 26, 2007 - China
Three hospitals in Pudong New Area reported a total of 110 cases of dog bite every day in recent weeks. Pu'nan Hospital said it has about 50 patients a day, 30 percent more than in the spring. "Our dog-bite clinic saw a record 1,387 patients last month," said Yin Zhifa, a Pu'nan official. A seminar on rabies prevention and control in Beijing on Tuesday was told China had 3,279 rabies cases last year, compared with just 159 in 1996. - Details
July 25, 2007 - California
A Freedom letter carrier was arrested Friday following a month-long investigation by the U.S. Postal Service Office of the Inspector General into allegations that she tried to extort hundreds of dollars from one of her customers because of a 'dog bite' - Details
July 25, 2007 - Florida
It was supposed to be a fun visit for Tonette Hayward and her 5-year-old son Martin. But it turned into a nightmare when Martin was mauled by their friend's pit-bull. "Martin was eaten up by this dog," said Polk Sheriff Grady Judd. - Details
July 25, 2007 - Tennessee
An 11-month-old baby was mauled to death by two dogs inside a home on Sun Valley Circle yesterday afternoon, according to Putnam Sheriff David Andrews. Although the case is still under investigation today and details are sketchy, deputies say it happened about 4:20 p.m. Monday while the child was inside a playpen in a room where two Siberian Husky dogs were. - Details; Update - July 27, 2007 - No charges to be filed - Details
July 23, 2007 - Maryland
An Edgewater woman is suing Anne Arundel County police for more than $3 million after a county officer shot and killed her pit bull. Police say it was the third time the dog had bitten someone. - Details
July 23, 2007 - California
A poodle out for a morning walk was attacked and killed by two pit bulls on Saturday in Irvine. The attack occurred as a caretaker was walking the poodle at a small neighborhood park in the West Irvine area. Two off-leash pit bulls appeared in the park and charged the poodle. - Details
July 23, 2007 - Virginia
Bear is a golden retriever-shepherd who attacked a bicyclist. Dee Dee, a pit bull mix, killed a cat. Cody, a Labrador mix, bit the neighbor. Their mug shots, misdeeds and home addresses went online this month at the Virginia Dangerous Dog Registry, a new Web page modeled after the state's sex offender registry. It lets residents locate dogs in their county that have attacked a person or an animal, and that a judge has decided could cause injury again. - Details
July 20 - Iowa
The dog was a rare Belgian Malinois; these dogs are typically raised for police training and resemble the look of a German shepherd. Bettendorf officers were forced to kill the dog after it attacked Phillip Tunnicliff yesterday afternoon. The city says these type of dogs are allowed until deemed vicious - the owners have more than just one. - Details
July 20, 2007 - Minnesota
Dog bites are up 40% in a recent study in Minnesota: VIDEO
Now a new study says injuries from dog bites are on the rise. So how can you avoid being one of the victims? News 12's Kelsey Soby takes a look. Dog bite injuries went up forty percent between 1998 and 2005, so says the Minnesota Department of Health after looking at hospital records throughout the state. - Details
July 20, 2007: Minnesota
After the rash of St. Paul, Minnesota attacks (see below), state Rep. John Lesch, a St. Paul Democrat, said he planned to push for a state ban on Akitas, chow chows, Rottweilers, pit bulls, wolf hybrids and mixed breeds with any of those dogs' traits. Source
RECENT DOG ATTACKS IN THE TWIN CITIES
March 26: A 37-year-old woman nearly dies after a pit bull and an American bulldog attack her at her neighbor's Minneapolis home.
April 13: An 8-year-old Minneapolis boy on his way to school is mauled by an Akita.
April 20: A 4-year-old girl suffers severe head lacerations after she is attacked by a pit bull in Minneapolis.
April 24: A 59-year-old, attempting to serve legal papers in St. Paul, is attacked and severely injured by 2 pit bulls.
June 8: An 11-year-old girl riding a small motor scooter with a child on the back is attacked and severely mauled by a pit bull in St. Paul.
June 9: A 5-year-old girl is bitten and knocked to the ground by a pit bull in St. Paul.
July 20, 2007 - Texas
The German shepherd that attacked a mail carrier earlier this month was declared a dangerous animal during a Thursday hearing, but the animal's life will be spared. Kevin Overstreet, the city's animal control director, decided the dog should not be euthanized but mandated that the owners do more to keep the community safe from the dog. It was one of two dog attack cases that Overstreet heard on Thursday and one of three cases within the last month. - Details
July 19, 2007 - Oklahoma
The owner of a pitbull in Tishomingo was arrested Wednesday morning for maintaining a vicious animal. The dog severely injured a young boy on Monday, but authorities say that wasn't the first time it had attacked someone. KTEN's Andrea Kurys reports. - Details
July 19, 2007 - Oklahoma
State Rep. Paul Wesselhoft made headlines around the state last year when he proposed banning pit bulls -- for life. He was acting after a constituent was attacked and severely injured by a neighbor's pit bull dog. Now, Mr. Wesselhoft, a Cleveland County Republican, wants dog owners to be charged with a felony the first time their animal seriously bites a person off their property. - Details
July 19, 2007 - Texas
Dog owners beware. Beginning September 1st, if your dog attacks someone away from your property, you could face jail time if convicted. Dangerous animal calls are up twice what they were last year at this time. Just in the last week, two people were sent to the hospital after two separate dog attack incidents. - Details
July 18, 2007 - Massachusetts
A 5-year-old Roxbury girl suffered minor injuries on her face this afternoon when she was bit by a neighbor's pit bull after she tried to pet the dog's new litter of puppies, said Boston police and witnesses. - Details
July 17, 2007 - Oklahoma
Big cat or bad dog? The mysterious mauling of a 15-year-old girl's prize sheep, goats and chickens has led to an investigation into what -- or who -- might be responsible for the deaths of the animals. - Details
July 17, 2007 - Georgia
Florence Pauley, mother of Tiffany Pauley, the five-year-old girl who was killed last week by her neighbor's Rotweiler, has been criminally charged in the case. - Details; Mauled child's mother on suicide watch, admits was on meth, dog to be euthanized - Details
July 17, 2007 - Georgia
Bite reports are on par with previous years, but one death and a vicious attack on city employees emphasizes the need for tougher penalties. - Details
July 17, 2007 - Canada
A Winnipeg man is charged with using his dog as a weapon. A man told city police he was out enjoying a Linden Woods park with his family Sunday morning when a stranger ordered his Rottweiler to attack him, then held onto his wife so she couldn't get help. - Details
July 17, 2007 - Idaho
A Britt teenager was released Tuesday from Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa after being attacked by a pit bull terrier early Monday. Brittany K. Olson, 17, was allegedly bitten in the face and neck by a pit bull owned by Charlie Kropf, 19, of Mason City, police said. - Details
July 14, 2007 - Australia
A BRAVE grandmother fended off two dogs in a savage attack that left her and her tiny dog battered and bloodied. Peg Blain, 87, of Vermont South, was walking her daughter's Jack Russell in Tyrol Park near her retirement home this week when she was set upon by two American pit bull terriers. - Details
July 14, 2007 - Indiana
Dog Bite Victim Recovering Well; The young boy that was attacked by a Rottweiler earlier this week is recovering better then guessed. Tuesday afternoon Brennan Harris was taken to the emergency room after the family dog bit him in the face. He was playing in his aunt's living room when it happened. - Details
July 14, 2007 - India
Hijrat Colony dog bites 10 - KARACHI: A mutt in Hijrat Colony went on the rampage and bit ten people on Saturday before it was shot by some Pathan residents. - Details
July 13, 2007 - United Kingdom
A DOG is lucky to be alive after having its skin ripped clean off its body by an English bull terrier. Rottweiler-Staffordshire cross Sara was left needing 60 stitches after being set upon in Canal Walk, Croydon, last Friday evening. The attack was reported to police but advised that they couldn't investigate as it was a dog on dog attack. (HUH?) - Details
July 13, 2007 - Tennesse
A man who was in the hospital for a dog bite ended up being arrested for DUI on his way home. Monroe County Sheriff’s Deputy Rodney Cathey said he and fellow Deputy Tillman Steele talked to Thomas Earl Hill, 47, as he was being treated for a dog bite. Hill told Cathey he and his neighbor were fighting their dogs when he was bitten. Cathey asked Hill if he knew dog fighting was illegal and Hill said he wasn’t aware of that, but his neighbor had come over and challenged his dog and Hill couldn’t turn the challenge down. - Details
July 13, 2007 - India
Thirty-seven people died of dog bite in the State this year (till the end of May), Minister for Health and Family Welfare R. Ashok told the Legislative Assembly on Thursday. - Details
July 13, 2007 - Ohio
A 12-year-old Eden Township boy is in fair condition this morning after being attacked yesterday afternoon by a pack of dogs his family raises. Jarred Magers, his next door neighbor Michael Whalen, 13, and another unidentified boy were playing in a paddock area by the fence line of the two yards, said Licking County Dog Warden Jon Luzio. Whalen was bit on the foot by one of the Magers' pit bull, English bulldogs and pit-bull mixes. - Details; Mother persuaded to give up dogs that attacked son or else son would not be allowed to return to their home; Mother was breeding and selling dogs - Details
July 12, 2007 - United Kingdom
A mother told last night how she watched in horror as a barking Alsatian ran up to her baby daughter and then attacked a man who went to rescue the child. The animal, which had another dog close behind it, was barking furiously in the one-year-old's face as she sat in her pram. Anthony Bird went to help her but was bitten before dragging the dog away from the terrified youngster. - Details
July 12, 2007 - Ohio
A judge has dropped the city of Niles and the Niles SCOPE senior citizens center on Main Street from a lawsuit filed by a Niles man who claims he was bitten by a dog at the center in 2004. - Details
July 12, 2007 - Ohio
An 8-year-old Lorain boy is in serious condition at a Cleveland hospital after his arm was mauled by a pit bull Wednesday afternoon, Lorain’s animal control officer and emergency officials said. As it turns out, the animal showed no signs of aggression after the attack and had never bitten anyone before Wednesday. It was unfortunate Wednesday’s incident would likely solidify stereotypes on the pit bull breed, which aren’t responsible for most of the dog bite incidents in Lorain. So far this year, about five of 70 dog bites in Lorain were inflicted by pit bulls. - Details; Update - 8 year old doing well after dog bite - Details
July 12, 2007 - Florida
A Miami man is recovering after he was viciously attacked by two neighborhood dogs. 60-year old Ricardo Suarez said he was outside his home around 10 p.m. Wednesday when a pair of bulldogs started jumping on him and biting him. - Details
July 11, 2007 - Texas
Governor Rick Perry signed a bill into law that will authorize jail time for the owners of dogs that attack people. The law mandates that the owner of a dog that attacks and seriously injures a person has to be charged with a third degree felony. - Details
July 11, 2007 - California
A small poodle named Spike was mauled to death by one of two large dogs that appeared out of nowhere, Mountain View police said. Eighty-one-year-old Tina Koza was walking Spike home the morning of June 29 when the large dogs suddenly came upon them near the intersection of Grant Road and Preston Drive. One of the dogs snatched six-pound Spike into its mouth and broke the poodle's ribs, said Walter Koza, Tina Koza's husband. Spike was a toy poodle, a smaller breed of poodles. Dogs that attacked the poodle were apparently owned by someone and well-fed. - Details
July 11, 2007 - Texas
Woman Hospitalized After Dog Attack in East Lubbock - We're told the woman was walking home Tuesday night around 10:00 p.m. She saw the loose dogs and started to run, when she crossed the road, that's when she was suddenly attacked. Witnesses say they saw the women, and heard the dogs barking. The woman started to run and that's when they attacked her, biting her in the leg. Witnesses believe the dogs were pit bull mixes and neighbors in the area say this isn't the first time these dogs have caused trouble. - Details
July 11 - Florida
Escambia County authorities have yet to decide what to do with a Rottweiler that attacked its owners. The couple, Linda and James Wallace, were seriously injured Tuesday night when their dog attacked them. They were trying to break up a fight between two of their dogs. A deputy who responded to the scene said the two victims were covered in blood. - Details
July 11, 2007 - Texas
CPS takes children after dog bite; In the third reported dog bite of the month, a 4-year-old Mineral Wells girl went to the hospital Friday night with bite marks to her face. Police were called to Palo Pinto General Hospital at 10:28 p.m. Friday in reference to a dog bite to a child. The incident reportedly occurred at the residence of the child’s mother’s boyfriend. When reportedly retrieving a brush from inside the home, the girl was bit by a pit bull. - Details
July 11, 2007 - Oregon
According to Clackamas County Sheriff’s office, an incident began during a disturbance after a A couple of dogs got into a fight. One person tried to break it up, getting bitten in the process. Neither dog belonged to him. The dog fight eventually evolved into a fight between 25 people, most of whom had been drinking alcohol. The person bitten later than retrieved a gun and shot someone else at the incident - Details; Update - attempted murder charges - Details
July 11, 2007 - Florida
On Tuesday, police on Tuesday shot and killed a pit bull while arresting three burglary suspects. The three suspects (ages 18, 17 and 15) attempted to hide in an apartment complex, but when surrendering were followed by their brown pit pull, who charged the K-9 dog twice despite an attempt by the officer to separate the dogs. On the third attempt, the pit bull was shot by officers near the base of the skull, killing it. - Details
July 11, 2007 - Canada
Patch walks with a limp, Sydney wears a cone-shaped plastic collar and Sam wants to run free but shouldn't, not until the scars heal. These dogs are lucky to be alive. They were attacked recently by a rogue pit bull. They are heroes. So is their owner, Frances Turk. - Details
July 10, 2007 - New York
A Montauk man is fighting for his life after a brutal mauling by three neighborhood dogs. Dr. Lawrence Duca was in his yard on Flamingo Court last Thursday working in his garden when three American Bulldogs pushed under a fence from an abutting property and attacked the 79-year-old man. Dr. Duca has undergone two surgeries and may need more. His condition was particularly worrisome because he'd recently had bypass surgery and was taking blood-thinning medication. - Details
July 10, 2007 - New York
Family pit bull attacks and sexually assaults two-year old boy - Details
July 7, 2007 - New Zealand
A brutal dog attack has left a Hamilton couple $2000 poorer and fearing retribution. A Hamilton family is facing nearly $2000 in vet bills after their dog Chippie was mauled by a pit bull this week. And they say they were warned by a man who called the pit bull off that if he lost the dog, "you'll lose your life". - Details
July 6, 2007 - Iowa
Hospitals report rise in dog bites over holiday; In Des Moines last year, 374 dog bites were reported. There were almost 5 million in the U.S - Details
July 6, 2007 - Canada
Police officer involved in search on a drug raid is attacked by pit bull - Details
July 6, 2007 - Indiana
Dog attack by a ChowChow sends 7-year-old girl to the hospital after attack; this was the second attack by this dog in two days - Details // Cassidy explained how a chow mix dog attacked her thursday evening. "I was just coming outside and he wanted to play so I reached out to pet him and he just attacked me," she said. - Details
July 6, 2007 - Florida
Two-year old child attacked by family's bullmastiff after the child accidentally fell on him while asleep - Details
July 4, 2007 - Australia
A MAN whose pack of greyhounds fatally mauled a much-loved pet dog on a Melbourne beach last year has been banned from greyhound racing for three years. - Details
July 3, 2007 - Canada
Child dies after dog mauling - A toddler is dead after being mauled by her grandparents' dog over the weekend in Montague Township, near Smiths Falls. Shortly before 6:30 p.m. Sunday, the 17-month-old girl walked over to where the dog was tied up.
Police said the 10-year-old Rottweiler-German shepherd cross mauled the girl. Police said the dog apparently had no prior history of aggression. - Details
July 2, 2007 - Texas
A 6-year-old Houston boy spent three hours in surgery Sunday after being bitten in the face by a pit bull, his father said today. "They stopped counting (stitches) at about 200," Brandon Palomo said, referring to repairs surgeons did on the face of his son, Logan Palomo, between noon and about 3 p.m. Sunday. - Details
July 2, 2007 - Ohio
Woman attaches self by chain to cage, calling attention to chained canines - "People don't realize that chaining outside is one of the causes of aggression because [the dogs] are shut out from the world, and when they do get loose, that is when kids can get bit." - Details
July 2, 2007 - Maryland
Animal control officials have investigated more than 350 dog bite cases since July 2006 - Details

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