Fatal Dog
attacks are very tragic and the majority are
avoidable with a little common sense and
responsibility. If we can all
take the time to review the facts in the cases
and with an open mind we can learn from others
mistakes and prevent these tragedies in the
future.
We also need to
demand that the media do follow-up stories on
these incidents with the facts of the
investigation! To often these stories are
reported as one thing and turn out to be
something much different. The public needs
to know the truth so they may prevent further
tragedies.
In the majority
of cases there signs leading up to the event or
facts that if attention had been paid, the
events would have been prevented.
This is a new
page will be updated as time permits to
investigate fatal attacks. Think you
know what breeds have been involved with fatal
attacks? Think you know the statistics
behind fatal attacks?
Read
the Fatal Dog Presentation
Fatal Attack, Suffolk Virginia -
Summer 2005
The parents
have been charged with murder in this case.
The grandfather says had they not left the two
year old alone he would be alive today.
The dog in the article listed as a pit mix
should be labeled as a mixed breed as it could
be anything.
Story
Story 2
Fatal Attack, Hamtramck Michigan
Spring 2005
Story as
reported:
Young girl
was mauled to death by family pit bulls.
Neighbors reported the dogs were friendly
and loved the kids. They were family
dogs. They had been raised with the
children since puppyhood. The dogs had
escaped the basement and attacked the girl
while she was playing on the swing set at
their old house.
Things not
mentioned in the story or that need to be
pointed out as what NOT to do:
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These
were made out to be family pets,
yet the family had moved and the dogs
were being kept locked in the basement
of the old house. How long
were they without human companionship?
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The
dogs were both malnourished.
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Both
dogs had ingested rat poison (which can
lead to aggressive behavior)
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The
Female dog was only a year old and had
already been shot at some point in her
life with a bullet still lodged in her
groin.
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The
Male dog was intact.
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The
female dog was intact and in heat.
