Posted on 05/21/2026 6:52:46 PM PDT by Norski
STATESBORO, Georgia; ANDERSON, South Carolina––The 2026 record pace of fatal dog attacks, especially pit bull attacks, remains ahead of the 2025 pace, when dogs killed 84 Americans, 64 of whom were killed by pit bulls.
Pit bulls in the two weeks of May 2026 killed two babies in reported incidents. Other dogs are unknown to have killed anyone.
The deaths of the two infants brought the total number of U.S. fatal dog attacks for the year to 32, 23 by pit bull.
" . . .The first May 2026 pit bull victim, Lillian Drue Bradford Harris, of Statesville, Georgia, “was diagnosed with hydrocephalus while I was still pregnant with her” her mother Jasa Marie Harris posted in a June 2025 appeal for funds to help the family cope with a scheduled surgery."
" . .On May 3, 2026, according to an appeal posted by Porsche Hamm, apparently a friend or relative, on behalf of Jasa Harris, “Her one year old daughter suffered a horrific mauling by a pit bull. Lillian is now fighting for her life.. . "
" . . .Five-month-old Dean Everett Gross, son of Anderson, South Carolina residents Thomas and Natalie Gross, who are respectively a nurse and a teacher, died on May 14, 2026, a day after his parents “asked their neighbor to babysit while they ran an errand,” reported WSPA News in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
Anderson County Coroner Greg Shore told the WSPA News team that “The babysitter was also watching a friend’s dog at the time of the incident.
“At some point in time, shortly after [Dean’s dad] left, she was going to let the dog out, and she was holding the baby,” Shore explained. “When she released the dog, the dog attacked her and grabbed the baby, causing fatal injuries to the baby.”
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ABA.
Also, fire extinguishers - foam or powder - aimed directly into the animal’s nose and mouth to inhibit breathing - have been found to be very effective (75%) defense weapons.
Available in spray-can sizes.
Wonder how well they work as 2 legged self-defense.
Humor works. That is why I started a Draw Mohammed page yesterday. Islam needs as much disrespect as can be mustered. Placing it along side other religions like an equal is a big fail.
Here on FR?
Just FYI.......
The ENTIRE History Of Islam And Muhammad In 68 Minutes
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4379912/posts
It was a church service this past week or so, not a place you’d expect to find something like this, but it’s very good.
I don’t think anyone in my neighborhood has one of these dogs. I think the sorts who do are the sorts who can’t afford to live where I do. Another thing money CAN buy: distance from those (and many other) types.
Florida woman mauled to death by dogs that had allegedly terrorized neighborhood, owner charged in killing.
Jodi Cowan had lived on Blue Bonnet Drive for only two weeks before the midnight attack by dogs named Max and Mako.
By Natasha Holt. Fox News
Published June 7, 2026 7:00am EDT
https://www.foxnews.com/us/florida-woman-mauled-death-dogs-allegedly-terrorized-neighborhood-owner-charged-killing
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