Nothing like pushing an agenda.
Kids: check, dog: check
Even though nobody was seriously injured, let’s make this a mad pitbull attack and spread it nationwide: Check.
And the pitty haters all over America, even on this normally rational site, all start calling for an extirpation.
Nope, no manipulation here, carry on, carry on, civilian...
The article clearly states that the dog was a pitbull. The only one who “made this a pitbull attack,” as you put it, was the dog itself...BECAUSE IT’S A DAMNED PITBULL.
It’s rational to hate pit bulls...bred to be able to attack consciously, jaws like a vise...usually( notice “ usually” ) owned by irresponsible owners who show off their masculinity by owning a pit.
But let’s just ignore the overwhelming number of stories reporting pit attavks. Funny I RARELY hear other such dog stories...I’m sure there are some.
You sound just like the idiots who claim people are assigned gender at birth.
Nobody *assigns* gender. They look and declare the fact.
So nobody assigned breed to the dog to *make it a pit bull attack*.
It was a pit and it did attack.
If you have that much trouble dealing with reality, there is help available.
The facts speak pretty well for themselves.
| Date | Location | Victim's name | Victim's age | Category of dog | Circumstances |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 9 | Ouachita Parish, Louisiana | Laura Ray | 53 years | pit bull (1) | Laura was killed by the dog at a pet boarding facility. She worked at the pet boarding facility and it was the dog's first stay at the facility.[813] |
| January 14 | Duncan, Oklahoma | Rylee Dodge | 3 years | pit bull (1) | Rylee was killed at home by the family dog. The dog had been adopted only five days earlier.[814] |
| February 15 | Owensboro, Kentucky | David Brown | 46 years | pit bull mix or mixed breed (1) | The dog attacked the other family dog, a Beagle. The couple tried to break up the fight. David Brown was killed and his wife was injured.[815] |
| March 7 | Jonesville, Virginia | Unknown | 8 days | Malamute-Wolf hybrid mix (1) | The baby girl was mauled and killed while she was in her bassinet by the 3 year old family dog.[816] |
| March 9 | Cape Girardeau, Missouri | Loxli Chavez | 13 months | mixed breed dog (1) | Victim was at babysitter's house when she was attacked by a dog in the home. The dog had previously bitten the babysitter's own son. The dog was described as a "part pit bull, Labrador and Malamute" mix.[817] |
| March 25 | Converse, Texas | Noah Trevino | 4 years | mixed breed dog (1) | The boy was playing in the backyard of his home when the family dog attacked and killed him. The dog was tethered at the time of the attack and was described as a "mixed large breed dog" by Bexar County Animal Control.[818] |
| March 25 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Hong Saengsamly | 49 years | pit bull (1) | Victim was killed by her own dog. Her adult son discovered her body later.[819] |
| May 5 | Sherman Oaks, California | Gaia Nova | 3 months | Rottweiler (1), Labrador Retriever (1) | The baby girl was attacked and killed by a family dog when her grandmother left the room to get a bottle. The family had three dogs - a Rottweiler (100 lbs), a Labrador Retriever (100 lbs), and a small terrier (10 lbs). Authorities are not sure which of the three dogs is responsible, but it is likely that one (or both) of the family's larger dogs was responsible (Rottweiler and/or Labrador Retriever).[820] |
| May 10 | Ardmore, Oklahoma | Tracy Garcia | 52 years | Dachshund-Terrier mixes (6) Dachshund-Border Collie mix (1) | The woman was attacked and killed by her neighbor's seven dogs. The dogs were described as 6 Dachshund-Terrier mixes and one Dachshund-Border Collie mix. While news sources describe the dogs as a number of Dachshund and Terrier mixes, the exact breed(s) of the dogs remains unknown. [821] |
| May 16 | Gulfport, Mississippi | Georgia Morgan | 75 years | pit bulls (2) | Attacked by neighbor's dogs.[822] The neighbor, Emily Craft, was later arrested on charges of "dog at large" and "vicious animal," and the dogs were euthanized.[823] |
| May 24 | Altoona, Pennsylvania | Gauge Allen Eckenrode | 6 years | pit bull (1) | The victim was attacked outside the house by the family dog.[824] |
| May 30 | Miramar, Florida | Liana Valino | 8 months | pit bull (1) | Infant attacked by family pet while in the care of a relative.[825] |
| June 10 | Forest Park, Georgia | Paige Bradley | 5 months | German Shepherd (1) | The baby girl was mauled and killed by the babysitter's dog while the infant was asleep. The babysitter was also asleep in another room when the incident occurred. The babysitter was a family friend and the dog had been around the baby since it was born.[826] |
| June 21 | Huntingtown, Maryland | Jenna Sutphin | 28 years | Dogo Argentino (1) | Jenna was attacked and killed by one of her dogs, a Dogo Argentino that she owned with her fiance. She was found outside of her home early in the morning and died later that day as a result of her injuries. Her fiance is a K-9 officer and they owned two Dogo Argentinos (both family dogs) that were being used as a breeding pair. The dog that attacked Jenna was shot and killed by a responding Maryland State Police trooper.[827] |
| June 25 | Arcata, California | Donald Steele | 91 years | pit bull mix (1) | Victim and his son's girlfriend were attacked in a park by a dog owned by victim's son.[828] |
| July 8 | Montgomery, Alabama | Joseph Pettaway | 51 years | Belgian Malinois (1) | The man was killed by a police K9 unit when police were responding to a burglary-in-progress call. The man was believed to be burglarizing a house when the K9 unit entered the house and attacked him.[829] |
| July 17 | Jacksonville, Florida | Jaelah Smith | 6 years | pit bull mix (1) | Jaelah was attacked on Sunday, July 15 by a dog that her family was dog sitting and she died of her injuries several days later. The family was watching the dog while its owner was on vacation.[830] |
| August 1 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Javon Torres | 2 years | pit bulls (3) | Victim was attacked by three dogs in his home while under the care of a babysitter.[831] |
| August 4 | Chicago, Illinois | Karen Brown | 57 years | pit bull (1) | Victim was attacked by a loose dog that had been kept in an unfenced backyard by owners who kept multiple dogs in crates [832] |
| August 9 | Montgomery County, North Carolina | Olga Rekhson | 64 years | pit bulls (2) | Victim went for a walk. She was discovered a few hours later, deceased on the side of an unused road within the development.[833] |
| August 18 | Rocky Mount, North Carolina | Gurney Walker | 75 years | pit bull (1) | Victim was found dead at a home with injuries inflicted by a dog. Victim had been staying at the home of the owner of the dog.[834] |
| August 22 | Cincinnati, Ohio | Della Riley | 42 years | mixed breed dog (1) | Victim was attacked and killed by her own dog in her home.[835] |
| September 3 | Columbia, Maryland | Robin Conway | 64 years | pit bull (1) | Victim was killed in her backyard by a dog she had adopted just two weeks previously.[836] |
| September 6 | Mount Shasta, California | Teena Mawhorter | 74 years | pit bull mix or collie terrier mix (1) | Elderly victim was attacked and killed by the family dog while sitting in her kitchen when she reached under the table to pet the dog.[837] |
| September 9 | Baker City, Orgegon | Mitchelle Dean Segerdahl | 53 years | pit bulls (6) | Victim was attacked by one or many of his six dogs in his home. By the time police arrived, two of the dogs were dead from fighting each other.[838] |
| October 1 | Las Vegas, Nevada | Susan Sweeney | 58 years | Mastiff-Presa Canario mix (1) | Susan was attacked and killed by a dog that she had recently adopted from a shelter. Her husband found her body in their home and called the police to report the incident. The dog was euthanized after the police completed the investigation.[839] |
| October 5 | Clearwater, Florida | Khloe Williams | 7 months | Retriever-hound mix (1) | The baby girl was bitten by the dog while under the care of her foster parents. The foster mom had opened the dog's kennel to let it out and it ran towards the baby girl and attacked her. The baby girl was taken to the hospital where she later died of her injuries. The dog belonged to her foster father who is a Clearwater Police Department detective.[840] |
| October 12 | Alvin, Texas | Denali Gonzalez | 2 years | Leopard Cur mix (1) | The child was attacked by the family dog in their backyard and died on the scene from her injuries. The child had gone into the backyard to play with the dog when the attack occurred. A family member immediately called 911 after noticing the attack. The dog was tranquilized when the police arrived and was later euthanized.[841][842] |
| October 14 | Washington, District of Columbia | Angela Smith | 55 years | pit bull (1) | The victim's husband left the home for a 15 minute walk. On returning, he found his wife mauled by the family dog. Victim's mother in law was present in the home, but sleeping in another room. There were no witnesses of the attack. The dog attempted to bite responding officers and was later euthanized.[843] |
| October 27 | Greenville, Texas | Kristie Kelley | 44 years | Brazilian Mastiff (1) | The victim was home alone when the family dog attacked her on October 23rd. She was found injured but alive by her husband who called 911 for an ambulance. She was taken to the hospital but passed away four days later on October 27th due to injuries suffered from the attack.[844] |
| October 28 | Rocky Mount, North Carolina | Triniti Harrell | 1 year old | pit bull mix (1) | Victim was attacked by the family's dog of six years. 911 operator assisted the mother in trying to get the dog off. The dog was ultimately shot by responding officers.[845] |
| November 2 | Winchester, Kentucky | April Collins | 45 years | pit bull (1) | Husband arrived home to discover his wife had been attacked by their dog. [846] |
| November 4 | Windsor Township, Pennsylvania | Nora Sharp | 19 months | mixed breed dog (1) | The toddler was attacked by the family dog at home while the parents were present.[847] |
| November 11 | Dunnellon, Florida | (Undisclosed) | 5 days | pit bull (1) | While the mother was in another room, the dog attacked the baby in its bassinet.[848] |
| November 13 | Big Prairie Township, Michigan | Sharon Daniels | 77 years | pit bull (1) | Elderly, disabled, wheelchair bound woman was found dead in her home with three pit bulls, one of which bit her.[849] |
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Do you work for CNN?
Well as long as nobody was SERIOUSLY injured give the dog a pass. It couldn’t possibly be an aggressive breed. After all everyone knows pit bulls are really angels in disguise and it’s only their owners that make them appear to be vicious and unpredictable.
How many other breeds will go out and attack multiple people? Funny how it is true that not all pit bulls are bad but the majority of the bad dogs are pit bulls...if you can’t pull your head out, at least don’t shove it up further....