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by Christina Taylor KWCH 12 Eyewitness News 3:08 p.m. CDT, May 24, 2013 (COFFEYVILLE, Kan.)— A brand new baby was attacked by a pit bull in Coffeyville. Police say the dog severely injured the two day old girl. The pit bull belonged to her family. She was initially taken to the Coffeyville Regional Medical Center with life threatening injuries. She was then transported to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita and is listed in stable condition.

A plastic surgeon spent three hours sewing up Linda Mittino's face after her son's dog first attacked her in November. But she insisted the 7-year-old German shepherd, called Bear, deserved a second chance. On Monday, the animal lover's loyalty cost her her life when the dog once again turned on her — this time attacking in her bedroom. "She called him her protector. She loved that dog," said her son, Joe Mittino, the dog's owner.

A £40,000 teddy bear formerly owned by Elvis Presley was destroyed when a guard dog which was supposed to protect it went on the rampage. The rare Steiff bear, named Mabel, was due to form the centrepiece of an exhibition at Wookey Hole Caves near Wells, Somerset. The bear was bought at auction in Memphis, Tennessee, by Somerset aristocrat Sir Benjamin Slade for £40,000 and had been loaned to the collection, a Wookey Hole spokesman said. The dog “went berserk” and ripped the head off the historic toy, the spokesman added. Security guard Greg West, 36, was on duty last...

71-Year-Old Mauled To Death While Gardening Neighbor's Dog Jumps FencePOSTED: 7:10 am EDT July 28, 2006 UPDATED: 7:28 am EDT July 28, 2006 KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- A 71-year-old woman died Thursday when she was attacked by a pit bull in Kansas City, Kan., officials said. Jimmie May McConnell was in her garden about 11:30 a.m. when the dog jumped the fence and attacked her. Firefighters had to hit the dog with an ax and a pole to get it off McConnell, officials said. "The dog was still on the victim," Assistant Fire Chief Craig Duke said. McConnell was taken...

BATTLE GROUND, Ind. -- Tippecanoe County Sheriff Smokey Anderson said he was forced to kill a police dog Friday when it turned on an officer during a bank robbery investigation. The incident happened late Friday afternoon at the Farmers Bank and Trust in Battle Ground in Tippecanoe County. Fonske, a police K-9 from West Lafayette, was brought in to help in the search for the robber, 6News' Dan Spehler reported. Police don't know why he turned on his owner, Officer Jeff Dunscomb. "The dog would not release his right wrist, I believe it was. The K-9 handler asked me to...

A 9-year-old boy was attacked and bitten by a pit bull in the Morand Manor housing area of Fort Knox June 7. Bryce Burkett was riding his bicycle with his 12-year-old brother Brandon near their home when the dog jumped its back yard fence and ran up to Bryce, knocked him down, and began biting his thigh and side, said Angela Burkett, the boys’ mother. The attack happened between 6:15 and 6:30 that evening, Burkett said. “My son (Brandon) came running up the street, yelling that (Bryce) had gotten bitten by a pit bull,” she said. “We all took off...

(WJZ/AP) Lusby, MD WJZ.COM has learned that a 78 year-old man died after being attacked by a dog outside his home in Lusby, Calvert County. The Calvert County Sheriff's department responded to the attack at about 1:30PM. Bob Hampshire, of Calvert County Public Safety, says the victim had no visible bite wounds. He says the man has a medical history and was taking medication to thin his blood. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. The cause of death is unclear. Investigators are awaiting a report from the medical examiner. It appears that only one dog was involved in...

Dejae Galvin has grown up around pitbull terriers without so much as a scratch. But it was a corgi that bit him, leaving him with a suspected broken nose. He was attacked by the "friendly" pet corgi at his friend's house as he attempted to pat it. The last thing the 8-year-old remembers is seeing blood everywhere, being in pain and covering his face to avoid being bitten again. Ms Galvin said his skin was pulled together with butterfly clips to close holes on each side of his nose. "He looked like he had been in a car accident or...

We’ve had George since he was 10 weeks old,” Mr Baxter said. “They were just playing 15 feet away from us and we heard George growl and Samuel just started screaming and it was the most hideous scream you have ever heard. It looked like his whole eye had opened up. We rushed him to hospital but because he had just had dinner, he had to wait until 11pm to have surgery. “That was the hardest thing, trying to hold him while he’s screaming in pain and there’s blood everywhere ... it was a nightmare.” The toddler needed 50 stitches...

Police marksmen called to save a two-year-old child from the jaws of a bull mastiff had to pump 17 bullets into the dog before it would die. The animal had already been stabbed four times with a bread knife by its owner in a desperate effort to make it drop his son. When police marksmen arrived, they initially fired a 50,000-volt Taser gun in a vain attempt to stop the frenzied attack by three-year-old family pet Mitch. They then emptied the entire clip of a Glock 17, 9mm pistol into the dog before it finally collapsed and died. "They fired...