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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...

Dog Rips Child From Mother Arms GLENDALE — A Rottweiller ripped a toddler out of her mother's arms in Glendale, dragged the child up a driveway and mauled her to death, police said today. The dog, which belongs to the victim's grandparents, pulled the child from her mother's arms about 7 last night in the 2300 block of Via Saldivar, said Sherri Servillo, a Glendale Police Department spokeswoman. The infant was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead, Servillo said. The woman was housesitting for the child's grandparents, Servillo said, adding authorities received a "hysterical 911 call" after...

A rampaging Rottweiler fatally mauled two tiny, trembling pooches — one a champion show dog — in Central Park as their terrified owner watched helplessly. The grim episode unfolded late Thursday, as Melanie Coronetz, an Upper East Side author, walked her purebreds, Argo, 10, and his half-sister Monkey, 11, and a third mixed-breed dog just inside the park near 101st Street. As the dogs did their business, Coronetz said the hulking Rottweiler bounded out of the bushes and sank its teeth into them.

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A pit bull that had once bitten a person fatally mauled a young girl before being subdued by firefighters using a fire extinguisher, officials said. The girl, who was 2 or 3 years old, was pronounced dead at a hospital following the attack Tuesday at the dog owner's home, police Sgt. Dan Underwood said. Her name was not released. "The girl, her mother and at least two other people were apparently hanging out on the house's porch," Underwood said. "The homeowner apparently told them all to stay out of the house where the dog was." It was...

A Kinnelon boy was bitten on the face and hands Friday as he fended off an angry pit bull that attacked his smaller Jack Russell terrier. A passing deliveryman called police, who saved the 11-year-old boy from the bedlam that ensued as he tried to protect his pet, Emily, from a pit bull named Spike, in the driveway of Spike's home at 43 Lincoln Road. The boy was treated for puncture wounds to his face and hands and was recuperating at home Friday night. Emily was clinging to life at the Kinnelon Veterinary Hospital and said to be in "very...

Victim’s family and neighbors say police ignored complaints PARTLOW, VA. - Dorothy Sullivan had been looking forward to celebrating St. Patrick’s Day. The 82-year-old widow planned to whip up her family’s favorite Irish soda bread and, as a surprise, her daughter made a festive green shirt decorated with shamrocks and a pot of gold for Ms. Sullivan’s little dog, Buttons. But the celebration would never happen. Three days before the holiday, Ms. Sullivan and Buttons, a Shih Tzu, were buried together in the same casket after they were mauled by three roaming pit bulls while Ms. Sullivan was out for...

Family's two pit bulls kill Hamtramck girl, 6 4/5/2005, 4:28 a.m. ET The Associated Press HAMTRAMCK, Mich. (AP) — Two pit bulls attacked and killed their owners' 6-year-old girl in the backyard of a home near Detroit, state police say. Cassidy Jeter was killed Monday morning, said state police Lt. Harold Love. The girl had known the pit bulls since they were puppies, The Detroit News said. Cassidy and a younger child were walking down an alley next to the home about 9 a.m. when the dogs attacked, Love said. The family recently moved out of a home around the...

"I saw my wife sitting on top of the white car over here, with a hole this big in the side of her leg. I came out with a samurai sword and started hitting the dog with the samurai sword, and he just kept coming at me."

<p>A 16-month-old boy was mauled to death Saturday by his grandmother's pit bull in a house on the city's west side, Detroit police said.</p> <p>The baby, whom police did not identify Sunday, was playing on the kitchen floor during a visit to the house on Trinity Street around 9 a.m. when the dog attacked, said Detroit Police Officer Glen Woods. When the baby's grandmother, who was washing dishes nearby, tried to intervene, the dog bit off one of her fingers, Woods said.</p>