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Dogs attacked four children severely injuring three of them Saturday night east of Colorado Springs. Their bite wounds were so severe that they required surgery. The El Paso County Sheriff's Office said a woman went to check on animals and property for her employer in Rush, about 40 miles east of Colorado Springs along Highway 94. The woman had her five children with her in the car. They're all under age 18. A sheriff's office spokesperson said the woman went into the barn and then she heard screams. She found that three Great Danes had attacked four of the five...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Mail Carrier Mark Pizzo ... I see the dog struggling with the little girl.. It did not take Pizzo long to realize if he did not act, something terrible was about to happen. I yelled out of my truck. When I yelled out of my truck, nothing happened. Then I heard her scream. I'll never forget the scream. The scream I will never forget for as long as I live, Pizzo said. Pizzo told WBTV he ran towards the seven-year-old, whose head was gripped in the jaws of a neighbor's Pitt Bull. The dog had started to...

Emily Ruckle is finally on her way home from the hospital. The eight-year-old was mauled by a pitbull her family had been fostering a month ago. The dog, named Frank, was being kept in a separate in-law suite and when Emily opened the door, it attacked. "First he bit me on the hip to knock me down and then he knocked me down and grabbed my arm but he was going for the back of my neck," Emily said. Her 15-year-old sister came to the rescue in time to save Emily's life, though her arm was already torn off. When...

The owners of two dogs that mauled and killed jogger from Livonia last week are in the country illegally and have been fighting deportation proceedings for several years, according to media reports. Now, Albania national Valbona Lacaj, 44, and her Italian husband, Sebastiano Quagliata, 45, may face involuntary manslaughter charges, the Detroit Free Press reports. Their Cane Corso dogs attacked and killed Craig Sytsma, 46, as he jogged past the couple’s Metamora home on July 23. It was the third attack by the large Italian dogs – mastiff-type dogs the American Kennel Club describes as “noble, majestic and powerful in...

Cincinnati police dash cam video shows, for the first time, exactly what happened and what police saw when officers were on the scene of a vicious pit bull attack that put 6-year-old Zaniabou Drame in Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. [VIDEOS AT LINK] WLWT reports that the district attorney is waiting to see if the child survives before filing charges against the owner of the dog. In a unrelated case the dog’s owner was arrested and faces weapons and drug charges. This video shows a professional police response to a crisis situation where somebody was in grave danger of being killed. I...

Two women have been jailed for a year after their neighbor was “literally eaten alive” by their hungry dog. Hayley Sulley, 30, and Della Woods, 29, of Norris Green in Liverpool were at a barbecue when their presa canario crossbreed, Charlie, made his way into the backyard of the women’s retired neighbour, Clifford Clarke, 79. The dog had not been fed for 45 hours and was eating plastic bowls, cigarette butts and drinking dirty water. Clarke, who had celebrated his birthday just the day before, was cooking lamb and had left his kitchen door open. Clarke was attacked so badly,...

BAKER CITY, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a pit bull has mauled a 5-year-old boy to death in Baker City. District Attorney Matt Shirtcliff tells the Baker City Herald the attack happened Friday morning and remains under investigation. The boy was at a friend’s home when the dog attacked.

A 2 1/2-year-old boy was killed and a babysitter was injured when they were caught in the middle of a dog attack Sunday morning, Gilbert police said. ... The boy died at the hospital. The caregiver, identified by Gilbert police as Lara Czerniski, suffered lacerations to her legs and feet. "Three of her dogs that she owns got into some type of a fight between the dogs. .. The 28-year-old babysitter was watching five children when the attack happened

BRISTOL, Va. — Police announced Thursday the arrests of two people in what had been described as a "vicious" dog attack that injured a woman and her daughter last week in a Bristol park. Jason Lamont Alexander, 37, and Amanda Leigh Wilson, 28, both of Bristol, Va., were charged Wednesday with violating a Virginia law governing the control of dangerous or vicious dogs. About 2 p.m. on June 14, police were called to Moore Street Park, where Lisa Manis, 36, 601 Mary St., No. 152, and her 6-year-old daughter were injured in the attack by a pit bull named "Hitler."

PALATKA, Fla. (AP) -- 6-16-2011 - A north Florida man who whose arm was torn off in a dog attack has died. Officials say 74-year-old Roy McSweeney died Wednesday afternoon in a Gainesville Hospital. Jennifer Biewend, his family's attorney, says McSweeney suffered brain damage from severe blood loss when the dogs tore off one arm and partially removed the other. The dogs -- either pit bulls or pit mixes -- also attacked the man's face. The attack occurred June 10 as the man was doing yard work. Investigators found that the dogs broke loose from the yard of McSweeney's next-door...

Redding animal regulation officers Thursday took two pit bulls from an apartment after the dogs allegedly attacked a man in a wheelchair while he was taking his dog out. Animal regulation officers and Redding police were called to Roanoke Avenue in Redding’s Martin Luther King Jr. neighborhood about 1:45 p.m. after several reports of dogs attacking people. Witnesses said 57-year-old Charles Osborn, who lives on Roanoke Avenue, was taking his dog outside when the two pit bulls got loose from an apartment on the 1800 block of Roanoke. Several neighbors said Osborn suffered scratches to his arms and was bloodied...

Police said that the exact cause of death had yet to be confirmed but it is suspected that the child was killed during an attack by the grandmother's Staffordshire Bull terrier and Jack Russell. Neighbours reported hearing screams of panic as the baby's grandmother ran into the street crying for help. Friends rushed into the house to help and were forced to drag the dogs off the child who was bleeding severely from the attack. The tragedy occurred shortly after midnight on Saturday morning in the town of Ystrad Mynach, 12 miles north of Cardiff. The child was taken Prince...

Two women were still recovering Saturday after a vicious dog attack the morning before that didn't end until neighbors shot the dogs. Witnesses said that at about 6 a.m. Friday, three loose dogs pounced on 52-year-old Janelle Dalson, who was on a jog through her neighborhood. The woman’s screams woke one neighbor, who came outside to find her fending off the three dogs, which collectively weighed nearly 300 pounds. The whole story

A jury in Rusk County, Texas has returned a seven million dollar verdict against the owners of two dogs, one Pit Bull mix and one American bull dog, that mauled to death a 10 year old boy on June 15, 2009. Following a week long trial in Judge Clay Gossett's courtroom in Henderson, Texas, the jury found that the dog owners were negligent and strictly liable for the actions of their two dangerous dogs. Cynthia Stevens Kent and Don Kent, with the law firm of Kent, Good, Anderson and Bush, P.C. of Tyler, argued on behalf of young Justin Clinton...

MONTEGUT — Precious Ridenour loves animals. Throughout her house and backyard, she has dogs, cats, birds, snakes and goats. For Ridenour, that’s what makes the charges against her hard to take. Ridenour, 43, shot a dog she claims ran into her yard on Victor LeBouef Street and threatened her animals and, more importantly, her 7-year-old daughter, AprilMoon. “I can get another goat, she can get another dog. You can’t get another one of her,” she said, pointing to her daughter. According to Ridenour and witnesses, a dog ran into Ridenour’s back yard that Saturday and began to attack one of...

A toddler is recovering in hospital after receiving 200 stitches to his face following an attack by his grandmother's dog. Joshua Mann, two, was mauled by the family collie as he stroked the animal. Horrific pictures show the extent of Joshua's injuries, with deep scars crisscrossing his face. His family have been told he will have to endure further surgery before he can return home to Brockworth, near Gloucester.

NEW YORK (CBS) Samantha Ronson says she is sorry after her bulldog reportedly attacked and killed a neighbor's 3-pound Maltese. There is now a criminal investigation underway to determine 2-year-old Maltese's cause of death. "I feel incredibly sad and wish I could offer more than condolences," Ronson, who once dated actress Lindsay Lohan, wrote on her Twitter page. "Unfortunately there are no words to describe how sorry I am. There is absolutely nothing I can say that will alter one minute of today, nothing." On Monday, authorities received a 911 call from a person who claims a woman and a...

A BEAUTY therapist whose dog sunk its teeth into a woman when it was dangerously out of control, told magistrates she would rather go to prison than pay compensation to her victim. Samantha Egglestone's three-year-old Jack Russell, Charlie jumped up and bit Emma England as she visited friends in Ladysmith Avenue, Nether Edge, Sheffield - leaving her needing hospital treatment. The barking pet backed her into a corner and she eventually managed to flee and seek refuge in her car.~snip~

~ The dog was not on a leash and immediately ran to the area where the girls were watching the bunny, thus scaring the children. The dog did not bother the children at that time but instead went about its business. The suspect and his dog then walked away from the girls and the girls went back to watching the bunny. After the suspect and his dog returned from their walk they went to the area where the children were watching the bunny. The mother of the children saw the suspect get a "smirk" on his face and saw him...

A postal worker was taken to hospital with serious leg injuries after she was attacked by a large dog yesterday on Beach Road. Animal Control seized the dog and it will remain quarantined for 10 days, said city spokesperson Debbie Spence. That is the standard time for rabies tests. The dog is believed to be an Azores cattle dog, sometimes known as a Portuguese Fila, Spence said. Investigators will try to determine if the animal should be classified as a dangerous dog. The length of the investigation will depend on when staff can speak with the victim and what she...