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Police filed charges against a 37-year-old Chester Springs woman after her three pit bulls reportedly charged at her neighbors. The pit bulls' charging incident caused the neighbor to shoot and kill one of the dogs; however, he does not face charges under a provision in the Pennsylvania Dog Law, according to police. The incident occurred about 8:16 p.m. May 21 when township police officer Matthew Fredericks was dispatched to the 2200 block of Miller Road for a disturbance that involved the shooting of a dog. Upon arrival, police met resident Fred Zeitter, 46, who stated he and his wife had...

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- A 63-year-old woman in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, appears to have died as a result of an attack by her own dog, police say. Police said Carolyn Baker's husband, Ricardo, found the woman in their driveway early Sunday morning with numerous bite wounds to her body, The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer reported. After being transported to an area hospital with the bite marks and severe right arm and shoulder injuries, Baker was pronounced dead within hours. Police said it appears Baker went into her home's backyard early Sunday morning to bring her Rottweiler-mix dog inside.

When Kortnie Murphy shows pictures of her daughter, she looks like a normal three-year-old girl. The little girl's name is Natylee Murphy, and the pictures are some of the last memories Kortnie has of the way her daughter used to look. Last week, Natylee came face to face with "Tank." The dog's owner describes him as a pit bull. "Tank" attacked Natylee at a relative's home in Montgomery County. Sheriff's deputies say it happened when the little girl wanted to help her aunt feed several dogs in the backyard. Investigators believe she wandered up to "Tank" while he was eating....

Sep. 13, 2008 Pet pit bulls maul NLV 4-month-old to death Grandmother baby-sitting child hospitalized By LAWRENCE MOWER REVIEW-JOURNAL A 4-month-old girl was fatally mauled by her family's two pit bulls Friday at their North Las Vegas home. The baby's grandmother, who was watching the baby while her parents were at work, was hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries sustained as she tried to protect her granddaughter. North Las Vegas police Chief Joseph Forti said the dogs were in the backyard of the home, near Cheyenne Avenue and Martin Luther King Boulevard, prior to the attack. The dogs managed to enter...

A Prince George's County man says he feels lucky to be alive after he was attacked by two large dogs while walking his own dogs Monday morning in Fort Washington. The incident left two dogs dead, a third in the animal hospital and a fourth at the pound. Richard Kenner was walking his dogs, a shih tzu and a shepherd-husky mix, about 7:30 a.m. in the 12,900 block of Asbury Drive when two Cane Corsos attacked him. Kenner described what happened during an ordeal he says lasted as long as twenty minutes. "He went around behind me, before I could...

TACOMA, Wash. -- Margaret Wingerter is amazed her Shetland pony is still alive after having its face chewed off by pit bulls. The veterinarian needed to use nearly 300 stitches to repair the injuries. "His face was just hanging off," Margaret said. "Both sides were literally just hanging open, gaping open." Over the weekend, two dogs attacked the pony in the middle of the night. Neighbors rushed in with pool cues and beat the dogs away, but not before the damage was done. Margaret was keenly aware of what happened to Sue Gorman, a Gig Resident, last week when two...

Animal Services officers in Melbourne, Fla., say a large dog completing in a local dog show suddenly attacked an elderly woman and nearly severed her foot. The Akita, owned by Sally Jaffe, attacked Maria Patman, 70, during the competition Sunday at Wickham Park Pavilion, WKMG-TV, Orlando, reported Monday. Capt. Bob Brown, spokesman for Brevard County Animal Services, said it was unclear why the dog suddenly attacked the woman and chewed on her ankle for several seconds. "It's an odd occurrence. This breed is not known for the propensity to bite, but it's obviously an animal. That's the bottom line. Everyone...

Two Rottweilers suspected of killing a 6-year-old Henrico County boy were rescued dogs taken in by the boy's father, a woman who identified herself as a family friend said yesterday. SNIPI think Paul's heart was in the right place," the friend said. He wanted to "fatten up [the dogs] because he was going to place them in a home.

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.

(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...

She was mauled by a pet Labrador in May, leaving her with severe facial injuries that her doctors said made it difficult for her to speak and eat. The dog was put down. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051205/ap_on_he_me/face_transplant_10

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The author of a new state law that allows felony charges against owners of dangerous dogs was hospitalized over the weekend after his own dog attacked him. ADVERTISEMENT Bob Schwartz, who also is Gov. Bill Richardson's crime adviser, was hospitalized at University of New Mexico Hospital on Sunday night with bites on both his arms, said Pahl Shipley, a spokesman for the governor. A hospital spokeswoman declined to release Schwartz's condition, but Shipley said Schwartz is "going to be fine." Schwartz has three dogs registered with the city: a boxer and two English bulldogs, said Denise Wilcox,...

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...

Miniature Horse Mauled By Pit Bulls Reward Offered To Find Dogs' Owner SAN ANTONIO -- The Bexar County Sheriff's Department is trying to track down the owner of two pit bulls after the animals killed a prized miniature horse just south of San Antonio. Miniature horse breeder Jeremy Beale said he found the horse, "Smokey," lying in the corner of his pen last Wednesday. "He was breathing through a hole in his neck," Beale said. "His neck was completely full of puncture wounds. His muzzle was covered in puncture wounds." Beale said he's worried the dogs will attack a child....

DELTA — A 4-year-old Grand Junction boy who was visiting his father’s relatives near Delta on Sunday evening was attacked by a pack of at least nine dogs, resulting in bites and puncture wounds covering 90 percent of his body. The boy is being treated at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction, where he was airlifted after being transported by private vehicle to Delta County Memorial Hospital, Undersheriff Mark Taylor said. The multi-dog attack occurred about 6 p.m. Sunday on the Peach Valley property of Duane and Nancy Bloom, relatives of the boy’s father, Taylor said. “There are several —...

<p>LOS ANGELES  — A woman whose huge dog killed a neighbor denied Tuesday that she blamed the victim for the attack, and testified that her greatest mistake was not understanding how violent her beloved dog could become.</p> <p>"I was angry at some of the things being said," defendant Marjorie Knoller told the jury as she tried to explain comments she made to the news media following the fatal attack on Diane Whipple last year.</p>