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A 50 year-old Florida woman was viciously mauled to death by a pair of bloodthirsty pit bulls, only to be found by her heartbroken husband who said he’ll “never get the image out of my mind.” Donnell Smith returned to his Brevard County home shortly after 1 p.m. on Tuesday — after helping neighbors across the street — and noticed his wife, Jodi Cowan, and their small dog had disappeared, according to WESH 2 News. Smith then suddenly heard Cowan’s cries for help in the distance, the outlet reported. “I saw the silhouette of the two dogs dragging my wife...

STATESBORO, Georgia; ANDERSON, South Carolina––The 2026 record pace of fatal dog attacks, especially pit bull attacks, remains ahead of the 2025 pace, when dogs killed 84 Americans, 64 of whom were killed by pit bulls. Pit bulls in the two weeks of May 2026 killed two babies in reported incidents. Other dogs are unknown to have killed anyone. The deaths of the two infants brought the total number of U.S. fatal dog attacks for the year to 32, 23 by pit bull. " . . .The first May 2026 pit bull victim, Lillian Drue Bradford Harris, of Statesville, Georgia, “was...

<p>DALEVILLE, Ala. (WTVY/Gray News) - An Alabama teenager was killed late Thursday after he was attacked by a pack of dogs, according to authorities.</p><p>Dale County Coroner John Cawley said 16-year-old Gabriel Damien Barron was fishing in his private pond on his Daleville-area property when dogs described as pit bull mixes mauled the teen.</p>

A Tennessee mom was forced to have her leg amputated after her pitbull savagely locked its jaws around the limb, leaving it “hanging on by a thread” as she tried to break up a dogfight inside her home. Amanda Mears, 42, was preparing to take her mixed American Pit Bull-American Staffordshire, named Dennis, out for a walk when the dog lunged at Ralphie, an American Bully, after he escaped from a bedroom where he had been kept inside her Murfreesboro home... “When he charged at my other dog, Ralphie, I got in between them, and that’s when Dennis latched on...

"MACON COUNTY, Ga. (WGXA) — On Saturday, December 6, 2025, the Oglethorpe Police Department received a report from the Macon County Sheriff’s Office regarding a possible dog bite incident involving a victim being transported for medical care. DID YOU HEAR? | Peach County sheriff investigates video showing heated exchange between student and SRO Investigators determined that Raphael Woolfork was attacked by three pit bull dogs while walking on Chatham Street in Oglethorpe. A nearby citizen intervened and transported Woolfork to a location where Emergency Medical Services could assist him. While receiving medical treatment, Woolfork appeared to go into cardiac arrest...

A grandfather and his 3-month-old granddaughter were found dead in their Tennessee home — apparently mauled to death by the family’s pack of pit bulls that were known to terrorize the neighborhood. The lifeless body of James Alexander Smith, 50, was found inside the Tullahoma home Wednesday afternoon while the tiny tot was still being attacked by their 7 dogs, all of which police had to gun down to reach the bloodied victims, according to the 14th Judicial District Attorney General. The infant had tragically died by the time cops fought their way to her. Authorities are now investigating whether...

CLINTON, North Carolina; DUFUR, Oregon–– "Pit bull rescuer and longtime Village Dental Clinic dental assistant Barbara Hunter Brewington, 38, of Bonnetville, North Carolina, on November 23, 2025 became simultaneously the 75th person killed by dogs in the U.S. during 2025, tying the record 2024 toll, and the 58th U.S. pit bull fatality, breaking the 2023 U.S. record for deaths by pit bull..." " . . .As Kabir also mentioned, Brewington’s death was “the second fatal dog attack reported over five days in North Carolina,” following the unwitnessed November 18, 2025 pack attack death of Michael Bodenheimer outside his home in...

An Oklahoma couple is facing murder charges after their family dog mauled and killed their toddler. Jordan McGuire, 34, and Darci Lambert, 24, were arrested over the tragic death of their two-year-old Locklynn McGuire. Police were called to their Oklahoma City home over concerns that the girl had been 'eaten by something' just after 11.30pm on November 18 according to KOCO. Officers arrived to find Locklynn dead at the residence in the jaws of one of the family's four dogs, a pit bull named Ella. Oklahoma City Police Staff Sergeant Dillon Quirk told People that the little girl had been...

2025 headed toward both record dog attack fatalities & record pit bull-inflicted fatalities BAXLEY, Georgia; DAYTONA BEACH, Florida; NASHUA, New Hampshire; BACLIFF, TEXAS––Nine pit bulls killed four people in five days between October 8, 2025 and October 12, 2025. That brought the 2025 U.S. dog attack death toll to 70, just five behind the record toll of 75 reached in 2024, with 52 confirmed deaths by pit bull, five behind the record toll of 57, reached in 2023. The four most recent victims included three people who were killed by their own or their own family’s pit bulls, plus 86-year-old...

A former NFL player from Oklahoma has been convicted for his role in a large-scale dogfighting operation, federal prosecutors announced. Leshon Eugene Johnson, 54, of Broken Arrow was convicted of six felony counts of possessing dogs for use in an animal-fighting venture. He was acquitted of 17 other similar counts. He faces up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 on each count when he’s formally sentenced at a later date. “The FBI will not stand for those who perpetuate the despicable crime of dogfighting,” FBI Director Kash Patel said in a statement. “Thanks to...

A heartless monster was caught on video allegedly “dragging a motionless dog” to a Queens street before dousing the helpless pooch in a flammable liquid and setting him on fire, officials said Saturday. The brindle pit bull, left to burn, was found on 128 Street and 116 Avenue in South Ozone Park at 4:45 a.m. Thursday, cops said. A necropsy is being performed to determine if he was burned to death or killed in another way first, a source said. When police arrived, they found the tiger-striped doggie “lying in the street” dead, a police source said. They plan to...

HOHENFELS, Germany — An array of new drone-busting technology went for a soldierly spin this week at the Army’s expansive training grounds in Bavaria, where units are looking for a tactical edge on a transforming modern battlefield. Troops from the Vilseck-based 2nd Cavalry Regiment took part in a new initiative called Project Flytrap at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center, using vehicle-mounted and wearable systems designed to detect, track and jam hostile drones. The initiative is part of an effort to identify which tools best meet evolving combat demands. Project Flytrap, which began its first stage earlier this month, is a...

A 1-month-old baby girl was tragically killed when the family’s puppy chewed the infant’s face as her mom and stepdad slept in Queens early Tuesday, cops and sources said. The baby’s mother called 911 just after 6:30 a.m. to report that her newborn was lying between the couple inside the apartment within NYCHA’s Queensbridge Houses when the pair awoke to find the 6-week-old German shepherd, pit bull mix gnawing on the baby’s face, law enforcement sources said. EMS workers responded to the unit on 12th Street near 41st Avenue, but the baby could not be saved, cops said... “She told...

A Wall Street firm has been hit with a wrongful-death lawsuit over a dog mauling that killed a 16-month-old boy in October in Converse. Blackstone, one of the largest owners of single-family rental homes in the country, is identified in the complaint as the “owner-in-fact” of the house in the 9700 block of Spruce Ridge where Jiryiah was attacked. Also named in the suit is Heather Rodriquez, who was asked to watch the boy but allegedly left him in the care of her 13-year-old daughter after being called in to work. The teen had the child on her lap while...

A seven-month-old girl from Columbus, Ohio, has lost her life following an attack by one of her family's three pet pit bulls. The child's mother, Mackenzie Copley, expressed her grief in a Facebook post, writing, “I will never understand why!!!” She also shared images of her daughter Elizah Turner, peacefully cuddling with the dogs. “I am so lost and broken. This was the same dog who was side by side with my baby every single day,” added the mother, according to a report in The New York Post. Elizah's father, Kameron Turner, also poured out his sorrow on social...

An Ohio infant was killed by one of her family’s three pit bulls, her parents said on social media. “I will never understand why!!!” mother Mackenzie Copley wrote on Facebook Saturday, posting pictures of her 7-month-old daughter cuddling with the family dogs. “I am so lost and broken. This was the same dog who was side by side with my baby every single day,” she wrote. The father, Kameron Turner, also took to social media to express his grief. “Life is so not fair,” Turner wrote. “How can I continue living without her.” The baby, Elizah Turner, was described as...

A man in Memphis, Tennessee, was accidentally shot by his own dog earlier this month. The incident, which occurred in the early hours of the morning on March 10, came as a nasty shock when the man was sleeping, according to WHBQ-TV in Memphis. The man was identified as Jerald Kirkwood by WJW-TV in Cleveland. The one-year-old pit bull known as Oreo jumped up to join the man and his girlfriend as they were asleep. But the animal’s paw jammed in the trigger.

An Ohio grandmother was mauled to death by her neighbor’s pit bulls — which were later found to have been high on cocaine, according to a lawsuit. JoAnn Echelbarger, 73, was “peacefully gardening” in October when she was ripped apart by the pit bulls, Echo and Apollo, freely roaming her Ashton condominium’s common areas, according to court documents. Her husband, Stanley — who suffers from dementia and was in a wheelchair — watched helplessly as his wife was mauled for several minutes while “screaming for her life,” according to the complaint, which said one dog continued the attack even after...

A man feared for his life when his rescue dog attacked him in a horrifying 45-minute ordeal, leaving him with no choice but to strangle the animal. Matt Porter was left with horrific injuries, including losing the use of one hand, following the unexpected and brutal attack. While shaving, Matt's Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Karma, suddenly lunged at him, biting him over 70 times on both arms. Fearing he would bleed to death after realising he couldn't use either hand, he was forced to use his forearms to end her life. Before losing consciousness due to blood loss, he managed to...

PANAMA CITY BEACH — A man was taken to the hospital after being attacked by a neighbor's dog Tuesday, according to the Bay County Sheriff's Office. Deputies responded to a life-threatening medical call at 8115 Laird St. about 5 p.m. When they arrived, they found Michael Fabjon Jr., 49, lying on the ground covered in blood. Pamela Dennis, 56, was performing CPR on him. A deputy assessed Fabjon and began providing life-saving measures including CPR. Emergency medical services arrived and Fabjon was taken to the hospital for his injuries. According to the Sheriff's Office, Dennis told deputies that Fabjon's dog...