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Off-duty police K-9 viciously attacks canine handler in New Jersey
Sufficient evidence has been amassed to suggest that police canines deployed in the field by their handlers may be unpredictable and problematic at times. Evidence which supports this belief is...
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Family pit bull with no aggressive history kills 59-year-old woman in Ohio
A supposedly non-aggressive, family pit bull mix named Polo, killed a 59-year-old woman in Madison Twp. Ohio in August 2014. The daughter of the victim, owner of the dog, states that Polo got on well...
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Three-year-old survives vicious pit bull attack in Ohio
Most toddlers viciously attacked by pit bull type dogs are lucky to survive. Epidemiological evidence supports this belief: studies have repeatedly found that a disproportional amount of fatalities...
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Second-degree murder charges in Cane Corso fatal dog bite in Michigan
Cane Corso’s are large and muscular mastiff type dogs that have developed a reputation for aggression towards people. Cane Corsos have been disproportionately represented in a number of fatal dog...
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Family pit bulls attack and kill six-year-old boy in Florida
The majority of people in United States killed by pit bulls are unfamiliar with the dog. Exceptions do occur, however. For example, in 2011 a 32-year-old pregnant woman was killed by a family pit...
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Children bitten most often by bull terriers and Jack Russells in Australia
According to a study published in the Journal Pediatrics and Child Health, Jack Russell terriers and Bull terriers were responsible for inflicting over 30% of the bites to 277 children presented at the...
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Jury awards $150K for Rottweiler attack on veterinary technician in Virginia
Rottweiler dog bite expert, Richard Polsky, PhD, describes a case in which a jury in Virginia awarded $150K to a veterinary technician as a result of a Rottweiler attack that caused injuries to her...
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New Jersey boy survives vicious Rottweiler dog bite attack
The damage done when a Rottweiler inflicts dog bite injury to a person can be devastating. Given the Rottweiler’s size and strength and the behavioral traits currently selected for by certain...
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DNA analysis used in Florida deadly dog attack
Six dogs were seized from a home in the Goulds section of Miami following a deadly dog attack on a four-year-old old boy on August 13, 2014. The incident happened after the toddler wandered into the...
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Guilty verdict in fatal dog attack on 63-year-old woman by pack of dogs in...
Alex Jackson really did not have much of a chance when his case came before jury in California in August 2014. Jackson was facing charges of second-degree murder for an incident in which four of his...
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Police dog trainer in North Carolina calls police K-9 handlers “stupid”
Police canines supposedly possess superior discrimination abilities which enables them to correctly identify suspects that need apprehension. In many instances, since the handler is nearby, accurate...
View ArticleFatal dog attacks in the USA: Forecast for 2015
Fatal dog attacks continue to be a serious public health problem in the United States given that annually 30-40 people are killed by dogs. Epidemiological studies have repeatedly shown that victims...
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87-year-old man in Maryland first dog bite fatality victim in 2015
The elderly and the very young are killed by dogs at higher rates when compared with other age groups in the United States. This finding can be accounted for largely by the fact that individuals in...
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Few defenses available to counter Iowa dog bite statute
An animal behavior perspective may be of limited use when strict liability statutes are employed in dog bite lawsuits. Statutory strict liability makes an owner strictly liable for victim’s damages...
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Boy loses leg in vicious attack by police canine in California
Police canines are almost always portrayed by their K-9 handlers as highly trained “partners”, trustworthy, predictable, and very reliable. There is good reason to question this ensconced belief,...
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Further evidence for dangerous nature of police canine in Florida
Previously on this website I have written about the unreliable and dangerous nature of police canines trained in suspect apprehension. Further evidence supporting my belief of the dangerous nature of...
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Fatal dog attack in Arkansas by pack of pit bulls
Most animal behaviorists would probably agree that a pack of dogs pose greater risk to public safety than a single dog, particularly if these dogs were untrained, not neutered, poorly socialized,...
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Video of police dog attack on innocent bystander
Most plaintiff attorneys involved in police dog bite lawsuits eventually come to learn about the potentially dangerous nature of police service dogs used for suspect apprehension. In other posts on...
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Provocation & comparative fault in a California dog bite lawsuit
Dog bite experts and experienced trial attorneys know that uncertainty often exists with regard to the outcome of a dog bite case presented before a jury in a personal injury lawsuit. Uncertainty...
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Interpretation of temperament tests in dog bite cases
Some dog bite experts assume that testing for temperament when a dog is a puppy, preferably around eight weeks of age, can predict what the dog will be like temperamentally when it reaches adulthood....
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