Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Over half of dog bite injuries occur at home with familiar dogs and having a dog in the household is linked to a higher likelihood of being bitten than not having a dog. As the number of dogs in the home increases, so does the likelihood of being bitten. [33] Dog bites may transmit zoonotic infections, which may also result in illness or death.
San Juan de Lurigancho — A 3-month-old girl was attacked by the family's dogs. [109] July 15, 2023: 54, female Stray dog: Arequipa, Chiguata — The woman was bit by a dog and died of rabies a few month later. [110] April 1, 2023: Lucy Saldaña Delgado, 62, female Pit bull
A 2018 Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center literature review covering fifteen years of dog bites treated at the Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, and the University of Virginia Health System, with meta-analysis by breed, found that dog bites were most likely to come from the following breeds (in order of highest incidents): pit bull, mixed breed, German Shepherd ...
About 4.5 million people in the United States sustain a dog bite every year. These tips can help you avoid being bit.
Excluded from the study were deaths by disease caused by dog bites, strangulation on a scarf or leash pulled by a dog, heart attacks or traffic accident, and falling injury or fire ant bites from being pushed down by a dog. The study also excluded four deaths by trauma from dog bites by police dogs or guard dogs employed by the government.
Two Huntley, Illinois, residents have been charged with animal cruelty after allegedly abandoning 54 dogs on July 15, 2024, at a Belvidere dog park.
(The Center Square) – Of the nearly 300 new laws that took effect in Illinois on New Year’s Day, two measures impact mosquito abatement. State Sen. Steve McClure, R-Springfield, sponsored SB ...
DogsBite.org is a nonprofit organization that publishes accounts of and compiles statistics of dog bite related fatalities throughout the United States, victim testimonies, an overview of breed-specific legislation within the United States, and advocates for victims of dog bites by promoting breed-specific legislation as a means to reduce serious dog attacks.