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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 ...
Males and children comprised the majority of fatal dog attacks, with children under age 10 representing 70% of deaths from dog bites from 1979 to 1988. Males comprised 58.1% of the reported cases whereas females comprised 41.9%, compared to the US population with 48.87% males and 51.13% females.
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.
A 3-year-old girl was found by her father mauled to death by 100-pound dogs in their Cincinnati, Ohio home two days after Christmas, authorities said. Kingsley Wright died from a...
The confidential settlement was reached in July in the 2019 lawsuit against Montgomery officer Nicholas Barber, who was responsible for the K9 that attacked and killed then 50-year-old Joseph ...
The five supervisors unanimously approved the settlement in the Lancaster boy's 2018 death, which cast a shadow over the county's Department of Children and Family Services. The child's death came ...
Punjab — In April 2022, stray dogs mauled children to death. [370] 2022: Nathia, 30, female Stray dog (1+) Uttar Pradesh, Bijnor — In January 2022, in Bijnor, a 30-year-old woman was mauled to death by a pack of stray dogs. This was a rare case of stray dogs killing an adult woman, as they usually attack children. [371] December 2021: 15 ...
Dog bites may transmit zoonotic infections, which may also result in illness or death. Dogs are the primary source of rabies transmission to humans. [34] Information on the extent of traumatic injuries from dog attacks is incomplete, and the number of bites is thought to be underreported. [35] [36] [37] In a survey of dog bites in Pennsylvania ...