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Police shootings
A collection of posts illustrating the volume of pit bulls shot by police.
- Mid Year Results: U.S. Police and Citizen Shootings of Pit Bulls 2009
- Dangerous Pit Bull Survives Being 'Run Over' by Police Cruiser
- After Catch Pole and Pepper Spray Fail, Gunshot to the Head Stops Pit Bull
- Police Shoot Aggressive Pit Bull Three Times with 'Double-Ought' Buckshot
- Police Shoot Pit Bull 8 Times After it Escapes Cage and Charges
- Police Issue Bullet Bounces off Pit Bull's Head
- Pit Bull Shot Dead After Attacking Three at Vegas Gas Station
- Pit Bull Tasered 15 to 20 times During Attack: No Effect
- Council Bluffs Police Shoot Pit Bull, Arrest Two
- 10 Shots Stop Pit Bull Attack on Pregnant Woman and Officer
- Pit Bull Survives Bullet to the Head
- Pit Bull that Takes Three Bullets for Family is Anecdotal Evidence
- Oklahoma City Police Shoot 11 Dogs in 2008
- Video: Tulsa Police Shoot Charging Pit Bull, Arrest Owner
- Woman, Police Officer Attacked by Pit Bull in D.C.
- Men Posing As Cops Sick Pit Bull On 4 People
- Cincinnati Police Kill Two Pit Bulls in Separate Shootings in Same Day
- Neighbors and Owners Shoot Pit Bulls Too
- 11 Years of Police Gunfire: Pit Bulls Top the Charts
- West Memphis Police Want to Ban or Limit Pit Bulls
- Pit Bulls Greet Police During Their Searches
- Shreveport Police Shoot Pit Bull in Third Attack in a Week
- Louisiana Police Chief Wants Pit Bull Ban
2008 pit bull shooting log
- 12/25-31/08 Pit Bulls Shot by Police
- 12/17-23/08 Pit Bulls Shot by Police
- 12/11-15/08 Pit Bulls Shot by Police
- 12/04-09/08 Pit Bulls Shot by Police
- 11/26-04/08 Pit Bulls Shot by Police
- 11/21-25/08 Pit Bulls Shot by Police
- 11/12-19/08 Pit Bulls Shot by Police
- 11/01-11/08 Pit Bulls Shot by Police
- 10/29-01/08 Pit Bulls Shot by Police
- 10/23-27/08 Pit Bulls Shot by Police
- 10/16-21/08 Pit Bulls Shot by Police
- 10/09-15/08 Pit Bulls Shot by Police
- 10/01-08/08 Pit Bulls Shot by Police
- 09/25-30/08 Pit Bulls Shot by Police
- 09/19-24/08 Pit Bulls Shot by Police
- 09/10-18/08 Pit Bulls Shot by Police
- 09/04-10/08 Pit Bulls Shot by Police
- 08/27-02/08 Pit Bulls Shot By Police
- 08/20-26/08 Pit Bulls Shot By Police
- 08/12-19/08 Pit Bulls Shot By Police
- 08/07-13/08 Pit Bulls Shot By Police
- 07/31-06/08 Pit Bulls Shot By Police
- 07/22-29/08 Pit Bulls Shot By Police
- 07/17-21/08 Pit Bulls Shot By Police
- 07/12-15/08 Pit Bulls Shot By Police
- 07/03-07/08 Pit Bulls Shot By Police
- 06/27-02/08 Pit Bulls Shot By Police
- 06/20-25/08 Pit Bulls Shot by Police
- 06/12-18/08 Pit Bulls Shot by Police
- 06/04-11/08 Pit Bulls Shot by Police
- 05/28-03/08 Pit Bulls Shot by Police
- 05/21-26/08 Pit Bulls Shot by Police
- 05/15-18/08 Pit Bulls Shot by Police
- 05/06-12/08 Pit Bulls Shot by Police
- 05/01-05/08 Pit Bulls Shot by Police
- 04/28-30/08 Pit Bulls Shot by Police
- 04/18-23/08 Pit Bulls Shot by Police
- 04/09-16/08 Pit Bulls Shot by Police
- 04/03-08/08 Pit Bulls Shot by Police
- 03/27-02/08 Pit Bulls Shot by Police
- 03/20-26/08 Pit Bulls Shot by Police
- 03/13-19/08 Pit bulls Shot by Police
- 03/06-12/08 Pit Bulls Shot by Police
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Report: U.S. Dog Bite Fatalities January 2006 to December 2008 »
Report: U.S. Police and Citizen Shootings of Pit Bulls 2008 »
Video of Attack Victims: U.S. Pit Bull Attacks in 85-Day Period »
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Fatal Pit Bull Attacks: A growing archive of U.S. fatal pit bull maulings dating back to 1858.
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