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Victims of dog attacks
A collection of posts illustrating what victims of pit bull and serious dog attacks endure.
- Westwego Woman Loses Eye, Ear and Both Arms After Pet Pit Bulls Attack
- Solesky Family Releases 911 Call at the Center of High Court Decision
- Shriners Hospitals for Children Helps Third Young Southern Pit Bull Mauling Victim
- Anthony Solesky, Father of Pit Bull Mauling Victim, to Testify at Hearings
- Jasper County Boy, 4, on Life Support After Pit Bull Attack
- Cocke County Dog Mauling Victim Moves into New Home Built by Volunteers
- Bay County Animal Hospital Worker Suffers Catastrophic Injury in Pit Bull Attack
- Young Pit Bull Mauling Victim Set to Hold News Conference on the State...
- Tucson Activists Announce Date for Walk Event to Raise Awareness for Victims...
- Video: 11-Year Old Victim of Pit Bull Scalping Injury Recounts Attack
- Fatal Rottweiler Attacks - The Archival Record
- Fort Wayne Citizen Witnesses The Extreme Violence of a Pit Bull Attack
- What Happens When A Victim Does Not Report a Dog Bite?
- Orlando Woman Suffers Catastrophic Pit Bull Injury; Amputations Expected
- Georgia Pit Bull Owner is Convicted After 8-Year Old Girl Suffers Amputation
- Former Fire Chief Attacked by Pit Bulls During Morning Walk in Glendora
- After $2.2 Million Award, Dog Bite Victim Sue Gorman Says System is Still Flawed
- Founder Colleen Lynn Reflects Upon Four Year Anniversary of Her Attack
- Website Launch: Pit Bull Attacks - The Survivors | Pitbullattacks.org
- National Dog Bite Prevention Week (May 15-21, 2011)
- Another Gruesome Attack by a ‘Grandparent’s Pet Pit Bull’ Leaves Child Disfigured
- It's Official: Pit Bulls Attack Planes, Trains and Automobiles
- Parent of Mauling Victim Responds to North Carolina Pit Bull Fatality
- Pit Bulls Attack Student Driver's Vehicle, Two Persons Inside
- State Law Only Allows for Meager Charges After Near Fatal Mauling
- Pet Staffy Bull 'Berserks,' Mauls Family Member and Male Friend
- Pit Bull Victim Daniela Sexton: 'And Now I Have to Pay for It'
- Pit Bull 'Berserks,' Attacks Three, Traps Fleers Inside Dog's Home
- Pit Bull Owner's Sister Blames Mauling on 6-Year Old Tyah Norris
- Boy, 8, Nearly Killed by Pit Bull in Warren; Also Mauled at Age 3
- Blogger Seeks Justice for Vanessa Carlton After Pit Bull Biting Incident
- 11-Year Old Attacked at Father's Home; Mother Questions Subsequent Events
- Leashed Pit Bull Bites Through Chest Pack to Attack Baby on Sidewalk
- Natylee Murphy Update: Eight Months and 10 Surgeries After Brutal Pit Bull Attack
- Dominic Solesky Featured in National Dog Bite Prevention Week Video
- Pit Bull Scalp Attack Victim, Brianna Watkins, Recuperating
- Pit Bull Attack Victim, Tanya Barnes, Recounts Life Threatening Attack
- The Pit Bull Bite: Meet 13-Year Old Vincent Marchese, Attacked Walking to Bus Stop
- Pit Bull Attack Victim, Duane VanLanHam, Awarded Carnegie Medal for Heroism
- Dog Bite Victim Attorney Responds to 'Blame the Victim' Comment
- Dangerous By Default: Extreme Breeds by Anthony Solesky
- Pit Bull Owner Asks Police to Shoot Him After Dog Attacks His Face
- Zupf: Cuba Child Left Unrecognizable After Pit Bull Attack
- Five Dogs Escape Fence and Brutally Attack Three Children in Fontana
- 2009 Pit Bull Attack Victims and Their Stories - DogsBite.org
- Free Jazz Event Hopes to Raise Funds to Help Pit Bull Attack Victim
- Zupf: Pit Bull-Mix Hospitalizes Owner, Had Previously Bitten Son
- Pit Bull Owners Force the Removal of Justin Clinton's Small Memorial
- Unnamed Pit Bull Scalp Attack Victim - DogsBite.org Needs Your Help
- Collection of Pit Bull Scalp Attack Victims - DogsBite.org
- Pit Bulls Attacking Owner's Brother Caught on Camera in Bakersfield
- 2009 Pit Bull Awareness Day by YouTube Artist Zupf - DogsBite.org
- Pit Bull Attacks Owner's Mother; May Suffer Arm Amputation
- 'Non Bite' Pit Bull Injury Leads to Death of Plainfield AC Officer
- Pit Bull Owner Lies After Dog is Declared 'Dangerous,' Dog Attacks Again
- Nebraska Humane Society Describes Pit Bull Injury as 'Mutilation'
- 3-Year Old Girl Airlifted After Backyard Breeder's Pit Bull Attacks
- The Pit Bull Bite: Pet Pit Bull Bites Off Owner's Hand
- Elderly Woman Suffers Broken Hip and Crushed Wrist After Pit Bull Attack
- Damonica Paul, Elkhart Pit Bull Attack Victim, Needs Your Help
- Dog Attacks Child 2 Days in a Row; Grandmother Faces Felony
- A Pit Bull with an 'Unknown' Background Presents Huge Risk
- History Channel Airs Segment of Double Fatal Attack in Livingston, MI
- Flashback: Emma-Leigh Chambers-Allen Attacked by a Pit Bull
- Shaylee Crosson, 3, Loses Scalp in Pit Bull Attack
- Pit Bull Attacks Owner 24 Hours After Adoption from Humane Group
- 8-Year May Lose Arm After Trying to Save Dog from Pit Bull Attack
- Do Not Befriend an 'Unknown' Pit Bull Under Any Circumstances
- Zupf: Woman Saves 4-Year Old Child From Pit Bull Attack
- Three Pit Bulls Attack, Severely Injure 30-Year Old Indianapolis Woman
- Haverhill Mother 'Stunned' as Pit Bull Attacks 1-Year Old Daughter
- Zupf: Justin Cutrer's Story and the Help-Justin Website
- Zupf: Loose Pit Bull Attacks Dennis Braun; Owner Denies It
- 6-Year Old May Need Skin Grafts After Pit Bull Attack in La Vista
- The Charlotte Blevins Charitable Benefit - June 25, 2009
- Pit Bull Attack Claims Two Victims, Requires Two LifeFlight Helicopters
- 59-Year Old Spokane Man Hospitalized After Pit Bull Attack
- Twentynine Palms Girl, 9, Airlifted After Pit Bull Attack
- 3 Pit Bulls Attack 6-Year Old Henry County Boy in Driveway
- Frankie Flora's Uncle Speaks to Eyewitness News About his Recovery
- Wappingers Boy Suffers Life Altering Injures in Pit Bull Attack
- Letter: Attack Victim's Husband Says Pit Bull Regulation Sorely Needed
- Pit Bull Attack Victim Airlifted to Regional Burn Center in Tampa
- Same Pit Bulls Attack Billings Victim 2 Separate Times
- Pit Bull Tasered 15 to 20 times During Attack: No Effect
- Pit Bull Attacks Four in Peabody; LifeFlight and Ambulances Summoned
- 2-Year Old Akron Girl Attacked by Loose Pit Bull in Backyard
- Zupf: Dyersburg 16-Year Old Girl Attacked by Two Pit Bulls
- Home Invasion Attack: Pit Bull Attacks Maryland Family
- 3rd Documented Bite by Pit Bull in Washington County
- 10 Shots Stop Pit Bull Attack on Pregnant Woman and Officer
- Pregnant Woman Attacked by Pet Pit Bull at Own Baby Shower
- 61-Year Old Texan Loses Half Her Face in Pit Bull Attack
- Caine -- Producer of Pit Bull that Killed Jennifer Lowe -- Attacks Woman
- 2-Year Old Tampa Girl in Serious Condition After Pit Bull-Mix Attack
- Pit Bull Attacks Toddler While Being Baby-Sat in Bay County
- Pit Bull Invades Home in Oklahoma, Bites Woman, Kills Cat
- Rescued Fighting Dog Bites Young Woman in the Face After Sex
- Pit Bull Attack Victim Files Lawsuit; Appears on Discovery Channel
- Two Adult Texans Get Eye Ripped Out By Pit Bulls Over the Weekend
- Pit Bull Dog Aggression Results in Serious Human Injury
- 1,500 Blog Posts by DogsBite.org
- Del City Mailman Attacked by Pit Bull After City Loses Pit Bull Ban
- Dog Aggression Equals Human Injury, Bullets and Dead Family Dogs
- Meet 6-Year Old Brian Lemus: Pit Bull Attack Victim
- Zupf: Pit Bull Attack Victim, Brenda Hill, Shares Her Attack Story
- Brenda Hill, 68, Attacked by Pit Bulls While Taking Out the Trash
- Another Pit Bull Strangles Self to Death in Catch Pole Noose
- Pit Bull Bends Metal Catch Pole Before Strangling Self to Death in Noose
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