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July 30th. 2008
Dogs and kids: A fatal mix?
MomLogic.com | This weekend, we heard about the 10-year-old boy from Michigan who was forced to get his arm amputated after being severely mauled by his family's pet pit bull. Then two days later, an 8-week-old baby from Oklahoma was mauled and killed by a black lab puppy when he was left unattended in his baby swing. The CDC estimates that almost 5 million people...

July 29th. 2008
Pit bull's fate still undetermined
WAPT.com | Officials still don't know whether a pit bull that killed a 3-year-old Jackson boy will be put down. A pit bull named Blue Eyes mauled Tony Evans Jr. to death last week on Maple Ridge Drive. The dog has been kept in quarantine at Jackson’s animal control department since the attack. The Jackson City Council on Tuesday agreed to review its dog ordinances...

July 12th. 2008
Pit bulls often at center of debate over dangerous dogs
By Brian Bethel | Abilene Reporter News | Pit bull dogs promote a great deal of debate and discussion, but whether or not they are "dangerous dogs" is a fairly complex question. One of the most basic problems is what, exactly is -- or is not -- a pit bull. According to DogsBite.org, pit bull-type dogs usually include American pit bull terriers...

July 12th. 2008
Texas leads nation in dog attacks
Abilene Reporter News | In 2007, Texas led the nation with seven dog bite fatalities. Pit bull-type dogs caused six of those deaths, according to DogsBite.org. Over the past 43 years (1965 - 2007) there have been 58 fatal dog attacks in Texas, or an average of one to two fatal attacks per year, according to the Web site...

June 23th, 2008
DogsBite.org Announces Report: Dog Attacks on Livestock and Horses January - May 2008
By DogsBite.org | News Release | Seattle, Washington -- DogsBite.org, a national dog bite victims’ group dedicated to reducing serious dog attacks by creating common sense laws, has released its first report on dog bite trends. The report details the occurrence of dog attacks on livestock and horses in the United States from January 1st through May 20th of 2008.

May 20th, 2008
Killer pit bulls: We're No. 1!
By Todd Robbinson | Dallas Morning News Opinion Blog | This item was posted on dogsbite.org, which has all kinds of useful information about dogs that maim and kill people all over the country. (On the website's main page is a photo of a boy in California who just received a $1.8 million settlement after a pit-bull mix attacked him at his school.

April 23rd, 2008
Group rescues pit bulls
By Leah Gohring | West Seattle Herald | Carina Borja is searching for fosters - not to parent children, but rather, pit bulls. Borja is the founder of Animals First Foundation, a non-profit animal-rescue group based in West Seattle that has recently teamed up with the Kent shelter. Overflowing with pits, the shelter sought Animals First's assistance...

March 23rd, 2008
Two horse attacks spur pit bull debate
By Gus Thompson | Aurburn Journal | Expect more pit bull attacks, a critic of the breed said Wednesday in the wake of the second Auburn-area incident this month involving a pit bull injuring a horse on a trail ride. But the Colfax owner of a pit bull is defending a breed that she says has been given a bad rap because of bad owners...