In the 15-year period of 2005 through 2019, canines killed 521 Americans. Pit bulls contributed to 66% (346) of these deaths. Combined, pit bulls and rottweilers contributed to 76% of the total recorded deaths. | More »
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July 9, 2025
Girl mauled to death by family pit bull despite mum’s desperate effort to stop attackJessica Kwong | Metro | A one-year-old girl was fatally attacked by her family’s pit bull in the split second that her mother bent down to pick up laundry ... Pit bulls were behind 66% of fatal dog attacks from 2005 to 2019, according to a report from the nonprofit DogsBite.org. That statistic has been raised by groups pushing for stricter regulations on pit bulls...
June 19, 2025
Why Pit Bulls Still Lead the Charts in Fatal AttacksJordan O'Malley | AOL | The numbers, history, and behavior of this breed point to a pattern that’s hard to ignore ... Between 2005 and 2021, pit bulls were linked to over 570 cases in the U.S.—more than half of all fatal dog attacks—despite making up only around 6% of the total dog population. That’s based on data collected by groups like DogsBite.org and referenced in peer-reviewed studies...
May 30, 2025
New Report Reveals Near Tripling of Severe Dog Bite Injuries in Austin and San Antonio—Provides In-Depth ExaminationDogsBite.org News Release | Austin, TX, May 30, 2025 --(PR.com)-- A comprehensive new report from DogsBite.org, a national dog bite victims' group, reveals that severe injury dog bites nearly tripled in two major Central Texas cities between 2018 and 2023, with Austin experiencing a 193% increase and San Antonio seeing a 169% rise during this period. The report, "Rising Dog Maulings...
May 25, 2025
It’s way past time to ban pit bullsPeter Gietl | BlazeMedia | These dogs weren’t bred to snuggle. They were born to maim. So why are we allowing them in homes, parks, and neighborhoods full of kids? ... Between 2005 and 2020, pit bulls were responsible for 67% of all dog bite-related deaths in the United States, according to DogsBite.org. That’s 380 deaths. Let that sink in. That’s more than two-thirds...
April 16, 2025
How Many More Babies Have To Die Before We Admit Pit Bulls Aren’t "Just Like Other Dogs"?Jaimee Marshall | Evie | Statistically, they’re overrepresented in fatal attacks and maulings compared to other breeds ... According to a chart compiled by DogBites.org, a public education website and non-profit about dangerous dog breeds, in the 15 years between 2005 and 2019, dogs killed 521 Americans. Pit bulls were responsible for 346 (66%) of those deaths...
March 21, 2025
Pit Bull Bans: Should Breed-Specific Legislation (“Pit Bull Bans”) Be Enacted?Written and fact-checked by The Editors or ProCon | Britannica | Breed-specific legislation is a “blanket term for laws that regulate or ban certain dog breeds in an effort to decrease dog attacks on humans” ... Data collected by DogsBite.org shows at least 521 deaths due to dog bites between Jan. 1, 2005, and Dec. 31, 2019. Of those deaths, 346 were attributed to pit bulls...
March 18, 2025
Opinion: The Bites Go Onsubscription Mike Masterson | Arkansas Democrat Gazette | I have yet another pit bull attack to report ... Meanwhile, in Ohio, a negligence civil case has been filed against a mother and son who were criminally convicted of manslaughter after their two unrestrained pit bulls ... savagely killed a neighbor. An account of that incident appeared on the website DogsBite.org.
March 11, 2025
Are Boxers Aggressive? Vet-Verified Behavior ExplainedDr. Karyn Kanowski | Dogster | According to statistics from DogsBite.org, 433 Americans were killed by dogs over a 13-year period. Pit bulls accounted for 66% (284) of these deaths ... Boxers do find themselves in the top ten breeds responsible for fatal attacks on Americans between 2005 and 2017. In that time frame, Boxers killed seven people, accounting for 1.6%...
January 16, 2025
Florida Boy Killed By Two Dogs That Got LooseKyle Barnes | Wide Open Spaces | An 8 year-old tragically died in central Florida, after he was attacked by two dogs on Monday evening ... Oftentimes, it is pit bulls who are identified as the dogs that are behind a fatal attack. According to dogsbite.org, pit bulls accounted for over 65% of fatalities caused by dogs from 2005 to 2017. Of course, many still point to the owners...
November 19, 2024
Opinion: Cyclist killedsubscription Mike Masterson | Arkansas Democrat Gazette | Seven unrestrained pit bulls attacked and killed a 46-year-old bicycle rider earlier this month as he cycled peacefully through a Kansas City neighborhood. The attack began with two menacing dogs ... According to DogsBite.org, before dying, Culbertson told his family, "They were trying to drag me like I was their dinner."
September 4, 2024
Urgent calls for stricter controls on dangerous dogs after deadly attacks in ThailandThai PBS World | The teenage victim in Lop Buri is far from the first person to be killed by pet dogs in Thailand. Last year, two pit bulls mauled to death a 78-year-old bedridden pensioner ... DogsBite.org, which seeks to reduces serious dog attacks in the United States ... In the 15 years up to 2019, canines killed 521 Americans. Pit bulls contributed to 66% (346)...
September 3, 2024
Dog Attacks Child, Adult, Trooper, EMS: New York State PoliceLanning Taliaferro | Patch | A state trooper shot and killed a 2-year-old pit bull Saturday when it attacked police and EMTs responding to a report of a dog attack in High Falls, New York State police said ... According to dogsbite.org, between 2005 and 2019, canines killed 521 Americans, and pit bulls contributed to 66 percent of these deaths...
August 12, 2024
Tougher dog laws wanted after deadly mauling of 71-year-old Florence womanAdam Benson | WBTW | Shaken by the deadly July mauling of her son’s former music teacher, Janie Behr is urging Florence City Council members to toughen pit bull ownership laws ... According DogsBite. org, a victims’ advocacy group, 521 people were fatally attacked by dogs between 2005 and 2019, with 66% of them blamed on pit bulls. Behr suggested...
June 6, 2024
Dogs are mauling and killing more people. What to do about it pits neighbor against neighborCybele Mayes-Osterman | USA Today | How to stem the growing numbers of canine attacks is sharply divisive ... Colleen Lynn, president of the dog attack-reduction group DogsBite.org, wants more laws requiring shelters to disclose dogs' aggression records. "So many people in the public don't even understand that they are getting a dog with a bite history"...
June 2, 2024
Parents Issue Warning After Family Dog Kills Newborn in CribMaura Zurick | Newsweek | The Mansoors said during a press conference last week that they owned the female husky involved in the attack for eight years ... The nonprofit DogsBite.org compiled data ... "Despite huskies being infrequently involved in fatal dog maulings in the U.S., they are still among the top killing dog breeds, and they still disproportionately kill infants"...
May 6, 2024
Long before fatal dog mauling of Longview man, loose animals were seen as problemSam Shaw, Jordan Green | Longview News-Journal | Texas’ animal control laws, though tougher than some other states, have remained unchanged for almost two decades ... Colleen Lynn, president and founder of DogsBite.org ... said the state should update its health and safety code to shut the revolving door for owners who repeatedly raise dangerous animals or fail to contain them...
April 11, 2024
Town of Hudson, Wyoming, Considers Lifting Ban On Pit Bulls, RottweilersClair McFarland | Cowboy State Daily | Pit bulls are statistically the most dangerous breed, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other study groups. They were responsible for 67% of dog-bite fatalities, or 380 deaths, in the United states from 2005-2020, according to a chart by DogsBite.org. Other breeds collectively totaled 25%, and rottweilers...
March 28, 2024
4 Connecticut children died from dog attacks since 2011, two from just this year, data showsLiz Hardaway | Stamford Advocate | Since 2011, four children in Connecticut have died from dog attacks -- two of them this year, data shows. Data regarding dog attack fatalities was presented by Brendan Burke, state assistant child advocate ... Data from Dogsbite.org, presented by Burke Wednesday, showed that 433 people in the United States -- at any age...
March 25, 2024
Why XL Bully dogs should be banned everywheresubscription The Economist | For millennia people have selected dogs with useful or appealing traits and bred them. That is why pointers point, retrievers retrieve and most pet dogs are friendly ... In America Pit Bull attacks are growing more common and were responsible for nearly 70% of dog-attack deaths in 2019, according to DogsBite.org, a watchdog. Pit Bulls were bred to...
March 4, 2024
3-year-old child hospitalized after being attacked by family dogB. Kay Richter | Midland Reporter-Telegram | According to a city news release, Midland police officers reported that a 3-year-old boy was attacked by at least one of the family’s dogs and suffered bite marks all over his body, including his neck and head ... DogsBite.org, a national dog bite victims' group dedicated to reducing serious dog attacks, reports that victims of severe...
March 2, 2024
Opinion: A killing in Lincolnsubscription Mike Masterson | Arkansas Democrat Gazette | Meanwhile I'm learning about the significant number of human deaths by larger dogs that local news media, for whatever reason, decided not to cover ... "Since 2011, we have obtained verification for 26 non-media-reported dog bite fatalities," Dogsbite.org reported. "Fifty-four percent of these deaths occurred...
January 13, 2024
Opinion: A killing in Harrisonsubscription Mike Masterson | Arkansas Democrat Gazette | Yet another sad story involving unrestrained pit bulls, far and away the nation's leaders in maulings and deaths (see DogsBite.org). As happens in most instances of sudden pit attacks, they are not the result of owners training them to maul and kill but of genetic instinct, which is why the public must be protected...
January 1, 2024
City in Arizona Confronts $7.5 Million Liability Claim Over Alleged Negligence in Managing Pit Bull AttackPhyllis Daugherty | CityWatch | Helene Jackson was enjoying an evening walk with her mini-poodle, Lily, near their home in the city of Sierra Vista, AZ, on June 23, 2023, when they were fatally mauled by one or both of the American Staffordshire Terriers ... Although “the injuries inflicted on the dog in the first dog-on-dog attack are unknown, “DogsBite.org reports, “it’s clear...
November 17, 2023
Brother of Woman Killed in Dog Attack Works to Solve the CaseWVMT | A family in mourning. Last week, a 63 year old woman was mauled to death by a pack of dogs in Ensley ... Her brother believes she was killed late Wednesday night. Now, he says police aren't doing enough to find the dogs ... www.dogsbite.org is a victim's group dedicated to reducing serious attacks. In 2021, the CDC reports 81 fatal dog attacks, the most ever recorded...
November 16, 2023
Rise in Fatal Pit Bull Attacks Sparks Controversy and Legal ScrutinyLee Rondganger | IOL | In a worrying trend, pitbulls have been identified as the leading breed in fatal dog attacks, responsible for 65.6% of such incidents in the US, according to Dogsbite.org. This statistic has particular relevance for South Africa where a string of recent attacks involving pitbulls has resulted in several deaths, reviving the controversy around owning this breed...
October 23, 2023
New Florida Law Blocks Cities from Banning Dog BreedsScarlett Cooney | WUTF | Now, for the first time in 34 years, pit bulls are once again legal in all of Florida ... On Oct. 1, House Bill 941 went into effect in Florida ... Various organizations are discouraged by this decision and advocate for breed bans, including DogsBite.org ... The organization says 433 people were killed by dogs between 2005 and 2017. Almost 66% were killed by pit bulls.
October 1, 2023
Opinion: More death by pitsubscription Mike Masterson | Arkansas Democrat Gazette | I reassure readers that I'll not be dissuaded from continuing to write about people and their gentle pets being maimed and killed by dangerous unrestrained large dogs ... A story on Dogsbite.org reported, "The last time Amelia saw her mother alive was around 8:30 a.m. on the day of the fatal attack, according to police...
September 28, 2023
Woman Found Dead in Her Backyard After Savage Dog AttackAnders Anglesey | Newsweek | An Ohio woman was found dead in her backyard following a savage dog attack, according to police. Toledo Police Department (TPD) police officers were alerted when the elderly woman was found in the backyard ... Hundreds of people have been killed by dogs in recent years, says DogsBite.org, a website that collects information...
September 14, 2023
Half of all XL Bully dogs in Britain descend from 'Killer Kimbo'Tony Diver and Andrew Buncombe | The Telegraph | Extensive genealogy research seen by The Telegraph shows how decades of inbreeding has created a narrow gene pool of unstable fighting dogs that have become responsible for 70 per cent of dog attack deaths in Britain ... “[Kimbo] is a real notorious one," said Colleen Lynn, founder of the non-profit group DogsBite.org...”
September 11, 2023
Video of 'Out of Control' Bully Dog on Street Rampage Viewed 4M TimesAnders Anglesey | Newsweek | BullyWatch.com, which states it wants to ban the breeding and selling of American bully XL dogs in the U.K., said 11 people have been killed by the breed since 2021. In comparison in the U.S., which has nearly five times the population of the U.K., there were 81 recorded dog-related deaths in 2021. This is according to DogsBite.org...
September 10, 2023
Opinion: Nice walk spoiledsubscription Mike Masterson | Arkansas Democrat Gazette | The white 100-pound dog she later learned was a Dogo Argentino, a large breed that to the untrained eye looks like a pit bull, circled behind her and began biting savagely at one leg ... Perhaps these owners would be well-served to spend a half-hour on the Internet reading the tragic accounts on DogsBite.org...
August 15, 2023
Fatal dog attacks skyrocket since pandemic, bites on children up 25%: studiesHannah Nightingale | PM | New studies have revealed that a rise in emergency room visits has occurred since the beginning of the pandemic for dog bite injuries ... Both studies had a focus on children, who tend to suffer more serious injuries in dog attacks ... DogsBite.org, a public education website, found 81 fatal dog attacks in 2021, the most recorded in any year by the CDC.
August 14, 2023
Blame the pandemic: Dog bites are on the riseDaniel de Visé | The Hill | The pandemic seems to have triggered an uptick in dog bites, some of them disfiguring, a few of them fatal. Multiple studies point to a rise in U.S. emergency room visits for canine bites since the start of COVID-19 ... research by DogsBite.org, a public education website, found 81 fatal dog attacks in 2021, the most recorded in any recent year...
August 3, 2023
A DOG whizz has revealed the four breeds she believes are most dangerousAyla Soguksu | The Sun | Moving on, she revealed the second type of dog that is at the top of the list of most dangerous breeds is the Pit Bull. “Regarded as one of the world’s most dangerous dogs, Pit Bulls cause the deaths of 203 Americans," she said. According to DogsBite.org, from 2005 and 2014, Pit Bulls killed 205 Americans ... She went on to share that the Boxer breed...
August 2, 2023
Elderly Man Mauled To Death By Four Dogs: PoliceAnders Anglesey | Newsweek | An elderly man in Hawaii has died after he was attacked by four dogs, according to police. Police in Kau, the southernmost district on the main island of Hawaii, responded to reports of an animal complaint in the Hawaiian Ocean View Estate area ... According to DogsBite.org, which monitors dog attacks across the U.S., there were...
June 18, 2023
Pit bull concerns in White Lake could lead to new rules in townshipPeg McNichol | The Oakland Press | Oakland Township resident and activist Ann Marie Rogers, a retired animal-control officer, also spoke at the meeting to advocate for a breed-specific ordinance ... She relies on data from such groups as National Pit Bull Victim Awareness ... DogsBite.org, which collects most of its data from news stories and police reports...
June 5, 2023
Most dangerous dogs by breed revealed in data as UK sees spike in attacksLiam Doyle | Express | Dog attacks have become more common in recent years, with new reports of incidents seeming to crop up nearly every day. Recorded violent incidents have markedly increased over the last decade-and-a-half ... US organisation DogsBite.org, a group that advocates for dog attack victims, conducted a multi-year report published in 2018...
June 5, 2023
Shih Tzu Owner Issues Plea After Off-Leash Pit Bull Attacked Her PetLeonie Helm | Newsweek | A shih tzu named Hammie "got lucky" after being attacked by a larger dog while on a walk, leaving him with life-threatening kidney damage ... Pit bulls remain a controversial breed in the United States and are responsible for many dog-on-dog and dog-on-human attacks across the country, according to the website DogsBite.org...
May 10, 2023
Indiana Woman Dies After Vicious Dog Attack: PoliceAnders Anglesey | Newsweek | An Indiana woman was killed and her son hospitalized after being mauled by a dog, according to police ... There were 81 fatal dog attacks across the U.S. in 2021, with 17 being registered in the Midwest, according to DogsBite.org. This was a noticeable increase in such deaths from the year before, when there were 62 fatal dog attacks...
May 5, 2023
9-month-old baby killed in dog attack that left woman seriously hurt, Iowa police sayMike Stunson | Fort Worth Star-Telegram | A dog attack in an Iowa home left a 9-month-old child dead ... The last death involving a boxer dog happened in 2013, according to the World Animal Foundation. More than 12,000 Americans are hospitalized annually due to dog bites, which killed about 35 people per year from 2005 to 2019, DogsBite.org said...
May 4, 2023
Man Taking Bite From Pit Bull to Save His Puppy PraisedLeonie Helm | Newsweek | A shocking video of a man allegedly being bitten by his neighbor's pit bull to save his 3-month-old puppy has gone viral ... "In the 15-year period of 2005 through 2019, canines killed 521 Americans. Pit bulls contributed to 66% (346) of these deaths. Combined, pit bulls and rottweilers contributed to 76% of the total recorded deaths" ... DogsBite.org.
April 17, 2023
If Miami-Dade Bill Revokes Pit-Bull Breed Ban, It Could Also Increase Neighborhood CrimePhyllis Daugherty | CityWatch | Miami-Dade County’s 34-year-old Pit Bull-ban, which also prohibits dog height and weight restrictions in housing decisions, could come to an end ... In 2012, Miami-Dade County became the first municipality to place their longstanding pit bull ban on a countywide ballot ... voters chose to keep their ban ... according to Dogsbite.org.
April 13, 2023
Woman Mauled to Death by Pack of Dogs in KentuckyAnders Anglesey | Newsweek | A Kentucky woman was attacked and killed by a pack of dogs, some of which remain on the loose, according to police ... The latest figures compiled by DogsBite.org, a database of dangerous dog breeds, showed that in 2019 there were 48 attacks that resulted in human deaths. Of those victims, 32 were classed as adults...
March 19, 2023
Pit Bull Attack Victims Are Fighting BackPhyllis Daugherty | City Watch | Pit Bull attack victims throughout the U.S. and other countries are forming social-media connections to share the tragedies they -- and others -- have endured in silence and to support or oppose official actions being proposed in regard to Pit Bulls ... There are up-to-date statistics provided by such sources as Dogsbite.org...
February 27, 2023
Charges possible for pit bull owner following deadly attack in Escambia CountyTanner Stewart | WEAR | The Escambia County Sheriff's Office is looking for one more pit bull and its owner following Friday night's deadly attack ... Research shows a majority of fatal dog attacks in recent years involved multiple dogs -- and pit bulls contributed to 69% of deaths in that year, according to DogsBite.org. The organization adds...
February 27, 2023
Grrrrrrrr… Pit Bulls. AGAIN.Kerry Dougherty | Unemployed and Unedited | Was this a case of a poodle gone wild? A dachshund? A beagle? Of course not. Only one breed is responsible for most of the maulings and deaths-by-dog bite year in and year out ... Pit bulls represent just 6% of the American dog population, but account for 66% of all dog bite fatalities according to DogsBite.org...
February 22, 2023
Ohio woman dies after being mauled by daughter's pit bullJarryd Jaeger | The Post Millennial | On Monday, a woman from Toledo, Ohio died after being mauled by her daughter's pit bull. Bonnie Varnes, a 58-year-old city bus driver, was found unconscious with severe wounds, and passed away shortly after in hospital. As Dogsbite.org reports, Bonnie Varnes frequently posted pictures of her pit bull...
February 1, 2023
Girl, 4, Mauled to Death by Dog in Savage Attack: PoliceAnders Anglesey | Newsweek | According to the U.K. Office for National Statistics, 22 people were killed by dogs across the country between 2013 and 2019 ... DogsBite.org, a website that collects information about dog attacks, said the U.S., which has a population more than five times that in the U.K., recorded 407 deaths from dog attacks between 2013 and 2019 ...
February 1, 2023
Cuddly Killers: Should Pit Bulls Be Legal?Mairead Elordi | The Daily Wire | Pit bulls have been in the news lately, and that’s not a good thing. A string of pit bull attacks has reignited a decades-old debate about whether the breed should be legal ... In 2019, pit bulls killed 33 Americans, 69% of all fatal dog bites that year, according to DogsBite.org, one of the most prominent groups criticizing pit bulls ...
January 29, 2023
Rez Dogs Are A Real -- and Sometimes Deadly -- Problem on Indian ReservationsLevi Rickert | Native News Online | Reservation dogs are real, dangerous, and sometimes deadly. The problem goes beyond begging dogs in parking lots being nuisances ... DogsBite.org summarized fatal dog maulings in Indian Country last May 2022: "Tribal officials from the Navajo Nation to reservations in South Dakota have observed" ...
January 23, 2023
Pit bull fact and fiction: When it comes to this type of dog ... it’s complicatedTheoden Janes | The Charlotte Observer | So they are inherently aggressive, and therefore inherently dangerous? That’s absolutely the stereotype. Less clear is whether it’s true ... Yes, but: According to DogsBite.org, a national dog bite victims’ group, from 2005 to 2019, dogs killed 521 Americans -- and pit bulls contributed to 66% (346) of these deaths...
January 21, 2023
2 dog-on-dog-attacks spur hearings, turn personalEmily Piper-Vallillo | Your Arlington | When Athena casually approached a nearby pitbull, wrote Sheffler in a letter, the pitbull lunged at Athena, biting her neck and severing her cervical spinal cord ... Between 2005 and 2019, pitbulls killed 346 people in the U.S. -- more than any other breed -- followed by rottweilers, according to Dogsbite.org ...
January 11, 2023
2-year-old girl nearly killed by two pit bulls reunited with deputyVictor Valley News Group | “Due to her injuries and many complications two-year-old Savannah had a very low chance of survival," stated the Barstow Sheriff’s Station in a Wednesday afternoon update ... According to DogsBite.org, "In the 15-year period of 2005 through 2019, canines killed 521 Americans. Pit bulls contributed to 66% (346) of these deaths"...
January 9, 2023
Louisiana Dog Owner Facing Charges After 7-Year-Old Girl Was Mauled to Death by Pit BullColleen Dilthey Thomas | Cafe Mom | A young girl is dead in East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, after being viciously attacked by a pit bull while playing outside ... Pit bulls and rottweilers are considered the most dangerous dog breeds and accounted for 76% of dog attack deaths in a 15-year study conducted from 2005 to 2019, according to DogsBite.org ...
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