Family dog attacks ::
Serious and fatal dog attacks involving adults are often inflicted by a family dog within the family's home. We hope that by archiving these stories, we can help prevent a future tragedy.
Adults
2021 Dog Bite Fatality: Police Suspect Woman Mauled to Death by Her Own Dogs
- 2021 Dog Bite Fatality: Man Killed by Pit Bulls on Far South Side of Chicago...
- 2021 Dog Bite Fatality: Mother Dies After Saving Son's Life During Pit Bull...
- 2021 Dog Bite Fatality: Missouri Woman Killed by Daughter's Familiar Pit Bulls...
- 2021 Dog Bite Fatality: Grandmother Bitten in the Throat, Killed by Family Pit Bull...
- 2021 Dog Bite Fatality: Woman Killed by Pit Bull She was Dog Sitting in Myrtle Point
- 2021 Dog Bite Fatality: 84-Year Old Woman Killed by Son's Dogs in Indiana...
- 2021 Dog Bite Fatality: 91-Year Old Woman Killed by a Pet Rottweiler...
- 2021 Dog Bite Fatality: Woman Killed by Three Pit Bulls She was Dog Sitting...
- 2021 Dog Bite Fatality: 31-Year Old Woman Fatally Bitten in the Neck by Pet Pit Bull
- 2021 Dog Bite Fatality: Woman, 59, Killed by Pair of Family Pit Bulls in El Paso
- 2021 Dog Bite Fatality: Man Found Injured, Bloody and Unresponsive After Pit Bull...
- 2020 Dog Bite Fatality: Unidentified Woman Dies After Pit Bull Attack in Florida
- 2020 Dog Bite Fatality: Pit Bull Attacks Two Adults, Killing One, at Mobile Home...
- 2020 Dog Bite Fatality: Woman Killed, Two Daughters Injured by Family Pit Bulls
- 2020 Dog Bite Fatality: Adopted Pit Bull-Mix Kills Woman, Severely Injures Owner
- 2020 Dog Bite Fatality: Man Killed by His Stepson's Two Pit Bulls Near Belleville
- 2020 Dog Bite Fatality: Pit Bull Attacks, Kills Owner in Jeffersonville, Indiana
- 2020 Dog Bite Fatality: 72-Year Old Woman Killed by Her Daughter's Two Pit Bulls
- 2020 Dog Bite Fatality: Woman Dies While Hospitalized After Pit Bulls Attack...
- 2020 Dog Bite Fatality: 70-Year Old Woman Mauled to Death by Dogs in Illinois
- Pit Bull Mauling Victim Undergoes Life Changing Surgery 23 Years After Attack
- 2020 Dog Bite Fatality: Woman Found Mauled, Mutilated and Dead After Dog Attack
- 2020 Dog Bite Fatality: Woman Dies After Suffering Life-Threatening Injuries...
- 2020 Dog Bite Fatality: 'Mastiff' with History of Aggression Killed Portland Owner
- 2020 Dog Bite Fatality: Woman Killed by Two Family Pit Bulls Belonging to Her Son
- 2020 Dog Bite Fatality: Man Who Uses Wheelchair Killed by Dogs in Mississippi
- 2019 Dog Bite Fatality: Pit Bull Kills 44-Year Old Female Owner in Somerset...
- 2019 Dog Bite Fatality: Woman Mauled to Death by Her Rescue Great Danes
- 2019 Dog Bite Fatality: Woman Killed by Family Pit Bulls in Bay City, Michigan
- 2019 Dog Bite Fatality: Man Found Dead Inside Modesto Home, Pit Bulls Suspected
- 2019 Dog Bite Fatality: Hudson Valley Woman Killed by Her Pet Coonhounds
- 2019 Dog Bite Fatality: Pit Bull Kills Owner in Uniontown: 'He Has a Hole..."
- 2019 Dog Bite Fatality: Man Killed by Dogs in Western Kentucky, Three Pit Bulls...
- 2019 Dog Bite Fatality: Pit Bulls Kill Owner While She Visited Dogs in Quarantine
- 2019 Dog Bite Fatality: Woman Dies After Vicious Attack by Her Pit Bull in Virginia
- 2019 Dog Bite Fatality: Greenville Woman Mauled by Her Own Dogs Dies...
- 2018 Dog Bite Fatality: Wheelchair Bound Woman Killed by Family Pit Bull...
- 2018 Dog Bite Fatality: Winchester Mother Dies After Pit Bull Mauling Inside...
- 2018 Dog Bite Fatality: Texas Woman Dies After Being Mauled by Her Own Dog...
- 2018 Dog Bite Fatality: Woman Dies After Being Mauled by Family Pit Bull in D.C.
- 2018 Dog Bite Fatality: Recently Adopted Mastiff Kills Owner in Las Vegas, Nevada
- 2018 Dog Bite Fatality: Pit Bull Adopted Two Weeks Earlier Kills Woman in Maryland
- 2018 Dog Bite Fatality: Pit Bull Kills Owner in Baker City Who Tried to Stop a Dog...
- 2018 Dog Bite Fatality: Pit Bull-Mix Attacks Two Family Members Killing One...
- 2018 Dog Bite Fatality: Pit Bull Adopted Two Weeks Ago Kills Woman in Maryland
- 2018 Dog Bite Fatality: West Price Hill Woman Killed by Her Pit Bull; Police Call...
- 2018 Dog Bite Fatality: Rocky Mount Man Found Dead Inside Home with Pit Bull
- 2018 Dog Bite Fatality: 'Rampaging Attack,' Dog Attacks Two, Killing One, in Arcata
- 2018 Dog Bite Fatality: Back-to-Back Dogo Argentino Attacks, One Fatal...
- 2018 Dog Bite Fatality: Milwaukee Woman Mauled to Death by Her Dogs
- 2018 Dog Bite Fatality: Man Dies, Woman Seriously Injured by Dog in Kentucky
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There are so many deadly attacks involving family dogs that we only show through 2018.
special reports
- Humane Groups are Misusing Race Issues to Force Pit Bull Agenda on Insurance Industry
- 2020 U.S. Dog Bite Fatality Statistics and Trends from the 16-Year Data Set (2005-2020)
- 2020 Edition: 125 Behavior Terms for Shelter Dogs Decoded that Mask Aggression in Dogs
- Unmasking a Con: How a Pit Bull Activist Rose to Fame in the No-Kill Community while Killing Dogs
- Why Breed Matters in Service Dogs and Why Pit Bull Service Dogs are a Bad Idea
- Who Can Identify a Pit Bull? A Dog Owner of 'Ordinary Intelligence' Say the High Courts
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