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
2019 Dog Bite Fatality: Woman Dies After Vicious Attack by Her Own Pit Bull in Virginia
- 2020 Dog Bite Fatality: Pit Bull Attacks Four Family Members, Killing One, in Illinois
- 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: 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
- 2017 Dog Bite Fatality: 22-Year Old Woman Dies in 'Grisly Mauling' by Her Pit Bulls
- 2017 Dog Bite Fatality: Woman Mauled to Death by Her Pet Pit Bull in Alsip, Illinois
- 2017 Dog Bite Fatality: Dogs Kill Woman, Seriously Injure Another in Guntersville
- 2017 Dog Bite Fatality: Woman Dies in Palm Beach County After Being Attacked...
- 2017 Dog Bite Fatality: Senior Citizen Attacked and Killed by Own Dogs in Hamlet...
- 2017 Dog Bite Fatality: Woman Dies of Injuries After Pit Bull Mauling in Mississippi
- 2017 Dog Bite Fatality: Woman Killed by 'Dog Aggressive' Pit Bull While Caring for...
- 2017 Dog Bite Fatality: Rescue Pit Bull Kills Elderly Woman in Virginia Beach
- 2017 Dog Bite Fatality: South African Boerboel Breeder Killed by Own Gladiator Dog
- 2017 Dog Bite Fatality: Redding Woman Dies After Being Attacked by Her Own Dog
- 2017 Dog Bite Fatality: 21-Year Old Man Dies After Dog Attack in Quincy, Illinois
- 2017 Dog Bite Fatality: 75-Year Old Queens Woman Dies After Attack by Mastiff-Mix
- 2016 Dog Bite Fatality: Woman Killed by Her Boyfriend's Pit Bull in Georgia
- 2016 Dog Bite Fatality: Family Pit Bulls Kill Woman, Injure Son in Conifer, Colorado
- 2016 Dog Bite Fatality: Family Pit Bull Kills 71-Year Old Woman in Southwest Detroit
- 2016 Dog Bite Fatality: Advocate for People with Disabilities Killed by His Pit Bull...
- 2016 Dog Bite Fatality: Woman Mauled to Death by Her Pit Bull-Mix in Leesburg
- 2016 Dog Bite Fatality: Pit Bulls Kill Visiting Elderly Family Member in Charlotte, NC
- 2016 Dog Bite Fatality: Woman Killed by Pet Pit Bull in Perquimans County, NC
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There are so many deadly attacks involving family dogs that we only show through 2016.
special reports
- 2020 Edition: 125 Behavior Terms for Shelter Dogs Decoded that Mask Aggression in Dogs
- 2019 U.S. Dog Bite Fatality Statistics and Trends from the 15-Year Data Set (2005-2019)
- Unmasking a Con: How a Pit Bull Activist Rose to Fame in the No-Kill Community while Killing Dogs
- Traveling by Air with Service Animals - Public Comments to the Department of Transportation
- 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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