Family dog attacks ::
Serious and fatal dog attacks involving children 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.
Children
2022 Double Dog Bite Fatality: Pair of Family Pit Bulls Kill Two Children in Tennessee
- 2023 Dog Bite Fatality: Boy Killed, Mother Injured by Dogs on Fort Hall Reservation
- 2022 Dog Bite Fatality: Newborn Killed by Pet Husky in Cave Springs, Arkansas
- 2022 Dog Bite Fatality: Baby Girl Killed by Dog in Washington County, Arkansas
- 2022 Dog Bite Fatality: Family Dog Kills 1-Year Old Boy in New Orleans
- 2022 Dog Bite Fatality: 4-Year Old Girl Killed by Dog in Southeast Dallas
- 2022 Dog Bite Fatality: Baby Dies After Attack by Relative's Pit Bull in Mississippi
- 2022 Dog Bite Fatality: Rottweiler Kills 7-Year Old Girl, Injures Adult Female...
- 2021 Dog Bite Fatality: Newborn Killed by Family Pit Bull in North Carolina
- 2021 Dog Bite Fatality: 7-Year Old Boy Found Dead in Creek County, Oklahoma...
- 2021 Dog Bite Fatality: Pit Bulls Kill Another Baby in Akron, Ohio...
- 2021 Dog Bite Fatality: Baby Boy Killed by Family Rottweiler in Brooklyn
- 2021 Dog Bite Fatality: Child Dies After Falling from Window, Mauled by Pet Pit Bulls
- 2021 Dog Bite Fatality: Pair of Family Rottweilers Kill Baby in North Carolina
- 2021 Dog Bite Fatality: Newborn Baby Killed by Family Pit Bull-Mix in Norwich
- 2021 Dog Bite Fatality: Boy, 4, Killed by His Grandparents Two Rottweilers...
- 2021 Dog Bite Fatality: Family Dog Fatally Mauls 4-Year Girl in Fort Worth, Texas
- 2021 Dog Bite Fatality: Pocket Bully Inflicts Bite to Head, Killing Baby Girl
- 2021 Dog Bite Fatality: Newborn Baby Girl Killed by Family Dog in Nebraska
- 2020 Dog Bite Fatality: 14-Year Old Boy Killed by Dog at Otter Tail County Breeder
- 2020 Dog Bite Fatality: Newborn Killed by 'Vicious Canine' Inside Family Home...
- 2020 Dog Bite Fatality: Infant Dies After Dog Attack in Schofield Barracks...
- 2020 Dog Bite Fatality: Baby Killed by Family Pit Bull While Under the Care...
- 2020 Dog Bite Fatality: Pit Bull-Type Dog Kills Toddler in East Providence...
- 2020 Dog Bite Fatality: Infant Dies After Being Bitten by Family Dog in Hartford
- 2020 Dog Bite Fatality: Two Family Neapolitan Mastiffs Kill 11-Year Old Girl...
- 2020 Dog Bite Fatality: Family Pit Bull Kills 2-Year Old Child in Portsmouth, Virginia
- 2020 Dog Bite Fatality: Family Pit Bull Kills 5-Year Old Boy in Oro Grande, California
- 2020 Dog Bite Fatality: Family Pit Bull-Mix Kills Infant in Lafayette, Indiana
- 2020 Dog Bite Fatality: Family Pit Bull Kills 4-Month Old Baby Girl in Dayton, Ohio
- 2019 Dog Bite Fatality: 3-Year Old Boy Killed by Two Family Rottweilers in Louisville
- 2019 Dog Bite Fatality: 13-Month Old Boy Killed by Family Pit Bull in Granite Bay
- 2019 Dog Bite Fatality: Sleeping Infant Killed by Family Husky in Georgia
- 2019 Dog Bite Fatality: Pit Bull-Mastiff Mix Kills 2-Year Old Boy in Newman...
- 2019 Dog Bite Fatality: Dighton Dog Attack Leaves a 14-Year Old Boy Dead...
- 2019 Dog Bite Fatality: Family Pit Bull Kills 2-Year Old Boy in Louisville, Kentucky
- 2019 Dog Bite Fatality: Rescue Dogs Kill Toddler in Alachua County, Florida
- 2019 Dog Bite Fatality: Family Pit Bull-Mix Kills Baby Boy in Guthrie, Kentucky
- 2019 Dog Bite Fatality: Tucson Mother Arrested After Infant Found Dead...
- 2018 Dog Bite Fatality: Family Pit Bull Fatally Attacks Newborn in Florida
- 2018 Dog Bite Fatality: Family Dog Kills 19-Month Old Toddler in Pennsylvania
- Mother Shares Story After Rescue 'Lab-Mix' Bites Son in the Face During Visitation
- 2018 Dog Bite Fatality: Child Dies After Deputies Shoot Pit Bull 'Slinging the Child'...
- 2018 Dog Bite Fatality: 2-Year Old Girl Mauled to Death by Family Dog in Texas
- 2018 Dog Bite Fatality: Infant Mauled to Death by Babysitter's Dog in Georgia
- 2018 Dog Bite Fatality: Infant Killed by Pit Bull While Under Care of Grandmother...
- 2018 Dog Bite Fatality: 6-Year Old Boy Killed by Rescued Pit Bull in Blair County
- 2018 Dog Bite Fatality: Baby Killed by Family Dog While Under Grandmother's Care
- 2018 Dog Bite Fatality: Family Dog Kills 4-Year Old Boy in Bexar County, Texas
- 2018 Dog Bite Fatality: Pet Wolf Hybrid Kills 8-Day Old Baby Girl in Virginia
- 2018 Dog Bite Fatality: New Family Pit Bull Kills 3-Year Old Girl in Oklahoma
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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
- 2019 U.S. Dog Bite Fatality Statistics and Trends from the 15-Year Data Set (2005-2019)
- 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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