Brooklyn Boy Mauled to Death by Cane Corso Mastiff

A 4-year-old boy was mauled to death by a family dog as he and his two brothers played in a bedroom of their apartment in Brooklyn, the authorities said on Saturday. Saquina Jubeark, the mother of a boy killed by a family dog, being helped down the stairs of her Brooklyn apartment on Saturday by her grandfather, Ameer Jamaal-Uddin. Ameer Jamaal-Uddin holds an image of his great-grandson,...
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Pregnant Woman Killed by Pit Bull

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Preliminary autopsy results show that a pregnant San Francisco-area woman who was killed by her pit bull died from blood loss and shock, police said on Monday. An autopsy on 32-year-old Darla Napora, along with analysis by dog bite experts, also concluded that only one of her two dogs, a 2-year-old male named Gunner, took part in last Thursday’s fatal...
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New Jersey Dog Bite Victim Recovers While Dog is Banished

RIVER VALE, NJ — A service dog accused of biting the nose of a 6-year-old neighbor last month will be banished from the township under a settlement agreement reached Tuesday between the girl’s parents and the dog’s owners. The dog, a 14-month-old German shepherd named Ava, lived with a 9-year-old cancer patient, Molly Kimball, and her family, and has been trained to steady Molly...
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Toddler Bit by Pitbull

Toddler hospitalized after pit bull attacks her for second time in two years NORWALK by STEVE KOBAK A 2-year-old toddler was hospitalized Wednesday morning after she was attacked by her grandmother’s pit bull, marking the second time in the span of a year that the dog has attacked the toddler, police said. The toddler suffered facial injuries and was treated at Norwalk Hospital. A...
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5-Year-Old Boy Bitten by a Pit Bull Returns Home

ATLANTA – The 5-year-old southwest Atlanta boy bitten by a pit bull on Monday night was released from the hospital on Thursday. FOX 5 caught up with Marquez Broner after his release from Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston to treat those bites. He said he was playing his front yard Monday night when his parents pulled into the driveway of his Lexington Avenue home. Broner ran...
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Deputy Shoots pitbull after being attacked

BAKERSFIELD – On May 10, 2011 at approximately 4:45 p.m., deputies from the Taft Substation responded to the 100 block of Eastern Avenue in South Taft to assist the Taft Police Department with an investigation. During the investigation, a Taft Substation deputy was attacked by a large pitbull and was bitten underneath his right arm. After being bitten, the deputy fired his handgun striking...
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