Dog Bite Fatalities Involving Military Children On and Off Base Housing

DogsBite.org - From May 26, 2007 to July 31, 2010, DogsBite.org recorded 6 children from military families who suffered death due to dog bite injury. Of these cases, 3 occurred on base housing, 3 occurred off base housing and 2 of these involved dependents (Isis Krieger and Seth Lovitt) whose fathers were flown back from deployment. 67% (4) of the incidents involved pit bulls and 50% (3) involved family dogs1. Such losses to these families can only be described as massive.2

Fatality Victims

2010, July: San Diego, CA - Aaron Carlson, 2-years old, was killed by the family's shepherd-mix at his family's home on base housing. The boy's father was deployed at the time. (U.S. Navy)
2008, August: Anchorage, AK - Isis Krieger, 8-years old, was killed by the family's pit bull at the family's home. Isis' father was deployed to Iraq at the time. (Military branch unknown)
2008, May: Camp Lejeune, NC - Julian Slack, 3-years old, was killed by his babysitter's friend's pit bull at his family's home on base housing. (U.S. Marines)
2007, November: Killeen, TX - Seth Lovitt, 11-years old, was killed by his grandmother's pit bull at his mother's home. Seth's Father was deployed to Korea at the time. (U.S. Army)
2007, July: Cookeville, TN - Trey Paeth, 11-months old, was killed by two huskies while visiting the home of Allen McCaffrey. The young boy's father was in the Marines. (U.S. Marines)
2007, May: Hunter Army Airfield, GA - Dandre Fisher, 3-years old, was killed by two pit bulls while his mother was visiting a friend on base housing. (U.S. Army)

1Or living at the child's home at the time of the incident. For instance, in the case of Seth, the dog belonged to Seth's grandmother who had moved into his mother's home just two months prior.
2It must be noted that the 2005 death of Arianna Fleeman, 2, involved a pit bull, named Brutus. The dog was owned by Donald Brewer who purchased the dog while living on military housing in Texas.

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My family was stationed in Spangdahlem US Air Force Base in West Germany from 1986-1990. I went to high school @ Bitburg H.S. which was Army and USAF. I don't remember anybody having dogs. I wonder if rules are different for military personnel depending if you are in USA or overseas?

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