Juanita Sanchez, 35-years old, was killed by two pit bulls in Fontana.
Pit Bulls Kill Woman
Fontana, CA - A 35-year old woman died on November 3 after being bitten in the neck by two pit bulls. The is the second fatal pit bull attack in San Bernardino County that occurred on November 3. A homeless man, still unidentified by police, was stabbed and mauled by pit bulls in Perris Hill Park in the city of San Bernardino on the same day. The news article reporting the death of Juanita Sanchez, 35, of Pomona, remains behind a paywall. But Reddit and the PressBee have published much of it.
Police and paramedics were dispatched to a home in the 13800 block of Jurupa Avenue around 3:00 am Sunday. Sanchez and another resident had been in the backyard when two of the pit bulls bit Sanchez in the neck, Sgt. Nathan Weiske said, a Fontana Police Department spokesperson. Two other people were injured trying to rescue Sanchez. "They were feverishly trying to pull them off her," Weiske said. The family had taken in four stray pit bulls some months earlier, Weiske said.
The family had later asked Sanchez, a family friend, to live with them. According to Weiske, there had been no problems between Sanchez and the dogs. Animal control officers euthanized both dogs, Weiske said. It's unclear if the other two pit bulls remained at the home. Investigators determined that no criminal charges were warranted. "They could tell it was just a tragic accident," Weiske said. Sanchez was pronounced dead after being transported to Arrowhead Regional Medical Center.
Victims Ages 30-49 Years Rising
Sanchez's death marks another rise of deaths in the 30-49 year old age group. In our data, dog bite fatalities in this age group have been rising since 2010, mainly driven by females. But ages 30-49 years has never rivaled ages 50-69 years. In 2024, the 30-49 age group is heavily driven by males. 80% of these men were Black or Hispanic, and 80% of these cases involved pit bulls. The Perris Hill Park homeless male victim is excluded because his age, race, and cause of death are unknown.
So far in 2024, deaths in the 30-49 years age group are dominated by male victims.
View the DogsBite.org Google Map: California Fatal Pit Bull Maulings.Related articles:
11/05/24: Investigation: Homeless Man Dies After being Stabbed and Mauled by Dogs at City Park
08/25/24: 2024 Dog Bite Fatality: Man, 33-Years Old, Killed by Dogs on Chicago's West Side
Law enforcement departments across the United States should release consistent "baseline" information to the media and the public after each fatal dog mauling, including these items.
The best answer as to why a pitbull kills
is because it can. Everything can set them off, and they often require multiple pieces of lead in order to get them to relax permanently. Does that sound like a pet? If it does, every wild animal like a lion or a bear would make a great pet. So would a poisonous snake be a great
pet as long as you had the correct kind
of anti-venom? Pitbulls kill so many people now that it’s hardly newsworthy anymore. Yet the shelters still consider them great pets. Why not put lions and bears in shelters for adoption?
Interesting. I didn’t know that dog maulings are legally classified as accidents. They can’t be homicides (even though many dog owners considered their dogs to be children/people with 4 legs, and in some states pets are now “legal family members”.
“Caninicide”, death by canine, should be a classification.
its much more complex than that , it has to do with inbreeding genetic loading and deleterious genes , in layman’s terms bad wiring that will inevitably short circuit
It would be nice if genetic testing could be done in order to identify which dogs will eventually turn on their owners.
Unfortunately this would be very expensive if doable. Thus, we are stuck with a lot of mentally unstable dangerous dogs.
Visual identification of bully breeds is sufficient and costs nothing.