Category Archives: 2007-2015 Archive

Pit Bull Attack Victim, Tanya Barnes, Recounts Life Threatening Attack in Columbia, Mississippi

Tanya Barnes recounts the violent pit bull attack from her hospital bed in Columbia, Mississippi. 04/16/10: Permanent Disfiguring Injury Columbia, MS - In a stunningly candid account, Tanya Barnes, 47, describes how a friend's pit bull tore off part of her face on April 12, 2010. The powerful interview is about 10 minutes long. Phrases you will not forget include: rip the flesh, soak a pork chop, my eyeballs, my jugular, jaws, like a rattlesnake, 30-seconds, hundreds of sti… [Read full blog post]

U.S. Dog Bite Fatalities: January 1, 2005 to March 8, 2010 - DogsBite.org

DogsBite.org - From time-to-time, advocates and elected officials ask us for up to the minute statistical data regarding U.S. fatal dog attacks. Our combined results of just over five years show that pit bulls and rottweilers continue to be the top killers, just as they were in the 1979 to 1998 CDC report.1 During the 1980s and 1990s, fatal dog attacks averaged 17 per year.2 The death-by-dog-bite rate now is nearly double this amount at over 30 per year and largely due to pit bul… [Read full blog post]

Announcement: Wishes for the New Year from DogsBite.org

DogsBite.org - The dawning of a new decade is upon us. The year 2010 will bring many changes to DogsBite.org as we relocate our organization to the state of Texas. Instead of tracking new U.S. nonfatal pit bull attacks and police and citizen shootings of dangerous pit bulls in 2010, we will focus on analyzing the data documented in both areas from 2009. Additionally, once the relocation has occurred, the majority of energies must be focused on building a funded organization. N… [Read full blog post]

Lafourche Officials 'Set Up' Second Attack; Rebuff State Representative

From left: State Rep. Rickey Hardy, Judge Jerome Barbera III and double-mauler "Shank." The Lafourche "Compromise" Larose, LA - On October 19, a pit bull owned by Jerome and Lillian Jarreau escaped its home and attacked a woman. Police said the attack was "brief but furious," after the dog ripped into 48-year old Tecla Smith's left arm. Smith's son Juan, who witnessed the attack, said he was surprised that the pit bull did not let go after being beaten on the head with a two-by-f… [Read full blog post]