Category Archives: Announcement & Events

A collection of posts from the DogsBite.org Blog about announcements & events, anniversaries, website and video launches, special tributes and National Dog Bite Prevention Week.

Posted on by

National Dog Bite Prevention Week (May 20-26, 2012)

The Good, The Perverse and The Uplifting DogsBite.org - Last year during National Dog Bite Prevention Week, we noted that there is no National Dog Mauling Prevention Week, an even weightier public health matter than dog bites. The tips and tricks offered up during this national week to prevent a dog bite hardly address horrific dog maulings, mainly inflicted by pit bulls, which will attack indiscriminately and continue attacking until shot to death or nonlethal human inte… [Read full blog post]
Posted on by

National Dog Bite Prevention Week (May 15-21, 2011)

DogsBite.org - The title of this post is suitable for the dog bite prevention tips distributed this week by the U.S. Postal Service, health organizations, animal groups and news agencies. Such tips, like presented on the CDC's Dog Bite Prevention page, "If knocked over by a dog, roll into a ball and lie still (e.g., "be still like a log")," fall a little flat though, and might even result in human death if the attacking dog is a pit bull. Unlike most dog breeds, pit bulls maul. Ther… [Read full blog post]

DogsBite.org Comment Policy

DogsBite.org is national dog bite victims' group. We do not post comments by pit bull advocates, pit bull breeders, dogfighters or related misguided animal groups. Victims of severe dog attacks -- and their family members and friends -- read our blog posts and comments. DogsBite.org will not subject these victims and family members to the onslaught of messages we receive that consistently blame victims for an attack and deny the genetic heritage of the pit bull breed. Dogs… [Read full blog post]