Category Archives: Dog Bite Fatalities

A collection of posts from the DogsBite.org Blog documenting U.S. dog bite fatalities in real time, beginning in 2007. Tags separate specific years.

2024 Fatal Dog Attack Breed Identification Photographs

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Nonprofit Captured 65% of Breed Identification Images in 2024 Photographs of six fatally attacking dogs in 2024 obtained from multiple sources. Jump down to view all 2024 breed identification photographs or read our analysis first. DogsBite.org - In 2013, we began the tradition of publishing breed identification photographs of fatally attacking dogs when available through news reports, animal control agencies, police departments, social media and public informat… [Read full blog post]

2024 Dog Bite Fatality: Elderly Woman Killed by Multiple Dogs in Milam County, Texas; Few Details Released

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Delores Woolverton, 88, was killed by multiple dogs in Milam County. Dog Owners Arrested UPDATE 04/08/25: The Milam County Sheriff's Office announced today that arrest warrants against Joel Rubio, 61, and Terri Ann Frank, 65, were served April 7th on the 2nd degree felony charge of dog attack resulting in death in connection to the mauling death of an 88-year old woman on December 18, 2024. Deputies responded to a residence in the 500 block of Beverley Drive around 1:11 pm in r… [Read full blog post]

2023 Unreported Dog Bite Fatality: Family Files Federal Lawsuit After Woman Killed by Son's Known Vicious Dogs

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Estela Manteca died after being attacked by her son's known vicious dogs. The Complaint Pharr, TX - On January 3, 2025, a daughter and a granddaughter of a 91-year old woman killed by her son's pack of vicious dogs in 2023 filed a federal lawsuit against the City of Pharr, Texas seeking $100 million in damages. The plaintiffs brought the action against the city "for the gross failure of its public works division to protect Estela Manteca from a foreseeable and preventable attac… [Read full blog post]

2024 Dog Bite Fatality: Dog 'Busted Out of a Kennel,' Attacked and Killed 2-Year Old Girl in Wichita Falls, Texas

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Anaya Davis was killed by a pit bull after it busted out of a kennel and attacked her on Sunday. Two People Charged UPDATE 01/27/25: Two people were arrested Monday in connection to the pit bull mauling death of 2-year old Anaya Davis on December 29, according to Wichita Falls Police Public Information Officer Brian Arias. Deidre Jo Wheeler, 34, and Lacharles Demaio Ramsey, 35, each face multiple charges of abandoning, endangering a child and both have criminal histories dat… [Read full blog post]