Category Archives: Dog Bite Statistics

A collection of blog posts from the DogsBite.org Blog about dog bite statistics, pit bull statistics, severe injury dog bite statistics, national statistics and dog bite fatality statistics.

A Review of Louisville Metro Animal Services Open Data Set: Dog Bite Investigations by Breed, Dog Licenses and Other Activities

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A review of Louisville Metro dog bite investigations and dog licensing data. View All Statistics Louisville, KY - We examined 1317 dog bite investigations by Louisville Metro Animal Services (LMAS), which required 3258 responses by animal control over a 4-year period from January 1, 2020 to January 13, 2024 to determine the top-biting breeds, sex and reproductive status. On average, each bite investigation required 2.5 responses from animal control officers. Pit bull… [Read full blog post]
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Rational Voice Emerges in the UK as Violence by the XL Bully Surges - Dr. Lawrence Newport

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Dr. Newport explains the rising violence of the XL bully in the UK and why breed matters. London, UK - Dr. Lawrence Newport, a law and criminology lecturer at Royal Holloway University, recently published a video about the growing violence of the XL bully in the UK. Last year, we issued a special report calling on the UK to define a status dog phenotype, because too many pit bull-type dogs are evading the "banned breeds" in the Dangerous Dog Act. The Act bans American pit bull terr… [Read full blog post]

Macro-Level Forces Report: Covid Impacts of 2021 U.S. Dog Bite Fatality Capture Rate of Nonprofit

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Dog Bite Fatalities Surged in 2021; a 69% Increase from 2019 DogsBite.org - Last September, we published the 2020 Macro-Level Forces Report for U.S. dog bite fatality data. During 2020, the first Covid year, our nonprofit had a 15-victim deficit compared to CDC Wonder underlying cause of death (UCD) data, a 28% difference in the number of deaths. The victim deficit during the second pandemic year is even higher. CDC Wonder data shows there were 81 dog bite fatalities in 2021.… [Read full blog post]

Macro-Level Forces Report: Covid Impacts of 2020 U.S. Dog Bite Fatality Capture Rate of Nonprofit

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Dog Bite Fatalities Surged in 2020; Nonprofit's Capture Rate Declined DogsBite.org - In June of 2021, we published the discussion notes for 2020 U.S. Dog Bite Fatality Statistics. We cautioned then that media reports during the 2020 Covid year fell by 47%. In response, we sent out 30 FOIAs and uncovered 6 unreported deaths. This, however, did not overcome the macro-level forces caused by Covid. CDC Wonder underlying cause of death (UCD) data shows there were 62 fatal dog att… [Read full blog post]