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2022 Dog Bite Fatality: Baby Dies After Attack by Relative's Pit Bull in Marion County, Mississippi; Mother Shares Story

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Lola Farr died after being attacked by her aunt's pit bull in Marion County, Mississippi. Life After Lola Fund UPDATE 06/23/23: In a heartbreaking update, the mother of Lola recently started a GoFundMe titled, "Life After Lola." Wendi Oxner is asking for the public's help to get back on her feet. "Life has been so hard this past year with grief and anxiety and posttraumatic stress," she writes. "We are trying our best to get back on our feet." She adds, "We just a need a little bit o… [Read full blog post]

Texas College Student, 22-Years Old, Suffers 'Catastrophic and Permanent Injuries' Due to Violent Dog Attack at Coppell Home

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Victim Reveals Facial Injuries; Amended Petition Filed Jacqueline Durand, 22-years old, suffered catastrophic injuries in a violent dog attack. Victim Gives Interview UPDATE 03/20/22: On March 16, 2022, one day after the Amended Petition was filed, CBS Mornings aired a segment featuring Jacqueline Durand, a 22-year old college student, who was nearly killed by two dogs she had agreed to pet sit. The vicious attack occurred on December 23. The dogs inflicted over 800 bit… [Read full blog post]

2022 Dog Bite Fatality: Relative's Rottweiler Kills 7-Year Old Girl, Injures Adult Female in Waynesboro, Virginia

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Step-Grandfather and Grandmother Indicted on Murder Charges Olivia Floyd, 7, was killed by a relative's rottweiler in Waynesboro, Virginia. Grandparents Plead Guilty UPDATE 02/06/23: Waynesboro Circuit court records show that on February 3, 2023 the step-grandfather and paternal grandmother of a child who was killed by a rottweiler last year, pleaded guilty to several charges. Stephen Kachmar, 61, pleaded guilty to one count of felony harboring a vicious canine. Pe… [Read full blog post]

2021 Fatal Dog Attack Breed Identification Photographs

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Nonprofit Captured 74% of Breed Identification Images in 2021 Photographs of six fatally attacking dogs in 2021 obtained from multiple sources. Jump down to view all 2021 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]