Category Archives: Special Reports

A collection of Special Reports for dog bite fatality statistics, severe injury statistics, unreported fatal attacks, pit bull identification and more.

Review: Five Dog Bite Fatalities Between 2017-2022 in the United States Unreported by Media

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Review: Five dog bite fatalities between 2017-2022 unreported by media. DogsBite.org - We summarize five cases of adults killed by dogs between 2017 and 2022, where no media reports or police press releases were published. Our discovery of each death came from different sources, including a FOIA to the Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner's Office, where three of these deaths were located. All five deaths involved bull breeds: pit bull (3 deaths), American bulldog (1), an… [Read full blog post]

2023 Fatal Dog Attack Breed Identification Photographs

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Nonprofit Captured 76% of Breed Identification Images in 2023 Photographs of six fatally attacking dogs in 2023 obtained from multiple sources. Jump down to view all 2023 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]

Review: Three Dog Bite Fatalities Between 2022-2023 in the United States Unreported by Media

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Review: Three dog bite fatalities between 2022-2023 unreported by media. DogsBite.org - We summarize three cases of people killed by dogs between 2022 and 2023, where no media reports or police press releases were published. Our discovery of each death came from a citizen who contacted us. We then submitted FOIA requests to the responding sheriff's offices. Two deaths occurred in Florida; 2 deaths occurred in rural areas (< 5,000 population); 2 deaths involved men 68-… [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]