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2016 Dog Bite Fatality: Elderly Man Killed by Dogs in Jacksonville, Florida

Gaping hole seen in property fence line at home in 1100 block of Jessie Street. Dangerous Designation UPDATE 08/23/16: The coroner has still not announced the official cause of death of 83-year old Michael Downing. Sheriff's investigators believe Downing was attacked by up to four large dogs belonging to Lephus Felton. The dogs escaped through a sizable hole in the owner's fence, brutally attacked Downing then dragged him back under the fence through the same hole. The vic… [Read full blog post]

Criminal Trial: Detroit Pit Bull Owner Convicted on Two Counts of Manslaughter After His Dogs Brutally Killed a Young Boy

The Criminal Trial of Geneke Antonio Lyons Xavier Strickland, 4-years old, was killed by pit bulls in Detroit in December 2015. Light Sentence UPDATE 06/30/16: Judge James Callahan sentenced Geneke Antonio Lyons, 42, to 5-years probation with a year in "work release" jail after his pit bulls eviscerated a little boy. The sentence was below the guidelines of 19 to 38 months. Prosecutors had originally charged Lyons with second-degree murder, but Callahan threw out that ch… [Read full blog post]

2016 Dog Bite Fatality: Woman, 36, Found Dead After Pack Attack in North Travis County

Erin McCleskey, 36, was killed by a pack of dogs in northeast Travis County. Judge Orders Euthanasia UPDATE 06/24/16: On June 15, Erin McCleskey, 36-years old, attempted to serve court papers to a home on Fay Street in northeast Travis County. She exited her vehicle, leaving it running, and opened a gate that led onto the property. As soon as she entered, a pack of dogs on the property mauled her to death. Sarah Scott, the chief administrator for the Travis County Medical Examin… [Read full blog post]
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2016 Dog Bite Fatality: Man Mauled to Death by Pack of Dogs in Miami-Dade County

Some of the dogs that viciously attacked Manuel Mejia, 49, on April 23 in Miami-Dade County. FOIA's Submitted UPDATE 11/14/16: Today we submitted two public records request to learn more information about this case. We submitted a request for the police report from Miami-Dade County Police and the animal control report from Miami-Dade Animal Services. While local media did the initial fact-finding and gained the autopsy report, there were never any follow-ups. Questio… [Read full blog post]