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2024 Dog Bite Fatality: Woman Killed by Large Dog Pack, Up to 25 Great Danes, in Butte County, California

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Davina Corbin, 56, was killed by a large dog pack on Blackhawk Trail in Feather Falls, Butte County. Adult Dogs Euthanized UPDATE 08/16/24: KCRA reports that all seven of the adult great danes connected to the fatal mauling of Davina Corbin will be euthanized. According to Butte County Public Health, the 18 puppies will be eligible for adoption. Thus, it appears that DNA testing to determine which dog, or dogs, attacked Corbin is not being carried out. All of the adult dogs are… [Read full blog post]
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2024 Dog Bite Fatality: Husky Blamed for Deadly Dog Bite to Homeless Man in Fresno County, California

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Area where a husky is blamed for a deadly dog bite to a homeless man. Victim Identified UPDATE 08/14/24: The Fresno County Sheriff's Office has identified the dog mauling victim as 49-year old Ivon Rocher Garces of Fresno. "Staff at the Coroner’s Office have searched numerous personal records, but their attempts to find relatives have been unsuccessful," states a release from the Fresno County Sheriff's Office. "Locating immediate family members is a necessary process i… [Read full blog post]

San Francisco Man Scales Tall Fence to Escape Violent Pit Bulls Captured on Video; Dog Owners Lived in RV Under Overpass

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 San Francisco man scales tall fence to escape violent pit bulls in SoMa neighborhood. Dramatic Survelliance Video San Francisco, CA - On May 25, a man survived a vicious attack by two pit bulls by scaling a tall fence. Pablo Rocha, who stands at 6'6", told KTVU, "I just remember the noise of my bicep muscle being stretched." In that moment, "I thought I would die," he said. The attack occurred just after 6:00 pm near Alameda and Vermont Streets as Rocha walked home from his gym in S… [Read full blog post]

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]