Tag Archives: Unreported Fatal Dog Attack

Macro-Level Forces Report: Covid Impacts of 2023 U.S. Dog Bite Fatality Capture Rate of Nonprofit

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Dog Bite Fatalities Leveled Off in 2023; Nonprofit Capture Rate Rose DogsBite.org - In October, we published the 2022 Macro-Level Forces Report for U.S. dog bite fatality data. Current data shows that during 2022, the third Covid year, our nonprofit had a 42-victim deficit compared to CDC Wonder underlying cause of death (UCD) data, a 55% difference in the number of deaths. The victim deficit during the fourth Covid year, 2023, is an improvement. CDC Wonder data shows there… [Read full blog post]

Macro-Level Forces Report: Covid Impacts of 2022 U.S. Dog Bite Fatality Capture Rate of Nonprofit

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Dog Bite Fatalities Surged in 2022; a 104% Increase from 2019 DogsBite.org - Last April, we published the 2021 Macro-Level Forces Report for U.S. dog bite fatality data. Current data shows that during 2021, the second Covid year, our nonprofit had a 28-victim deficit compared to CDC Wonder underlying cause of death (UCD) data, a 42% difference in the number of deaths.1 The victim deficit during the third Covid year, 2022, is even higher. CDC Wonder data shows there were 98 dog… [Read full blog post]

2024 Unreported Dog Bite Fatality: Woman Killed by a Pit Bull Dog Her Daughter Says, in Horry County, South Carolina

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Leslie McCray was killed by a pit bull dog on September 22, her daughter says. Daughter's Tweet Conway, SC - We were alerted today about a GoFundMe for Leslie McCray, about 56-years old, that was organized by her daughter Lakindra McCray, both living in Conway. "We just lost our mom Leslie McCray and we are grieving," Lakindra wrote. "We need help raising up the funds to have her funeral and bury her in peace." On Lakindra's X account, she stated on September 24, "I just lost my mom… [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]