Video: Two Mothers Share Their Tragic Stories of Losing a Child in Family Dog Attack

Family Pit Bull Suddenly Kills Innocent Child Please click an image to play the video. From left: Roxanne Hartrich and Angela Rutledge. DogsBite.org - On the fourth day of Canine Victims Awareness Week, we have selected two powerful videos of mothers who have lost a child in a sudden, vicious family dog attack. Roxanne Hartrich of Bloomington, Illinois lost her 4-year old daughter after the family's two pit bulls brutally attacked her in January. Angela Rutledge of Fulton C… [Read full blog post]

Video: Two Men Share Their Stories of Surviving a Life-Threatening Dog Attack

Dog Mauling Victims Recount Brutal Attacks Please click an image to play the video. From left: Robbie Nelson and Michael O'Neill. DogsBite.org - On the third day of Canine Victims Awareness Week, we have selected two powerful videos of adult men who survived a life-threatening dog attack. Robbie Nelson, 49, of Sydney, Australia had such severe chest injuries from the attack that arriving paramedics could see his heart through his wounds. Michael O'Neill of Nederland, Col… [Read full blog post]

Canine Attack Victims' Group Releases Public Service Announcement: Won’t Back Down

Launches First Ever Canine Victims Awareness Week Won't Back Down East Troy, WI - Today a national ad hoc coalition, Awareness for Victims of Canine Attack (AVOCA), releases its first Public Service Announcement to kick off the very first Canine Victims Awareness Week, November 9-15, 2014. The PSA titled, "Won’t Back Down," was conceived as part of an ongoing campaign to help prevent fatal and disfiguring dog attacks, according to their news release. The video is located o… [Read full blog post]

Video: Pit Bull Attack Survivor Shares How the Violent Attack Altered Her Life and Graphic Injury Photos

The Facial and Spiritual Reconstruction of Collage Warner Mauled by a Pit Bull Chicago, IL -  Collage Warner recently sat down with Dr. Garrard McClendon of the McClendon Report to share the life-altering attack she endured in 2001, and her struggle to cope with the damaging injuries. Collage Warner's video is part of a webisodic series by the McClendon Report that gives advice and insights on the "hard topics and difficult questions we all contemplate," according to the vi… [Read full blog post]