CULLMAN AL – THE HARRIS FAMILY RECALLS HOW A NEIGHBOR’S PIT BULL ATTACKED THEIR DAUGHTER LAST CHRISTMAS EVE RIPPING HER FACE – BREAKING HER ARM – MULTIPLE BITES ON HER BODY

THERE WAS NO STORY IN THE CULLMAN TIMES ABOUT THIS PIT BULL ATTACK. THERE WAS NO COVERAGE BY ANY FORM OF MEDIA ABOUT THIS HORRIFIC ATTACK AND THE VICTIM’S LIFEFLIGHT TO CHILDREN’S IN BIRMINGHAM.  IF THERE WAS A SHARK ATTACK IN GULF SHORES TOMORROW, OUR LOCAL NEWSPAPER WOULD COVER IT “AD NAUSEAM “.  BUT THERE’S … Read more

STOCKBRIDGE GA – 2 LOOSE PIT BULLS ATTACKED A WOMAN WALKING HER 2 SMALL PET DOGS – SHE WAS AIRLIFTED TO ATLANTA WITH SERIOUS INJURIES

UPDATE:  OWNER OF THE PIT BULL MIXES THAT ATTACKED WOMAN APOLOGIZES – THE SCENE WAS SO BLOODY THE FIRE DEPT HAD TO HOSE DOWN THE STREET AFTER SHE WAS AIRLIFTED TO THE HOSPITAL. UPDATE: DAUGHTER SPEAKS – MARIA MATTA IS STILL HOSPITALIZED.  THE BLIND SHELTIE WAS FOUND AND THE POODLE IS STILL BEING TREATED AT … Read more

SANFORD FL – GEORGE ZIMMERMAN AND HIS WIFE BEGAN CARRYING HANDGUNS AFTER REPEATED RUN-INS WITH A PIT BULL NAMED “BIG BOI”

The couple took firearms training courses and got handguns and concealed carry permits in late 2009 after a  PIT BULL  named Big Boi menaced Shellie Zimmerman near their home.  Big Boi later spooked a dog owned by Zimmerman’s mother-in-law prompting the Zimmerman’s to contact Seminole County Animal Services and to buy pepper spray.  After a … Read more

TAHMOOR, NEW SOUTH WALES AU – PIT NUTTER SUFFERS A BRUTAL BASHING DEATH AND HIS PIT BULL WAS LEFT PARALYZED – WAS IT A REVENGE KILLING?

Police found the body of Scott Hammond, 48, on Monday in his Tahmoor home, south of Sydney.  He was well known to police and everyone knew he had many enemies.  Acting Superintendent Danny Doherty said, “IT WAS A TARGETED INCIDENT AND MAY HAVE BEEN A RETALIATION ATTACK ON MR. HAMMOND.” Hammond pleaded guilty 12 months … Read more

LITTLEROCK, LOS ANGELES COUNTY CA – 4 PIT BULLS ATTACKED A WOMAN TAKING HER MORNING WALK – SHE DIED ON THE WAY TO THE HOSPITAL

UPDATE:  VICTIM IDENTIFIED AS PAMELA MARIA DEVITT – SHE WAS DRAGGED 50 YARDS, SCALPED, AND HER ARM REMOVED NEIGHBORS CALLED IN INFORMATION ABOUT AGGRESSIVE PIT BULLS AND 8 DOGS WERE SEIZED AT A RESIDENCE WHERE A POT-GROWING OPERATION WAS DISCOVERED. A $25,000 REWARD WAS OFFERED FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO THE CAPTURE ANOTHER ARTICLE – A … Read more

WHITTON, NEW SOUTH WALES AU- NATIONAL DATABASE OF DOG ATTACKS SOUGHT – AFTER INQUEST INTO THE DEATH OF 3-YR-OLD RUBY LEA BURKE BY 4 LARGE DOGS ON THE KITCHEN FLOOR

5  DOGS WERE KEPT AT THE HOME OF THE BABYSITTER FOR THE 2 TODDLERS – RUBY AGE 3, AND HER SISTER LILY 14 MONTHS OLD.    3  OF THE DOGS WERE BULLMASTIFF/RHODESIAN RIDGEBACK MIXES.  RUBY WAS ATTACKED AND KILLED  BY 4 OF THE DOGS AND HER SISTER LILY WAS SEVERELY INJURED.  RUBY’S  INJURIESWERE SO SEVERE, SHE COULD NOT BE VISUALLY IDENTIFIED. On … Read more

CLARKTON NC -BLADEN COUNTY NC – DOG ATTACK KILLS 9-DAY-OLD BABY GIRL – 5 DOGS REMOVED FROM THE HOME: PIT BULL, BULLDOG, ALASKAN MALAMUTE, GERMAN SHEPHERD, GERMAN SHEPHERD/BULLDOG MIX

UPDATE:  Sept. 2, 2011 – The father of a newborn mauled by family dogs was in jail in Cumberland County at the time of the child’s death, court records show– 21-year-old Charles Nelson Camerino, was charged Friday with obtaining property by false pretense and misdemeanor larceny. He was reportedly bailed out Wednesday, a day after the … Read more

HAWTHORNE FL – KILLED BY 2 PIT BULLS – 74-YR-OLD ROY MCSWEENEY- DOING YARD WORK- ATTACKED BY NEIGHBOR’S 2 PIT BULLS-RIGHT ARM COMPLETELY RIPPED OFF-LEFT ARM PARTIALLY AMPUTATED-SEVERE FACIAL INJURIES !!!!!!!!

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ROY MCSWEENEY DIED AT 4:18 PM WEDNESDAY..  HE LIVED WITH HIS WIFE, SHARON, AT 259 OLD HAWTHORNE RD  AND WAS WORKING IN HIS YARD AT THE TIME THE PIT BULLS ATTACKED HIM.  THE MCSWEENEY FAMILY HAS RETAINED THE GAINESVILLE LAW FIRM OF AVERA & SMITH , WHICH IS ALSO  REPRESENTING  ROBERT FLOYD WHO WAS ATTACKED … Read more

SAINT-HIPPOLYTE QUEBEC CANADIAN – WOMAN SUFFERS THROUGH LIFE-ALTERING EXPERIENCE OF HAVING HER FACE DISFIGURED BY A PIT BULL ATTACK

Monday May 9, 2011 – Toronto Sun – Marie-Helene Tokar was disfigured when the neighbor’s  Pit Bull   attacked  her in September 2008 and tore off her nose near her home in Saint-Hippolyte, Que., 80 km north of Montreal.  She was rushed to a hospital where doctors tried to reconstruct her nose with skin grafts, … Read more