A 5-year-old girl was seriously injured in a dog attack outside a Starbucks in Ventura the night of July 18, 2013. According to a CBS Los Angeles news report, the dog bite incident occurred in the 600 block of East Main Street. Witnesses told police that the girl and a…
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Dog Fatally Mauls 6-year-old Boy in Union City
Nephi Selu, 6, was killed in a dog attack after a relative’s pit bull mauled him. According to a news report in The San Francisco Chronicle, the incident occurred the morning of June 17, 2013 at a grandparent’s home on Elizabeth Way in Union City. Family members said the boy…
Stockton Woman Mauled by Pit Bulls
Samantha Williams, 25, was severely injured in a dog attack in Stockton after she was mauled by two pit bulls. According to a news report in The Record, the dog bite incident occurred in a home in the 1400 block of East Walnut Street. Williams was staying in the room…
Los Angeles Leads the Top 10 List of Cities Where Dogs Bite Mail Carriers
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) released the top 10 cities where mail carriers are most often the victims of dog attacks. Once again, Los Angeles has earned the dubious distinction of leading the pack when it comes to the most dog attacks on mail carriers. San Francisco was number four…
Man and Service Dog Attacked by Dogs in West Hollywood
Billy Lam and his 12-year-old sheepdog, Crouton, were attacked as they were walking on Fuller Street in West Hollywood. CBS Los Angeles reports that the dog attack occurred over the weekend when Lam was walking with his service dog. They were attacked by two pit bulls. Lam said the dogs…
Dog Bite At Elementary School Frightens Neighborhood
Police have now located the dog and owner involved in a frightening dog bite injury attack at an elementary school in an upscale Virginia neighborhood, according to Falls Church News. Dog Bite Upsets Residents Children were frolicking on the playground at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School on Oak Street when the…
Handyman Bitten by Police Dog in Anaheim
Robert Ray, a handyman, told NBC 4 News that an Anaheim police dog attacked him for a full minute, causing injuries that left him hospitalized for a week. The NBC report says Ray and the police department have different accounts of what led up to the encounter. While Ray says…
Abandoned Dogs Responsible for Attacks
Fort Ebey State Park on Whidbey Island in Coupeville, Washington, is closed to visitors as rangers attempt to find two dogs said to be very aggressive, according to Oregon Live. The two dogs allegedly bit one man and forced a woman to lock herself in a restroom on the park…
Hemet Man Seriously Injured in Dog Attack
A 63-year-old man suffered severe injuries in a dog bite incident in Hemet after dog escaped from its owner’s yard and attacked him. According to a news article in The Press-Enterprise, the incident occurred the afternoon of September 19, 2012. The man was walking along Kirby Street near Esplanade Avenue…
Mission Viejo Man Injured in Pit Bull Attack
A neighbor’s two dogs attacked a man inside his apartment in North Mission Viejo, the morning of September 6, 2012, near the corner of Santa Margarita and Marguerite. According to a news report in The Mission Viejo Patch, the dog bite incident involving two pit bulls occurred in the apartment…