Dog bites and other animal attacks can seriously injure or kill small children and adults. If you or a loved one has been viciously attacked by an animal, consult an animal attack lawyer in your area.
A Minneapolis woman recently bit a pit bull that was attacking her Labrador retriever.
A Lihue woman was attacked Sunday night by her boyfriend's four American bulldogs as she attempted to stop the dogs from fighting.
A proposed ban in Minnesota on five canine breeds is being met with opposition by many pet owners who believe that dog owners are responsible for the behavior of their dogs.
Nebraska's North Platte City Council will hear evidence Thursday regarding a dog the local animal control commission deemed “potentially dangerous” after it attacked an obedience trainer.
A bill was introduced in the Tennessee State Senate yesterday that would increase accountability for dog owners whose pets attack and injure someone.
On May 4, Christopher Crabtree, a 17-year-old Clinton, Iowa, resident, was awarded $228,000 in damages for permanent injuries he suffered in a vicious dog attack in June 2003.
Kristen Dub, 16, was treated for several bite wounds to her arms, legs, and lower back after she was attacked Dec. 10 by a 50-pound pit bull mix living in her neighborhood.
Dauphin Island, Alabama, Police Chief George Goodwin stated that his department will seek the destruction of a pit bull that, along with a second dog, attacked an area resident as he stood in his yard.
New dog ordinances in Madison have strengthened the rules that govern what happens to a dog and its owner after the dog causes injury to someone.
After a woman was attacked by at least four dogs in Hickman County, the district attorney has filed a petition to euthanize the dogs that were allegedly involved in the event.
In an effort to reduce injury or death for animal care workers, the Colorado state government is considering a bill that would hold a dog's owner liable the first time the dog attacked another person or animal.
Both Albany, New York resident Anita Walker and her dog were viciously attacked and injured by a neighbor's pit bull when the dog got into Walker's backyard.
During a routine demonstration at Hazelwood Middle School in New Albany, Ind., a sixth-grade girl was bit in the face while petting a police dog.
Gwinnett County, Georgia authorities have confirmed that a trained police dog jumped over a six-foot fence to attack a 9-year-old girl who was playing on a trampoline next door.
The Dorothy Sullivan Memorial Bill, named after an 82-year-old woman who was attacked and killed by three pit bulls, aims to place harsher penalties on dog owners whose pets injure or kill others.
TORONTO -- After several vicious attacks by pit bulls in recent years, Canada has banned these dogs in its Ontario province.
MCKEES ROCKS, Penn. -- A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit contending a police dog was trained to attack black people in this small town outside Pittsburgh.
BEAUMONT, Texas -- A state appeals court ruled that a police officer was justified in shooting and killing a Great Dane after it mauled a girl.
PELHAM, New Hampshire -- Former officer Andrew McNally has sued the city's canine officer because he didn't stop a police dog from attacking officer McNally during the arrest of a suspect.
Denver's Strict Ban on Pit Bulls Has Owners in a Panic, Even Smuggling Them Out of State.
A local man recently filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Palmetto after a police dog mauled his face while he hid in a swamp.
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