San Diego police officers responded to a dog attack on the evening of Oct. 21 in Point Loma, which left an 18-month-old child and two others injured.
According to an NBC San Diego news report, police arrived in the 2700 block of Wasp Way and found that three people including the toddler had been bitten by a Rottweiler. Officials said a 13-year-old girl whose family owns the dog, as well as the toddler and the child’s mother, were seriously injured. Continue reading →
Four people were hospitalized with injuries after being attacked in a recreational vehicle by a pit bull who had just given birth to a litter of puppies.
According to a KTLA news report, multiple agencies responded to an emergency call in the Santa Ana River near Wilderness Avenue. When they arrived at the scene, first responders found four victims – three men and a woman – with bite wounds.
All four were transported by ambulance for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. Continue reading →
A police dog trained to sniff out drugs ended up attacking a 5-year-old boy on the evening of Aug. 3 during a National Night Out event in South Pasadena.
The local event, set up to build relationships between police and the community, ended with a youngster suffering significant wounds from the dog attack, that seemed to come without warning.
According to a news report in the Pasadena Star News, Sebastian Forbes had to get stitches for bite wounds from the attack on the left side of his face, near his eye, and on his ear along with bruising on his neck and shoulder. Continue reading →
A 62-year-old woman is in critical condition after being attacked by three German shepherds while she was out on a walk in Oakdale, California. According to a report in The Modesto Bee, officials with the Stanislaus County Animal Services Agency said the dogs escaped from a home when their owner opened the gate to leave the residence. The woman was taking a walk in the neighborhood when the three dogs attacked her. Continue reading →
A 12-year-old boy suffered major injuries after a dog attacked him. According to a report on Patch.com, the dog bite incident occurred on the evening of Sept. 15 inside a fenced property in the 1500 block of North Alessandro Street. Officials said the boy lives at the property and had played with the dog in the past. The attack happened as two men working to change a truck battery next door heard what sounded like a pig squealing. Continue reading →
A 2-year-old boy was killed by his family’s dog when he was playing in the backyard of his Modesto home. According to a news report in The Modesto Bee, the boy was in the backyard of his home in the 1900 block of Pine Street when the dog, a mastiff/pit bull mix, attacked him. Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department officials said they are not sure whether the boy was alone in the backyard and what the dog and the boy were doing in the moments before the attack. The child was transported to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead. Continue reading →
A mother and her 3-year-old son in Vallejo were hospitalized with injuries after three dogs attacked them. According to a report in the Sacramento Bee, the horrific dog bite incident occurred the night of April 6. Neighbor Dorris Hutcherson told reporters that the dog attack was the worst thing she’d ever seen in her life. When she heard the commotion, Hutcherson looked over her back fence to find the dogs, described as pit bulls, mauling her neighbor who appeared to be fighting for her life. Continue reading →
At least two people including a 14-year-old boy were injured in a dog attack near a Hemet apartment complex. According to an NBC San Diego news report, the incident occurred in the 800 block of Douglas Court near Johnston Avenue. Paramedics were sent to the location along with police officers to help the victims whose identities were not released. Continue reading →
A woman suffered serious injuries in a dog attack in her own home after three pit bulls viciously mauled her. According to an NBC Los Angeles news report, the incident occurred the morning of Dec. 15 in the 55000 block of Mitchell Road in an unincorporated area of Anza. A responding officer for the county’s Department of Animal Services described the injuries as severe. All three dogs were pit bulls or pit bull mixes. Officials identified the owner and arrested him on an outstanding felony warrant. Continue reading →
A large dog that officers identified as a pit bull or pit bull mix, bit a man and one of two dogs he was walking in downtown Los Angeles the afternoon of Nov. 28. According to a KTLA news report, officers responded to the scene near East Fifth and Crocker streets. Witnesses said the large dog was running around loose when it suddenly targeted the men and his two small dogs. Police described the attack as “vicious.” The victim was on the ground and other men in the area trued to pull the dog off him, but it would not yield. Continue reading →
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