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Guide dog owner’s pit bull terror A blind man today told how he, his teenage son and his guide dog were attacked by an unleashed pit bull in the centre of Wolverhampton. Kevin Lloyd was on his way home from work when the dog set upon his four-and-a-half-year-old dog Watson, which was pinned down and left with deep bite marks to his head and eyes. Mr Lloyd, 43, said he and Watson were rescued by staff from a bank as the pit bull’s owner looked on from a bus stop. “I can’t believe the owner had a dog like this...

AMARILLO — A miniature horse given to a boy with brain cancer by the Make-A-Wish Foundation was killed by a pair of pit bulls who were found roaming in his yard, authorities said. The 31-inch tall horse, Anniversary, was donated by the foundation to 3-year-old Christian Vasquez in late August. Christian, who was diagnosed in January with a malignant form of brain cancer, received a pull cart, a blanket, a halter and a bridle set from the foundation on Saturday, said Jelaine Workman, executive director for the foundation's Amarillo chapter. Two days later, Anniversary was found dead on his property...

Yet another dog attack in the Antelope Valley has resulted in death. This time, the victim was a nearly 10-year-old female golden retriever-chow mix named Nakita, who was in her own back yard the morning of Oct. 10 when the attack occurred, according to Monique Alexander, Nakita's owner. Alexander said she left her home in the 1600 block of East Norberry Street at about 6:30 a.m. Oct. 10, headed to a business meeting. Nakita was in the yard, she said. When she returned at 1 p.m., Alexander said, she opened the door to let her dog inside. "Normally, she's at...

MIDDLEBURG, Fla. -- A 42-year-old woman was fatally mauled by her two pit bulls, which also attacked the victim's son and a sheriff's deputy before both dogs were shot and killed on Tuesday morning, according to the Clay County Sheriff's Office. Tina Marie Canterbury was dead by 8:15 a.m. when Clay deputies arrived at the scene in the 2400 block of Cosmos Avenue, off county Road 218 West. "She was a wonderful, wonderful person to be around -- always smiling and always happy. It brightened up the room when she walked in," said Billie Cantebury, the victim's cousin. "We have...

A Gainesville man awoke to the sounds of a dog fight early Monday. When he walked outside, he found his dog locked in the jaws of a large pit bull. "I'm sound asleep and my wife says there's a dog fight in the yard," said Fletcher Sutton, 58. "And within 90 seconds I find myself standing in the yard in my bathrobe with a knife in one hand, a gun in the other and a dog dead between my legs." ...