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A Detroit man who was mauled by three dogs as he walked home from a bus stop has died from his injuries. Harold Phillips, a 35-year-old father, died Friday evening, four days after he was attacked by the dogs as he walked to his house from a bus stop, his wife said. Detroit Animal Control and Care explained how the three dogs got out of a fenced yard and viciously attacked him. Phillips was hospitalized following the attack and had to have his right arm amputated but things went from bad to worse. The three dogs owner, Roy Goodman, has...

Woman critically injured in Great Dane attack 12:42 PM CDT on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 By ASHLEIGH REUTER / The Dallas Morning News A 59-year-old woman is hospitalized after she was attacked last weekend by her prize-winning Great Dane in her yard.

Vicky White cradled a pink towel near her chest with the utmost care. She held out the tiny package as she pulled gently on a corner of the towel to reveal the limp and bloodied body of her 5-year-old Chihuahua, Piper. The brown-and-white dog - which weighed about 3 pounds - was killed Tuesday morning on its patio by a neighbor's pit bull and a Labrador retriever in the area of 30th Street East and Avenue H. "The whole front page is always 'pit bull attacks; pit bull attacks,' and we always say, 'Oh those poor people, those poor, dear...

SAN FRANCISCO -- A judge denounced Marjorie Knoller today for indifference to the fate of a neighbor who was mauled to death by Knoller's dogs in a San Francisco apartment hallway and sentenced the former attorney to 15 years to life in prison for second-degree murder. Superior Court Judge Charlotte Woolard, who had reinstated a jury's murder verdict for the January 2001 attack at a hearing last month, rejected a defense lawyer's request for probation today and said the horrific circumstances of the crime far outweighed Knoller's previous crime-free record. Woolard said Knoller had not bothered to put a muzzle...

LONGVILLE — A Longville woman was mauled to death in bed by her two pit bulls on Sunday. According to Beauregard sheriff's officials, Kelli Chapman, 24, may have been sleeping when the mauling occurred sometime between 10:30 a.m. and 6:45 p.m. Sunday. Deputies were dispatched to 586 Martin-Baggett Road after the woman's husband, Jason Chapman, called 911 at around 7 p.m. BPSO spokesman Robert L. McCullough said that Chapman returned from work around 6:45 p.m. and found his wife in their bedroom, where she was sleeping when he left for work at around 10:30 a.m. Chapman said the pit bills...

Toddler dies after pit bull attack From Live5 News Authorities say a toddler was mauled to death when the family pit bull got loose from inside a laundry room and attacked the young boy. Brian Palmer died Tuesday morning from his injuries. He would have turned two-years-old in August. The 2-year-old dog was euthanized, and its head was sent to Columbia for testing. Authorities say the dog had killed a family cat and fought with another dog within the last month. There were --no-- adults in the house when the attack occurred and the oldest of four children at the...

Boy mauled by pit bulls STEVE LYTTLE slyttle@charlotteobserver.com Police say the boy who was attacked by pit bull dogs Thursday night in northeast Charlotte was seriously hurt but did not suffer life-threatening wounds. The boy, who police say was 7 years olds, was playing with his brother about 7 p.m. in a neighbor's yard on Eastway Drive. The two boys told police that the dogs escaped from a fenced-in yard, climbing through a hole in the fence. Witnesses say two of the dogs attacked the boys. A man passing by jumped into the pack of dogs and chased them away...

It has to be one of the dumbest laws, ever. And I don't even own or like pit bulls. It's nothing personal, only that I'd never keep any animal that eats as much or more than I do. Still, I can weep for the pit bulls of Denver, particularly for the puppies that never did anything other than get born into the breed. Yet here we have the city of Denver, newly sprung from legislative and judicial restraint, rounding up pits over the past couple of days and killing them like rats during The Plague. A uniformed officer arrives at...

<p>Authorities began weighing charges Monday against the owners of three dogs that killed a woman over the weekend in a gruesome rampage that left two other people wounded.</p> <p>Neighbors said the dogs had been a roaming menace for months in the rolling ranchland near Kiowa (search), southeast of Denver. A local fire official said residents had even adopted informal warning system when the pit bulls (search) were loose.</p>

No charges are likely in mauling of infant Parents' pet pit bull killed 2-week-old boy in Brooklyn rowhouse -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Del Quentin Wilber Sun Staff Originally published August 10, 2003 Authorities are not expected to file charges against the parents of a 2-week-old infant who was killed by the family's pit bull Friday afternoon, according to Baltimore police officials, who said the death appears to be an accident. Terry Allen Jr. was bitten to death by his parents' pit bull, "Jigga," about 3:15 p.m. Friday in the 4200 block of Audrey Ave. in Brooklyn, police said. Terry suffered dozens of...

Brooklyn infant is killed in home by family pit bull Parents had stepped out on porch; police shoot dog -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Jessica Valdez and Alec MacGillis Sun Staff Originally published August 9, 2003 A 2-week-old Brooklyn infant was killed yesterday by his family's pit bull after the baby's parents stepped outside and left him alone in their house with the dog, police said. Responding to the incident at 3:15 p.m. in the 4200 block of Audrey Ave., police found the dog loose in the street and shot it, firing multiple times to make sure it was dead, witnesses said. The...