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NEW ALBANY, Miss. -- The 16-month-old victim of a pit bull attack has been identified as Destiny Marie Knox from Union County. Her identity was released Friday by Coroner Mark Golding. Her body was taken to Jackson for an autopsy while sheriff's deputies investigated the killing, which occurred Thursday night when the child was attacked by a pit bull at her baby sitter's mobile home.

The singer died on the way to the hospital from her wounds. The coyotes had bitten her many times and the paramedics said she was in critical condition when they found her and she had lost a lot of blood.

A dog rescued by a retired police officer attacked him Sunday — inflicting hideous wounds on his face. "The doctors and nurses have never seen anything like this," said John Wess, a friend of the victim. Jim Stewart, 53, of Woodbury, reportedly suffered a severed ear and had the skin torn away from most of his face in the attack. He was listed Thursday evening in good condition at Regions Hospital in St. Paul. "He has not seen himself in a mirror, and we are pretty worried about that," said Wess, a retired St. Paul police officer and longtime friend....

A PROMISING young Canadian musician has been attacked and killed by coyotes while on a tour promoting her new album. Taylor Mitchell, 19, was considered a rising star of the folk music scene, having just earned a Canadian Folk Music Awards nomination. She was hiking alone on the Syline Trail in Cape Breton Highlands National Park when a pair of coyotes attacked her. Tourists rushed to her aid when they heard her screams and found Mitchell bleeding heavily from mulitple wounds "all over her body", according to The Canadian Press. "She was losing a considerable amount of blood from her...

TORONTO – Two coyotes attacked a promising young musician as she was hiking alone in a national park in eastern Canada, and authorities said she died Wednesday of her injuries. The victim was identified as Taylor Mitchell, 19, a singer-songwriter from Toronto who was touring her new album on the East Coast.

Taylor Mitchell, a 19-year-old Toronto singer whose debut album was released in March, has died in a Nova Scotia hospital after being mauled by coyotes in a Cape Breton park. Mitchell was hiking Tuesday on the Skyline Trail in Cape Breton Highlands National Park when she was attacked by two coyotes. Another hiker, who was walking nearby, heard her cries for help and called 911. Officers arrived about 3:15 p.m., and one of the coyotes fled into the bush. The other coyote was shot and limped away. Mitchell was airlifted to a hospital in Halifax, where she died early Wednesday....

Authorities: Calif. Toddler Mauled to Death by Pit Bull Friday, October 23, 2009 MADERA, Calif. —  Authorities say a 17-month old boy has died after being mauled by a pit bull. Merced County authorities say the attack occurred Friday, and the boy died after being airlifted to a hospital.

The Journal Gazette A Pierceton woman visiting her son was attacked by a pit bull Tuesday, and the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department said the woman might lose her arm. Deputies said they were called to 9735 East County Road 150 South, north of Pierceton, shortly before 5 p.m. after an off-duty Warsaw police officer who lives nearby was able to get the dog off Janet Hartman, 63. Hartman was at the home of her son, Kevin, got out of her van and approached the residence, the sheriff's department said in a statement. The family dog ran from the porch area...

DELTA — A 10-year-old boy was severely mauled by his family's pit bull yesterday, but did not suffer life-threatening injuries, authorities said. The boy's name was unavailable last night. He was attacked by the family pit bull when he walked into his home in the 9000 block of Fulton County Road 11 about 5 p.m. with a computerized baby doll from school, County Dog Warden Peter Skeldon said. “The baby started crying, and when that happened, the pit bull attacked,” Mr. Skeldon said. The boy suffered bites to his face, an arm, a leg, and his back, the dog warden...

A 77-year-old man lost his arm below the elbow Thursday when he was attacked by an alligator while playing golf on Fripp Island. The man, the father of a Fripp Island property owner, was playing the 11th hole of the island's Ocean Creek Golf Course at about 3 p.m. when the attack occurred. The victim was leaning down to pick up his ball when a 10-foot long alligator grabbed his arm, said Kate Hines, general manager of the Fripp Island Property Owners Association. Hines said the alligator dragged the man into a nearby pond and went into a series of...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- Authorities in northeastern Pennsylvania said a woman was killed by her pet black bear as she cleaned its cage. State police said 37-year-old Kelly Ann Walz was mauled to death Sunday evening by the 350-pound bear. A state Game Commission spokesman said Walz kept the bear inside a steel and concrete cage near her house about 20 miles northeast of Allentown. Officials said Walz threw a shovelful of dog food to one side of the cage to distract the bear while she cleaned the other side. At some point, the bear turned on her and attacked. The...

7:28 PM Sunday, October 4, 2009 HAMILTON — Pastor Greg Andrews paid a price trying to protect his parishioners from a menacing pit bull. The 53-year-old leader of the House of Deliverance Church on Millikin Street was attacked late last month by a neighbor’s pit bull in the church parking lot. Around 200 parishioners, including children and elderly, had gathered inside the church for a concert. The dog was loose in the parking lot. Andrews said he asked the owner to take the dog away and secure it. “I turned around and the next thing I know the dog’s on...

A 74-year-old Lakeland woman was attacked and severely injured Saturday evening by five raccoons, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office. The sheriff's office animal control section is investigating. There is no word on the woman's condition.

A year ago Princess Goodwin was left with a gaping hole instead of a nose after her hound savaged her face in a freak attack.Recalling the moment when she awoke to find that greyhound Ali, who'd been sleeping on her bed, had launched the frenzied attack, she said: "It was quite confusing because I didn't know what had happened. "It was only when I realised the dog had bitten me I thought this isn't good, this is bad. "My first instinct was 'Hell, it's bad, what is anyone going to do with that?' – there wasn't anything to do anything...

TWO teenage girls were left shaken and frightened after their Staffordshire bull terrier was attacked by a golden retriever. The family has now called for all breeds of dogs to be kept on leads and under control when out in public. Three-year-old Zakk was left with a bleeding face and ear and now has a nasty scar on the side of his head. Jude Cother, of Bettle Close, Drakes Broughton, near Pershore, thinks ‘Staffies’ get too much bad press and believes other breeds of dog need to be kept under better control. Mrs Cother, aged 40, said: “Zakk was on...

A DOG owner was left horrified after her Staffordshire bull terrier was viciously mauled by a collie during its daily walk in the latest in a spate of dog attacks in the area. Karen Ofinski-Fogarty said it was the second time that her "soft" and "kind-natured" Staffie Lucy has been targeted in the Braid Hills.Mrs Ofinski-Fogarty, from Colinton, said that Lucy was first attacked last September when a mongrel tore her ear and caused a huge gash across her head. She required emergency surgery. "Lucy was screaming like I had never heard before, there was blood pouring from the wound....

Thomas Scott, 97, was in his backyard at 503 Court St. when a black Lab-mix attacked him. Scott said the dog bit him on his leg as he was walking in his yard, and he had to use his walker to get the dog off. In a report by Crawford County Deputy Sheriff Eddie Weber, who responded to the incident, Scott was in his residence when Weber arrived and had sustained a severe laceration to his leg. Crawford County EMS treated the victim at the scene, and he was transported to Harrison County Hospital in Corydon. It required 11 stitches...

A dog that was responsible for a vicious attack on a teenage girl in east Windsor last weekend is being designated by the Humane Society as "dangerous." "It had her by the arm," said William Green, a neighbourhood resident who witnessed the attack. "The bone was visible... She had chunks of her own flesh on her clothes. She was in shock." The incident happened around 4 p.m. on Sept. 5 in the 2600 block of Jos St. Louis Avenue.Windsor police said the dog -- a six-year-old Chesapeake Bay Retriever -- bit the victim deeply on her right forearm. The severity...

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) - A 3-year-old girl was hospitalized after she was attacked by a dog outside her Coeur d'Alene home. According to a Coeur d'Alene police report, the toddler ran outside to greet her mother when two dogs belonging to a neighbor ran up and 1 of them, a Belgian shepherd-type dog, attacked her. Her mother began kicking and screaming at the dog, and the child's father and the dog's owner ran over and were able to pry the dog away from the child after several minutes. Police said the child suffered bite wounds to her head, chest,...

A woman was left shaken after being bitten by a greyhound, which also attacked her dog, in the Isle of Man. The woman was walking her Tibetan terrier along Douglas Street in Peel when the other dog, which was also being walked, attacked them. The terrier suffered an open wound to the neck, which later required surgery, and the woman was bitten on the hand. Police are appealing for witnesses to the incident, which happened at about 1615 BST on Friday. Pc Ian Scott, of Peel police station, said: "I am led to believe a number of people witnessed the...

PICKENS COUNTY — A 21-year-old Pickens woman was taken to a hospital Thursday night after a pet bear attacked her. Lt. Robert McCullough, spokesman for the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, said the woman was at a relative’s home in Pumpkin Town near when one of two pet black bears attacked her right hand when she reached inside the bear’s cage. Independent Mail coverage partner WSPA News Channel 7 reports that the woman has been identified as Melody Hankle. McCullough said the woman suffered severe injuries including deep cuts and possibly broken bones. She was taken to Greenville Memorial...

ASPEN, Colo. (AP) - It's out of town or else for Gizmo, a Pomeranian with a bad reputation in Aspen. Municipal Judge Brooke Peterson told Gizmo's owner, Melinda Goldrich, that if the dog is seen again in town, it will be put to death. Goldrich was in court Wednesday on a charge of keeping a vicious dog. An employee at an Aspen fitness club says Gizmo, who was tied to a fence, bit her in August. The dog served 10 days in an animal shelter. Goldrich had been under a court order to not leave Gizmo unattended after he bit...

<p>Davidson County, NC-- A 4-year-old was hospitalized Sunday after being attacked by a dog near her Davidson County home.</p> <p>"She had a sucker in her mouth, and the dog tried to take it," said Rodney Baisden, the 4-year-old's father. "She's got three lacerations on her face, two bites on her arm, a couple bites on her legs, and it took 50 stitches in her face."</p>

A bear injured nine people at highway rest stop in central Japan before being shot dead in a souvenir shop, a firefighter said Sunday.

Police say a Warner Robins man killed his own pit bull after it attacked his 2-year-old daughter. That came two days after the dog allegedly tried to attack a woman. A Warner Robins police news release says it happened Monday around 6 p.m. Monday at 200 Peachtree Circle. Daniel Copeland, age 26, reported that the dog lunged at his daughter and bit her in the face, then became aggressive when he tried to pull it away from her. Police say Copeland stabbed and killed the dog. His daughter was taken to an Atlanta hospital with extensive head injuries and is...

ASPEN, Colo. — A man was attacked by a large black bear in his Aspen home in the latest in a string of violent encounters with the animals this summer in the mountain community. Colorado Division of Wildlife spokesman Randy Hampton said the man had gone to the first floor of his home to check on his three barking dogs when the bear struck him in the head.

When John M. Venezia's employer hadn't seen or heard from him, state police at Swiftwater were contacted Tuesday and went to check on Venezia, 48, at his Red Rock Road home in Paradise Township. Police knocked on the door and no one answered. Further investigation revealed Venezia lying unconscious in the hallway due to a medical condition. Police entered the home and noticed Venezia's right hand had been bitten off by a pit bull found in the home. As police tried to render aid, the pit bull lunged at a trooper and was fatally shot. Paramedics arrived on scene and...

CRESCO - A state trooper checking on a Monroe County man who failed to report to his job made a horrifying discovery: the unconscious victim lying in his home, his right hand bitten off by a pit bull inside the residence. John M. Venezia, 48, of Cresco, was taken to Pocono Medical Center, where state police at Swiftwater said he remained in intensive care Thursday. According to police, a trooper who went to Mr. Venezia's home on Red Rock Road in Paradise Twp. on Tuesday about 8:45 a.m. found the victim in the hallway, unconscious due to a medical condition....

3-year old Mauled by Family Pit Bull KTLA News 3:19 PM PDT, September 8, 2009 Click here to find out more! FULLERTON -- A 3-year-old girl is hospitalized in intensive care after being mauled by the family pit bull. It happened around 8:00 p.m. Monday at the family’s home in the 200 block of Costa Court. Investigators say the girl and her mother took food to the dog, which was tied up in the backyard The mother went back inside the house, leaving her daughter outside with the dog, said Fullerton Police Sgt. Mike MacDonald. Minutes later the girl’s 11-year-old...

JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A pit bull that chewed the toes off of a 4-month old baby in North Carolina has been euthanized, while the child's mother and her boyfriend remain in custody, charged with felony child abuse. The 1-year-old dog was put down and tested negative for rabies. A spokeswoman for Onslow County Animal Control said that to test for rabies, animals must first be euthanized.

Onslow County, NC -- A baby had all the toes of his left foot chewed off by a Pit Bull, according to the Onslow County Sheriff's Office. Lawmen say the baby could lose his foot. The mother said she never heard the baby cry out and only discovered the injury when she went to change the baby's diaper Monday morning. Sheriff's deputies say the mother, Robie Lynn Jenkins, and her boyfriend, Tremayne Spillman, were taking care of the 12-week-old Pit Bull for a friend, after the friend was arrested Sunday night for possession of a firearm by a felon. "Ms....

A 78-year-old man was hospitalized Friday with injuries he received when he was attacked by a black bear in a remote area of eastern Utah. The bear was shot and killed by another camper. About 12:30 a.m., a river-rafting party of 13 people, including nine family members and four guides, were sleeping after finding a spot off the Green River near Rock Creek Ranch in Carbon County's Desolation Canyon to stop for the night, said Brad Crompton, Division of Wildlife Resources' southeastern region wildlife biologist. The family was awakened upon hearing the sound of a bear attacking a family member...

CARBON COUNTY -- A 78-year-old man was attacked by a bear and saved by his family early Friday morning. The man's daughter jumped on the bear and began beating it with her fists until the animal let go of her father; another family member then shot the bear. Lou Downard grew up 150 yards from where the bear attack took place. He wanted to show the area to his children and grandchildren, so the entire family went on a Green River rafting trip in Desolation Canyon. On Thursday, the group noticed an unwelcome visitor: a 300-pound black bear. They fired...

Friday, August 28, 2009 5 -Year Old Boy Attacked By Pitbull By KELLY GOOCH Staff Writer JACKSONVILLE — A 5-year-old boy is in stable condition at Children’s Medical Center in Dallas after being attacked by a neighbor’s pit bull Thursday. Keith Radcliff, chief deputy with the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office, said the attack oc-curred at approximately 8:30 p.m. near the Folmar residence on County Road 3331, outside of Jacksonville. He said witnesses indicated that Hunter Thorp was walking to the Folmar residence to alert them that their pit bull was lose when the incident happened. “When the child neared the...

UPDATED: 3:16 pm EDT August 28, 2009 Kathy Conrad Kathy Conrad, 21, was arrested after scuffling with deputies for her dog being killed. COLUMBIA COUNTY, Fla. -- A 7-year-old boy in Lake City is recovering after a pit bull attacked him. After the attack, sheriff's deputies shot and killed the dog. The Columbia County Sheriff's Office said the dog was mauling and shaking the boy while the dog was chained to a tree outside a home Thursday afternoon. One deputy pulled the boy away, but the dog kept charging at the deputies. A deputy then killed the dog with a...

Danville, VA-- Wednesday morning, Danville Police responded to the intersection of Kinzer Avenue and Central Street in reference to a pit bull dog chasing children who were at a school bus stop. Responding officers did not locate the dog. An hour or so later at 8:22am, Danville Police were again dispatched to the same location about a pit bull chasing people down the street. Officers arrived and found the dog running loose and learned that a neighbor had already used pepper spray on the dog. The dog approached one of the responding officers aggressively, but the officer was able to...

An 80 year old Rantoul woman is in the hospital after she says a Pitbull attacked her. It happened last week at her home. Eleanor McDonald broke her hip and her hand. Her son is looking for answers. McDonald's son Richard says his mother is fighting for her life. He says Eleanor was taking her dog outside. That's when she says a Pitbull came around the corner and knocked her down, driving her across the driveway. The fall broke her hip and her hand. She's got the bumps and bruises to prove it. Neighbors pulled the dog off. They say...

HERCULES — Two loose pit bulls bit a woman out on a walk and fatally mauled her dog Thursday afternoon, Hercules police said. The attack occurred about 2:15 p.m. in the 400 block of Turquoise Drive, where 51-year-old Pamela Bergantino and her mother were walking Bergantino's 13-year-old Yorkie, Bobby. Three houses down from their home they saw two loose pit bulls running right at them, Bergantino said. She picked Bobby up and she and her mother huddled together for protection. "The dogs started jumping on us," she said. One dog bit her on the upper left arm, while another grabbed...

UPDATED: 7:05 pm EDT August 21, 2009 Dog bite victim at Flagler Hospital ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- A 10-year-old St. Johns County boy bitten in the face, neck and arms by a pitbull Friday morning was taken by air ambulance to Shands Jacksonville Medical Center with traumatic injuries. Officials said the injuries were extensive, but not life-threatening. The boy's name was not immediately released. Channel 4's Adam Landau learned later Friday the boy will need reconstructive surgery because of the amount of damage done to his face. St. Johns County deputies said the boy was at a window-tinting business in...

Published: August 17, 2009 11:27 pm print this story Hardy infant mauled to death by family dog Pit bull attacks 3-day-old at Rio residence From Staff Reports Cumberland Times-News RIO, W.Va. — A 3-day-old boy died of injuries after being attacked by a family pit bull at a residence in the Gretchen Acres subdivision late Saturday, according to Hardy County officials. The identity of the child was not released by the Hardy County Sheriff’s Office, which is investigating the incident. The incident was reported to the Hardy County 911 Center at 10:49 p.m., prompting alert of the Baker Rescue Squad and...

Here is a video report on a pack of wild dogs killing an elderly couple in Georgia. Apparently, the elderly woman, Sherry Schweder, took a walk on the country road near their home and was attacked by a pack of wild dogs. When her elderly husband came looking for her when she did not return, he too was attacked by the dogs. Their bodies has multiple wounds consistent with an attack by animals. The couple had both been employed at the University of Georgia - Mr. Schweder for many years as a German Professor, and Mrs. Schweder at the library....

Young girl attacked by pitbull BOSTON -- A young girl was with walking by a house in Dorchester with a group of children when a pitbull leapt out of the window and attacked her face. The other children took off running down Trull Street for help. "The girl's screaming and she's bleeding on her arms and her head," said Claude, a witness. Police arrived to find the 7-year-old girl on the steps of the house bleeding. She was rushed to the hospital. Some of the children lost their shoes trying to outrun the dog. The young girl is listed in...

August 13, 2009 07:29:00 AM By TONY SIMMONS / Online Editor PANAMA CITY BEACH - A woman who had been bitten in the face by a pit bull dog walked out of a clinic, refusing treatment, when a nurse advised her to report the attack. On Tuesday morning, Aug. 11, Bay County Sheriff’s Deputy Bill Brotherston went to the Panama City Beach address the woman gave when she signed in at the clinic. When she answered the door, he “immediately noticed that (her) nose had a scab on visible as it appeared to be a puncture wound of her left...

LEESBURG, Va. - Leesburg Police confirm a 20-year-old resident and another dog were killed by a family member's two pit bulls. Carter Delaney was killed by his brother's young pit bulls and neighbors say his grandfather made the disturbing discovery in the 100 block of Plaza Street NE shortly before 2 p.m. Monday. "We were really saddened by it. Me and my kids are going to come out and put something down," said neighbor Doodie Summers. Neighbors who lived near the Leesburg home where Delaney was mauled to death by two family pit bulls were shocked. "Oh my God, it...

OURAY, Colo. -- An autopsy showed a 74-year-old Ouray County woman whose body was found being eaten by a bear was attacked and killed by that same bear after she attempted to help a smaller bear that had been hurt in a fight. The son-in-law of Donna Munson told 7NEWS that Munson was trying to help a smaller bear that had gotten into a fight with an older bear on Aug 7. The smaller bear suffered broken teeth in the brawl, Munson told her family. Munson told her brother by telephone that she was putting out hard-boiled eggs and milk...

Published: August 6, 2009 FREDERICKSBURG — Spotsylvania County authorities say a 60-year-old woman and her Labrador were attacked by a pit bull owned by her son. The Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office says the woman suffered numerous bites and broke her shin bone and finger during the Sunday attack. Her dog was euthanized because of life-threatening injuries. The victim originally stated that she was walking her dog when a dog ran toward her and started attacking her dog. Authorities canvassed the area in an attempt to locate the dog, but were unable to find the animal. An anonymous tip led authorities...

SAN MATEO -- The two San Jose brothers who survived a Christmas Day 2007 tiger attack at the San Francisco Zoo were arrested in San Mateo for misdemeanor violations after a traffic stop, the latest in a series of run-ins with the law, authorities said today. The brothers recently split what remained of a $900,000 settlement the zoo paid them in connection with the attack. Their arrests come two weeks after the older sibling, Kulbir Dhaliwal, 25, was booked on suspicion of felony cocaine possession after being stopped near San Jose State University. The latest incident happened Wednesday when a...

A 32-year-old Hermitage woman faces charges of endangering the welfare of a child and reckless endangerment after her 1 1/2-year-old Rottweiller named “Cruz” bit a Farrell boy July 15 at her apartment in the Orange Village apartment complex, police said. April Hughes of 400 Orange Drive, Apartment 2, was also cited with harboring a dangerous dog because this is the ninth time Cruz has bitten someone, police said Police allege Ms. Hughes left the boy alone with the dog in the apartment and he was attacked. The boy needed 60 stitches for a head wound, police said.

By Christie Ileto - bio | email SHEFFIELD, AL (WAFF) - Pit Bulls attacking animals has been an ongoing problem for several months in the city of Sheffield. It's happeing in a neighborhood off Hatch Boulevard. It's an update to the story WAFF 48 News first broke in July; the owner of the dogs responsible for the most recent alleged incident had a hearing Monday afternoon. Jason Aderholt has another one set two weeks from now, as he refused the deal before him: to pay restitution, lose ownership, and turn over his dogs. Jamie Smith sits just steps from where...

Posted: 07/28/2009 07:04:46 PM PDT A family's pit bull grabbed a 17-month-old boy's face in its mouth Tuesday in Redondo Beach when the toddler tugged on its tail, police said. The mauling occurred about 9 a.m. in the family's home in the 1000 block of Palos Verdes Boulevard, Redondo Beach police Sgt. Phil Keenan said. "The child had touched the tail or pulled the tail," Keenan said. "The dog turned around, grabbed the child by the face and mauled it." The mother pulled the dog's jaw off the baby's face and called police. The call went out that a dog...