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CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Mail Carrier Mark Pizzo ... I see the dog struggling with the little girl.. It did not take Pizzo long to realize if he did not act, something terrible was about to happen. I yelled out of my truck. When I yelled out of my truck, nothing happened. Then I heard her scream. I'll never forget the scream. The scream I will never forget for as long as I live, Pizzo said. Pizzo told WBTV he ran towards the seven-year-old, whose head was gripped in the jaws of a neighbor's Pitt Bull. The dog had started to...

METAMORA TWP, MI – A Livonia man died after he was attacked by two large dogs while he was out for an evening run Wednesday evening, July 23, .. Metamora Township Police Chief David Mallett. ... Mallett said the dogs responsible for the attack are two 3-year-old Cane Corsos. A Cane Corso is described by the American Kennel Club as a "mastiff type" dog that ranges in size from 23 1/2 to 27 1/2 inches tall at the shoulder. ... Mallett said there was a report of a dog bite in May 2012 where the animal did come back to...

Sitting on her grandmother's couch nine days after a pit bull attacked her on the street and bit her more than 100 times, 8-year-old Lyric Jones of Covington breathed deeply and hung her head. She recalled how fearful she was that the dog would kill her.The animal might have done that, had the child not shielded her throat and face with crossed forearms. "I've never been that scared," said Lyric quietly, her broken left arm in a purple cast and her torn-up right arm covered in a white bandage. "I thought I was going to die."But then people who saw...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A 4-year-old girl and her grandmother had some strong words to describe a pit bull they said attacked them Tuesday. "It's stupid," 4-year-old Tytionna said. "Kill it. They should put it down," her grandmother added. The two were on a walk with Tytionna's 2-month-old brother when the pit bull the family was dog-sitting got loose. It charged the trio and bit Tytionna in the face, dragging her to the ground. Then it bit her leg and shook her. "It swallowed my earring," she said. A Good Samaritan, who didn't want to be identified, ran out just in...

Last Modified: May 26th, 2010 02:56 PM An 11-year-old boy was attacked by a pit bull while riding his bike near his home in Fairbanks on Tuesday evening, according to Alaska State Troopers The boy, who was not immediately named, was stabilized at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital and transported to Anchorage for further treatment.

A dog rescued in the historic July dog fighting raids has been passed to the custody of a California Pit Bull rescue organization, and will now become a therapy dog. Missouri District Courts have ordered that permanent custody of most of the dogs rescued in July's multi-state dog fighting raids be transferred to the Humane Society of Missouri, who will determine suitable placements for each individual dog. In what was the largest dog fighting raid to date, more than 500 fighting dogs were rescued across 8 states, with 26 arrests being made on the scene. Nearly all of the dogs...

Pit bulls are always earning notoriety as fighting dogs, attack dogs and all around vicious canines, but East Lincoln's Phil Hemby has one specimen of the square-headed breed earning a new name for itself. And that name is lifesaver. Well, not quite ... Shortly after 2 p.m. Thursday, Hemby stepped out to take Slim, his 2-year-old pit terrier, for a joy ride in his Yamaha Rhino ATV around the Hemby Farms chicken houses off Townsend Drive. But the normally docile dog was in a rage - barking, snarling and driving him back - and wouldn't let him approach the machine....

MERCED COUNTY, Calif. -- A Hilmar resident sicked her 70-pound pit bull on her nephew after a Super Bowl party, sending the 13-year-old boy to a local hospital, the Merced County Sheriff's Department said. Melissa Marcrum, 35, is being held on a $50,000 bail at the Merced County Jail, Deputy Tom MacKenzie said. The dog named "Kane" apparently ran after the boy and chased him out a window after Marcrum gave a "sic 'em," command, MacKenzie said. The boy and his friend finally ran out of the house in the 7000 block of Lander Avenue and got into a car...

Dec. 11) - An Oklahoma City family is calling a beloved pit bull a hero after the dog took three bullets while fending off an intruder, KWTV reports. Roberta Trawick said she was sitting in her living room when a man came through the front door, holding a gun. The family's pit bull, D-Boy, raced in from another room, ready to attack. The intruder then began shooting, hitting the dog three times before fleeing the home.

A Slidell man shot and killed his neighbor's two pit bulls after they attacked him and his dog Tuesday afternoon, authorities said. The man was in his home on Maris Stella Street about 1 p.m. when he saw the pit bulls enter his yard and attack his dog, Slidell Police Lt. Ray Dupuy said on the scene. The man's dog appeared to be a Labrador-Rottweiler mix, Dupuy said. The man rushed in to protect his dog, at which point the pit bulls turned on him, Dupuy said. The resident then went inside and got a handgun, shooting both dogs when...

SAN JOSE, Calif. - In yet another dog attack in the Bay Area, the owner of a pit bull mix was treated Sunday for wounds on her hands and arms Sunday after she was bitten by her 8-month-old pet in her San Jose home. The unidentified 36-year-old woman told paramedics that the dog bit her repeatedly after it was sick in the house and she tried to clean up after the animal. "She was attacked for no apparent reason," said animal control officer Ramon Dizon. The woman's husband was also bitten when he tried to stop the dog, but his...

Fearful neighbors would stay inside when dog got loose - A pit bull that attacked and seriously injured its 66-year-old owner Tuesday had a history of aggression and was feared by neighbors, police said Wednesday. Tommie Munoz remained hospitalized Wednesday with "extensive" injuries to her legs following the attack by King, her 9-year-old pit bull terrier, said Sgt. Art Sweeney, spokesman for the Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety. The wounds were so severe, Sweeney said, that "there were several large chunks of her leg that (doctors) could not repair." Munoz's condition at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital was not available....

Pit bull attacks baby at Brooklyn apartment, is thrown off roof By Associated Press, 8/8/2004 22:41 NEW YORK (AP) A pit bull attacked and bit a 3-month-old baby at a Brooklyn apartment building on Sunday before a man threw the dog off the roof to its death, witnesses said. The attack, which seriously injured the baby, occurred around 5 p.m., when a woman took the baby to visit friends at an apartment in the building. ''The dog got jealous and started jumping for the baby,'' witness Emmanuel Santiago said. ''It caught the baby in the head.'' A man grabbed the...