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Posted at: 08/05/2010 8:26 AM An Artesia man says vicious pit bulls keep getting into his yard forcing him and his family to stay inside. The problem has been going on for almost a year and Jason Shirey says he is fed up. Shirey killed one of his neighbor's pit bulls last year with a shot gun after it went into his yard and charged at him. Shirey's most recent run in with his neighbor's dogs happened early Monday morning. "I don't want to come out and find one of my dogs dead. I don't want to be attacked by...

Published: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 MIDDLETOWN — The father of an 11-year-old girl mauled by a pit bull in mid-May is set to appear in civil court Monday at New London Superior Courthouse. Thomas Sheehan, of 331 Timber Ridge Road, Middletown, was allegedly hosting a family party when his daughter was viciously attacked by an unleashed pit bull. The dog belongs to the son of Sheehan’s girlfriend, the 11-year-old’s mother, Merryl Simon Macek, said. According to Macek, her daughter suffered severe injuries from the attack including five deep lacerations and two puncture wounds under the jaw. Three-fourths of the girl’s...

Updated at 01:13 PM today CONCORD, CA (KGO) -- A 2-year-old Concord boy died Thursday morning after being attacked by three of his family's pit bulls. The family has five pet pit bulls living in their home on the 1700 block of Trail Creek Court, according to investigators. The boy was inside the house with two adults and his four-year-old brother when he walked into the garage where the three dogs were located, said Concord police Lt. Jim Lardieri. The remaining two dogs were in the back yard at the time. Authorities said the three dogs attacked the boy and...

(07-23) 13:22 PDT CONCORD -- The Concord man whose pit bull terriers fatally mauled his 2-year-old step-grandson said from jail today that he doesn't believe he is "totally responsible" for the boy's death, but acknowledged that he had ignored warning signs - including when one of the dogs killed his Chihuahua. His eyes bloodshot, Steven Hayashi, 52, was emotional at times in the Contra Costa County Jail in Martinez as he talked about the death Thursday of Jacob Bisbee, who was mauled by as many as three of Hayashi's five pit bulls in the garage of his family's home on...

TYLER, Texas — An 83-year-old east Texas woman is recovering after being attacked by a pit bull mix authorities say may have been used in illegal dog fighting. Glynda Hulsey and her two dogs were attacked as she walked to her mailbox in Smith County last week. She made it back to her house, with the dog following, and her husband shot the dog.

Dallas police responded to three different reports of pit bull attacks since Friday. Two men and an 8-year-old boy were bitten. A 63-year-old man was attacked in Lakewood Friday morning, a 45-year-old man was attacked in Oak Cliff on Sunday morning, and the 8-year-old was attacked in Far East Dallas on Sunday evening. None received injuries that were life-threatening. In the first case, Dost Aryan, 63, set out alone Friday morning on his routine, leisurely stroll through his Lakewood neighborhood. About 6:45 a.m., he said, he was attacked by two pit bulls in the 6300 block of Monticello Avenue. "I...

Omaha, NE - Officers trying to find a suspect in a sexual assault were thwarted for a while by a stubborn pit bull. Police officers executing a no-knock search warrant near 33rd and Forest Lawn Avenue noticed a garage door partially open. As police approached, the suspect reportedly opened the door suddenly and a pit bull ran out, charging an officer. Police reports say he attacked "in a vicious manner, growling, showing teeth." The officer shot the dog in the head, causing him to stagger and collapse. As officers arrested the suspect and tried to enter the house, the pit...

Posted on July 23, 2010 at 9:40 PM DALLAS - Two pit bull dogs attacked and mauled a 63-year-old diabetic man taking a walk through his neighborhood Friday. It happened just before 6:00 a.m. in Lakewood. "It was terrible, man," David Cunniff, witness, recalled. "I felt defenseless. There was nothing I could do." He first heard Dost Aryan's screams for help outside. "He had bites on his face, his arms, his legs, his arms," Cunniff remembered. "There was blood all over the porch. It was horrific. You can't believe." Aryan said the dogs charged him as he walked back towards...

Updated: Jul 21, 2010 1:31 PM PDT By Jamel Major - bio | email MEMPHIS, TN (WMC-TV) - Kevin Stringfellow will never forget the frightening attack by two pit bulls he suffered Tuesday as he walked from a neighborhood store. "I saw two dogs coming toward me, and started grabbing me and biting me real hard," he said Wednesday. Two pit bulls latched on to him, leaving 52 holes in his arm. The dogs even left holes on Stringfellow's pants. "One of them was just tearing my arm up," he said. "The other dog was biting me on my leg....

Pit bull that attacked boy had cocaine in system, indictment alleges Owner, charged with girlfriend, has pleaded guilty in unrelated attack by same dog Thursday, July 22, 2010 10:11 PM BY JOHN FUTTY A man indicted today on a charge of felonious assault in two attacks by his pit bull also faces an animal-cruelty charge because authorities say he drugged the dog with cocaine. A Franklin County grand jury returned a seven-count indictment against Donald L. Moore Jr., 34, who pleaded guilty earlier this week in Environmental Court in an unrelated attack involving the same dog. Moore's girlfriend, Stephanie Shahan,...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - An elderly man is dead and at least three others were injured after two pitbulls got loose and attacked them Tuesday afternoon near downtown Memphis. A 71-year-old man went into cardiac arrest and suffered from severe bites after the two pit bulls attacked him. He was later pronounced dead. Crews also found a 25-year-old woman with dog bites. Police said she was in critical condition. Their identities have not yet been released. The incident occurred just after noon near the intersection of N Manassas and Mosby Ave just north of Poplar. The elderly victim was with the...

MEMPHIS, TN – Memphis police say an elderly man is dead and his daughter is in critical condition after a pit bull attack that also injured two firefighters. According to police, officers were called to 230 North Manassas Street around noon, Tuesday, July 20, 2010, about an elderly man who was attacked by a pit bull dog. When police arrived, they discovered the elderly man and a woman, the man’s daughter, who had been attacked by two pit bulls. Police say when Memphis Fire Department paramedics tried to treat the victims, the dogs attacked the paramedics as well. The elderly...

July 18, 2010 10:16 PM JAKOB RODGERS THE GAZETTE A Yorkshire terrier being walked by its owner in south Colorado Springs was killed by a pit bull Sunday. The pit bull appears to have been loose at about 2:35 p.m. when it attacked the dog on Florence Avenue near Cheyenne Road and Lake Avenue, said Stacey Candella, spokeswoman for the Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region. The pit bull has been turned over to the Humane Society, where it will be euthanized, Candella said. The owner of the pit bull, who was not present when the attack took place,...

JONESBORO, Ga. -- A Clayton County man has been arrested after two of his pit bulls attacked his 80-year-old neighbor, police said. Joel Robinson, 28, is charged with reckless conduct. Clayton County police said Doretha Crews was walking to her mailbox July 3 when the dogs attacked her. Neighbor Lynn Duffey rushed to the woman's aid. “And I hollered, ‘Mama Dog, get off of her!’” Duffey said. She said she thinks the dogs obeyed her command because they recognized her voice. Duffey’s backyard is connected to Robinson’s backyard, and she said she often yelled at the dogs when they fought...

UPDATED: 9:24 am EDT July 7, 2010 DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. -- Douglas County Animal Control is looking for a missing pit bull that attacked a woman and sent her to the hospital. Frankie Forsh said she nearly died Monday after getting attacked by a pack of pit bull dogs. “It’s like your life is flashing before you and you’ll never see your family again,” said Forsh. The three dogs ripped apart her arms, legs, and face. “The plastic surgeon stitched the left side of my face,” Forsh said. “The right side I will probably have to have skin grafts.” According to...

Animal welfare organisations, veterinary professionals and local authorities yesterday joined forces to condemn the much-criticised Dangerous Dogs Act, demanding that it must be replaced by a hard-hitting new Dog Control Bill focusing on prevention rather than cure. Existing legislation has failed to reduce the number of dog bite incidents in the UK, which have risen in the past five years by 79% in London and 43% nationally*. If passed, the Bill will introduce major changes to current dangerous dog legislation, which is widely considered to be one of the most ineffective pieces of government legislation ever brought into force. These...

By: Kamala Kelkar Examiner Staff Writer July 1, 2010 Read more at the San Francisco Examiner: http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/Three-injured-in-Golden-Gate-Park-dog-attack-97587149.html#ixzz0sUMJrdLu A pit bull that was being used to illegally breed other dogs for sale and probably living in a homeless encampment bit three people in Golden Gate Park Thursday morning. It was grazed in the face by a bullet before police captured it, and is in serious condition. The attack happened around 6:30 a.m. near Transverse and John F. Kennedy drives when three people, two women and a man, were approached by the pit bull and what appeared to be a female mix...

Dogs' owner turns in the animals By Pat Hatfield BEACON STAFF WRITER posted Jun 29, 2010 - 4:13:10pm Text Size What should have been a good Sunday night, June 27, turned into a time of terror for two young women, when they were attacked by two pit bulls on the loose in Northeast DeLand. The dogs were surrendered by their owner to Halifax Humane Society, and the attack victims traveled to the Daytona Beach shelter and identified the dogs at 3 p.m. today, June 29, Volusia County spokeswoman Pat Kuehn said. The dogs will be held for 10 days and...

By JESSICA GREENE Updated 8:35 AM PDT, Tue, Jun 29, 2010 A little dog with a big heart is being called a hero after he died apparently protecting the family's newborn baby. Two pit bulls went into a Richmond home on Sunnday and as they approached the 22-day-old infant, the family's Chihuahua put himself between the baby and the intruding dogs, police say. The pit bulls chomped down on the little dog and took him out of the house. The Chihuahua was later found dead. Police started getting calls about the attack at about 4:30 p.m. Sunday and found the...

June 29, 2010 12:59 AM JUAN CARLOS FANJUL BELLE GLADE-- Delanos Brown walked along the canal near his trailer park home looking for any sign of his beloved 1-year-old dog King. Around 7:30pm Monday, the 100 pound Pit Bull mix was drinking water along the canal when a 13-foot-long Alligator lunged at him, took him by the head, and pulled him under. "The gator just grabbed him and took him into a drainage pipe where he's been hiding ever since with my dog's body," he said. Residents who live in the trailer park located at the intersection of Hatcher Road...