February 04, 2011 4:16 PM Wade Allen The Gaston Gazette recently reported an incident in which an 18 year old woman was bitten by a German Shepherd police dog as she left the Gastonia Police Department. A police officer had let the dog loose in a grassy area. The woman sustained a bite wound to ... Read more

AHRQ reported that dog bites requiring hospitalization have increased 86 percent from 1993 to 2008. January 06, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ — A woman in Moreno Valley, California, is an example of the increase in violent dog attacks. Christina Casey, 53, was killed when she was attacked by two pit bulls that belonged to her neighbor. Officials ... Read more

December 14, 2010 2:30 PM By SCOTT T. SMITH / WPEC-CBS12.com PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — A Port St. Lucie jogger used his bare hands to kill a large black Lab-chow mix that attacked him and his 7-year-old son on Southwest Masilunas Street Saturday. Port St. Lucie police say they interviewed the victim, 32-year-old Josh ... Read more

Posted February 1, 2010 The Record.com KITCHENER — A dog that bit a two-year-old boy in the face has been declared a dangerous animal by officers with the Kitchener-Waterloo Humane Society.   That means the dog’s owners will have to abide by several rules if they want to keep the animal, including caging the dog ... Read more

Wednesday, January 06, 2010, Associated Press   COLUMBUS, Ohio — A ruling from the Ohio Supreme Court could put more of a bite on dog owners taken to court for injuries caused by their animals.   In a case from northeast Ohio’s Summit County, the court ruled 5-2 Wednesday that owners may be sued both ... Read more