24 dead by dog attack so far in 2013.
Pit bull type dogs killed twenty-two of them. Fifteen of the twenty-two dead are children.
Stars indicate people killed by a ‘family’ pit bull – ones that had been raised and cherished as an indoor pet, ‘never showed aggression before’, and knew the victim.
Child fatalities by pit bull type dog (14):
Christian Gormanous - 4 yrs old
Isaiah Aguilar - 2 y...rs old
Ryan Maxwell - 7 yrs old **
Dax Borchardt - 14 mos old **
Monica Laminack - 21 mos old **
Tyler Jett - 7 yrs old
Jordyn Arndt - 4 yrs old **
Beau Rutledge - 2 yrs old **
Ayden Evans- 5 yrs old **
Nephi Selu – 6 yrs old **
Arianna Jolee Merrbach – 5 yrs old
Daniel (surname as yet not revealed) – 2 yrs old (Gilbert, Arizona) **
Samuel Eli Zamudio – 2 yrs old**
Jordan Ryan – 5 yrs old (Baker, Oregon)**
Adult fatalities by pit bull type (8):
Betty Todd - 65 yrs old **
Elsie Grace - 91 yrs old **
Claudia Gallardo - 38 yrs old
Pamela Devitt - 63 yrs old
Carlton Freeman - 80 yrs old
Linda Oliver – 63 yrs old
James Harding - 62 yrs old - chased into traffic by two attacking pit bulls
Juan Campos – 96 yrs old
(1 non-pit type killing) [Rachel Honabarger - 35 yrs old - mauled to death by her own GSD mix]
(1 husky-mix killing, unknown if the other half of the dog was pit bull) [Jordan Lee Reed – 5 yrs old]
Two of the pit bull type dogs were BULL mastiffs, ie 40% pit-fighting bulldog.
If 20 of 24 dead were killed by pit bull attack, that's 83% dead by pit attack, 9% dead by 'molosser', 4% by some kind of GSD mix, 4% by a husky + possibly pit mix
If you count the pit-mix mastiffs as pit bull types, that's 92% killed by attacking pit bull types. Pit types are only about 5% of the entire dog population.
The man who ran into traffic kept pit bulls himself. He knew perfectly well what the two stranger pit bulls that were chasing him would do if they caught him, so he preferred to risk a swift death by oncoming car.
Pit bull type dogs killed twenty-two of them. Fifteen of the twenty-two dead are children.
Stars indicate people killed by a ‘family’ pit bull – ones that had been raised and cherished as an indoor pet, ‘never showed aggression before’, and knew the victim.
Child fatalities by pit bull type dog (14):
Christian Gormanous - 4 yrs old
Isaiah Aguilar - 2 y...rs old
Ryan Maxwell - 7 yrs old **
Dax Borchardt - 14 mos old **
Monica Laminack - 21 mos old **
Tyler Jett - 7 yrs old
Jordyn Arndt - 4 yrs old **
Beau Rutledge - 2 yrs old **
Ayden Evans- 5 yrs old **
Nephi Selu – 6 yrs old **
Arianna Jolee Merrbach – 5 yrs old
Daniel (surname as yet not revealed) – 2 yrs old (Gilbert, Arizona) **
Samuel Eli Zamudio – 2 yrs old**
Jordan Ryan – 5 yrs old (Baker, Oregon)**
Adult fatalities by pit bull type (8):
Betty Todd - 65 yrs old **
Elsie Grace - 91 yrs old **
Claudia Gallardo - 38 yrs old
Pamela Devitt - 63 yrs old
Carlton Freeman - 80 yrs old
Linda Oliver – 63 yrs old
James Harding - 62 yrs old - chased into traffic by two attacking pit bulls
Juan Campos – 96 yrs old
(1 non-pit type killing) [Rachel Honabarger - 35 yrs old - mauled to death by her own GSD mix]
(1 husky-mix killing, unknown if the other half of the dog was pit bull) [Jordan Lee Reed – 5 yrs old]
Two of the pit bull type dogs were BULL mastiffs, ie 40% pit-fighting bulldog.
If 20 of 24 dead were killed by pit bull attack, that's 83% dead by pit attack, 9% dead by 'molosser', 4% by some kind of GSD mix, 4% by a husky + possibly pit mix
If you count the pit-mix mastiffs as pit bull types, that's 92% killed by attacking pit bull types. Pit types are only about 5% of the entire dog population.
The man who ran into traffic kept pit bulls himself. He knew perfectly well what the two stranger pit bulls that were chasing him would do if they caught him, so he preferred to risk a swift death by oncoming car.
