A Florida mother is facing charges after a pit bull puppy attacked an infant girl, resulting in the amputation of several fingers. According to an arrest affidavit cited by NBC 2, the child’s mother, 21-year-old Chloe Wisniewski of Port Charlotte, is facing a child neglect charge after leaving the baby alone in a room with …
A Texas judge this week rejected a plea deal offered to a Waco man who admitted killing his estranged wife’s dog and laying their bodies out in her parking space at the church where she worked. The McLennan County District Attorney’s Office offered Scott Riggleman deferred probation for 10 years in return for pleading guilty …
An 8-week-old puppy is recovering after being tossed out of a moving vehicle during a police pursuit in Los Angeles last week. Los Angeles police were chasing a suspect on Friday wanted in connection with an attempted murder and carjacking late last month, the department said. The puppy, in a designer handbag, was tossed from …
A Mississippi woman is behind bars after a graphic video posted to social media showed her committing a sex act with a dog. The Jones County Sheriff’s Department charged Denise Frazier, 19, with unnatural intercourse and aggravated cruelty to an animal, WDAM reported. The sheriff’s department says it was tipped to the incident by a …
A Pennsylvania mother of two was mauled to death by her neighbor’s Great Danes, and one of her sons saw at least the beginning of the attack. Perry County Coroner Robert Ressler said the neighbor had asked 38-year-old Kristin Potter to feed the dogs while they were away — something Potter had done before with …
Four dogs have been euthanized after they reportedly mauled a California man to death on Tuesday. The dog mauling victim has not been identified, but SFGate reported that the fatal incident occurred as the he worked at a residential property in Jurupa Valley. The property owner was not present at the time, but he surrendered …
The owner of three pit bulls was arrested in connection with Friday’s reported attack that left an 11-year-old Georgia boy in a medically-induced coma. The boy’s mother, Ericka Stevens Gilstrap, told WRDW that her son was riding his bike when one of the dogs pulled his leg and the other grabbed his buttocks. After falling …
A 7-month-old boy in Washington, D.C., was reportedly seriously injured on Thursday when two dogs attacked him. Two pit bulls attacked the baby, only identified as Semaj, at a home in northeast D.C. The family, who wished to remain anonymous, told WTTG that the infant suffered a fractured skull and underwent surgery on Saturday. Police …
A Missouri Amazon delivery driver is dead after two dogs attacked him Monday night, according to Ray County police. The incident happened at around 7 p.m. near Excelsior Springs after the driver parked an Amazon truck in front of a home. The unnamed victim was said to be around 49 or 50 years old. Deputies …
Three people in New York have been injured after pit bulls escaped a Staten Island home and began attacking random victims. According to the New York Post, the incident happened on Tuesday afternoon as the pit bulls escaped from a residence off York Avenue in the New Brighton section of Staten Island. Along with a …
A deadly dog attack on an elderly Georgia woman has led to criminal charges against the victim’s daughter, who owned the dogs and failed to report their aggressive history, according to the LaGrange Daily News. Around 7:45 p.m. on October 7, dispatchers received a 911 call about an elderly woman screaming that she needed help …
