On July 14, 2008, a 3-yr-old child tugged on the tail of a 2-yr-old male pit bull and was bitten in the face.

The Toleda Blade has this to say about the bite: The child was "was bitten multiple times on the left side of his face and thrown through the air by the pit bull."

When I clicked on another article and saw the picture, I was expecting the ( Read more... )

In March of 2007, a 16-yr-old student, Kodjo Yenga was stabbed and beaten to death by other teenagers.

This is how the Associated Press (via the Boston Herald) reports the story:

LONDON - School had just ended and Kodjo Yenga was walking home along a tree-lined London street when a gang of angry youths blocked his path.

One held a snarling pit bull ( Read more... )

Maybe you've seen the ad for the LG dare phone, maybe you haven't. I'm too lazy to dredge up the youtube link. It features a mop-headed young man deciding to trespass a junkyard where two cropped-eared and chained pit bulls are resting, just so he can touch an lg DARE phone. He touches the phone inches from the snapping maw of one of the dogs ( Read more... )

In July of 2007, there were two child deaths linked to dog bites.

Case #1:
Breed: Siberian Husky, two dogs
Story: A mother placed her 11-mos old child in a playpen located near two dogs. The two dogs managed to get the child out of the playpen and maul him to death. 
Charges? Charges will not be filed.
Number of times reported in media: Six, including ( Read more... )