This was last year. I bolded some stuff. 31 deaths.
Fatal dog attacks in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fatalities reported in 2013
Date Category of Dog Victim's name Victim's age Circumstances
January 8
Pit bull Betty Ann Chapman Todd 65 years
Emergency Medical Technicians found the victim with dog bites to neck, head, and face, and could not revive her. According to the owners, the victim had visited the house on several occasions and the dog had never shown aggressiveness towards her.
[461] Later, investigators discovered that the dog had a history of violence and had killed a Siberian Husky that it lived with. Four months prior to the attack on Ms Todd, the owners had attempted to reduce the dog's aggression by neutering it.
[462]
January 19
Pit bull Christian Gormanous 4 years Climbed over a fence and got too close to the neighbor's tethered dog.
[463]
February 8
Pit bull Elsie Grace 91 years Found dead with dog bites in motel room that she shared with her son and the two dogs. Autopsy results to determine if she died before or after being bitten are pending.
[464]
February 16
Pit bull Isaiah Aguilar 2 years Killed in a neighbor's yard by a dog tied up in the yard.
[465]
March 2
Pit bull Ryan Maxwell 7 years Killed by a dog that was kept chained in the back yard of a home he was visiting. The dog may have been let off the chain by the boy or may have broken free before the attack.
[466][467] The dog's owners had been cited previously for letting their dogs run loose. Officers had also been called to their house on reports that dogs were not being fed. Although no criminal charges were filed in relation to this dog attack, one of the owners, Jereme Carter, is now in jail on murder charges from an unrelated case.
[468]
March 6
Pit bull (2) Daxton Borchardt 14 Months Killed by his babysitter's two dogs at the babysitter's residence. The babysitter was also injured but survived.
[469]
March 27
Pit bull & Pit bull-mix (7) Monica Renee Laminack 21 months Killed by dogs belonging to her mother's boyfriend.
[470] An autopsy confirmed that the child died of injuries consistent with a dog attack.
[471] The child's mother was subsequently charged with Cruelty to Children in the Second Degree.
[472]
April 7
Pit bull Mix (2) or
Bulldogs Tyler Jett 7 years Attacked while riding his bike by his neighbor's two dogs and died 5 days later.
The owner a week prior had received a citation for allowing his aggressive dogs loose and is currently facing criminally negligent manslaughter charges. Some sources identify the two dogs as "pit bull mixes";
[473][474] other reports identified them as a "
brindle bulldog" and an "
Alapaha blue blood bulldog".
[475][476] Some articles referred to them as both "pit bull mixes" and "bull dogs" within the same article.
[477] Photos of the dogs exist.
[478]
April 11
Pit bull -
Mastiff mix
[479] Claudia Gallardo 38 years A woman was killed after being attacked by a dog
that has terrorized the neighborhood for months, according to authorities and residents.[480][481] The dog, reported to be a female pit bull/mastiff mix, was also reported to have attacked neighbors in the past.[479] Claudia Gallardo was killed after jumping into the fenced yard where the dog was kept.
[479]
April 22
American Staffordshire Terrier (
Pit Bull)
[482] Jordyn Arndt 4 years Four year old Jordyn Arndt, was mauled by a pit bull at her babysitter’s home. The owner of the dog, 24-year old Jana Marie Wright, was supposed to be babysitting Jordyn and has been charged with multiple felonies punishable with up to 35 years in prison.
[483][484] Neighbors say that they had previously filed several complaints about the dog.
[483] The babysitter had a history of arrest on drug-related and child-neglect charges.
[485]
April 24
American Staffordshire Terrier mix (
Pit Bull mix) Beau Rutledge 2 years The boy was killed while the mother stepped away to use the restroom. The dog was 8-years-old and neighbors said they had never thought it was aggressive.
[486][487][488][489]
April 30
German Shepherd Rachael Honabarger 35 years The attack happened at home involving a male dog registered to her husband. The dog was 100-150 lbs and 3 years old.
One neighbor said that the dog has been aggressive and guarded the house.
[490] News sources reported that she died four days after the attack; however, the date given in her obituary was 2 days after the attack.
[491]
May 8 4
Pit bulls or
Feral dogs (
Mixed breed dogs with "possible 'pit bull' influence")
[492][493] Carlton Freeman 80 years Freeman, a bi-lateral amputee at the knees, was driving in his wheelchair when he was attacked by a pack
of four dogs that neighbors said had been roaming the neighborhood on-and-off for months. He tried to fight the dogs, but was unable to and was pulled from his wheelchair. The incident happened on May 8, and Freeman died on May 12. The coroner says he had lacerations and bites “from his legs to the top of his head." Initial reports said that three of the dogs belonged to a woman who is Freeman's neighbor and relative.
[494][495][496] The Sheriff's Office later announced that the four dogs were feral and did not belong to anyone.
[497] Sheriff's reports described the dogs as "brown dogs" and Animal Control claimed that they were mixed breed "with possible 'pit bull' influence."
[493] However, multiple news sources stated that they were
pit bulls. Photos of three of the dogs are available.
[493] One of the four dogs has not yet been found.
[498]
May 9
Pack of four
free-ranging dogs:
Pit bulls[499] Pamela Marie Devitt 63 years The woman was walking near her home when she was attacked by a pack of dogs. DNA results later confirmed that four of the eight dogs owned by a local man had been involved in the attack.
[499] Local residents reported that the area repeatedly has problems with packs of dogs running loose. The owner of the dogs was charged with second degree murder for the attack. He was also charged with assault with a deadly weapon for a previous incident in which his dogs attacked a horse and rider and he threw a stone at the rider. He also faced several charged related to a marijuana growing operation he was running.
[499] The dogs had been involved in several other attacks for which the owner was cited, and he had also been cited for failing to vaccinate, license, spay, neuter or microchip the dogs.
[500] He was also in violation of the legal limit in that jurisdiction of owning no more than 3 dogs.
In 2006 he had had four other dogs confiscated and destroyed after they attacked emus.
[501] [502][503][504][505]
June 9
Bullmastiff[506] Ayden Evans
[507] 5 years Killed inside the home of family friends near
Jessieville, Arkansas where he had been staying for two weeks because his family's home in
Moore, Oklahoma had been destroyed by tornados. After the child had started loudly crying, the 150 lb. dog came running out of a back room and attacked him. The dogs owner stopped the attack, but not before the boy had received serious wounds to the neck and face. He was rushed to a hospital in
Hot Springs, AR where he was declared dead. The dog ran away, so authorities began trying to find it and euthanize it. Investigators declined to say just yet whether or not the owners would face any charges.
[508][509]
June 17
Pit Bull mix Nephi Selu 6 years
The boy was attempting to ride the dog "like a horse" when he was bitten a single time on the top of the head.
[510] The two-year-old, un-neutered male dog had been acquired as a
guard dog[510] and was kept in the backyard of the family's home.
[511] After the bite, the family did not think he had been seriously injured and expected him to be fine "after a couple of stitches."
[510] He was brought to the hospital 2 1/2 hours after being bitten and died two hours later.
[510] The dog had up-to-date rabies shots and was properly licensed.
[512]
June 25
Pit bull mix Arianna Jolee Merrbach 5 years Killed after walking up to a chained dog that belonged to her aunt.
[513] The dog had been kept on a chain in violation of the county's laws against prolonged tethering, and animal cruelty charges were being considered against the owner.
[514]
July 1
Labrador Retriever mix
[515]
or "large, longer haired, black"
Mixed breed[516]
or
Mastiff-
Rottweiler mix
[517]
Linda Oliver 63 years She was killed by a dog that she had taken in as a stray. The incident occurred while she was attempting to stop it from attacking her other "small brown wiener dog."
[518] September 15 Husky-Mix Jordan Reed 5 years Jordan was found dead after being mauled by one or more loose dogs. "
[519]
September 22 "Mixed breed
pit bull Daniel "Doe" 2 years Daniel was mauled by 3 mix-pit bulls at his babysitter’s home. "
[520]
September 23 "Mixed breed
pit bull"[521] Samuel Eli Zamudio 2 years Killed by up to five dogs that belonged to his grandmother, in the back yard of her house. Authorities do not know how the boy ended up in the yard with the dogs, and occupants of the house said they heard no screams or other noises, but the boy was found dead with bite marks to his face and neck. Neighbors had complained to authorities about the noise and "stench from the yard" where the dogs were kept. A photo of one of the dogs is available.[521] The boy's grandmother and uncle were later arrested in Colton, California.[522][523]
September 27 Pit bull Jordan Ryan 5 years The boy was unsupervised at a family friend's house and entered a backyard pen where the dog was kept. The dog had been acquired 6 weeks earlier.[524]
November 1 Pit bull Terry Douglass 56 years Her dog, Boosie, which she originally acquired for protection[525] and had raised from a puppy. It had previously attacked a family member and Douglass, who carried a large facial scar as a result. Boosie had been taken away by authorities, but Douglass had fought to have Boosie back, and he had recently been returned to her apartment in Balitimore, MD. Officers speculated Douglass, a handicapped woman, may have fallen on the dog, and described the scene as "horrific".[526]
November 4 Pit bulls Katherine Atkins 25 years Went out to the kennel behind their home in Kernersville, NC to feed the dogs as usual, but this time they attacked. They belonged to her boyfriend. The dogs were euthanized and will be given a necropsy for clues as to why they attacked.[527]
November 5 Pit bulls Nga Woodhead 65 years On her daily walk about a mile from her home in Spanaway, Washington. The dogs had escaped from a nearby property and attacked from the rear. She fought the dogs with her umbrella and called her husband. A passerby tried to help. He told her husband the location, who called 911.Another neighbor gave the passerby a gun and he shot one, which fled. Police arrived and shot them, and an ambulance took her to the hospital. Her arm was especially badly mauled ("shredded"). Almost a week later, when she was sitting in the hospital waiting for her discharge paperwork, she died of a heart attack thought to be brought on by “extremity contusions, lacerations and fractures due to dog bites”. The Sheriff recommended the county prosecutor file charges, but it was not yet clear whether they would.[528]
November 8 Pit bull(s) Levi Watson 4 years Visiting a home in White County, Arkansas. The boy "managed to get out of the home" and "enter a fenced-in area where three pit bulls were being held."[529] Emergency crews brought him to the hospital where he died. At press time, police were investigating which of three pit bulls were responsible; what the fate of the dogs, which were taken into custody, would be; and whether any charges would be filed. The owner was cooperating with the investigation.[530]
November 21 Pit bull/Bull Mastiff mix; Rat Terrier Joan Kappen 75 years Hot Springs Villiage, Arkansas[531] The owner of the 87-pound dog said it would frequently "bite out of fear." It had previously bitten an intoxicated family member in the face, bitten a neighbor in the face, and bitten its owner on the arm and leg. The attack occurred after the dogs were let outside unsupervised, off-leash in an unfenced yard.
December 7 Pit bulls (2) Jah'Niyah White 2 years South Side, Chicago [532] December 10 Shiba Inu (2) Mia Gibson 3 months Attack occurred in the Columbus, Ohio home when the parents were sleeping. Mia was a premature baby who had only come home from the hospital Thanksgiving.[533]
December 13 Pit bull Michal Nelson 41 years Her own dog. She had gone outside, where the dog was kept chained up in a pen, to break ice on the dog's water bowl, when it attacked. Her brother found her body and shot the dog. Her eleven other dogs were taken away by authorities.[534]
December 28 Boxer Tom J. Vick 64 years Vick and his wife tried to break up a fight at their home in Bullhead City, AZ between their two dogs when one of them turned on them. He died soon after arriving at the local hospital; she survived and was flown to a Las Vegas, NV hospital.[535]
The point is, that in many of these cases, the dogs have a history of aggression, and these sort of tragedies, very uncommon need to be prevented all the same.