Hickory Creek Animal Shelter (Texas) and Sophie the gentle, affectionate girl who just fell repeatedly on that Dachshund with her mouth open, then closed it repeatedly into his flesh by accident. I assume. Best Friends Partners assemble!
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The price of pit bulls - the Upper West Side attacks of January 2025 and May 2025 in vet bills
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Remember the Upper West Side pit bull attack where 2 portly pittie owners staged a super low-speed getaway? The case is wending and here are some highlights from their counterclaim - also features their version of the fatal January attack
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"It took 5 men to hold that pit down" Pit bull attacks Chi/terrier mix in California, also attacking owner and others, remains with owner in Marina, C
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"I have potential behavior challenges that staff will address with you when you meet me." NYCACC, Pound Hounds Resq and Waffles, who doesn't like other dogs and has failed at least 2 adoptions for scary behavior but is also "just a little hippo." Or why American has trust issues with rescuers today.
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As rescuers dish on FB about the Lost Paws Animal Rescue raid, lots of LPAR fosters swan in to claim victimhood. And then one LPAR person makes the mistake of trying this costume on for size and gets reamed for being LPAR's #1 mill flipper.
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Lost Paws Animal Rescue aka Lyn Serino's puppy mill flipping, cat neglecting hellhole raided by law enforcement, 27 cats and 8 dogs removed. Good news, ALL her fosters have gotten together and agreed that they're really victims too, they could never have known.
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City of Crowley Animal Shelter + Howlin' Woof Society + Precious Diamonds Rescue & Sanctuary (Texas) + $10k and rising = 1 aging, 3-legged, dog-mauling pit bull named Eddie
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Animal Welfare Association (New Jersey), which is carrying on as if there's no such thing as a pit bull. Just retriever and terrier mixes galore.
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A "bulldog" and a German Shepherd attack a 14yo dog at a park (April 2025, California)
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The parents were arrested in the fatal 2024 mauling of infant Chevy Womack (California) by her mother's pit bull Rambo
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Kristen Hassen's company, Outcomes Consulting, now busily rewriting the bite scale. The potential here for comedy is without limit. Also, a look at Hassen's company and some familiar faces. (warning, some gross dog bite pics)
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Hillsborough County Pet Resource Center (Florida), Beach Paws Dog Rescue and a foolish wannabe adopter abuse "rescue only" to save Bucky, a goldendoodle who bites people. End result - Bucky back in a shelter kennel on another bite quarantine.
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Rescue junkie with multiple aggressive toy dogs acquires a pit bull mix, spends 2 years watching it attack her other dogs and finally euthanizes after it kills Bamm Bamm, a Yorkie. (Florida, January 2017)
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There were at least two Level 5 bites at US animal shelters this year, both from dogs that had been available to adopt. #Adoptdontshop!
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The battle between Best Friends and Danville Area Humane Society produces one of the ugliest comments I've ever seen made by an organization - one that equates a fatally mauled child with the family pit bull that killed him (August 2025, Virginia)
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Rescue dog attacks with history of attacking dogs is being walked on leash when it attacks and kills Luna, a Yorkie, in her own yard (August 2025, North Dakota)
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Lee County Domestic Animal Services (Florida) euthanizes pet cat within 2 hours of arrival as a stray. County says they're operating under a policy of immediate euthanasia of strays due to being over capacity. (May 2025)
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Pit bull attacks and kills Bandit, a dog being walked by his owner (Florida, August 14, 2025)
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Pit bulls attack and kill a small dog, Ollie, in his own yard. Neighbors pressure reluctant animal control to seize the pits. Pit bulls' owners behave badly. The usual. (Hesperia, California) August 25, 2025
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A rescue dog attacks a child who has been encouraged to pet it at Florida's World Equestrian Center. Duke bites the child repeatedly in the face and leg after his owner says brightly that he's a rescue, she's been wanting to try him in different situations, and says sure you can pet him (2024)
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Fulton County Animal Services adopter (and avid rescuer) checks back in to brag up her 2024 FCAS adoptee who doesn't like people and "still even has a hard time with me"
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Animal rescuers are uniting in August 2025 by copy/pasting a lengthy and tedious paen to their own virtue. Again. Does the allure of striking a dramatic pose and struggling bravely through your tears EVER pall?
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"She was like my best friend." 2 loose pit bulls attack people, break into a fenced yard to kill the homeowner's collie and send a child to the hospital (Ohio, August 21, 2025)
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