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On May 4, 2013, Rachael Honabarger, 35, a resident of Coshocton, Ohio, died after being attacked several days earlier by her husband's German shepherd.
On May 9, 2013, Pamela Maria Devitt, 63, was mauled to death by a pack of 4 loose pit bulls which were running loose, as she was jogging in her home town of Littlerock, which is near Palmdale in Los Angeles County. Six pit bulls were seized from a nearby house where police found marijuana growing. The owner of the dog is under arrest.
On May 13, 2013, Carlton Freeman, 80, of Harleyville, South Carolina, died from a dog mauling that happened on May 8th. This man was a double amputee who was attacked in his wheelchair. The breeds of the dogs have not been revealed.
Los Angeles is the worst city in the USA for mail carrier dog bites. (Read the article.)
California is the state with the highest number of dog bite claims made to State Farm, one of the nation's largest insurers of homes. (Read the article.)
The USA death count from dogs in 2013 is 14. Of these, 13 people were killed by pit bulls. In 2012, there were 37 canine homicides in the USA, the worst year on record. Analysis of the statistics, and links to news articles about each of the deaths, can be found at dogsbite.org. A short summary of each case, going back to 2006, is here on dogbitelaw.com at Canine Homicides: July 2006 to the Present.
Details, prior canine homicides, and other interesting news about dog bites and the law can be found in our News Archive. Join the Dog Bite Law Group on Facebook to discuss all this, and get up-to-the-minute reports @ DogBiteLaw on Twitter.