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U.S. fatal pit bull attacks have surpassed 370 since 1998; the last year the CDC studied fatal dog attack data by breed. In the last 8-year period of the CDC study (1991 to 1998), pit bulls averaged 2.9 deaths per year. From 2013 to 2020, the most recent 8-year period, pit bulls averaged 28.4 deaths per year, an increase of over 850%.Breed-Specific Laws
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Tag Archives: Pennsylvania
2018 Pit Bull Fatality: Jaevon Torres
August 2018, Philadelphia, PA Jaevon Torres, 2-years old Fatal pit bull attack – Child death View related map Philadelphia, PA – A 2-year old boy is dead and a 23-year old woman was injured after being attacked by two pit … Continue reading
2018 Pit Bull Fatality: Gauge Eckenrode
May 2018, Lakemont, PA Gauge Eckenrode, 6-years old Fatal pit bull attack – Child death View related map Lakemont, PA – Blair County Coroner Patricia Ross identified the 6-year-old boy killed Thursday after a dog attack as Gauge Eckenrode. Police … Continue reading

1908: Henry Turpin, Assisted Suicide by Pit Bull
Vicious Bulldog Helps Master to Drown Himself May 1, 1908 Albuquerque Citizen Library of Congress Vicious Bulldog Helps Master to Drown Himself Canine Bit Would Be Rescuers When They Attempted to Save Man from Watery Grave —– His Third Attempt … Continue reading

2015 Fatal Pit Bull Attack: TayLynn DeVaughn
February 2015, Allegheny County, PA TayLynn DeVaughn, 2 Fatal pit bull attack – Child death View related map West Mifflin, PA – On Sunday evening, 2-year old TayLynn DeVaughn was viciously attacked and killed by a family pit bull-mix while … Continue reading

1885 Fatal Pit Bull Attack – Baby Doe Beining
July 1885, Lehigh County, PA Baby Doe Beining (Last name also spelled Haening), < 1 Fatal dog attack: bulldog (pit bull-type) See related map A ferocious bull-dog attacked the three-months-old child of Mrs. Beining, of Allentown, Pa., Tuesday last, biting … Continue reading

1881 Fatal Pit Bull Attack – Miss Shearer
February 1881, McKean County, PA Miss Shearer, 16 Fatal dog attack: bulldog (pit bull-type) Poverty Bay Herald Volume VIII, Issue 1242 February 9, 1881 At Bradford Pennsylvania, on October 10th, Captain John Shearer of North Beaver having purchased a large … Continue reading

1907 Fatal Pit Bull Attack – Lena Smith
February 1907, Philadelphia County, PA Lena Smith, Adult Fatal dog attack: bulldog (pit bull-type) Gainsville Daily Sun February 16, 1907 Library of Congress Woman Killed by Vicious Dog Philadelphia, Feb. 15 — Mrs. Lena Smith of this city, who was … Continue reading

1888 Fatal Pit Bull Attack – Isaac Lifter
October 1888, Cumberland/Franklin Counties, PA Isaac Lifter, Adult Fatal dog attack: bulldogs (pit bull-type) Isaac Lifter, a peddler, was torn to pieces by three bulldogs belonging to James Rife, of Shippensburg, Penn. They dragged his body a quarter of a … Continue reading
