Pit bull type dogs have killed again. Here is my updated list of US and Canada fatalities. Please note that I do NOT participate in the kennel club breed-name game. Where some 'breed' is in fact a mastiff-pit bulldog mix (such as the bullmastiff or the cane Corso), I list it as a pit bull type dog / pit mix. Please note that I'm counting deaths by pit bull / pit mix ATTACK, whether or not cars or a heart attack killed the targets before the attacking pit bulls’ teeth could.
11 dead by dog attack in North America so far in 2015. 8 killed by known pit bull type dogs / pit bull mixes. Stars (**) indicate that the killer was someone’s beloved ‘family pet’ pit bull that was never abused or neglected. The double dagger (‡) indicates that the ‘family pet’ pit bull belonged to the deceased person, their family or a relative.
Adult fatalities by pit bull type dog (5):
Eugene Smith – 87 y.o. – Frederick MD ** ‡ [January 7; ‘rescue’ pit bull, kept as indoor family pet]
David Wallace – 63 y.o. – Wheeling, WV. -- ** ‡ [March 8, died possibly of a heart attack while being attacked by his pit bull]
Roy Higgenbotham Jr. – 62 y.o. – Wheeling, WV -- ** ‡ [March 8, killed by his pit bull while trying to do CPR on David Wallace; the two men owned the pit bull jointly, had raised it from pup]
Julia Charging Whirlwind – 49 y.o. – Rosebud Reservation, White river, SD [March 14]
De’Trick Johnson – 36 y.o. – Pine Bluff, AR – [March 21]
Eugene Smith – 87 y.o. – Frederick MD ** ‡ [January 7; ‘rescue’ pit bull, kept as indoor family pet]
David Wallace – 63 y.o. – Wheeling, WV. -- ** ‡ [March 8, died possibly of a heart attack while being attacked by his pit bull]
Roy Higgenbotham Jr. – 62 y.o. – Wheeling, WV -- ** ‡ [March 8, killed by his pit bull while trying to do CPR on David Wallace; the two men owned the pit bull jointly, had raised it from pup]
Julia Charging Whirlwind – 49 y.o. – Rosebud Reservation, White river, SD [March 14]
De’Trick Johnson – 36 y.o. – Pine Bluff, AR – [March 21]
Child fatalities by pit bull type dog (3):
Declan Dean Moss – 18 mos. Old – Brooksville, FL ** ‡ [January 19, mother’s pit bulls]
Malaki Midward – 7 y.o. – College Springs, IA – ** ‡ [January 22, two six m.o. pit mixes]
Taylynn DaVaugn – 2 y.o. – West Mifflin, PA -- ** ‡ [February 21]
Declan Dean Moss – 18 mos. Old – Brooksville, FL ** ‡ [January 19, mother’s pit bulls]
Malaki Midward – 7 y.o. – College Springs, IA – ** ‡ [January 22, two six m.o. pit mixes]
Taylynn DaVaugn – 2 y.o. – West Mifflin, PA -- ** ‡ [February 21]
Rottweiler killings (1):
Betty Wood – 78 y,o, --- Sulpher Srings, TX – ** ‡ [March 12]
Betty Wood – 78 y,o, --- Sulpher Srings, TX – ** ‡ [March 12]
Fatalities by ‘breed unknown’ (2)
Unidentified Native American – about 40 y,o. – Gallup, NM [January 2, found dead at the roadside after altercation with ‘feral dogs’]
Frederick Crutchfield – 63 – Coal Hill, AK ** ‡ [February 4, found dead in woods with ‘multiple canine injuries’ inflicted by his son’s dogs – authorities are hiding what type of dogs these were, so it’s likely they are pit bull types]
Unidentified Native American – about 40 y,o. – Gallup, NM [January 2, found dead at the roadside after altercation with ‘feral dogs’]
Frederick Crutchfield – 63 – Coal Hill, AK ** ‡ [February 4, found dead in woods with ‘multiple canine injuries’ inflicted by his son’s dogs – authorities are hiding what type of dogs these were, so it’s likely they are pit bull types]
Foreign deaths by pit bull type dog that we know of (3):
Maxi Millian Guscott – 2 y.o. – St. Ann, Jamaica ** ‡ [January 2 – bullmastiff, which is a pit bull – mastiff mix]
Emilia Mitroi – 53 y.o. – Drobeta Turnu Severin, Romania [March 9 – attacked while feeding her son’s pit bull]
Itamir Fogaca da Silva – 45 y.o. – Sao Paolo, Brazil ** ‡ [March 12 – killed by his mother’s six pit bull mixes when he went to check on her]
Maxi Millian Guscott – 2 y.o. – St. Ann, Jamaica ** ‡ [January 2 – bullmastiff, which is a pit bull – mastiff mix]
Emilia Mitroi – 53 y.o. – Drobeta Turnu Severin, Romania [March 9 – attacked while feeding her son’s pit bull]
Itamir Fogaca da Silva – 45 y.o. – Sao Paolo, Brazil ** ‡ [March 12 – killed by his mother’s six pit bull mixes when he went to check on her]
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