From My Google Alerts- October 16, 2010

A man in Russia keeps his dog in his car instead of at his house as most normal people keep their pets. The dog is described as a “large pit bull terrier” and he lives in his owner’s old Volga car. The man says he cannot keep the dog at home. This is just so sad because no dog, especially pit bull type dogs should have to be confined to such a small space. The Russian police have stated that the man is not breaking any laws thus there is nothing they can do about the situation.

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An 11-month-old boy was bitten by the family dog, a yellow Labrador retriever named Fat Boy, in Nebraska last week. The baby, the mother, and the dog were all lying in the mother’s bed until she got up to get something. She then saw the dog bite the child, lacerating his forehead and biting his cheek. The dog will more than likely be put down; however, no breed of dog is mentioned in the article headline.

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In Hillsboro, Oregon, a man was bitten by a police search dog when they responded to a call about a possible break in at an Oregon rock museum. The man has been dubbed the “Moss Man” because he was concealed on the ground by a moss-like camouflage outfit. The “Moss Man” allegedly had secretly cut a hole in one of the building's walls days earlier and was trying to get in. Deputies who responded searched the grounds, finding a bike and a backpack.

"The K9 tracked to a wooded area and was very interested in a particular piece of ground about a half a mile away from the building," Thompson said in a release. "The dog then bit the ground that in turn cried out in pain."

The officer then realized there was a man hiding at his feet, dressed in a "ghillie" suit, Thompson said. A ghillie suit is a head-to-toe camouflage outfit used by military snipers to blend in with vegetation. The man was then arrested and is being held at the county jail.
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In Lebanon, Ohio, two women were attacked and bitten by a German shepherd dog when it approached them while walking down the street. The dog jumped on the 18-year-old woman, biting her arm. The dog turned on the mother when she came to her daughter's defense. The dog’s breed is not mentioned in the headline.
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A schnauzer was killed by a pit bull type dog last week after the pit bull attacked it for the second time in eleven days. Michael Kopynec, the 22-year-old irresponsible owner of the pit bull, was arrested Thursday and booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on one count each of unlawful ownership of a dangerous dog and negligent injuring.
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Carrie Rae McKinney of San Diego will not face charges following the April incident when her 7-month-old son’s genitals were mutilated by her boyfriend’s mixed breed dog. She had left the baby unattended in his car seat on the floor when one of the dogs tore into his diaper. One week prior to this incident, her older two children were removed from the home by Child Protective Services.
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In Detroit, a pit bull was shot and killed when it bit a police officer responding to a call about gunfire between two groups of boys. Police arrived and a pit bull was released. The pit bull bit one of the police officers. That is when the officer shot and killed the dog.

  

From My Google Alerts- August 23, 2010

A man walking his pit bull in the park at Fort Funston in CA stabbed another dog multiple times. At about 2:30 p.m. Thursday, a dog walker reported to the U.S. Park Police that her dog had been stabbed multiple times with a knife by a man walking another dog near the Sunset Trail, a police spokesperson said. As the two dogs drew closer, they assumed an aggressive stance. Apparently, when the woman asked the man if his dog was neutered, he responded inexplicably by stabbing the woman's dog four times. The man is still at large and the police are hoping to someone who knows the man and his dog will come forward and give them any information they have about the man.

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The U.S. Park Police have positively identified the man who allegedly stabbed a dog multiple times in a popular San Francisco dog park on Thursday.

A call to the public for help in finding the alleged canine assailant resulted in two people coming forward to identify the man, according to a statement from U.S. Park Police spokesperson George Durgerian.

The police are withholding the man's name pending further investigation, but he described the suspect as a 33-year-old white male. The suspect is not currently under arrest, the statement said.

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A man was attacked by at least one dog in a London park. The man, in his 40s, suffered injuries to his arms in the attack in Plaistow Park, Plaistow on Sunday morning. He may need plastic surgery, police said. The owners have yet o be found. I find it interesting the dog’s breed was not mentioned anywhere in the article.

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In Melbourne, a baby was attacked by the family’s pet terrier dog. Paramedics say the 11-month-old boy was crawling on the floor when the family's pet terrier set on him. He was left with deep cuts and puncture wounds to his mouth, nose, lip, and forehead. The baby is in stable condition.
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Federal authorities anticipate an arrest this week in connection with a stabbing attack on a dog Thursday at a San Francisco park, a U.S. Park Police spokesperson said Monday. A 33-year-old San Francisco man believed responsible for the stabbing has been identified, but not yet arrested, Durgerian said.” He's been positively identified and charges and an arrest are pending," Durgerian said this morning. "We foresee that happening this week." The man's name has not yet been released.

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A Middletown Municipal Court judge has set a pretrial court hearing for the owner of a dog that mauled his 1-year-old son. Steve Durbin’s pretrial is scheduled for 8:15 a.m. Sept. 15. Durbin and his girlfriend, Melissa Fields, of the 800 block of Barrington Court in Trenton, are charged with failure to confine a vicious dog, failure to license the dog and failure to obtain liability insurance. The one year old suffered facial and head injuries. The toddler is expected to be okay and the dog that attacked was euthanized. The breed is not mentioned anywhere.
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