| Date | Victim | Dog type (Number) | Circumstances |
|---|
| Melisa Monserrat, 4, Female | Pit bull | Colima, Tecomán — The girl was outside her home and was attacked by a dog. She was taken to the hospital but died.[1] [2] [3] |
| Liam, 2, Male | Pit bull | Jalisco, Tuxpan — The boy left his home unnoticed and approached a tied up dog. The father found the boy unconscious with injuries to his face and neck.[4] |
| Yuridiam Elodia,, 36, Female | German Shepherd (2) | Baja California, San Felipe — She walked by a property and was attacked by two escaped guard dogs.[5] [6] |
| 39 or 40, Male | Unknown (5) | Baja California, Tijuana — A man was killed by a pack of 5 dogs.[7] |
| Mina, 48, Female | Unknown (Pack) | Baja California, San Felipe, Pai Pai Camp — A tourist from the United States was attacked by a pack of dogs at the beach. Her death is investigating as homicide by animal. |
| Rosa Velia Gutiérrez Salas, 82, Female and Armando Torres González, 76, Male | Pit bull | Coahuila, Torreón, Nueva Aurora colony — A couple lost their lives due to an attack of their dog. They had the dog since it was a puppy. According to the authorities, the woman ended up with a detached lower limb and various injuries to her body, while her husband had various bites on his face and body. Both deaths were caused by the bites, as the two deceased had hypovolemic shock, acute external bleeding, bronco aspiration, as well as sharp wounds both in the skull, faces, neck and limbs. One week before the fatal attack the dog already attacked the woman.[8] [9] |
| 60, Female | Unknown (1+) | Hidalgo, Tepetitlán — The woman was attacked on her property and died at the scene.[10] [11] |
| August 7, 2023 | Pánfilo SZ, 54, Male | Pit bull | Oaxaca, Salina Cruz — A man in a wheelchair was fatally attacked by a Pit Bull.[12] |
| R.G.V., 68, Female | Unknown (1+) | Hidalgo, Atitalaquia, Tlamaco —The 68-year-old was found dead with multiple bite wounds.[13] |
| May 26, 2023 | GCGV, 4, Male | Pit bull (3) | Chihuahua, Temósachic — The boy was playing with other children outside when he was attacked. He died on the way to the hospital.[14] |
| October 3, 2020 | Felipe Haro Loera, 60, Male | Pit bull | Mexico City, Venustiano Carranza — The dog owner found his neighbor lying on the ground after he was attacked by his dog named "Junior".[15] |
| May 22, 2020 | Celina Clemente García, 74, Female | Pit bull | Mexico City, Condesa — The woman was alone with her employer's dog when it attacked her.[16] |
| July 1, 2019 | Dominc Enot Vilchis Gutiérrez, <2 years, Male | Pit bull | Mexico City, Iztapalapa — The victim was attacked and killed by a pit bull that was kept tied up on a roof. The victim died on the scene. The dog was taken into custody.[17] [18] [19] |
| <1, Male | Pit bull | Colima, Las Amarillas Colony — A 11-month-old baby was attacked by 1 of 3 pit bulls in his home. Due to the severe injuries and blood loss, the minor died minutes after arriving at the hospital.[20] |
| Matias Reynoso, 1, Male | Pit bull (2) | Guanajuato, Arboledas de San Hilarión — The child was attacked by his parents' fighting dogs. He suffered serious injuries to his face, neck and chest and died at the hospital.[21] [22] |
| Zoé Villar, 4, Female | Rottweiler (2) | Nuevo Léon, Lampazos — The 4-year-old was attacked at a relative's house. Her 7-year-old sister was severely injured.[23] | |
Belize| Date | Victim | Dog type (Number) | Circumstances |
|---|
| Claire Alamilla, 11, Female | Unknown (1) | Belize, Belama, Albert Hoy Street — She tried to save her poodle from an attack and was attacked herself. A passerby tried to save the child. The dog was euthanized. The dog owner was acquitted in 2019.[24] [25] |
| † | McKesson Garrett, 71, Male | Rottweiler (4) | Belize, Belize District, Belize City — The 71-year-old was attacked by 4 dogs on his birthday in the presence of his friend and dog owner. He suffered severe injuries to his hands, arms, legs, and foot. He was taken to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. He died 2 month later at the hospital.[26] |
| Jeffrey O’Brien, 23, Male | Pit bull (2)Unknown (1) | Belize, Independence — The 23-year-old fisherman was riding his bicycle to go home from work when 3 dogs came out of an unfenced yard and attacked him. He tried to fend them off with a paddle until it broke.[27] [28] |
| Dualvin Jerardo Jacinto Albeno or Dualvin Salinas, 7, Male | Rottweiler (2) | Belize, Cayo, Santa Elena —Two boys went into a neighbors yard to collect coconuts and were charged by 2 dogs named King and Queen. One boy could escape, the other one died at the scene.[29] [30] |
| † | Edmund Spain, 65, Male | Pit bull (2) | Belize, Belize District, Tropical Park area of Hattieville — The 65-year-old was walking towards his house when his neighbor’s dogs escaped under the fence and attacked him. He died 5 days later. The dog owner was charged with causing death by negligence, but was acquitted in 2015 due to lack of evidence.[31] [32] | |
Guatemala| Date | Victim | Dog type (Number) | Circumstances |
|---|
| Danilo Emanuel Valladares, 6, Male | Unknown | Guatemala, San Andrés Itzapa, Chimaltenango — The dogs that attacked the child belonged to the employer of the child's parents.[33] |
| Manuel Hernández Matul, 56, Male | Unknown | Guatemala, Chocruz area, San Francisco El Alto, Totonicapán — Matul was attacked in the early morning hours. He suffered deep wounds to his face, legs and arms. The wounds were large, as the dog(s) ripped out skin and muscles almost completely. A person returning from work saw the body and alerted authorities.[34] |
| Francisco Cristobal Osorio Garcia, 7, Male | Pit bull | Guatemala, Chuilajú, La Pedrera, Xela, on the outskirts of the Altense city. — The boy played near his home and was attacked and killed. Hypovolemic shock and polytraumatism were listed as cause of death.[35] |
| Mateo Lucas Salvador, 42, Male | Malinois (3),Cane Corso (1) | Guatemala / United States — Salvador worked for the owner of the dogs and was attacked while the owner was away.[36] |
| 70, Female | Pit bull (2) | Guatemala, El Granizo — Neighbors alerted emergency services that a woman was attacked by dogs. Together they managed to separate the dogs from the victim, but she did not survive her severe injuries.[37] |
| October 29, 2019 | Emily Adriana Julaj Ávila, 1, Female | Pit bull | Guatemala — She was attacked by a dog named Zeus.[38] [39] | |
Trinidad and Tobago| Date | Victim | Dog type (Number) | Circumstances |
|---|
| Rachel Bhagwandeen, 11, Female | American Bulldog | Trinidad, San Fernando, Vistabella — The 11-year-old was watching television together with her brother when a dog entered the house and attacked the children. She protected her brother and was severely injured and died at the scene.[51] [52] |
| Amaziah Lewis of San Juan, 4, Male | Rottweiler | Trinidad, East–West Corridor, Tacarigua — The child was with his grandmother. She was cleaning the yard and the boy followed her. One of the dogs broke free of its kennel and attacked and killed the child.[53] [54] |
| Gaytrie Chanderpaul, 56, Female | Rottweiler | Trinidad, Tunapuna–Piarco, D'Abadie —The victim was giving the family dog a treat when it attacked.[55] |
| Sylvia Roberts, 83, Female | Pit bull (3) | Trinidad, Tunapuna–Piarco, Tunapuna — She was in her yard talking to the postman when her son's dogs attacked her.[56] |
| Lillian Bunsee, 84, Female | Pit bull | Trinidad, Tunapuna–Piarco, Maraval, La Seiva Road —[57] |
| Jessie Boiselle, 11, Male | Pit bull | Trinidad, Tunapuna–Piarco, Maraval, Clovis Trace —The boy was killed by the family dog named Damian.[58] |
| Denise Rackal, 46, Female | Pit bull (4–7) | Trinidad, Chaguanas — She was on her way to work when she was attacked by dogs belonging to a police officer. The dogs had a history of aggression.[59] [60] |
| King, Adult, Male | Rottweiler (2) | Trinidad, San Juan–Laventille, San Juan — King entered a property to pick limes and was attacked by 2 dogs.[61] |
| 1995 to 2000 | 5 people | | Trinidad and Tobago[62] | |
| Date | Victim | Dog type (Number) | Circumstances |
|---|
| David Concha, 9, Male | Unknown (4–5) | Tucumán, Concepción — The boy was attacked by dogs while on a field with friends. 4 of 9 dogs owned by a neighbor were seized by authority. The dog owner was arrested.[64] [65] |
| Hipólito Jesús Duarte, 63 or 64, Male | Pit bull (2) | Misiones — Duarte went out for a walk and was attacked by two dogs. The attack caused deep wounds to his face, skull, arms and legs. He was already dead when first responders arrived. The dogs attacked the responders who then shot one dog and followed the other back to its home. The dogs' owner was charged with manslaughter.[66] [67] |
| † | Norma Montenegro, 77, Female | Pit bull (5) | Florencio Varela, San Francisco — She was working in front of her house when she was suddenly attacked by 5 dogs. She suffered bites, multiple fractures, including open fractures to her arms, severe head injuries and a dislocated shoulder. She was treated in hospital but died a few weeks later.[68] [69] |
| Santillán, 1, Female | Pit bull | Santiago del Estero, Clodomira, Mendilarzu — The family dog attacked the little girl in the early morning hours.[70] |
| † | Angélica Teles Triunfo, 45, Female | Pit bull (3) | Misiones, Bernardo de Irigoyen— The woman was attacked by two adult dogs and a puppy. The dogs did not stop, despite the intervention by police and the three shots fired into the ground to scare them. The victim's partner suffered serious injuries after being bitten by the dogs while trying to help her.[71] [72] |
| Trinidad, 15, Female | Dogo Argentino (2) | Córdoba, Estación Flores — Two dogs escaped and attacked a girl and a man who tried to help. The dogs then went into a house and tried to attack a 7-year-old girl. The family's poodle barked at the intruders and alerted the father. The father stabbed the dogs. The 15-year-old girl died as a result of her serious injuries.[73] [74] |
| Néstor Daniel Morales, 53, Male | Unknown (Pack) | Albardón, San Juan Province — A man was attacked by a pack of dogs and died.[75] |
| Florence Elizabeth Ledesma, 23, Female | Unknown (7+) | Albardón, San Juan Province, Villa Ampakama, Albardón — Ledesma was attacked by a pack of dogs. She called for help via phone but when help arrived she was already fatally injured. She died on her way to José Giordano hospital in Albardón.[76] |
| 6, Female | Rottweiler x Dogo* | Buenos Aires, Martínez —The girl watched TV in company of the family dog. She was attacked and died on the way to the Central Hospital of San Isidro.[77] *In Argentina "dogo" refers to a dog type and to the breed Dogo Argentino. |
| Santiago Veer, 2, Male | Pit bull | Buenos Aires, Alejandro Korn —The owner and breeder of the dog that killed a 2-year-old boy was convicted and sentenced to 8 years in prison.[78] [79] | |
| Date | Victim | Dog type (Number) | Circumstances |
|---|
| 93, Female | Dogo Argentino | Occitania, Lédignan, Canaules-et-Argentières — The woman entered the cemetery to visit a grave when she was attacked by the dog. He seriously injured her in the neck region. The dog escaped from a young woman who was walking with three dogs at the cemetery.[93] [94] [95] |
| 41, Male | Rottweiler | Pays de la Loire, Tiercé — The dog attacked its owner and another man. The two men, aged 41 and 51, were found the next morning. They hid in their car in fear of the dog which was still around. One died, and the second victim was seriously injured.[96] [97] |
| 1, Male | Caucasian Shepherd Dog | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Yonne, Charny-Orée-de-Puisaye — The 18-month-old boy was playing in the garden. At some point, he opened the door to a kennel at the end of the garden and was bit in the face by the dog.[98] |
| August 8, 2020 | 1, Female | Pit bull | Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Charente-Maritime, Gémozac — The 16-month-old girl was attacked by her father's dog.[99] [100] |
| 84, Female | Dogo Argentino | Réunion, Saint-Paul, Bellemène — She was on the family property tending to the flowers and the pet dogs as the loose purebred dog stormed into the yard and first attacked the chicken and then her. The dog was shot.[101] |
| November, 2019 | Elisa Pilarski, 29, Female | American Pit Bull Terrier | Hauts-de-France, Aisne, Forêt de Retz — The pregnant woman was walking her partner's dog named "Curtis" in the forest. The partner blamed hunting hounds for the death but DNA testing cleared those dogs. The dog also bit someone at the animal shelter.[102] |
| 1, Female | Rottweiler | Hauts-de-France, Saint-Aubin, Aisne — The family's dog attacked the 14-month-old baby girl and bit her in the head. The mother brought a second child to a safe place and then tried to free the girl from the Rottweiler. The second dog, a Jack Russell, also joined in the attack and bit the girl several times.[103] [104] |
| 1, Male | American Staffordshire Terrier | Grand Est, Epfig — The 18-month-old boy was bitten to death by the family dog. The dog was euthanized the same evening.[105] [106] |
| 44, Female | Bull Terrier | Île-de-France, Oise, Godenvillers — A woman was killed by the family pet named "Baby".[107] |
| 6, Female | German Mastiff (2) | Grand Est, Marne, Chalons-en-Champagne, Grandes-Loges — The dogs were in a fenced-in area and it is unclear how the victim got there.[108] |
| 2, Male | Rottweiler | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Charnay — A two-and-a-half-year-old boy was killed by the family dog named "Sultan".[109] |
| Aaron, 1, Male | Rottweiler Mix(German Shepherd, Beauceron) | Île-de-France, Seine-Saint-Denis, Bobigny — The dog attacked the 19-month-old boy while he was waiting for the elevator with his mother and aunt in the entrance of a building.[110] [111] [112] |
| Amandine, 10, Female | German Mastiff (2) | Hauts-de-France, Oise, Auteuil — The pregnant mother was in the house and heard screams outside. She ran out but was not able to save her daughter. The girl was bitten on the neck, chest and one arm and died from her injuries.[113] [114] |
| , August 26, 2007 † | 1, Female | American Staffordshire Terrier | Grand Est, Marne, Épernay — The 18-month-old girl was bitten by a dog that belonged to a family member. She was attacked on August 17 and died on August 26.[115] |
| Angélique, 23, Female | Rottweiler (2–4) | Hauts-de-France, Oise, Allonne — The young woman was attacked by her own dogs in her yard. First responders had to shoot the dogs to get to her.[116] |
| Fatima, 1, Female | American Staffordshire Terrier | Île-de-France, Sevran — A 17-month-old girl died after being bitten by her uncle's dog.[117] |
| Louis, 8, Male | Bullmastiff | Normandy, Seine-Maritime, Cauville-sur-Mer — The child had been invited by friends. He was standing near a pond when, for no apparent reason, the dog grabbed him by the neck and injured his carotid artery.[118] |
| 2, Female | Unknown | Brittany, Ploneour-Lanvern, Pont-l'Abbé — The 2-year-old girl was attacked by the dog of visitors.[119] |
| 51, Male | German Shepherd (2) | Grand Est, Bas-Rhin, Barr — Two dogs escaped the property they were guarding and attacked the man in his garden.[120] |
| <1, Male | Bull Terrier | Occitania, Narbonne — A two-month-old infant was killed in his cradle by the family dog.[121] |
| 69, Male | German Shepherd (2),American Staffordshire Terrier (1) | Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Buzet-sur-Baïse — A man died after being attacked by dogs near his property.[122] |
| 58, Female | Rottweiler | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Garéoult — The woman was attacked by a dog in her house. |
| 32, Male | Pit bull | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur — A 32-year-old homeless man was killed by his dog in Marseille. |
| <1 | Belgian Shepherd of the variety Malinois | Hauts-de-France, Holque — A two-month-old baby died following a bite.[123] |
| June 2, 2000 | Maria Berthelot, 86, Female | American Staffordshire Terrier (4),Pit bull (1) | Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Charente-Maritime, Rochefort — The victim was attacked by 5 dogs that escaped their owner through a hole in a fence. She was found still surrounded by the pack of dogs. The dogs were euthanized.[124] | |
| Date | Victim | Dog type (Number) | Circumstances |
|---|
| <1, Male | Pit bull | Piedmont, Palazzolo Vercellese — The 5-month-old boy was attacked by his parents' dog when he was picked up by the grandmother.[125] |
| Francesco Pio D'Amaro, 1, Male | Pit bull (2) | Campania, Eboli, Campolongo — The 13-month-old boy was in his uncle's or mother's arms (reports vary) when the dogs attacked him. The boy's mother and another uncle tried to free the child from the dogs' grip, but were also attacked by the dogs and suffered wounds to their hands and legs. According to the family, the dogs have not been aggressive in the past. In May 2024 Salerno prosecutors ordered not to euthanize the dogs. They will be trained and given back to their owners. If the owners don't want to pay for their treatment, the dogs named Totò and Pablo will be placed in foster care afterwards.[126] [127] [128] [129] |
| Paolo Pasqualini, 39, Male | Rottweiler (3) | Lazio, Manziana — The man was out for a walk as he often did when he was attacked by 3 loose dogs. A nearby farmer became aware of the attack and tried to scare the dogs away. Since they then attacked the farmer, he retreated into his car and called for help. The victim had serious injuries to his face, neck, and arms and died at the scene. When emergency services arrived, the dogs fled to the nearby recreation park. The park was evacuated and a search for the dogs began. The dogs were found, sedated, and taken to a kennel.[130] |
| October 20, 2023 | Enrica Bensi, 86, Female | Pit bull | Lombardy, Pavia, Corana — The victim was out walking near her home when the dog named "Demon" escaped into the street and attacked her.[131] |
| April 8, 2023 | Patrizia La Marca, 53, Female | Rottweiler | Liguria, Ventimiglia — The victim was feeding her brother's dog and was attacked.[132] |
| December, 2022 | Iolanda Besutti, 68, Female | Rottweiler (2) | Emilia-Romagna, Modena, Concordia — The woman was attacked in her home by her family dogs.[133] |
| October 12, 2021 | Carmen Gorzanelli, 89, Female | American Staffordshire Terrier (2) | Emilia-Romagna, Sassuolo, Modena — The victim wandered into the neighbors garden and was attacked by the two dogs "Zeus" and "Kira".[134] |
| Simona Cavallaro, 20, Female | Pack of livestock guarding dogs (10+) includingMaremmano-Abruzzese Sheepdog (1+) | Calabria, Satriano — The young woman and her friend were exploring the area to find a good picnic spot in the pine forest at Mount Fiorino when a herd of sheep arrived, accompanied by their guarding dogs. The herd was not supposed to be in this area. Initially, the pack of dogs seemed friendly and calm. The young man even took a video of Cavallaro with the dogs. However, at one point, one dog started to bark at her, and the other dogs in the pack began to surround and attack her. The young man was able to hide in a nearby building.[135] |
| Mariangela Zaffino, 74, Female | Czechoslovakian Wolfdog (5) | Piedmont, Grugliasco — She was attacked by her five pet dogs in her flat.[136] |
| September 17, 2017 | Victoria Zikaj, 1, Female | Pit bull (2) | Lombardy, Brescia, Flero — The one-year-old was attacked by her grandfather's two dogs.[137] |
| Giorgio, 1, Male | Dogo Argentino | Sicily, Mascalucia, Catania — The child was playing unattended in a small pool when it was attacked by one of the family's two dogs. Both dogs were kept in the house and raised as companion dogs and have played with the child before. They were not trained as guard dogs, according to the family.[138] [139] | |
| Date | Victim | Dog type (Number) | Circumstances |
|---|
| Josefa Bravo, 96, Female | American Bully x American Staffordshire Terrier (2) | Region of Murcia, Alguazas — The two dogs escaped from a neighbors property and attacked the victim. First aid from the paramedics was delayed by the presence of the dogs. The victim was bitten all over her body and died after a week in hospital.[140] [141] |
| 27, Female | Mastín Leonés (3)Carea Leonés (2) | Castile and León, Zamora — The 5 dogs were chasing the victim according to a phone call she had with her mother during the attack.[142] [143] |
| Anne Shields, 67, Female | Pit bull | Valencian Community — The victim found the dog three days before the attack. She tried unsuccessfully to take him to two animal shelters, she told her family. The dog turned against her and destroyed her arms and she lost so much blood that he died the next day. The Guardia Civil had to shoot the dog so that the paramedics could get to the victim.[144] [145] |
| 26, Male | Pit bull | Valencian Community, Castellon, Nules — The young man was attacked by his dog. The dog was brought to an animal care center located in the town of Vinaròs after the incident.[146] [147] |
| 4, Male | Belgian Shepherd of the variety Malinois | Andalusia, Córdoba, Lucena — A 4-year-old boy died when he was attacked in his bedroom by one of the dogs that were guarding the house.[148] |
| 32, Male | American Staffordshire Terrier | Catalonia, Girona — A 32-year-old man died after being attacked by the dog he was walking. The dog belonged to a friend.[149] |
| <1, Male | Undisclosed | Tenerife — The family's dog attacked the 20-day-old baby.[150] |
| April 18, 2017 | 40, Female | Presa Canario | Community of Madrid, El Molar, Madrid — The victim was found dead in her home; she had been attacked by one of her Presa Canarios and died from bites to the neck. The woman lived alone and was a breeder of Pit bulls and Presa Canarios. The dog was seized.[151] |
| 74, Male | American Staffordshire Terrier, Boxer | Alicante, Faldar de Pinós — The dogs belonged to a neighbor in the area and escaped due to carelessness. The victim was walking in the area with his wife. The dog's owner and the victim's wife tried to help him. He died at the hospital.[152] |
| José Antonio, 4, Male | Guard dog | Andalusia, Jaén — The boy died after he was attacked by a dog.[153] |
| Carmen M., 50, Female | American Staffordshire Terrier | Canary Islands, Tenerife — She was doing laundry when her son's dog attacked and killed her.[154] |
| Francisco Vega, 4, Male | Dogo Argentino | Balearic Islands, Mallorca, Can Picafort — The 2-year-old male dog named Copi escaped the dog owner's son. The son was not allowed to walk the family's two dogs. The loose dog then carried out the fatal attack on the boy.[155] [156] |
| Jean Batten, 73, Female | Unknown | Balearic Islands, Mallorca — Batten was bitten by a dog and refused medical treatment. The wound became infected and she developed a pulmonary abscess. She died alone in her hotel room from complications from the dog bite.[157] | |
| Date | Victim | Dog type (Number) | Circumstances |
|---|
| 7, Female | Great Dane (6) | Poland, Barczewo — The six dogs escaped their owners' house and attacked the girl.[158] |
| Nicole O’Donnell Morey, 23, Female | American Bully XL | Ireland, Co Limerick, Ballyneety — She was attacked by at least one of her four dogs when she entered her home. Gardaí had to shoot one dog that would not let go of her. She died at the scene.[159] |
| 38, Female | Pit bull | Bulgaria, Varna — The woman was attacked by her dog. He nearly severed her arm. Her partner tried to help her and managed to lock the dog in the bathroom. She was very seriously injured and died at the hospital. The dog had bitten someone before.[160] |
| January 2, 2024 | <1, Female | Bull Terrier | Poland, Zgorzelec — The seven-week-old baby was attacked by the family pet. She was unconscious and had a damaged skull and broken bones when she arrived at the hospital. She died in the hospital.[161] |
| 50, Female | Shepherd type (3) | Greece, Neochorouda — The 3 dogs escaped through a hole in a fence and attacked the neighbor. She was bitten more than 50 times. The owner was arrested and the dogs confiscated.[162] https://apnews.com/article/dogs-woman-garden-attack-death-owner-arrest-5d4dd4fb39c4cba85bdd8e7811a2c6a9 |
| 60, Male | American Staffordshire Terrier | Poland, Wschowa — A worried wife reported to the police the disappearance of her husband, who went for a walk with his dog and did not return. The man was found dead with numerous bite wounds and missing tissue. The dog was euthanized.[163] |
| August 24, 2023 | Unknown baby | Pit bull | Netherlands, Emmeloord — A deceased baby was found in a flat, and a pit bull-type dog was also seized from the scene. It was later confirmed that the baby was killed by the Pit Bull.[164] |
| July 22, 2023 | Name undisclosed, 60, Female | Pit bull (2) | Greece, Athens — She was found dead in her apartment, having been killed by her sons' 2 pitbulls.[165] |
| July 16, 2023 | Name undisclosed, 47, Male | American Staffordshire Terrier | Romania, Galați — Was killed by his neighbours' dog, which was entrusted to him while they were away after he went to feed it. His 14-year-old niece was also bitten but survived.[166] |
| January 4, 2023 | Vladan Radosavljević, 63, Male | Stafford breed, Pit bull x Stafford cross,unknown breed | Serbia, Belgrade — Three dogs attacked Serbian journalist and co-founder of Serbian media house Mreža Vladan Radosavljević outside his cottage in Kosmaj and his wife Olga, whom he called for help, was also seriously injured in the attack.[167] |
| June, 2022 | 1, Male | Rottweiler | Norway, Brumunddal — The grandmother who owned the dog named Nestor knew that the dog had been involved in several attacks on children. Nevertheless, she decided to keep the dog. The doctor who treated one of the children bitten in 2016 told the court she strongly recommended that Nestor be euthanized. A vet explained that the dog was marked with a red warning triangle in his system, which he uses against aggressive animals. The owner was prosecuted for negligently causing the death of a person, she pleaded not guilty and was sentenced to 6 month jail time.[168] [169] |
| October 23, 2022 | 60's, Female | American Staffordshire Terrier | Sweden, Robertsfors kommun — The dog attacked a man and a woman. The dog first attacked the man indoors, then the woman (owner) brought the dog outside to stop the attack. The dog attacked again, this time towards the woman, which ended with her dying from the attack. The man was taken to the hospital by helicopter to receive care for his injuries, he was moderately injured.[170] [171] |
| 47, Male | Pit bull | Poland, Gdynia — The man was attacked while putting a lead on a friend's dog.[172] |
| July 12, 2021 | Talya, 8, Female | American Staffordshire Terrier | Belgium, Strépy-Bracquegnies, La Louvière — The young girl was alone with 3 or 4 dogs when 1 dog attacked her, and she died in hospital.[173] [174] |
| October 22, 2019 | Robin, <1, Male | German Shepherd | Netherlands, Diemen — The 8-month-old victim got attacked when he was under the supervision of his grandparents. The dog that attacked belonged to the grandparents. The victim was brought to the hospital in a critical condition and died the next day during the night of the 23rd and 24 October. The dog was euthanized on the same day as the attack.[175] [176] |
| 2019 | 79, Female | American Staffordshire Terrier x Rottweiler | Sweden — The victim was out walking her small dog when she was attacked by a loose dog. She tried to defend her dog and herself from the attack, but she fell over and broke her hip. The woman died eleven days after the attack. Examination findings included fresh dog bite marks on the left hand and arm and fresh bruises on the left side of her body.[177] |
| July, 2018 | 15, Male | American Bulldog | Sweden, Bergslagen — A young man was bit severely on the neck by a dog in Ljusnarsberg. Two men were attacked, one was uninjured, but the younger man died from his injuries.[178] |
| Ramóna, 1, Female | American Staffordshire Terrier | Hungary, Győr, Nyúl — The family dog attacked the girl while out for a walk with her great-grandfather. The dog named Zeus grabbed the little girl from behind by the head. The great-grandfather was unable to pry open his mouth. Zeus shattered the little girl's skull and bit the man's hand. The paramedics fought for Ramóna's life but she died in hospital. The family had the dog since he was a puppy and he was described as non-aggressive.[179] |
| December, 2017 | 1 | Dogo Argentino x American Staffordshire Terrier | Czech Republic, Předmostí — The attack occurred when the owner got up from his chair and left the room. The child pulled the dog by his tail. The dog named "Aron" attacked the boy, biting him repeatedly on the skull and causing a head injury so severe that the child died immediately afterward.[180] [181] |
| June 17, 2017 | Adult, Male | Stray dogs (12) | Russia, Sovetsky, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug — A drunk man, who had been feeding a pack of stray dogs for two years, was attacked and killed by them when he tried to pass the pack without feeding them and fell during the encounter. His remains were found the following morning. The incident was captured on CCTV. He reportedly died just two minutes after the first dog attacked.[182] |
| June 4, 2017 | Teresa McDonagh, 64, Female | Presa Canario (3) | Ireland, County Galway — The victim had gone to visit her grandchildren and was found face-down in the lane by her daughter-in-law, the dogs' owner. The dogs had a previous history of aggression including puncturing the postman's tyres. A breeding pair of adult dogs, which weighed 43-, and one of their puppies were involved. The victim sustained broken bones, and massive injuries, and died of hemorrhagic shock. The inquest jury endorsed recommendations to add the breed to the list of dangerous or restricted dog breeds and mandate muzzling, licensing, and training.[183] |
| 5, Male | Rottweiler (2) | Greece, Kozani — The 5-year-old child was attacked by a dog in a courtyard of a residential building where he was celebrating Easter with his mother. The little boy was taken to the hospital, where he eventually succumbed to his injuries.[184] |
| † | 2, Female | Husky | Norway, Sør-Trøndelag, Selbu, Dragsten — The girl went into the family's dog kennel with her sister to get a puppy. There were about 20 dogs in that kennel at the time. She got bitten and died the next day in St. Olav's Hospital.[185] [186] |
| 95, Female | American Staffordshire Terrier | Slovakia, Rybník — The dog attacked the owner and then also attacked a second woman, who tried to help the victim.[187] [188] |
| December 14, 2012 | 1, Male | Pit bull | Czech Republic, Prague — The mother left the child alone with the dog. It attacked the young boy.[189] |
| August, 2012 | Lajo, 9, Male | Rottweiler (3) | Hungary, Decs-Szőlőhegy — The little boy was attacked in the yard of his house by the three dogs kept there.[190] |
| December 02, 2005 | Süleyman Yildirim, 6, Male | Pit bull (3) | Switzerland, Zürich, Oberglatt ZH — The boy was attacked and fatally injured by three dogs on his way to kindergarten. He died at the scene. The dog owner was arrested and the involved dogs were euthanized on the same day. The owner hat 3 more Pit Bulls.[191] |
| Emilia, 7, Female | Rottweiler (3) | Poland, Warsaw — The girl searched for her mother and went into the yard where the dogs attacked her.[192] |
| 7, Male | Husky (4) | Norway, Oppland, Vest-Torpa, Dokka — The boy was on his way home from school and was attacked by four dogs. The dog belonged to someone who kept 15 to 20 sled dogs. |
| June 26, 2000 | Volkan Kaya, 6, Male | Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Pit bull | Germany, Hamburg — Two dogs jumped into a schoolyard and attacked about 10 children, leaving two injured and one dead. The dogs were shot dead by responding police and two people were arrested.[193] [194] Following this, another fatal dog attack earlier the same year, and a long series of serious injuries caused by fighting dogs, the German government enacted laws banning certain breeds, including penalties of up to 100,000 Deutsche Marks ($48,100 USD).[195] [196] |
| Tord Tørstad Korban, 6, Male | Grønlandshund | Norway — The six-year-old boy was found dead next to the tied-down ten-year-old family dog. The dog was euthanized. The father of the boy had to pay a NOK 10.000 fine.[197] |
| April 27, 1990 | Jack Vrielink, 1, Male | Pit bull | Netherlands, Amsterdam — The family pet named "Killer" attacked the toddler in front of his family.[198] [199] [200] | |
| Date | Victim | Dog type (Number) | Circumstances |
|---|
| 28, Female | Pit bull (3–4) | Free State, Bloemfontein, Namibia square — The victim was attacked by her boyfriend's dogs and died at the scene. 3 dogs were put down and a female dog and her puppies were taken by SPCA. The dog's owner was arrested.[201] [202] |
| Moeletsi Sedi, 40, Male | Pit bull (2) | North West, Rustenburg — The man was attacked at his workplace by the dogs of his employer.[203] |
| Johannes Lewis, 47, Male | Pit bull (3) | Western Cape, Lutzville — The dogs also attacked two people earlier that day. They bit the victim in his arms, legs, and neck. He lost a lot of blood and died shortly after the attack.[204] |
| April 9, 2023 | Zibele Liyakhanya Mthi, 5, Male | Pit bull (2) | Eastern Cape, Dyamala —The young boy was on his way home when the two dogs attacked him on the street. He died two days later.[205] |
| March 28, 2023 | Olga Grill, 88, Female | Pit bull (2) | Western Cape, Bonteheuwel — The woman was at home when the neighbor's dogs jumped her high fence and attacked her.[206] |
| January 7, 2023 | Philemon Mulala, 60, Male | Pit bull cross (2),Unknown breed (1) | North West, Lichtenburg — His three dogs attacked him in his house to death.[207] [208] |
| December 28, 2022 † | Melitta Sekole, 43, Female | Dogs (2 or 3)Pit bull or Rottweiler | Limpopo, Blouberg, Vivo — The victim was attacked by 2 or 3 dogs on December 23 while walking to work. She died 5 days later in hospital. The 62-year-old owner of the dogs was arrested and charged with culpable homicide. The dogs were surrendered to be euthanized.[209] [210] [211] |
| December 3, 2022 | Floyd Metsileng, 39, Male | Pit bull (2) | North West — The victim was killed by 2 dogs guarding a tavern.[212] |
| November 27, 2022 | Zimkhitha Brenda Gaga, 37, Female | Pit bull (3) | Eastern Cape, Port Alfred — She was on her way to work when the three dogs attacked her. The dogs escaped through a fence they damaged.[213] |
| Reuben le Roux, 1, Male | Pit bull | Eastern Cape, East London, Gonuvie Farm — The 15-month-old boy played with the neighbour's dog. When a dog walker passed the property the dog tried to get to the dog but failed to get out. After that he attacked the child. The 6-year-old dog named Whisky had already killed two other dogs.[214] [215] |
| November 12, 2022 | Olebogeng Mosime, 8, Male | Pit bull | Free State, Bloemfontein — The dog escaped, jumped a fence, and attacked the young boy who was playing at his home. The victim died at the scene. The family of the victim sued the dog owner.[216] [217] [218] |
| November 20, 2022 | Keketso Innocent Saule, 3, Male | Pit bull (2) | Free State, Hennenman — Two pit bulls killed a three-year-old boy in Hennenman.[219] [220] |
| September 26, 2022 | Storm Nuku, 10, Male | Pit bull (2) | Port Elizabeth, Gqeberha — The young victim was attacked by the two family dogs.[221] |
| May 16, 2022 | Charmaine Munepya, 6, Female | Pit bull | Gauteng, Atteridgeville — The young girl was killed by a dog that came into the yard and attacked the playing children.[222] |
| December, 2021 | Simamkele Kovu, 3, Female | Pit bull | Port Elizabeth, Gqeberha, Zwide — The dog escaped and attacked the girl playing in the street.[223] |
| January 4, 2021 | Milani Keke, 4, Male | Pit bull (2) | Western Cape, Gugulethu — The boy was playing rugby when he was attacked by the two dogs.[224] |
| October 27, 2020 | Luqmaan Jardien, 3, Male | Pit bull | The young victim was at his home when he was attacked by the dog which jumped into the home through a window.[225] [226] |
| October 19, 2020 | Belinda Jonker, 64, Female | | Port Elizabeth — The family dog attacked while the victim and her husband got into their car. She died at the scene.[227] |
| September, 2020 | 3, Male | Pit bull (maybe 3) | KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, Glenwood — The boy was visiting a friends house. When he went outside he was attacked by at least 1 of the 3 dogs.[228] |
| Jan van Aswegen, 64, Male | Pit bull (4) | Gauteng, Alberton, Mayfield Park — A 74-year-old dog owner was attacked by her for dogs. He tried to help her and her dogs turned on him. He died due to blood loss.[229] |
| September 27, 2019 | Melvin Stuurman, 48, Male | Pit bull (3) | Port Elizabeth — Victim found dead with bite wounds to his face. Investigating authorities seized three dogs that were being washed nearby.[230] [231] |
| June 7, 2019 | Gontse Ramarimela, 9, Female | Pit bull | Gauteng, Mabopane — Victim killed by neighbor's dog that kept jumping over the fence.[232] [233] |
| May 18, 2019 | 3, Female | Dogs (2 or more) | Limpopo — The Victim had wandered into the backyard of a tavern where she was attacked by dogs. Her mother was inside the tavern.[234] |
| January 10, 2019 | Dharmaseelan Aubrey Moodley, 49, Male | Boerboel,Pit bull cross | KwaZulu-Natal, Phoenix, Northcroft — The two dogs attacked him when he was walking by.[235] |
| December 6, 2018 | 6 | Rottweiler (2) | Western Cape, Cape Town — Victim was attacked by two dogs.[236] [237] |
| November 1, 2017 | Callum Kruger, <1, Male | Pit bull | Gauteng, Primrose — The 6-month-old baby was attacked at his grandmother’s house.[238] |
| July 31, 2017 | Gemma Madden, 9, Female | Pit bull | KwaZulu-Natal, Durban —The victim was attacked by the family dog. |
| January 15, 2017 | Eslene Naidoo, 3 | Pit bull | KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, Mayville —The children were playing outside their grandmother's house when one of the pet dogs killed the child and critically injured the sister.[239] |
| April 4, 2017 | 11, Female | Pit bull | Western Cape, Calitzdorp — A dog broke free of its chain and inflicted severe head injuries on a girl when she arrived at a neighbor's for an errand.[240] |
| August 26, 2016 | Faith Hendricks, 1, Female | Pit bull | Western Cape, Cape Town — The Victim was grabbed by the neck and shaken violently by the family dog which broke free of its chain. The dog was euthanized as it sustained blunt force trauma, broken bones, and stab wounds while trying to stop the attack. The owner was also bitten.[241] |
| August 26, 2016 | 6, Male | Dogs (2) | Western Cape, Stellenbosch — The victim and his cousin were swimming in a pond when the dogs jumped over a fence.[242] |
| August 14, 2016 | Peter Frans, 4, Male | Dog | Western Cape, Oudtshoorn — Victim was attacked by the family dog. The dog was euthanized.[243] [244] |
| April, 2016 | Mpho Mokoena, 32, Female | Boerboel,Rottweiler (2) | KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg —The three family dogs attacked her while she was in the backyard. She died at the scene.[245] [246] |
| May 29, 2005 | Rita Boschoff, Female | Boerboel | KwaZulu-Natal, Estcourt — The family pet named "Butch" attacked the wife and killed her at the scene, the husband tried to help her and was injured.[247] | |
| Date | Victim | Dog type (Number) | Circumstances |
|---|
| Raphael Obuku, <1, Male | Rottweiler | Uganda, Katabi Town — The family's guard dog broke out of his kennel and attacked the child.[248] |
| Ruben Abraham, 44, Male | Rottweiler xGerman Shepherd (5) | Namibia, Oshakati — The dogs escaped through a fence and attacked the man who was coming home from work.[249] |
| 9, Female | Pit bull | Zimbabwe, Harare — The young girl was attacked by a dog and died at Parirenyatwa Hospital.[250] [251] |
| 7, Male | Boerboel | Zimbabwe, Norton — The boy left his home to fetch water and was later found dead on the neighbor's property.[252] |
| Moleen Ndlovu, 6, Female | Boerboel (2) | Zimbabwe, Bulawayo, Matsheumhlophe — The dogs belonged to the landlord of the family. The landlord heard the screams and tried to intervene together with another woman. One dog released the girl but the other dog continued to attack and dragged her further away. The girl and the dogs knew each other, she used to play with the dogs. It is unclear why they attacked her.[253] [254] |
| John Gavhera, 61, Male | Boerboel cross (3) | Zimbabwe, Bulawayo, Selbourne Park — The victim jumped over his fence and was attacked by his dogs.[255] |
| Caren Akinyi Aluoch, 28, female, and her son, 1 | Rottweiler (2) | Kenya, Siaya, Ugenya, Siranga Village — The mother and her child were attacked by escaped dogs and died at the scene.[256] [257] |
| 25, Male | Pit bull | Botswana, Mogoditshane, Gaborone — The victim came with a friend to repair the dog owner's car. The dog attacked while the owner went out to buy things needed for the repair.[258] |
| Roselyn Nafuna, 39, Female | | Kenya, Malindi, Moriema — The victim was attacked by her employer's dog.[259] [260] |
| Thomas Mwandjendavi, 45, Male | Pit bull | Namibia, Windhoek, Otjomuise — The dog broke free and injured five people. The security guard died, and the dog continued to attack other people.[261] |
| Elizabeth Claire Wright, 55, Female | Rottweiler (3) | Kenya, Watamu — The Kenyan husband of the English victim came home to find his wife dead and the three dogs feeding on her body. The husband said he'd warned her to stay away from the dogs, and it was presumed she had opened their cage to feed them. The victim had been visiting her husband at his Kenya beachside home from her home in England where she worked at a school.[262] |
| Fred Savage, 13, Male | Pit bull (2) | Namibia, Windhoek, Otjomuise — The boy was riding his bike with friends when he was attacked by two dogs, which escaped their owner's yard. The dogs have bitten someone before.[263] [264] [265] |
| Male (2) | American Pit Bull Terrier (3) | Botswana, Mmamashia — A man was working on a farm near Mochudi and was killed by three dogs. The dogs already killed a Zimbabwean man a few months earlier.[266] | |
| Date | | Victim | Dog type (Number) | | Circumstances |
|---|
| <1 | Stray dog | Telangana, Vikarabad — A dog entered a home and attacked and killed a 5-month-old sleeping child.[267] [268] |
| Safdar Alii, 70, Male | Stray dog (1+) | Uttar Pradesh, Aligarh — A 70-year-old retired UNICEF doctor was killed in AMU. His death was caught on CCTV.[269] |
| Divyanshi, 1, Female | Stray dog (1+) | Delhi — The young girl was attacked by several stray dogs and declared dead upon arrival at the hospital.[270] |
| † | Geeta Devi, 60, Female | Stray dog (8–10) | Bihar, Begusarai, Arva panchayat — She was attacked by 8 to 10 dogs while she was caring for cattle. She was rescued but died the next day in hospital.[271] |
| Manju Devi, 52, Female | Stray dog (1+) | Bihar, Begusarai, Rani panchayat — She was working on a farm and was attacked by a pack of dogs. She died at the hospital. |
| 2023 | | | Bihar, Begusarai — A total of nine women were killed by so-called man-eater dogs.[272] |
| Pradeep, 4, Male | Stray dog (3) | Telangana, Hyderabad — A tragic incident occurred when a 4-year-old boy was fatally attacked by three stray dogs on a deserted street, with graphic footage circulating on social media.[273] |
| 2022–2023 | | Stray dog | Uttar Pradesh, Bijnor — 10 people, including six children were killed by stray dogs from 2022 to 2023.[274] |
| <1 | Stray dog | Uttar Pradesh, Noida — The death of a seven-month-old baby in October 2022[275] increased debates about dog rights.[276] People made candlelit protests about the death of the child by stray dog attacks.[277] |
| 82, Female | Pit bull | Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow, Kaiserbagh — The pet attacked its owner in her house. She was taken to hospital by her son but died due to blood loss. She suffered very serious injuries. She had several deep wounds from her neck to her abdomen as well as on her legs.[278] |
| | Stray dog (1+) | Punjab — In April 2022, stray dogs mauled children to death.[279] |
| Nathia, 30, Female | Stray dog (1+) | Uttar Pradesh, Bijnor — In January 2022, in Bijnor, a 30-year-old woman was mauled to death by a pack of stray dogs. This was a rare case of stray dogs killing an adult woman, as they usually attack children.[280] |
| 15, Female | Stray dog (1+) | Uttar Pradesh, Amroha, Husainpur village — A pack of stray dogs attacked and killed a teenager near her home.[281] |
| <1, Male | Stray dog (1+) | Uttar Pradesh, Farukhabad — In 2020, a three-hour-old newborn baby was mauled to death by stray dogs in Farukhabad, Uttar Pradesh, as hospital staff left the window open in an operating theatre. Police filed a case against the hospital staff.[282] |
| Male | Stray dog (1+) | Punjap, Amritsar — In 2019, a boy was attacked and killed and eaten by stray dogs. The dogs were called man-eater dogs.[283] In 2019, Chandigarh saw an increase in stray dog bites and a child was mauled to death by stray dogs.[284] |
| | Stray dog | Uttar Pradesh, Khairabad, Sitapur — In 2018, stray dogs killed 14 children. The dogs were called man-eaters as some of the children's body parts were chewed off.[285] Scientists investigated why the dogs were killing children.[286] |
| Kunhikrishnan, 85, Male | Stray dog (1+) | Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, Thiruvilam — The man was on his way to get a haircut when he was attacked by stray dogs. He was later found dead with severe injuries.[287] |
| Sheeluamma or Siluvamma, 65, Female | Stray dog (1+) | Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, Kannramkulam — A 65-year-old woman was mauled to death by a large pack of stray dogs. The woman was partially eaten by the dogs.[288] After this, angry locals killed 100 stray dogs.[289] [290] Some people even offered bounties for killing stray dogs.[291] |
| Charuvila Veetil Raghavan, 90, Male | Stray dog (1+) | Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, Varkala — A 90-year-old man was attacked by stray dogs outside of his house. He died at the hospital.[292] [293] |
| 7, Male | Stray dog (1+) | Delhi — A seven-year-old boy was mauled to death by stray dogs.[294] the National Human Rights Commission spoke about the death,[295] and the need for a debate about human rights along with animal rights. Delhi High Court asked SDMC about street safety due to the death of the boy.[296] |
| Sagun, <1, Female | Stray dog | Dehli — In 2014, a two-month-old baby girl was mauled to death by a stray dog.[297] After that, residents attacked and killed the dog.[298] The incident caused anger amongst the public who complained about civic bodies not controlling the growing stray dog population.[299] |
| 20, Male | Stray dog | Uttar Pradesh, Meerut — In 2009, Meerut had several attacks by dogs that killed two children and a 20-year-old man.[300] |
| 4, Male | Stray dog (1+) | Karnataka, Bangalore — A pack of stray dogs attacked the boy. Animal rights activists later protested against the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike for the action they took against stray dogs, which they considered to be cruel and improper. |
| 8, Female | Stray dog (1+) | Karnataka, Bangalore — A girl was attacked by a pack of dogs in January 2007 at an garbage-strewn area.[301] | |
| Date | Victim | Dog type (Number) | Circumstances |
|---|
| 66, Male | Rottweiler | Tasmania, Allens Rivulet — The family dog named Ruben bit his owner and caused serious injuries to his lower legs. He died at the scene. The wife also sustained serious injuries and was brought to the hospital. The dog was euthanized.[316] [317] [318] [319] [320] |
| Tracy Ridout, 53, Female | German Shepherd | Perth, Baldivis — The woman contracted Capnocytophaga canimorsus through a minor injury. The dog accidentally bit her finger instead of a toy.[321] [322] |
| Mia Riley, 5 weeks, Female | Rottweiler (2) | New South Wales, Moruya — The victim was sleeping in her cradle outside her grandfather’s home when the two dogs attacked her out of nowhere. Neighbours claimed that they were worried about the dogs and that they had complained to the council. Both dogs have been euthanized.[323] |
| Kane Minion, 42, Male | Bandog Bullmastiff cross, Rhodesian Ridgeback cross | Queensland, Logan — Minion, 42, was working and trying to read a meter when he was set upon by the dogs in the front yard of a fenced property on Ison Road in the Logan suburb of Greenbank on the morning of December 3. He died at the scene. The two dogs were euthanized.[324] [325] |
| Jyedon Pollard, 2, Male | Cattle dog,Rottweiler | New South Wales, Central West — The boy got into the area where the dogs were kept and was attacked.[326] [327] |
| Talan Peters, 2, Male | Bull Arab[328] | Queensland, Mena Creek — Two-year-old boy was mauled to death by the family's pig hunting dog, sustaining major skull trauma. After being transported to Innisfail Hospital and then again to Townsville Base Hospital, the toddler died from internal bleeding while in an induced coma after going through emergency brain surgery.[329] [330] [331] [332] [333] |
| Manny Eveleigh, 5, Male | Bull Terrier cross orEnglish Bull Terrier x American Bulldog | Queensland, Varsity Lakes — A five-year-old boy was mauled to death by a family friend's dog. His grandmother was also injured.[334] [335] [336] |
| Undisclosed, 5 weeks old, Male | American Staffordshire Terrier | New South Wales, Kariong — Five-week-old baby boy was mauled to death by the family dog in the early hours of the morning.[337] |
| Amanda Carmichael, 41, Female | Pit bull cross (3) | Maryborough, Queensland — The woman visited a property where she was minding the dogs while their owner was away, they mauled her to death in the backyard. Neighbours raised the alarm.[338] [339] |
| Ada "Sally" Holland, 91, Female | Bullmastiff x Pit bull (3) | New South Wales, Vincentia — Three dogs escaped their yard in the early morning and headed to Collingwood Beach where they attacked a total of 5 people, killing a 91-year-old woman while she was on her morning walk. The four other people were taken to hospital with bites and lacerations. The dogs were all unregistered. A week before the fatal attack the dogs escaped their yard and one dog bit someone. In May 2022 the dog owners were fined $ 5,000 and banned from owning a dog for 5 years.[340] [341] [342] [343] |
| Leo Biancofiore, 61, Male | American Staffordshire Terrier | Victoria, Mill Park — The victim, a wheelchair user, was attacked and killed by his son's dog. The victim's 58-year-old wife was hospitalized with serious injuries. Police officers jumped a fence and fired shots to stop the attack. The dog, which was not registered locally, was captured and euthanized.[344] [345] |
| Graham Smith, 51, Male | Staffordshire Bull Terrier | New South Wales, Nowra — Victim was found dead in his unit. After investigating the death, investigators came to the conclusion he was attacked by his dog after having an epileptic seizure. There were extensive injuries to the body. The dog was euthanized.[346] [347] |
| Rosemary O'Reilly, 72, Female | Staffordshire Bull Terrier x Rhodesian Ridgeback | New South Wales, Wilton — The couple's pet dog attacked either the wife or husband (reports vary) and the other stepped in to help. Both suffered severe bite wounds. The woman died in hospital. The dog was seized, had been owned by the couple for about 3 years, was registered, and had not been reported to the council previously. There were several dogs at the home.[348] |
| Colin Amatto, 40, Male | American Staffordshire Terrier (2) | New South Wales, Tregear — The victim was attacked on January 24 and sustained a significant number of injuries to his face, abdomen, and chest, and went into cardiac arrest. He was placed in an induced coma and died five weeks later on March 1, 2019. A 30-year-old woman and her 10-year-old daughter were also injured in the attack and taken to hospital with minor injuries. The family dogs Boof and Hope were euthanized. The family called for the creation of Colin’s Law, which would allow for the seizure and euthanasia of dogs that had been involved in attacks and had caused significant harm. One of the dogs that attacked Colin had attacked a man before but was returned to its owner.[349] [350] [351] |
| Kamillah Jones, 1, Female | Rottweiler | New South Wales, Inverell — The dog grabbed the baby girl out of her pram while the mother was walking with her daughter down the street. The child suffered critical injuries and died on the way to hospital. The dog, owned by a family member, had cleared a fence. The dog was seized.[352] [353] |
| Tania Klemke, 46, Female | Pit bull | Australian Capital Territory, Canberra — The family dog named Simba attacked a friend of the victim. The victim helped her friend and was attacked herself.[354] [355] [356] |
| Sue Lopicich, 58, Female | Bullmastiff cross | Perth, Southern River — The victim was found in her yard by her daughter. The dog was very aggressive and guarded her body. First responders received counselling afterwards, given the horrific scene. The dog named Stirling was euthanized.[357] [358] [359] |
| Deeon Higgins, 2, Male | Mastiff cross | New South Wales, Deniliquin — The boy was attacked in his grandmother's yard by the dog named Kingston. The 70-year-old grandmother was also injured.[360] |
| Ayen Chol, 4, Female | Pit bull | Victoria, Melbourne — The dog escaped from his yard and entered the neighbour's home. He attacked three people, the four-year-old died at the scene. The dog was not registered. The dog owner was fined $4,000 for the death of Ayen (owning a dog that attacked and killed a person), $6,000 for two counts of owning a dog that caused serious injury and $1,000 for having an unregistered dog. He could only be fined. In the wake of the child's death the law was changed.[361] [362] |
| Ruby Lea Burke, 3, Female | Bullmastiff cross (2),Large crossbreed (2) | New South Wales, Whitton — The dog owner was babysitting two girls. One girl died at the scene and one was severely injured by four of her five large dogs.[363] [364] [365] |
| <1, Female | Rottweiler | Victoria, Pakenham — The baby was in her cot when the family dog attacked her. She died before she could be airlifted to the Royal Children's Hospital.[366] [367] [368] |
| Tyra Kuehne, 4, Female | Pig hunting dog (1+) | New South Wales, Warren — She was killed by her neighbor's pig hunting dogs.[369] [370] |
| Rita Thompson, 75, Female | | New South Wales, Bathurst — Thompson was dragged out of bed and attacked by two of the family's dogs named Red and Gemma (trained pig hunting dog). She was found in front of the house with all of her clothes removed and her limbs ripped open, exposing bone, including her entire skull. The family had 10 adult dogs and 5 puppies.[371] [372] | |
