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SOUTH CHARLESTON, WV (LOOTPRESS) – Three pit bulls are dead following an incident in South Charleston Thursday night that left two smaller dogs dead.

According to the South Charleston Police Department, officers responded to a home in the 300 block of Henson Avenue after receiving reports of dogs attacking other animals inside a fenced yard.
When officers arrived, they confirmed that two smaller dogs had been killed in the attack.

Police said an officer shot and killed two of the pit bulls involved. A third pit bull was removed from the property and later euthanized.
The owner of the pit bulls was issued a citation for violating South Charleston’s vicious animal ordinance, according to police.

Breed not confirmed.

LAMAR COUNTY, Ala. (WBRC) - A 3-year-old has died after they were attacked by a dog in west Alabama.
According to Lamar County Coroner Allen Chandler, the boy was attacked in Sulligent Friday, Oct. 2 and was taken to a hospital where he died.

Officials said the dog in the attack was a family dog.
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.

Ohio ranks sixth among the states with the highest odds of a fatal dog attack, according to a recent study from Gamble Mind.

The study analyzed federal mortality data from 2005 through 2023 and found 21 fatal dog attacks in Ohio during that period. Based on the state’s population, that works out to annual odds of about 1 in 10.8 million.

Georgia ranked No. 1 nationally, with 30 fatal dog attacks and annual odds of about 1 in 7.1 million. North Carolina, Arizona, Florida and Michigan rounded out the states ahead of Ohio. Texas ranked seventh, followed by California, Pennsylvania and Illinois. Illinois had the lowest odds of a fatal dog attack among the 10 states with the highest odds, at about 1 in 14.2 million.

California and Texas recorded more fatal dog attacks than Ohio during the study period, with 63 and 54 deaths, respectively. However, their larger populations mean the individual odds of a fatal attack were lower than Ohio’s.

But fatal attacks are only one part of the study.
Gamble Mind also analyzed 2025 dog-bite insurance claims, and Ohio ranked third nationally in that analysis. The state recorded 1,348 claims, or about one claim for every 8,828 residents. That’s 35% higher than the national average.

The study said, “Every year, tens of thousands of Americans file insurance claims for dog bites alone, and federal mortality data records hundreds of deaths from animal encounters of every kind, from bee stings to bear maulings. Since 1999, animal encounters have killed 6,080 people across the US, an average of one death roughly every 38 hours.

Michigan had the highest odds of a dog-bite insurance claim, at about 1 in 7,073 residents, while Texas had the lowest among the states analyzed, at about 1 in 23,832.

While fatal dog attacks remain rare, dog bites and injuries are much more common across the country. The Insurance Information Institute estimates that about 4.5 million people are bitten by dogs annually in the U.S.

SHARON - Police have charged a Sharon woman after neighbors reported that her dogs attacked and ate two cats.
Kayla Lynn Norris, 37, is charged with two counts of neglect that led to a “Dangerous Dog Attack” and failing to keep her dogs confined.

According to an affidavit filed in District Court, police were called earlier this month to the 700 block of Stambaugh Avenue to investigate a report that two large pit bulls were running loose.
An officer spoke to a man who said that two dogs had been on his property and killed one of his cats.
Police say in the complaint that the dogs continued to roam Stambaugh Avenue, King Street, McClure Avenue, and Plum Street.

The complaint adds that the dogs were again seen killing and eating another cat on Stambaugh Avenue.  The incident was recorded on video.
After police received several calls about the dogs, they found that they are owned by Kala Norris, who officers say acknowledged that the dogs were missing.
Although Norris told police she was coming to look for the dogs, police report they didn’t see her searching for them.
Officers continued trying to find the dogs without success.  At last report, a caller told police that the dogs were roaming in Farrell.
Norris is awaiting a court hearing on the charges.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A northwest Charlotte woman is home from a ten-day hospital stay, after surviving a vicious attack by seven pit bulls. The attack happened last month in the the Claiborne Woods neighborhood.

According to Haley Wright’s sister, Wright was in her front yard the morning of August 26th when the dogs fell out of a moving U-Haul truck after it hit a bump. The truck driver kept going. The dogs surrounded Wright.

Wright’s partner and a neighbor were also mauled by the pack. Wright now faces a lengthy recovery. She suffered extensive injuries to her entire body. to A GoFundMe has been started to help cover her ongoing medical expenses.

Rodney and Rychelle Morrow face multiple charges for the attack. They include animal cruelty and dangerous dog attack.

The sound of gunfire drew neighbors on Bryan Drive outside Wednesday afternoon, after Beaumont police said a woman shot and killed a pit bull during an attack involving three dogs.
Beaumont Animal Care is holding two pit bulls while it conducts a dangerous-dog investigation. Neighbors said the first indication something was wrong was hearing multiple shots.

“I was in the house sitting down and I heard a gunshot and we thought it was something, maybe a firecracker. Then three more rang out,” a neighbor said.

Beaumont police said that just before 1 p.m. Wednesday, three pit bulls escaped their enclosure and somehow got into another homeowner’s fenced backyard. Police said the dogs began attacking the homeowner’s dog.

Officer Chancellor Van Houten of the Beaumont Police Department said the woman went into her backyard and saw the attack.

“She went out to her backyard and saw three pit bulls attacking her dog. She screamed at the animals. She did go outside with a firearm to protect herself,” Van Houten said.

Police said one of the pit bulls stopped attacking the dog and charged the homeowner. The woman fired, fatally shooting that dog, police said. Another dog was grazed, and the two surviving dogs eventually returned home.

Animal care officer Kim Nevils said the owner of the three dogs was cited.

“I did write citations for three dogs being loose,” Nevils said.

Nevils said the two surviving dogs are being held at the shelter while Beaumont Animal Care determines whether they can be released back to their owner. The dog that was attacked was taken to a veterinarian, and its condition was not immediately available.

Beaumont Animal Care urged people who see a loose or aggressive dog to report it and not run. Police said everyone involved in the investigation is cooperating.

SHREVEPORT, La. — A man is recovering after being attacked by three pit bulls Tuesday along the 9300 block of New London Street, prompting Shreveport police to shoot and kill two of the dogs.
 
The man was bitten in the neck and suffered extensive injuries to his arms. He was taken to a hospital and is expected to recover.
 
Shreveport police Cpl. Chris Bordelon said officers arrived to find the dogs covered in blood.
 
A neighbor's home surveillance video shows the man walking near the intersection of Elmdale and New London streets when the three pit bulls got loose and began chasing him.
 
“The man in this case was bit in the neck. He did have extensive injuries and was transported to the hospital,” Bordelon said.
 
“Had there not been intervention in this case, this individual would have most likely died.”
 
Bordelon said officers tried to get the dogs away from the man, but ultimately shot two of them to stop the attack.
 
“This is a case in which there was an active attempt at a loss of life,” Bordelon said.
 
“These animals were actively hurting this individual. Our de-escalation tactic with dog is going to be to try to get it away from that individual. If we can't, we're going to shoot it.”
 
Caddo Parish Animal Control said the third dog was caught and impounded.
 
Caddo Parish Communications Director Krystle Beauchamp said the dog will be presented to the Animal Services Board, which will determine whether it should be declared vicious.
 
Neighbors said Tuesday's attack was not the first involving the dogs.
 
One Shreveport resident who lives near Elmdale and New London streets said he was attacked by the same pit bulls in the neighborhood three years ago and also suffered severe injuries.
 
Bordelon said citations were issued to the dogs' owners. Criminal charges are possible as the investigation continues.
 
One of the owners told KTBS 3 that she believes the dogs escaped after a landscaper left the gate to her backyard unlocked while cutting the grass. She said the incident was an accident and that she does not allow her dogs to roam without a leash.

A Soweto police officer tragically lost her life on 11 September 2026 after a horrific pit bull attack.
The tragedy has ignited fresh grief across the security cluster while reigniting calls for national breed legislation.
Police have launched a formal investigation as South Africa faces around 100 fatal dog attacks each year.
A devastating tragedy has struck the South African police service after a dedicated female officer was mauled to death by pit bulls in Soweto on 11 September 2026.
Her body was discovered earlier today, leaving colleagues and loved ones shattered in what has quickly become a deeply emotional loss for the local community.
The Justice, Crime Prevention and Security (JCPS) cluster extended heartfelt condolences to the fallen officer’s family and peers, offering comfort during an agonizing time as police open a formal investigation into the circumstances surrounding the fatal incident.
“The Justice, Crime Prevention and Security cluster extends its deepest condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues of the deceased officer during this painfully difficult time.”
This heartbreaking loss marks yet another family torn apart by canine attacks in 2026, echoing the tragic deaths of a Mitchells Plain woman in February and a Vryburg man in January.
With South Africa recording roughly 100 fatal dog attacks annually many involving pit bulls or crossbreeds the tragedy has sparked renewed grief and fierce public debate nationwide over owner accountability and the desperate need for strict breed regulations.

A 63-year-old woman was recovering at Jackson South Medical Center after being attacked by two dogs Friday morning in Homestead, according to police.
The attack happened around 10:30 a.m. near the 250 block of Northwest Ninth Terrace.
Surveillance video shows the woman walking down the street when two dogs run toward her. The video then becomes hard to make out, but the dogs can be seen standing over the woman as she struggles to get away.

Alexander Hernandez, who works nearby, said he heard the woman screaming for help.
“I hear the loud barking, and then I hear under it help, help,” Hernandez said.


Two pit bulls attack a woman in Homestead on Sept. 11, 2026. The Homestead Police Department said the woman suffered bite injuries to her head, neck, right arm and right ankle. Cobi Brooks via CBS News Miami | Sept. 11, 2026

Hernandez said he ran toward the scene, yelling at the dogs until they backed away.
“Luckily, me running and screaming got them off of her, and they ran back to the property, and I helped her up and took her inside, put her on a chair, and she was just bleeding everywhere,” he said.
Homestead Police said the woman suffered bite injuries to her head, neck, right arm and right ankle. She was alert and speaking with first responders but appeared to be in shock.
The woman was taken to Jackson South as a trauma alert.

“She had a huge laceration on the back of her head where you could see her skull itself and like deep lacerations like in her arm, like bite marks,” he said.
A nearby worker, Domingo Perez, said he has seen the dogs in the area before and has been concerned about encounters with them.
“I see the dog on the outside sometimes; the dog is coming out and walking here. I take my bar because maybe the dog is coming here. I need it as defense, you know?” Perez said.
The two dogs, described by police as pit bulls, are now in the custody of Miami-Dade Animal Services. The agency was asked what will happen to the dogs, but its response was not immediately available.

CBS News Miami reached out to the business where the dogs’ owners reportedly work but had yet to receive a response.
No arrests have been made.
Hernandez said he is simply grateful he was nearby when the woman needed help.
“That’s just God putting me in the right place at the right time,” he said.

https://amp.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/homestead/article317221936.html

A Belfast man has been sentenced at Belfast Magistrates Court today, Tuesday 8 September 2026, following his conviction for an offence involving a dog attacking a child.

Belfast City Council took the prosecution against Mark Joseph Anderson of Abbeydale Crescent, Belfast. The prosecution was taken after reports that Mr Anderson’s Staffordshire Bull Terrier type dog had attacked and injured a 5-year-old boy causing injuries to his leg.

The attack took place in the street after the dog had escaped from premises at Abbeydale Crescent on 1 May 2026. Mr Anderson pleaded guilty and was given a sentence of 2 months in custody, suspended for 12 months and ordered to pay £133 legal and court costs.

ALTOONA, Pa. (WTAJ) — After several reported issues with two pitbulls, both dogs were euthanized after attacking a 9-year-old girl riding a scooter, and the owner was jailed

Justin Robert Little, 46, of Altoona, was charged with felony aggravated assault of someone under 13, misdemeanor simple assault, reckless endangerment and dog bites – confinement/isolation, along with lesser related dog license and ordinance offenses.

Logan Township Police were called to a home on the 2800 block of 18th Street Tuesday, June 9, for reports of a dog attack. According to the criminal complaint, they arrived to find a child being attended to by EMTs before being taken to UPMC Altoona for injuries to her leg. Witnesses alleged that two pitbulls belonging to Little escaped from the yard and bit the girl.

While at the scene, police attempted to get the pitbulls back into the residence and had to use a pepper ball gun on one of them to prevent an attack on an officer. According to charges, this wasn’t the first time it needed to be done.

Police said they were called in April for reports of the dogs being loose. When one of the officers arrived, one of the dogs was actively trying to attack another officer, forcing them to use their issued pepper ball gun on the pitbull.

According to the complaint, neighbors of Little have called numerous agencies about the pitbulls as far back as 2021. Records show that for over five years, Little was contacted by police, the Central PA Humane Society officers, and the state dog warden. In each incident, they said Little never responded and did nothing to remedy the issues.

It was noted that Little was cited in 2021 after one of his dogs chased and bit a person in the buttocks. According to charges, he failed to appear at MDJ Dunio’s office. He was found guilty and issued a $300 fine and restitution.

The 9-year-old victim received roughly two dozen stitches that day, charging documents show. Days later, the child allegedly developed an infection in the wounds, spent five days in the hospital and had to undergo rehabilitation.

Little was charged Sept. 8, and bail was denied, citing that he would not appear for any future court dates.