Edit: The dog in the video is not the one who attacked this woman. It was the one the other pit started attacking.

DOG ATTACK REPORTED IN CHARLESTOWNE
NEIGHBORHOOD IN ST. CHARLES

A heartbreaking situation is being shared by a neighborhood resident following a reported dog attack Tuesday evening near Palisades Dr. in St.
Charles.

According to the resident, she was walking with her two children and her 10-pound dog, Pearl, when a female gray pit bull reportedly approached them without an owner visible.
The resident says the dog attacked her as she attempted to protect her children, biting her multiple times and causing puncture wounds.

She reports receiving 17 stitches in her right pointer finger, a broken right toe, additional puncture wounds to her right side/rib area, and a rabies shot at the hospital.

The dog then reportedly attacked Pearl, holding onto her stomach. The owner eventually arrived and attempted to pull the dog away, but Pearl suffered catastrophic injuries and had to be euthanized at the veterinarian.

Pearl was a beloved 14-year-old family dog.

The resident says a neighbor witnessed the incident and police are expected to speak with that witness.
At this time, the owner of the gray pit bull has not come forward.

According to the resident, her primary concern is the safety of her children and other people walking in the neighborhood.

* Charlestowne Place / Landing / Meadow area
* Near 700 block of Palisades Dr.

If you know anything about the dog or its owner, please contact law enforcement of St. Charles city.

This post is based on the resident's account of the incident. Authorities have not yet been independently confirmed to have released an official report.

Resident would like this to be shared so the owner can be identified and this situation can be addressed before another person or animal is hurt.

Newly adopted pit bull walked by a child attacks random bystander

Article also includes bonus links to recent pit bull fatalities in Woodbridge.

WOODBRIDGE, NJ — A pit bull bit a woman last Tuesday, Aug. 11, in Woodbridge, said Woodbridge Police. The dog bit the woman at 8:46 in the morning on Temple Way in the Colonia section.

A Woodbridge family had just adopted the dog one day prior, from Associated Humane Society in Newark, said Woodbridge town spokesman John Hagerty. It was being walked by a young child, a girl, last Tuesday morning when suddenly the animal pulled the leash out of the girl's hand.

A woman was walking nearby and the dog ran at her and attacked her. She was bitten on her face and her hands, said police. 911 was called and she was treated by EMS and then taken to a hospital. Her medical status is not known as of Monday afternoon.

In addition to EMS, Woodbridge Animal Control also responded last Tuesday and completed a bite report, which is mandatory by law. The pit bull had to be put in a 10-day quarantine, also required by law. The dog was picked back up by the Newark Associated Humane Society and it remains on quarantine in that shelter as of Monday.

The dog will not be returned to its adopted home, said the town.

The dog's mandatory quarantine will end this Friday, and at that point it is up to the Newark Associated Humane Society to decide what to do with the animal.

This is not the first pit bull attack to happen in Woodbridge:

In 2024, the family pit bull killed a newborn baby inside a home on Mereline Avenue in Avenel. The dog, which was the family's pet, killed a three-month-old baby boy and severely injured the child's mother as she tried to protect her baby.

In March 2021, a 3-year-old boy was killed and his mother severely injured when they were attacked by a pair of pit bulls in Carteret.

In that attack, the two pit bulls got out of their backyard on Birch Street and were roaming the neighborhood. The dogs went into the backyard of a home on Laurel Street. There, they attacked a 3-year-old boy and mauled his mother as she tried to save her child, according to this Patch news article on the child's death.

The mother screamed at her two older boys, ages 10 and 4, to run inside the home, and they did. However, she could not get her youngest, 3, inside fast enough and she threw her body on top of his to protect him, said a family spokeswoman.

Her two older boys witnessed the attack from inside the house and the 10-year-old called 911. Carteret Police arrived and shot one of the dogs. The second was later put down as well.

The toddler boy was rushed by helicopter to Robert Wood Johnson University Medical Center in New Brunswick, but he lost so much blood that he died. The mother was nearly killed as well; she was severely injured and spent weeks in the ICU.

The family that was attacked had just moved to the home a few months ago, said neighbors. They were a mother, father and three young boys. Neighbors recalled often seeing the three children often playing in the front yard. Those same neighbors said they constantly heard the dogs barking, and that they were scared of them.

No criminal charges were ever filed against the owners of the pit bulls for either child's death. This petition asked Gov. Phil Murphy and the Middlesex County Prosecutor at the time, Yolanda Ciccone, to bring criminal charges for the death of the Carteret three-year-old.

Family Pit Bull Mauls Infant To Death In Woodbridge, Mother Injured (March, 2024)

Carteret In Stunned Mourning After Boy, 3, Killed By 2 Pit Bulls (March, 2021)

This is a follow-up to an attack two months ago. Instead of ordering that the dogs be put down, the judge ruled that they could be sent to a shelter outside of the city if a placement can be found in 30 days. Absolutely infuriating; don't solve the problem, just foist it off on someone else.

https://www.reddit.com/r/BanPitBulls/comments/1ufr5uo/pregnant_woman_attacked_by_2_pits_loose_on_the/

TACOMA, Wash. — The owner of two dogs that mauled a pregnant woman in Tacoma has been ordered to send the animals to a secure shelter outside the city.

The ruling gives the dog owner 30 days to relocate the animals at their own expense or have them euthanized.

The decision follows an attack in June, when Renee Wilson was mauled by a neighbor’s two dogs in a parking lot on the day she was due to give birth.

The attack forced Wilson to undergo an induced labor, and bite wounds from the attack subsequently led to serious infections, including MRSA.

The four-year-old Amstaff lives with a family in Piano. A neighbor, an 11-year-old girl, and the woman's son were injured: "I don't want to abandon him, I need a facility that can care for him."

"I'm afraid of my dog": three attacks in the home, the family asks for help (archive photo)

ANCONA "I can't sleep at night anymore, I'm afraid it could happen again." This is the plea from Liliana, a resident of Via Maggini in Piano, who has been looking for a home for her four-year-old Amstaff for months. The dog was adopted by the woman's husband and, she says, initially caused no problems. "He was calm. After my husband's death, he changed; he became aggressive."

The situation has become increasingly difficult to manage because, according to the family, the animal continues to show aggression, even toward his owners.

Three attacks

The most serious incidents are thought to have occurred in three cases.

About a year ago, the dog bit a 53-year-old neighbor on the wrist and hand. "They gave him eight stitches," Liliana says. The most worrying attack occurred in February: the woman's 11-year-old niece was injured. "He grabbed her in the face, leaving two holes in her face, and also broke a tooth." Then, in May, the dog allegedly turned on Liliana's son while he was petting him. "He raised his hands to protect himself, but the dog continued to bite him on various parts of his body."

"We don't want to abandon him."

The family continues to care for the animal, feeding him, and even muzzling him. But the fear remains, especially since there are children in the house. Liliana says she tried to give him up for adoption without success and asked for help several times to find a solution. Thanks to her brother-in-law's intervention, the dog was finally temporarily placed in a shelter, but the woman has already been contacted to pick him up.

"I don't want to abandon him," she explains. "I'd like him to be taken into a facility that can care for him, understand why he's behaving this way, and help him. It would be the safest solution for him and for us."

Article link: https://www.corriereadriatico.it/ancona/ho_paura_mio_cane_tre_aggressioni_casa_famiglia_chiede_aiuto-9708246.html?refresh_ce

Published 5:00 pm Sunday, August 16, 2026

Fintry Provincial Park (BC Parks photo)

On the evening of May 11, 2026, my friend and I were enjoying a peaceful after-dinner walk with our small dogs in Fintry Provincial campground.

Suddenly, we saw a pit bull charging at us from site 135, dragging a leash behind it.

We picked up our dogs.

The pitbull slammed into me, knocking me to the ground with my dog in my arms.

My friend saw that the pitbull had my dog by the tail.

She then saw a man and a woman run from the campsite. The woman tried unsuccessfully to restrain the dog. The man managed to wrestle it off me and drag it back into their campsite.

Fortunately, my dog suffered only one small abrasion on her hind end. I had scrapes on both of my feet and ankles and later developed bruising on the left side of my body, painful enough that I couldn’t lay on that side for a few nights.

While I’m grateful that we weren’t seriously injured, the event was terrifying.

I’ve spent the weeks since the attack writing emails, making phone calls, asking questions and waiting for responses. Here’s what I’ve learned:

• Regional District dog control officers have no jurisdiction in provincial parks and are powerless to help.

• RCMP cannot lay charges as there was no criminal act.

• Fintry park attendants seemed shocked and wanted to help; however, the operators/management demonstrated very little concern or empathy.

• Parks BC has the authority to impose “monetary penalties” on campers whose pets are not under control, but to my knowledge, they have not.

• I was told by park attendants that the aggressive dog would be banned from Fintry Campground, but how this would be implemented is unclear. I proposed to the Minister of Environment and Parks that dogs entering provincial campgrounds be registered with their license number, just as vehicles are. That way, there would be a system for keeping track of dogs and identifying them. To date, I’ve had no response to my suggestion.

If you, your children and/or your pets enjoy camping at Fintry Provincial Campground (or, to my understanding, any provincial campground in B.C.), please be aware.

If you are attacked by a dog, you’re on your own.

Michele Weintz

https://lakecountrycalendar.com/2026/08/16/letter-pitbull-attack-at-fintry-provincial-park/

My boy Dollar 💔
Dollar has made it through his eye replacement surgery and I brought him home today. He is on medication and will return to the vets tomorrow, as he may also require jaw surgery costing a further £4,000–£5,000. We have already spent £3,006 on his emergency treatment.
The owner initially apologised, accepted responsibility, admitted her dog was off the lead and told us she would cover the £3,000 bill. She has since changed her position and told us, on her lawyer’s advice, that she will no longer pay.
I am 7 months pregnant, and the stress of this situation has been overwhelming. We are now facing potentially higher costs and are in serious financial distress.
We will also be reporting this matter to relevant news outlets, as we believe people need to be aware of what happened and the potential risks to other dogs and children.
Please keep our little 6lb boy in your thoughts. He is fighting so hard. ❤️‍🩹🐾
Thank you to everyone who has supported us, donated and shared our story. It means everything. ❤️

Originally my story was posted on Facebook but the dogs owner i think has managed to get it deleted. I have posted the story as a screenshot please read and share to the world 🩵

Posted in a Facebook group of educated dog enthusiasts and professionals- I thought these comments were very telling. People in dog fancy are well aware of the bully breed problem, but know better than to say so in public spaces because you'll get ganged up on and flamed by pitbull apologists.
Picture of attacking dog who was destroyed included.

I have attached the following euthanasia list for the county of Los Angeles. I foster a lot thru the county & im a huge a animal advocate with the exception of pit bulls. Can we just get rid of this entire breed once & for all?!

Found in one of my local Facebook groups. OP did forget to put in “the bad” column; has already killed a cat.

Coming from my experience very few rescues (if any) will take this dog bc of her history with the cat and showing aggression towards other dogs and OP needs the dog gone now. I don’t understand why people try to rehome these dogs especially knowing its history?

My son was staying with his grandma overnight. She took him to the park this morning so that he could play and have some fun before coming home to see his two week old sister than mom and I have been up all night taking care of. While they were at the park, which is next to a school, and walking on the sidewalk there a pitbull escaped its backyard as they walked past and ran straight at my son and bit him on his face. He is okay and surprisingly happy all things considered.

Sharing a photo of what just one bite did to my beautiful boy and I’m so thankful his grandma was able to get him safely away and it wasn’t worse.

I’m looking for any support/advice not only for my son but for his mother who is post-partum and myself and what all we should do for our son to help him mentally as well. Thank you. Norman, Oklahoma 8/15/26.

Update
We spoke with the local authorities and started the process of pressing charges while at the hospital. A kind gentleman from the Animal Welfare met us at the hospital and went with grandma who was present for the attack to identify the dog and house it came from. While they were there the dog was super aggressive through the fence and they confronted the owners. Nearby neighbors told animal control that the dog has escaped multiple times in the past which he said to us is a major red flag. The dog was seized earlier and I was just informed it’s scheduled to be euthanized so it can’t do this or worse to someone else’s child.

We were informed that because we weren’t there we can’t press charges but my mother in law can which she is already speaking to lawyers specializing in dog attacks about. We’ve received a lot of calls and support from family and I will update or answer any questions in the future. Thank you for the supports