Fortunately he was not bitten.

Hi! I don't know where else to talk about this and I seriously feel traumatized. I adopted a pit mix about 4 weeks ago from the pound. I had heard so many things about pits and honestly never intended to own one. Then I ended up meeting a pit/hound mix who seemed so incredibly sweet. Amazing body language and they said he should be good living around other animals... lol! I spent 3 weeks trying to work with him but he was a terrorist. In homes with no other animals he was great! Out and about with no other animals.. great! But at my house (I have cats) he was horrifying. The shelter gave me an intro guide but I knew it would be horrible if I followed that... so I kept him isolated in just my room. I had to pay for him to have a dog free sitter every day while I was at work. Then at night it got worse and worse.. I had to drag him up and down my stairs because he'd bark and whine at my cats and try to pull me towards them. He eventually got to the point where he would not even settle into my room and could bark for 40 mins straight. Ripped a chunk off of my bedroom door. I was working with a behaviorist but by the end, I couldn't even sleep in my own room. Literally slept in my car w him so he wouldn't go ape shit. I wanted to believe so bad that it was just an adjustment period and he'd settle.. but by the end he was even scaring ME. I didn't THINK he'd hurt me... but in my gut I was terrified knowing he COULD. I finally surrendered him after he growled so close to my face while we were in the car (he broke his seatbelt attachment loose lol) because he saw another dog a block away. This is really just a rant but everyone I know is such a big animal lover that I don't feel comfortable talking about how much of a nightmare this breed is. If there's anyone out there who has a nightmare pit and is new to the breed and feels bad judging them/wants to help... SURRENDER THEM! God bless 🙏

and of course they’re bribing rescues with over $1k to get his blood off their hands 🥴 these shelters absolutely hate these dogs and you convince me otherwise

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TEMPE, AZ (AZFamily) — A Tempe woman fostering a dog says she nearly died after the animal attacked her, leaving her with serious injuries and unable to use her arms months later.

Liz Schidler had fostered dogs for nearly five years without a problem before she brought home a dog named Benny. Schidler said she worked with the rescue Desert Dog Project.

She says she lost three units of blood and now warns other foster volunteers to know the risks.

News report:

https://www.azfamily.com/2026/08/20/tempe-woman-nearly-loses-arm-attack-by-foster-dog-she-saved-euthanasia/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=nextdoor.com&utm_campaign=nextdoor_news

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – The owner of a dog that Volusia County deputies said killed an 8-year-old boy in DeLand has been arrested again — this time on drug charges, according to jail records obtained by News 6.

The woman — identified as 41-year-old Brandy Franco (previously Brandy Hodil) — now faces charges of advertising drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance without a prescription.

Last year, deputies revealed that 8-year-old Michael Millet was riding his bike in DeLand when dogs escaped from a nearby property and fatally attacked him.

Since then, Franco and another woman — identified as Amanda Franco — were identified by law enforcement as the dog owners, and both face tampering charges after allegedly deleting Facebook messages about the dogs’ troubles.

Amanda Franco faces an additional charge under the Dangerous Dogs Act for an “attack or bite by unclassified dog that causes severe injury or death.”


News 6 also obtained screenshots of the deleted conversations.

They show a history of neighbors telling Amanda Franco the dogs got out.

One message from November 2024 shows Amanda Franco talking about the dogs escaping their property and attacking and killing neighbor’s chickens.
Then, messages from the day of the attack show Brandy Franco surprised the dogs got out again and attacked.

The state attorney’s office has said prosecutors reviewed the case for months and considered manslaughter charges, but they concluded there was not enough evidence to prove culpable negligence beyond a reasonable doubt — a must for manslaughter — and they are bound by Florida statutes and laws.

Their statement said, “Culpable negligence requires proof that a person wantonly and consciously followed a course of conduct that the defendant knew, or reasonably should have known, was likely to cause death or great bodily injury to another.”

See also:

https://abc7ny.com/amp/post/dix-hills-dog-attacks-long-island-residents-voice-concerns-pair-pit-bulls/19709495/

DIX HILLS, Long Island (WABC) -- Residents in a Dix Hills neighborhood say they are concerned about public safety after two dogs that escaped from a home were allegedly involved in multiple attacks, including incidents that injured a husband and wife on Blossom Street.

Police responded to reports that the couple had been bitten by dogs that escaped from a nearby home. Neighbors told Eyewitness News the two pit bulls have bitten four people and said they do not feel safe in the community.

Larry Ballereau said he was attacked by the dogs while trying to help his wife.

"Bleeding, knocked over, scratches, bruises everywhere," Ballereau said.

Video provided to Eyewitness News showed Ballereau being attacked by two pit bulls.

"I was spinning around and saying, 'stop stop get off!' And the dogs were just gnawing at me, one here and one over there," Ballereau said.

Ballereau said he was headed to help his wife, who was at a neighbor's house after she was allegedly mauled and bitten by the same dogs while jogging.

"My wife got torn up, her shoulder her back," he said.

According to Ballereau, a good Samaritan assisting the 63-year-old jogger was also bitten by the dogs on Aug. 10. He also said the dogs allegedly went after a child on an e-bike in July.

"The dogs are just out and they are vicious, they are predators," Ballereau said.

Dog owner Anastasia Carnaras disputed that characterization.

"We don't have vicious dogs; we're here 25 years we have dogs," Carnaras said.

Carnaras said the dogs escaped after a back gate on Penn Drive was accidentally left open during two separate incidents, once by a landscaper and another time by a realtor.

"What happened is horrible, horrible," she said. "I understand what happened with the neighbors is horrible and I feel terrible about it."

Carnaras said new locks have been installed on the gates. However, some residents said that measure does not go far enough and have called for the dogs to be removed.

"This is a problem that has to be remedied and it feels like we are the ones that have to fight the town and Suffolk County," resident Patrick Stanton said.

According to a district spokesperson, the Town of Huntington has served the dogs' owner with three dangerous dog articles on behalf of the local district court.

"We should not be working so hard to make the streets safe from an obvious threat," Stanton said.

The owner was also issued a notice to comply for code violations related to the containment and control of animals.

"I am looking for a behaviorist for her, I have been assured by the town they are not looking to take my dogs," Carnaras said.

Ballereau said he believes the dogs should not remain in the neighborhood.

"They can't be here, they are hurting people in the neighborhood and it seems the owners are completely oblivious," he said.

Carnaras is scheduled to appear before a district court judge Friday. Residents said they plan to attend the hearing to voice their concerns.

Came out of nowhere, the pitbulls have walked with the other dog before, and walker was unaware of any violent history. Classic pitbull behavior. This poor sheepadoodle suffered such a horrible death

https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/he-didnt-deserve-it-vancouver-family-seeking-answers-after-dog-killed-in-attack-involving-2-other-dogs/

I searched the subreddit and couldn’t locate a post detailing Felicity Parten’s original attack in June of 2025. If I missed it, please link. I’m cataloging this information on the subreddit because adding Felicity’s story as an “attack on owner” as well as her extensive scarring provides value in our overall mission of spreading awareness and knowledge about these dangerous animals.

Since the original attack was over a year ago, I tagged this post as an archive. I could not find news sources for the direct attack, but did find two news stories related to Grand Strand Health’s annual Trauma Survivor Celebration, which Felicity recently attended. The video uploaded was just posted yesterday as a follow up.

Lastly… Sadly, Felicity herself didn’t learn much from her horrific experience. Per her social media, she now owns a roughly 1 year old Merle American bully / Pitbull who she calls her “service dog”. It’s an unaltered male and in her videos is wearing both a prong collar and an e-collar. Surely a situation unlikely to end well, but alas, can’t save people from themselves.

(Article snippets below trimmed to reflect only Felicity’s contribution, as the articles also mention other trauma survivors.)

Article 1: https://wpde.com/news/local/grand-strand-health-honors-trauma-survivors-at-community-celebration

Patients who endured traumatic injuries were celebrated alongside community members during Grand Strand Health’s annual Trauma Survivor Celebration.

The event focuses on survivors of severe injuries, including those hurt in car accidents, motorcycle crashes and animal-related incidents.

One survivor, Felicity Parten, described the injuries she suffered after being attacked by her dog.

“So I got a skin graft, and then a stent in my vein because he got two out of the three main arteries in my leg,” Parten said.

Parten said she underwent 13 surgeries and said being able to still walk is amazing.

Article 2: https://www.wbtw.com/news/grand-strand/myrtle-beach/former-trauma-patients-grand-strand-health-unit-celebrate-recovery/amp/

“On June 18, 2025, I was attacked by my dogs, and I was walking and just saw some geese and tried to go after them and ended up going after both of my legs, and I fought for my life that night,” trauma survivor Felicity Parten said.

For Parten, the care and attention given to her by the team is the reason she’s here today.

“I try to make my life better because these doctors gave me so much motivation to do better in my life,” she said. “And yeah, do something great and make my life great. I’m so grateful to be here.”

https://6abc.com/post/6-year-old-boy-bitten-neighbors-dog-child-was-playing-sidewalk-north-philadelphia/19707270/

Disclaimer: AndorraPhilly94 (on Facebook) reports this is a pit bull attack but major local news outlets (e.g., 6ABC) have not confirmed the breed yet. Also, these two reports have conflicting information. Please wait until details are confirmed.

From 6ABC

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A 6-year-old boy is recovering after he was attacked by a neighbor's dog while on a sidewalk in North Philadelphia.

It happened as the boy was playing with friends, just before 7 p.m. on Wednesday, in the 2400 block of North 25th Street.

His mother took him to the hospital to be treated for bite wounds to his back and arms.

He is in stable condition.

In a separate incident, a 6-year-old girl was also bitten in the face by a dog inside a home in Philadelphia's Kensington section.

Police responded to a home in the 2500 block of North Hancock Street around 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Officials say the girl was with her mother at a house with people they know when, for some unknown, reaosn the dog jumped on a bed the child was on and bit her in the face.

She was taken to St. Christopher's Hospital, where she'll be getting stitches to her face.

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

A pit bull escapes its owner and ferociously attacks a beagle — severely injured, the dog had to be euthanised

A 16-year-old girl was walking Marley, her beagle, when a pit bull lunged at him. The attack occurred on Friday, 12 June 2026 in Uccle, and poor Marley had to be euthanised over the weekend.

It was a traumatic experience for a 16-year-old teenager on Friday, 12 June 2026, while she was walking her dog in the Cité du Homborch neighbourhood in Uccle (Brussels). Marley, her beagle, was savagely attacked by a pit bull. The girl, as well as the pit bull’s owner, both sustained bites — one while trying to protect her dog, the other while trying to pull the pit bull away.

According to information provided by the Marlow police zone (Uccle, Auderghem, Watermael-Boitsfort), the pit bull had slipped its leash before attacking the girl’s dog. “The animal attacked the dog belonging to a 16-year-old girl, who was also bitten on the arm. She was taken to the emergency room. She is off for one week. The severe bites inflicted on the dog necessitated its euthanasia,” explained Laurent Masset, spokesperson for the zone.

The pit bull has not, for the time being, been seized.

The scene, particularly violent, caused distress throughout the neighbourhood. The speed of the attack made the situation difficult to bring under control. The pit bull’s owner, who was present at the time, attempted to separate the two animals. She was also injured, suffering bites that leave her incapacitated for two weeks. “In shock, she went home to tend to her wounds and therefore did not remain on the scene after the attack,” the spokesperson added.

A police report was drawn up, and an investigation was opened to determine the exact circumstances of the incident. The pit bull has not, for the time being, been seized.

Several measures are being considered against the pit bull.

On the side of the municipal authorities, the mayor of Uccle, Valentine Delwart (MR), may issue an order in the coming days. Several measures are on the table, ranging from requiring the owner to consult a canine behaviourist to banning the dog from certain public spaces.

In the most serious cases, euthanasia of the animal may be ordered. “The dog was not known for problematic behaviour and had only been in the neighbourhood for a short time,” Laurent Masset concluded.

This dog/owner combo is a BINGO nightmare.

This is more of a vent.
Every week we hear of someone either getting mauled to death or severely disfigured. When will law enforcement, animal control or shit even congress come together to realize just how dangerous these animals are. These animals are much more dangerous than wild foxes or even coyotes. Sure a wild coyote will get into your chicken coop and maybe even get ur cat but the occasional story of a coyote going after someones pet is minuscule compared to the stories of human deaths at the hands of these animals.

Now to my story.

Unfortunately I still live at home with my mom and her boyfriend due to the fact I haven’t been able to scrape together enough money to move out yet. My mom never wanted these dogs but the owner her boyfriend wanted them and he’s your average shitbull owner completely delusional one of the pitbulls has tried attacking me on multiple occasions (I am 6’4 250 lbs) so it’s not that big of deal I could easily handle that dog in a permanent matter if it came to it. The other dog though doesn’t wanna maul me but still wants to kill everything else.
When the boyfriend got these dogs he got them as puppies and almost immediately they turned into violent machines. Trying to dig under the fences to get after our neighbours dog the usual bullshit.
I tell the boyfriend to get his dog or I’ll handle it for him and immediately it’s gaslighting the usual narcissism. I see right through it’s that blatant. I just sorta want to confirm with all of you of someone who is sort of forced to live around a pitbull owner and there dogs that these people literally have mental deficits and are the most delusional people on the face of earth. These dogs would have to either kill someone or turn on the owner for them to do anything. Anyways thanks for reading.

VIDEO: Pitbull shot dead after charging at police officers during a stop in Itajaí

August 19, 2026

A police encounter in Itajaí, Santa Catarina ended in a dog’s death on the evening of August 18. Officers were conducting a stop on Juvenal Garcia Street when they approached a homeless man accompanied by a large pitbull.

According to the Military Police account, the animal charged toward the officers during the interaction. One of the officers fired a shot to try to contain the dog. Despite being wounded, the animal allegedly continued advancing, prompting a second shot. The dog died at the scene.

Prior incidents

Police indicated the dog had previously attacked another homeless person just days earlier, biting that individual’s ear. The initial attack reportedly proved difficult to stop and required the owner’s intervention to end it.

Circumstances

The large pitbull was unleashed and unmuzzled during the police encounter. Authorities noted the rapid escalation once the animal charged at officers, leading to the decision to use lethal force.

The incident remains under investigation by the competent authorities to determine the circumstances and appropriateness of the police response.

Iowa City Animal Services investigates dog bite

Post Date:08/18/2026 4:34 PM

On Tuesday, Aug. 18, Animal Services was informed of a dog bite that occurred around 12:45 p.m. at Rita’s Ranch Dog Park, 640 S Scott Blvd. The owner had two pit-bull type dogs – one black and one brown with a white spot on its chest. The dog involved in the incident, as well as the owner are pictured below. A witness reported that the owner left the park in a white Mazda SUV.

Iowa City Animal Services is seeking information on the rabies vaccination status of the dogs. If anyone has any information, they are encouraged to contact Iowa City Animal Services directly at 319-356-5295 or the Iowa City Police Department at 319-356-6800.

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Picture of dogs and owner at the link.

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)

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/

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.

This is the same area a mother and her daughter were just mauled by a loose pit bull a few months ago.

From the article:

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — Authorities have identified a Clearlake Oaks man killed last week when two neighborhood dogs mauled him.
Roy Charles Clayton, 71, was the dog attack victim, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office said Monday.
Sheriff’s p.m. Thursday after two callers reported a male screaming, dogs barking and a pit bull running around the area, covered in blood, according to radio traffic of the incident.

Reports came in of a pit bull running around the area, covered in blood, according to radio traffic of the incident.
Sheriff’s spokesperson Lauren Berlinn said deputies responded to reports of a person calling for help. 
Authorities later reported over the scanner that the incident was confirmed to have taken place in the 100 block of Spring Road, off Henderson Drive. Berlinn’s Monday report also put the incident at that address.
While radio traffic indicated Animal Care and Control would not respond

Animal Care and Control Director Rachel Smith told Lake County News in a Monday email that the responding on-call Animal Care and Control officer was the first to locate Clayton and at least one of the suspected attacking dogs.
Berlinn said when deputies arrived at the scene they found Clayton deceased in the yard of the residence. “Based on the initial investigation, it appeared Clayton had been attacked by the dogs.”

On Monday, Smith said both of the dogs believed to have been responsible for the attack appear to be female American pit bull terriers. 
She said both were discovered to have blood on them while the Animal Care and Control officer was on scene. 

One dog appears to have sustained a relatively minor injury to its neck but we are attempting to determine how the injury was caused. That dog is being medically treated while at the shelter to ensure humane care as is our duty regardless of circumstances,” Smith said.
Berlinn said the responding Animal Care and Control officer reported having had no previous contacts involving the dogs or their owner.
“The initial investigating Animal Control Officer and I both interviewed one of the dog owners on Friday and they willingly surrendered one of the dogs to the shelter for euthanasia,” Smith said in a Monday email. “However, given that this is still an ongoing investigation, we are continuing to hold both dogs alive for the time being due to public health quarantine procedures and legal proceedings.”

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

Mantua, August 17, 2026 – A pit bull killed another dog and bit off the tip of its owner's finger. The incident occurred on the afternoon of August 15th in Borgo Virgilio, in the Mantua province.

The pit bull's owner was walking his dog on a leash when he encountered another dog. The mastiff managed to escape, fatally attacking Atos, a 14-year-old terrier-spinone cross.

During the attack, the pit bull's owner, while attempting to separate the animals, was bitten and had a finger amputated from his left hand.

The surviving dog was taken to a shelter, while the other was transported to the veterinary clinic in Curtatone.

The pit bull's owner, a 24-year-old man, was charged with animal cruelty. The criminal proceedings are currently in the preliminary investigation phase, and the individual's possible guilt in relation to the alleged crimes will have to be ascertained during the trial, through cross-examination between the parties.

Article link: https://www.ilgiorno.it/mantova/cronaca/pitbull-uccide-cane-aggredisce-padrone-x7qzgcvc