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Monday night, Antoinette Brown's son Laquan confirmed to NBC 5 his mother passed away. She had been in a coma at Baylor Medical Center Dallas with critical injuries from more than 100 dog bites, according to relatives. The family took her off life support Monday afternoon. Monday night, Antoinette Brown's son Laquan confirmed to NBC 5 his mother passed away. She had been in a coma at Baylor Medical Center Dallas with critical injuries from more than 100 dog bites, according to relatives. The family took her off life support Monday afternoon. Eariler Monday, Dallas leaders promised animal control improvements after the mauling the 52-year-old woman was attacked a week ago by a pack of loose dogs. Relatives declined to discuss the tragedy further and city officials said they regret there is a need to discuss it. “It is certainly very discouraging to be here today for the situation that we’re here to talk about,” Dallas City Council Member Tiffinni Young said. Young represents the … [Read more...]

Video Clip NEWARK, N.J. — The past five months have been a painful ordeal for Winki Stokwe, a native of South Africa living in Newark, New Jersey. She was working as a house cleaner for a large company called Handy. Handy pre-screens household service workers who can then be hired through the company’s website to work in homes and apartments. Five months ago, Stokwe was cleaning an apartment in Hoboken, New Jersey. The owner has a dog, a black lab mix. Stokwe said while she was at the sink, washing the dishes, “I turn and there come this dog and then it bit me.” It was a traumatic moment she said she’ll never forget.The dog had jumped up and bit her face, taking a chunk out of her chin, her upper and lower lip. “I said this dog could kill me," she recalled. "If I turn, it was gonna hold me on my throat. I was just thinking about my children.” Stokwe had no idea how bad the bites were, but she said there was a lot of blood. She managed to push the dog off her face, … [Read more...]

Sarah Hagen, WCNC 12:55 PM. EST March 29, 2016 CHARLOTTE, N.C. An elderly woman was killed on Monday by a family member's two dogs. Police say 86-year-old Bessie Flowers was attacked by two American Pit Bull Terriers. Pit bulls can be a controversial topic. We did some research through our archives and found the majority of the dog attacks we’ve covered recently have been from pit bulls. -Pitbull kills horse -6-year-old boy mauled to death by pit bull -76-year-old woman and small dog attacked by pit bull -Service dog in training mauled by pit bulls And now this. "I constantly told those people-- they are going to kill someone," one neighbor said. Neighbors feared this day would come. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police say when they arrived the 86-year-old woman had died from the dog bite injuries. Neighbors say the victim was visiting family and was attacked after she fell down. The two pit bulls lived at the Springs Valley Community townhome, and neighbors say they had a history of … [Read more...]

STANFORD, Ky. (WKYT) - The Lincoln County Sheriff's Department is investigating after a woman was attacked by a pack of dogs Monday. The Lincoln County Sheriff's Department is investigating after a woman was attacked Monday by a pack of dogs. Lincoln County Sheriff Curt Folger confirms a pack of dogs attacked a woman Monday morning in a rural area of the county, near the Boyle County line. A neighbor says the victim, Loretta Stevens, called her and said she had been attacked by a pack of dogs.  Stevens' daughter, Trivia Hebrock said of as Monday evening, her mother was in fair condition at UK Hospital, but can expect a long road to recovery. "My mom has it looks a sleeve has been rolled down, the skin is pushed down. You can see the muscle and the tendon running across. She'll probably never have feelings in it, but she is able to move her hand so that is good. She's got a strong pulse on it," Hebrock said. Hebrock said her mom was outside Monday morning when she saw her cat … [Read more...]

An Indiana meter reader was brutally beaten and left bleeding on the ground after she pepper-sprayed a customer's dogs. Police in Evansville arrested 30-year-old Kim Jordan and charged her with battery stemming from the incident last Wednesday. Investigators say April Miller-Johnson, a long-time employee of the local utility company VECTERN, was reading a meter at the corner of Forrest Avenue and Tekoppel Avenue at around 10.30am Wednesday when she claimed two dogs belonging to local resident Kim Jordan charged at her. Read FULL STORY … [Read more...]

Jesus Toledo lost part of an ear and a portion of his thumb. Sept. 28, 2015. (CBS Chicago) Rosemary Regina SobolContact Reporter Chicago Tribune A postal worker on his route came to the rescue of a buddy, a UPS employee, when a pit bull attacked him in Chicago's Cragin neighborhood on the Northwest Side on Friday morning, officials said. The postal worker jumped on the dog, pulled the animal off of UPS worker Jesus Toledo and held on to it until help arrived, according to officials. The attack occurred about 10:30 a.m. in the 1900 block of North Cicero Avenue. The dog involved was a black and white female pit bull terrier about a year old, said Brad Powers, a spokesman for the city’s department of Animal Care and Control. Toledo suffered injuries to his ear, head, forearm, hands and ankle, and underwent surgery at West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, according to Dan McMackin, a spokesman for UPS. He was "conscious and speaking after the attack," he said in an email. … [Read more...]

SOUTHAVEN, Miss. — A Southaven Animal Shelter employee and animal control officer are recovering from dog bite wounds Tuesday. Southaven Animal Shelter Director Perry Mason confirmed the dog attack happened Saturday, and one of the workers has remained in the hospital. Mason said the shelter employee opened up a pitbull’s kennel to clean it and feed him. “He grabbed her leg and just would not let go,” Mason said. An officer who was working ran to help.He pulled the dog off the employee’s leg, but not before the dog bit him too on the left forearm. Mason said the dog’s aggressive behavior came out of nowhere. “He’s been neutered. We have all taken him for walks. He has sat in the office. We have done everything humanly possible to predict his behavior,” Mason said. The employee who the dog bit in the leg has undergone a couple surgeries. She was still in the hospital at the time WREG interviewed Mason Tuesday. To those who wonder if this was an issue of improper training, Mason said … [Read more...]

Ameren Illinois is appealing to customers after a series of dog attacks resulting in serious injuries to workers. Company spokesman Brian Bretsch said Thursday that there have about a half-dozen attacks the last few months, primarily involving dogs that have been allowed to run loose. But he said workers also have been attacked by dogs chained or tied to utility equipment, including power poles. Worker injuries requiring emergency room treatment and antibiotics have included puncture wounds, scratches and a broken wrist. "It's the time of year when people are home more and dogs are out more," Bretsch said. "We're basically asking customers to do their part to keep our workers safe, as well as the neighborhood children." Most of the attacks have occurred at homes and have been spread across Ameren Illinois territory, Bretsch said. Ameren Illinois serves 1.2 million electric and 816,000 natural gas customers in central and southern Illinois. There have been 40 dog attacks in the last … [Read more...]

Should pit bulls be outlawed in the city of Dallas? Some city council members said yes, after hearing from officials with the U.S. Postal Service.Local postal workers have been working with the city to help control vicious dogs. Randall Joines, an area manager for the Postal Service, told the council, “In a press release issued by the Postal Headquarters this week, the City of Dallas ranked 5th worst in the nation in calendar year 2014 – recording 43 letter carrier dog bites or attacks.” Letter Carrier Sierra Pryor is still recovering from a pit bull attack in March. Recalling her attack she said, “The dog burst through the screen door and immediately latched onto my right leg. It took two assistants to pull the animal off of me.” As a part of National Dog Bite Prevention Week the Postal Service is also working to educate the public by providing prevention tips to help avoid dog bites. Three important tips are: If a letter carrier delivers mail or packages to your front door, place … [Read more...]