News tagged with 'Dog Bite'

The mission of World Rabies Day is to raise awareness about the impact of human and animal rabies, how easy it is to prevent it.

The well-publicized dog mauling trial of Marjorie Knoller and Robert Noel, two San Francisco attorneys charged in the death of Diane Whipple, ended yesterday afternoon when the jury convicted the couple on all five charges filed against them. The case began on January 26, 2001 when Bane, the couple's Presa Canarios, s

In a case similar to the California dog mauling trial that ended yesterday, authorities charged a Wisconsin couple in the death of a ten-year-old girl brutally killed by six Rottweilers. Alicia Lynn Clark was visiting a friend on February 14 of this year when she was suddenly attacked by the animals. Her friend's mot

A California jury awarded $6 million last week to a man who suffered major brain injuries after being hit by a truck while trying to escape two Rottweilers. The dogs were owned by the groundskeeper of the Rancho San Diego Golf Club. In 1998 Malaquias Avalos was jogging next to the course when the dogs gave chase. As

A 62-year-old woman, who broke her left hip when a dog tried to attack her, settled a lawsuit against the dog's owner in September of 2001. Anna Rischer was walking her own dog in the Bronx when the defendant's dog, a small, mixed breed, began chasing her. While trying to escape, Rischer became wrapped in her own dog