Sentences with phrase «report dog bites»

«This is because lots of people don't report dog bites because the vast majority are so minor that they're just kind of everyday occurrences,» she said.

The effort halved the number of reported dog bites overall, and rabies appears to be almost gone from about a third of the 28 districts in the program.

Only 10 % of bites are inflicted by dogs unknown to the victim 50 % of the bites occur on the dog owner's property Intact (not neutered) male dogs represent 70 - 76 % of all reported dog bite incidents.

According to the numbers Houston used in the report, here are the reported dog bites for each year.

Perhaps the overall number of dogs has increased; perhaps more people are reporting dog bites.

There are more reported dog bites in the US from Labrador Retrievers than from Pit Bulls.

Even reports by the American Veterinary Medical Association have stated the Pitt is the most dangerous Dog, not only by number of reported Dog bites but how lethal the animal is.

Eight years later, the Sioux City Journal reports that the number of reported dog bites has instead gone up:

Toronto's reported dog bites have been rising since 2012, and in 2013 and 2014 reached their highest levels this century, even as pit bulls and similar dogs neared local extinction.

A national expert dog trainer and educator says the number of reported dog bites isn't a good barometer of whether a breed ban is effective.

Within Sioux City itself, agencies do not report dog bite statistics by breed.

According to the American Veterinary Medical Association Task Force on Canine Aggression and Human - Canine Interactions, 70 - 76 % of reported dog bite incidents are caused by intact males.

According to the American Veterinary Medical Association Task Force on Canine Aggression and Human - Canine Interactions report released in 2001, «A Community Approach to Dog Bite Prevention», «Intact males are involved in 70 - 77 % of reported dog bite incidents.»

High profile articles in JAMA and JAVMA have reported dog bite fatalities and listed breeds involved in such attacks.

As with the earlier study, there was no change in numbers of reported dog bites after the implementation of breed - discriminatory legislation, and the breeds most responsible for bites both before and after the breed - discriminatory legislation were those unrestricted by the legislation: German shepherds and mixed - breed dogs.

At the same time, «Toronto's reported dog bites have been rising» and «reached their highest levels this century» even as «pit bulls» are being exterminated.

The number 1 reported dog bite was reported to be a golden retriever, «THE ULTIMATE FAMILY DOG»!!

Approximately 1000 reported dog bites in 1985 and 260 reported dog bites in 2003.

Neuter / return of street dogs was introduced to Samoa in early 2009, but as of 2013, reported dog bites had increased steadily since 1983, according to articles published by the Hawaii Journal of Public Health and the Bay Post-Moruya Examiner.

Many different types of dogs were involved in reported dog bite incidents.

A survey of reported dog bite rates in 36 Canadian municipalities found no difference between jurisdictions with BSL and those without.

For example, intact males constitute 80 percent of all dogs presented to veterinary behaviorists for what formerly has been described as dominance aggression, are involved in 70 to 76 percent of reported dog bite incidents, and are 2.6 times more likely to bite than neutered dogs, while unspayed females «attract free - roaming males, which increases bite risk to people through increased exposure to unfamiliar dogs,» and «contribute to the population of unwanted» and potentially aggressive dogs (Gershman et al., 1993; Sacks et al., 2000; AVMA, 2001).

In fact, Staffies come 22nd in reported dog bites in the UK and the majority of these incidents are crosses.

Over the past four decades, only a small number (5 - 10 %) Â of all reported dog bites are classified as serious (i.e., requiring suturing, surgery or hospitalization).

According to the city's own data, when Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada banned «pit bulls» in 1990, there were 214 reported dog bites that year. For the decade following Winnipeg's «pit bull» ban, there were an average of close to 50 more dog bites per year.

However, in the US German Shepherds lead the pack for reported dog bites and a tendency for attacking smaller animals.

According to the American Veterinary Medical Association Task Force on Canine Aggression and Human - Canine Interactions, 70 to 76 percent of reported dog bite incidents are caused by intact males.

According to the city of Winnipeg's own data, when Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada banned «pit bulls» in 1990, there were 214 reported dog bites that year.

The company reported its dog bite claims in May 2012, in advance of Dog Bite Prevention Week, which runs from May 20 to 26.

Not exact matches

I'm thinking for example of the little girl who reportedly suffered a dog bite on Southwest Airlines earlier this year, or the man who was viciously attacked by a dog on Delta in 2017, and the widely reported airline moves to restrict support animals from airplane cabins.

In May, the Chicago Tribune reported a tragic story in which a dog bit a 5 - year old boy in the throat.

For me the struggle probably began on a spring afternoon in 1956 when, as a Harvard student doing volunteer youth work in Boston's inner city, I called the police to report that one of my Cub Scouts had been bitten by a stray dog.

When U.S. News & World Report ran a story in 1996 about the decline of civility, it opened with what it must have considered the man - bites - dog vignette — an account of a classroom where young people were taught to be polite.

If you look at reports where toddlers have been bitten by dogs, it is common to find that kids are offended by dogs that they are familiar with as opposed to strange ones.

They report «man bites dog.»

Or have her prove it with an MD report, because that would be «man bites dog» kind of news.

2013 dog bite fatalities:: Statistical information gathered by is verifiable through news reports and other criteria.

Although most dog bites are reported as «unprovoked,» in fact this is inconsistent with canine behavior.

Often, the person reporting a bite will identify the dog as «pit bull» (there is no such breed) when in reality it may be a deep - in - chest, cheeky faced crossbreed, an American Bulldog, or other.

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The Beagle has a history that is a bit uncertain at times, although Beagle - like dogs are reported throughout history as far back as in Roman times.

Many people report that these bites seem to come «out of the blue», that the dog just snapped without any warning.

Example of a number without an explanation: In 2005, at an animal hospital in Charlotte, NC, a bite report had to be filed when a technician reached into an unconscious dog's mouth to find a source of bleeding.

The United States Postal Service reports that thousands of urban and rural mail carriers are bitten each year by dogs.

Animal control officers said in the report that «biting sticks» are often used to provoke dogs to fight.

A dog bite to a human or another animal must be reported.

I recently read a report in my veterinary journal of a veterinarian who was bitten by a dog during a routine exam.

The vaccine provides dogs with protective antibodies that are reported to help dogs experience less pain and have a reduced risk of permanent injury from a rattlesnake bite.

One of my dogs testing came back in one area a tiny bit low so when my vet got the report, she called me so we can double check with blood work.

Veterinarians typically report that vaccinated dogs bitten by rattlesnakes experience less swelling, less tissue damage and a faster recovery from snakebite than unvaccinated dogs.