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Postal Service Reports Rise in Dog Bites Again

Booming online retail sales are good news for the U.S. Postal Service, but its carriers are incurring a cost: more dog bites. Dog attacks on postal workers rose last year to 6,755, up 206 from the previous year and the …

Dallas Adopts Harsher Penalties After Loose Pitbulls Kill Woman

Dallas city leaders expressed outrage in the month after a homeless Army veteran was killed by roaming dogs, bitten more than 100 times as the animals tore one of her arms to the bone and ripped away most of her …

Oregon Mail Carrier Files $180K Lawsuit Over Dog Attack

An Oregon postal worker seeks more than $180,000 in a lawsuit filed against the owner of a dog that allegedly attacked her. The Register-Guard newspaper reports that Kristin Joachim’s suit was filed in Lane County Circuit Court. The court document …

Stricter Dog Regulations Considered in Arkansas Town

Leaders in Hot Springs Village, Ark., are considering new regulations on dogs after a 75-year-old resident was killed by a bull mastiff while on her morning walk. A proposal before the Hot Springs Village Property Owners’ Association Board of Directors …

2 Arrested for Dog Attack on 75-year-old Woman in Calif.

Authorities have arrested the owners of two pit bull dogs that mauled a 75-year-old woman in a San Diego backyard, forcing the amputation of her leg below the knee. Thirty-nine-year-old Alba Cornelio and 19-year-old Carla Cornelio were arrested Wednesday by …