Pit Bull

Police in South Brunswick, New Jersey said a man and woman in their 60s were attacked by the dog in their home.

Rhoda Wagner was found dead on the lawn outside her home in Miller Township, Pennsylvania, on July 28.

New Orleans Police said the victim was a relative and was authorized to at the home when the pet dog allegedly attacked him.

The El Paso Police Department said that it appeared the dogs had been well looked after by their owners.

When a dog owner arrived home she found her house in complete state, and her pit bull sheepishly hiding behind a chair.

Amy Edmondson, 30, was walking her terrier cross Star near her apartment complex when the criminals, a man and a woman, targeted her.

Sherri Storoshenko was certain that she would never see her 'best friend' and 'sidekick' again but was in for a pleasant surprise.

David Weaver, 62, said he suffered injuries to his entire body as he tried to fight off the dogs with his fists.

The boy was being watched by a relative at home in Oro Grande, California, when the pit bull attacked the child and "would not let go," authorities said.

The neighbor fired his crossbow that hit a pit bull, then went through a door, and killed the man he was trying to save, authorities said.

The girl, named Aria, was with her mother at their home in Phoenix, Arizona, with several other people when the dog attacked her.

"Dogfighting is a blight on humanity, one that has no place in the Northern District of Florida or anywhere else," Lawrence Keefe, the United States attorney for the Northern District of Florida, said in a press release.

The suspect is now in custody over the gun mishap in Detroit, Michigan, after calling the police on himself.

"All I could do was stand there and watch my dog get eat," said Cynthia Robinson, the owner of Tank, a 6-year-old pit bull which was attacked by the gator.

Earl LaFrance was identified as a potential suspect after being linked to a previous complaint alleging that a dog was being kept inside a garage.

Tommie suffered burns to 40 percent of his body as a result of the "senseless act of violence."

The dog—reportedly a pit bull terrier—bit a number of children after it got loose during the recess of third and fourth graders.

When approached, the dog was "barking and lunging on the leash."

Police said the 8-year-old pit bull raced toward officers "like a missile" before they fired shots.

The family pet which killed the young girl was later seized by authorities.

Thousands have signed a petition directed at Frito-Lay as a result.

A CDC investigation shows the dog infected four people last summer.