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Fatal dog attack: bulldog (pit bull-type)
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A six-year old boy was attacked by a bulldog at Newark and fatally injured. – The News-Herald
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U.S. fatal pit bull attacks have surpassed 370 since 1998; the last year the CDC studied fatal dog attack data by breed. In the last 8-year period of the CDC study (1991 to 1998), pit bulls averaged 2.9 deaths per year. From 2013 to 2020, pit bulls averaged 28.4 deaths per year, an increase of over 850%.resources
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