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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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1850 Fatal Pit Bull Attack: Baby Schenck
October 1850, Montgomery County, OH Baby Schenck, child Fatal bulldog (pit bull-type) attack Lewisburg Chronicle Library of Congress November 6, 1850 Awful Death of a Child Mrs. Schenck a widow, living some five miles beyond Montgomery, in this county, had … Continue reading
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