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• Should your company participate in National Take Your Dog To Work Day?
• Dos and Don'ts to Avoid Dog Bites
• Dog Breeds to Avoid with Children

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Dog Bites & Animal Attacks:

• Should your company participate in National Take Your Dog To Work Day?   
  Description: If a company allows employees to bring dogs to work and one of those dogs attacks a customer or another employee the company and even the building owner can be held liable and required to pay medical bills and other damages.
• Dos and Don'ts to Avoid Dog Bites   
  Description: As this week's National Dog Bite Prevention Week comes to a close, the importance of raising awareness of how to prevent dog bites does not.
• Dog Breeds to Avoid with Children   
  Description: If you want to adopt a dog but you have children there is always a concern about getting an animal that is too aggressive, and does not get along well with kids.
• Dog Bite Prevention powerpoint   
  Description: Police training powerpoint for preventing dog bite injuries.
• Top 10 Most Dangerous Dog Breeds   
  Description: Which dogs are most likely to play a role in a dangerous attack?
• Top 10 Most Dangerous Dog Breeds   
  Description: Which dogs are most likely to play a role in a dangerous attack?
• Seattle Animal Control Ordinances   
  Description: See Seattle's dog bite and animal control law.
• King County Washington Animal Control Regulations   
  Description: Read the King County Washington Animal Control Regulations to learn about dog bite law in King county.
• When The Dog Bites - Book Order Form   
  Description: Get your FREE copy of 'When The Dog Bites'..the essential guide to dog bite cases in Washington State.
• Dog Bites A Particular Threat To Young Children, Especially As Temperatures Rise   
  Description: Young children are especially vulnerable to severe dog bites in the head and neck areas, and there is a correlation between cases of dog bites and rising temperatures, according to new research published in the March 2009 issu
• Fatal dog attacks   
  Description: This pie chart shows the number of fatal dog attacks from 1979 to 1998.
• Dog attacks on rise   
  Description: Vicious dog attacks, including one that required a 6-year-old boy to be rushed to the hospital, are on the rise.
• Pit Bull That Attacked Seattle Girl Could Go Free   
  Description: Seattle Animal Control sees about 300 dog bites each year. 22% of those involve Pit Bulls.
• Seattle girl hospitalized after pit-bull attack   
  Description: A West Seattle girl was hospitalized Tuesday afternoon after being bitten by a pit bull.
• Pit bulls shot after attack in West Seattle   
  Description: A Seattle police officer shot two pit bulls in West Seattle, killing one and wounding the other after the dogs attacked a neighbor and became aggressive toward the officer.
• Seattle citizens to vote on ban of fighting dogs   
  Description: "Pit-bull paradoxes: Sweet or Savage" left out some very pertinent facts about pit bull attacks in Seattle.
• LAW: Chapter 16.08 RCW Dogs (formerly dangerous dogs)   
  Description: RCW Sections
  16.08.010 Liability for injury to stock by dogs.
  16.08.020 Dogs injuring stock may be killed.
  16.08.030 Marauding dog -- Duty of owner to kill.
  16.08.040 Dog bites -- Liability.
  16.08.050 Entrance on private property, when lawful.
  16.08.060 Provocation as a defense.
  16.08.070 Dangerous dogs and related definitions.
  16.08.080 Dangerous dogs -- Notice to owners -- Right of appeal -- Certificate of registration required -- Surety bond -- Liability insurance -- Restrictions.
  16.08.090 Dangerous dogs -- Requirements for restraint -- Potentially dangerous dogs -- Dogs not declared dangerous.
  16.08.100 Dangerous dogs -- Confiscation -- Conditions -- Duties of animal control authority -- Penalties and affirmative defenses for owners of dogs that attack -- Dog fights, penalty.
• REPORT: A community approach to dog bite prevention.   
  Description: AVMA Task Force on Canine Aggression and Human-Canine Interactions. A community approach to dog bite prevention.* JAVMA 2001; 218: 1732-1749. This 2001 report, intended for communities interested in developing a comprehensive bite prevention program, includes model legislation for the control of dangerous dogs.
• REPORT: Nonfatal Dog Bite   
  Description: CDC. Nonfatal Dog Bite--Related Injuries Treated in Hospital Emergency Departments--United States, 2001. MMWR 2003; 52(26): 605-610.
• REPORT: Dog-Bite-Related Fatalities   
  Description: CDC. Dog-Bite-Related Fatalities - United States, 1995-1996. MMWR 1997;46:463-7.
  Details are provided on the approximately 12 annual deaths from dog attacks. Data are provided on dog breeds involved in fatal attacks from 1979. Recommendations on reducing dog bites are included.
• REPORT: Which dogs bite?   
  Description: Gershman KA, Sacks JJ, Wright JC. Which dogs bite? A case-control study of risk factors. Pediatrics 1994;93:913-7.
  Biting and non-biting dogs in Denver are compared. Biting dogs were more likely to be male, unneutered, and chained.
• REPORT: Hospitalizations for Dog Bite Injuries   
  Description: Quinlan KP, Sacks JJ. Hospitalizations for Dog Bite Injuries [letter] JAMA 1999; 281:232-233.
  Data are provided on the 6,000 hospitalizations for dog bites in 1994, and medical care cost estimates are provided for medically treated dog bites.
• REPORT: Breeds of dogs involved in fatal human attacks in the United States between 1979 and 1998.   
  Description: Sacks JJ, Sinclair L, Gilchrist J, Golab GC, Lockwood R. Breeds of dogs involved in fatal human attacks in the United States between 1979 and 1998. JAVMA 2000;217:836-840.
  This article lists the breeds involved in fatal attacks over 20 years. It does not identify specific breeds that are most likely to bite or kill, and thus is not appropriate for policy-making decisions related to the topic. Each year, 4.7 million Americans are bitten by dogs. These bites result in approximately 16 fatalities; about 0.0002 percent of the total number of people bitten. These relatively few fatalities offer the only available information about breeds involved in dog bites. There is currently no accurate way to identify the number of dogs of a particular breed, and consequently no measure to determine which breeds are more likely to bite or kill.
• REPORT: Dog bites: how big a problem?   
  Description: Sacks JJ, Kresnow M, Houston B. Dog bites: how big a problem? Injury Prevention 1996;2:52-4.
  Annually in the United States 4.7 million people are bitten by dogs. Of these, approximately 800,000 people require medical attention. That is, each year 1.8% of the U.S. population is bitten by a dog, and 0.3% of the U.S. population seeks medical care for a bite.
• REPORT: Fatal dog attacks, 1989-1994   
  Description: Sacks JJ, Lockwood R, Hornreich J, Sattin RW. Fatal dog attacks, 1989-1994. Pediatrics 1996;97:891-5.
  Details are provided on the approximately 12 annual deaths from dog attacks and data are provided on dog breeds involved in fatal attacks.
• REPORT: Dog bite-related fatalities in the United States, 1979-1988   
  Description: ks JJ, Sattin RW, Bonzo SE. Dog bite-related fatalities in the United States, 1979-1988. JAMA 1989;262:1489-92.
  Provides details on the approximately 12 annual deaths from dog attacks and data on dog breeds involved in fatal attacks.
• Causes of non-fatal injuries in the United States, 1986.   
  Description: Causes of non-fatal injuries in the United States, 1986. Accident Analysis and Prevention 1992; 24:685-687. Data collected from the National Health Interview Survey estimated that there were 585,000 dog bites requiring medical attention in 1986. Dog bites were the 12th leading cause of non-fatal injuries for all age groups in the United States.
• NEWS: Dog Mauling Case Ends With Guilty Verdict   
  Description: The Onalaska man who owns the property where a toddler was mauled by a pack of dogs last summer will face as much as a year in jail when he is sentenced next month.
• FACTS & FIGURES: The number of dog bite and dog attack victims   
  Description: A survey by the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta ("CDC") concluded that dogs bite nearly 2% of the U.S. population -- more than 4.7 million people annually.
• FACTS & FIGURES: Fatal Dog Attacks in the USA   
  Description: The yearly number of fatal dog attacks in the USA is variously reported as 12, 17 and 26. The different numbers result from different studies which took place in different years. It is most accurate to say that the average number was 17 in the 1980s and 1990s, and that it has risen to 26 in this decade.
• NEWS: Pit bull owners charged for Gig Harbor mauling   
  Description: The owners of two pit bull dogs that attacked a woman in her home near Gig Harbor have been charged with owning dangerous dogs.
• NEWS: Pit-bull owner cited twice before, could face felony charges   
  Description: The owner of two pit bulls that mauled a Pierce County woman in her home and killed another dog has been cited twice in the past three years for letting the dogs run loose in the neighborhood, according to district-court records.
• NEWS: Dog-pack mauling critically injures 1-year-old boy   
  Description: At least five dogs mauled a 1-year-old boy in Onalaska, Lewis County, Tuesday, leaving him with life-threatening injuries.
• NEWS: Woman mauled by dogs she bought for protection   
  Description: A woman is recovering in a hospital after a severe mauling by three of her dogs — Rottweiler-chow mixes she bought for protection.
• NEWS: Auburn OKs new dog law based on actions, not weight   
  Description: The City Council unanimously approved a reworked dangerous-dog ordinance that defines a potentially dangerous dog as one that, when unprovoked, bites, chases or threatens a person or domestic animal, or is known to have bitten a person or domestic animal.
• NEWS: Fatal mauling of boy, 3, may test pet-owner law   
  Description: If county prosecutors decide to charge the owner of a pit bull that fatally mauled a 3-year-old boy it could be the first test of the state's recently amended law governing owners' responsibilities for their pets' destructive behaviors.
• NEWS: Family dog bites, kills 8-month-old   
  Description: An 8-month-old boy was bitten on the head by his family's dog.
• NEWS: Life after a put bull attack   
  Description: ...but his world began to crumble after he veered around a man walking his pit bull. The pit bull attacked.
• NEWS: Pit bulls bit Mount Baker man and kill his dog   
  Description: ...saw the two pit bulls just as he rounded the corner in his quiet Mount Baker neighborhood early Tuesday morning, but it was too late. The pit bulls were on him and his dog, Margaret Thatcher, within seconds.
• ARTICLE: Insurance industry targets mythical 'biting' breeds   
  Description: If you own a dog, you could see your homeowners' insurance rates rise, or your insurance decline, based on the breed of dog you have (you know, one of the "dangerous" ones: pit bulls, Rottweilers). Never mind the obedience titles those breeds earn. The industry's promulgation of urban myths about the danger of certain breeds is an effort to gain control of a market for profit.

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