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Uncategorized Dog Bite Injury Blog
A blog for attorneys & dog bite victims by animal behavior expert, Richard Polsky, PhD. The dog bite injury blog was created to report current news about injury caused to people as a result of being attacked by a canine. An animal behavior perspective is used. Stories for inclusion have been carefully chosen based on where the incident happened, the breed of dog involved, the nature of the injury, legal implications, and whether a canine fatality occurred.
Dog bite or scratch? – Expert opinion
Occasionally there may be uncertainty about whether the injury inflicted on a person was caused by a dog bite or scratch. This issue occasionally arises in dog bite litigation. Below,Read More
Noise from a hearing aid causes dog bite attack in Flordia
The external stimuli eliciting dog attacks are often predictable, but in one recent instance in Florida the external stimulus associated with the onset of an attack was rather unusual. TheRead More
Additional Texas dog bite fatalities in 2015
Previously I listed reasons why Texas leads the nation with regard to the number of people killed annually by dogs. One may be the culture of Texas, particularly in rural areasRead More
Why the high frequency of fatal dog bite attacks in So. California?
Fatal dog attacks and severe dog maulings on people happen in San Bernardino and Riverside counties, California at alarmingly high rates. As an animal behavior dog bite expert, I haveRead More
Dog Whisperer sued for negligence in California in dog bite attack
Neither myself nor other animal behavior specialists with advanced academic training in animal behavior are big fans of the Dog Whisperer, Cesar Milan. And Milan, despite his total lack of credentials,Read More
Dog bite frequency rate increases dramatically in England
For the most part, dog bite epidemiological statistics are remarkably similar between Western countries, such as United States Canada Australia, England, and Belgium. A large literature has been amassedRead More
Pitbull debate resurfaces in Mississippi
Simpson County Mississippi is in the midst of heated debate regarding whether the county should ban the ownership orthe keeping a pit bulls. This debate was rekindled in April, 2014Read More
Siberian husky dog bite to 10 y.o. at school bus stop in California
One would suspect that an unlikely place for a dog bite attack to happen is a school bus stop. Countless number of parents send their children to school on theRead More
Texas records first dog bite fatality in USA for 2014
Texas, the state with more dog bite fatalities in the USA than any other, recorded the first reported bite fatality in the USA on January 4, 2014. The fact thatRead More