Dubuque officials searching for German shepherd after dog bite

Texas ranks third in country for dog bite claims

DUBUQUE (KWWL) - The City of Dubuque's Health Services Department wants to find a dog after a reported bite Wednesday night. A man says a dog bit him in the area of the 600 block of Lincoln Avenue near Audubon School around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday. The dog is described as a large German shepherd wearing a pink collar with tags and weighing approximately 85 pounds. The Health Department wants to find the dog to verify its health and vaccination history. Anyone with information can contact the Health Services Department at (563) 589-4185 between the hours of 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. or the Law Enforcement Center at (563) 589-4415 after hours or on the weekend.
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Dog bites can cost big bucks

Amarillo, TX - One man is jailed after allegedly assaulting a woman and her young child. Early morning shooting under investigation Amarillo, TX -Amarillo police are investigating a shooting at My Club in the 600 block of north Eastern. Amarillo, TX -Amarillo police are investigating a shooting at My Club in the 600 block of north Eastern. Hundreds of calls were made to local safety responders during yesterday's fourth of July celebrations. Hundreds of calls were made to local safety responders during Thursday's fourth of July celebrations. Terry Bavousett, the Assistant Manager of The Emergency Communications Center in Amarillo says the fourth of July is always busy.
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Intact males are three times more likely to bite. Unaltered, adolescent male dogs are more excitable and have less impulse control -- not unlike adolescent humans. The victim was a 6-year-old boy. Boys ages 5 to 9 have the highest bite incident rate. It is most often during play that excites the dog that bites occur. http://theyarddogs.com/how-dog-training-can-help-with-behavior-problems/
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Panel formed for dog bite victims

The decline in the number of claims and increase in claim costs essentially offset one another so that total costs associated with dog bite claims in 2012 were virtually unchanged, down a mere 0.2 percent in 2012. More than 4.7 million people in the United States are bitten by dogs annually, and nearly 900,000 of those, half of them children, require medical care, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Of those injured, 386,000 require treatment in an emergency department and about 16 die. Article Photos The rate of dog bite-related injuries is highest for children 5 to 9 years old; the rate decreases thereafter. Almost two-thirds of these injuries among children ages 4 years and younger are to the head or neck region. Almost one half of all reported cases of dog bites involve an animal owned by the victim's family or the victim's neighbors.
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Must use Union City tragedy to educate public about dog bites

The committee headed by the Commissioner has Chief Health Officer (CHO) as its member secretary. Other members in the panel are the Joint Director of Animal Husbandry Department of the Palike, Chief Accounts Officer (CAO) and the Special Commissioner (Projects). The State government had passed an order in February this year directing all the Deputy Commissioners in the district to form a panel to pay compensation to dog bite victims. This order came in the backdrop of the High Court direction on December 7, 2012 following a series of writ petitions in this regard. The BBMP then submitted a proposal to the State government to allow the BBMP Commissioner to head the committee. The Palike had argued that paying compensation and taking measures to check stray dog population in the City was its obligatory duty.
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