Saturday, August 10, 2013

Reminder: Dog Bite Prevention and Rabies Education Thursday

The rabies and dog bite prevention courses will be held August 6th at 6:30 p.m. at the Abilene Public Library located at 202 Cedar St., and August 8th at 7:00 p.m. at the Mockingbird Library branch. Since June 1st Animal Services has processed 65 bite reports from Abilene citizens. Forty of these bites involved children and may have been preventable. Each time I respond to a dog bite to a child it is a difficult situation; several times the bites occur in the home and with a family or friends pet. If the child or parents knew to look for the signals the pet is giving them; then the bite would not happen, said Field Supervisor Joe Helm. Animal Services will also hold a Proper Pet Care course to teach people of all ages how to properly care for their animals and how to stop the over population of pets in our community.
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Dog bite claims cost insurers $497M in 2011, insurance group says

In 2010, it was $413 million. It's no surprise that California home to more dogs and people than any other state led the way in 2011. Martinez says 527 claims were filed in California and victims received $20.3 million, a jump of 31 percent over 2010. State Farm is still working to determine reasons for the spike, Martinez said. About 4.7 million people are bitten by dogs each year and more than half of the victims are children, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. About 800,000 people seek medical attention for the bites. Less than half of those people require treatment and about 16 die, the agency said. After children ages 5 to 9 years old, the agency said that seniors represent the largest group at risk, followed by letter carriers.
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Dogs Put $489M Bite [link] on Home Insurance Industry

PHOTO: Insurers last year paid out $489 million for claims involving dog bites in the home. (MORE: Millions on Pet Halloween Costumes? Why We Spend More and More on Pets ) Insurers take notice of such data, and yes, owning a dogespecially one that has bitten someonecan affect your policy. In general, the fact that you have a dog doesnt factor into what rate you pay for homeowners insurance. But as the New York Times noted , once a dog bite takes place at your home, the insurer could raise the premium or even exclude dog-related injuries from coverage. Some animal cruelty prevention societies report that homeowners have been denied insurance because they own certain high-risk breeds of dogs, including Pit Bulls and Rottweilers. A couple of states outlaw breed profiling, but most states allow insurance companies to deny or cancel coverage if a certain breed of dog is living at the home.
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UPDATE: Milford child released from hospital after dog bite

Courtesy: Stacey Page Online They tend to do "surprising things." And dogs, she noteseven the nicest and most loving onesdo not always respond well to surprises. Somebody pulls your tail while you're asleep? You bite. The Insurance Information Institute says the most expensive claims are ones involving young children disfigured by a bite: Your neighbor's child comes over to your house to play, is bitten, and needs reconstructive surgery. Though the number of bite claims has not changed much in the past 10 years, costs have risen because medical care costs more. According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, there were close to 27,800 reconstructive procedures, including ones for children, to repair dog bites in 2012. Most homeowners' policies, says the Institute, provide liability coverage of $100,000 to $300,000. If the claim exceeds the limit, the dog owner is responsible for all damages above that amount, including legal expenses.
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Dog Bites Insurance Companies: Man's Best Friend Behind One-Third of All Homeowner Claims

We have new information about the Kosciusko County toddler who was badly hurt by the family dog. Around 8:45 p.m. Thursday night, emergency crews were called to the 11600 block of north CR 200 West in Milford. There they found a 21-month-old child who had been bitten by a great dane. The boy's mother, Amanda King, told police that her son had been petting the eight-year-old dog and was bitten after accidentally stepping on its paw.
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