NYPD officers shoot pit bull after it bit a woman
New York police officers say a pit bull was biting a 28-year-old woman when an officer shot the dog.
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New York police officers say a pit bull was biting a 28-year-old woman when an officer shot the dog.
The NYPD is investigating after a man was fatally mauled by a dog on Staten Island on Sunday. Police said the attack happened Sunday afternoon at a home on New Dorp Lane.
Multiple residents of a Coney Island apartment building say a neighbor's dogs have attacked their pets.
A small dog is still recovering after being mauled by larger dogs in Manhattan earlier this month. CBS News New York has learned it's possible the attack could have been prevented.
A dog that was mauled by two bigger dogs on Saturday night in Manhattan is now out of the hospital and back home, but outrage remains.
A vicious dog attack caught on camera is renewing calls for a change in New York City's laws.
Police say a woman was walking her dog on 85th Street and Columbus Avenue on Saturday night when two other dogs attacked. CBS News New York's Jessica Moore reports.
An 18-month-old girl died after being attacked by a dog at a home in Newark, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said.
The child was apparently being watched by a teenager inside the home when the tragedy happened. CBS News New York's Christine Sloan reports.
The boy died "despite the valiant efforts of medical professionals," police in Connecticut said.
Authorities said the mother and child "had sustained serious injuries from the dog." The baby was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police say they shot the dogs after several people were attacked Tuesday morning.
Three women were treated at the hospital Tuesday after trying to separate their fighting pit bull mixes, according to authorities. CBS2's Christine Sloan reports.
CBS2's Christine Sloan spoke with a neighbor who said he saw two women covered in blood before police arrived and killed the dogs.
A 13-year-old and 19-year-old were also hurt. They were all bitten in the leg, police said.
