Fatal dog attacks in Canada

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Fatal dog attacks in Canada are the occurrences of fatalities attributed to dogs during specific years. A 2008 study found that 1 to 2 deaths per year in Canada are attributable to dog attacks, however other systematic data is lacking compared to the wider variety of studies conducted by researchers in the United States.[1] In the list, the attribution of breed is assigned by the sources.

Media reports of fatal dog attacks in Canada

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Fatalities reported in 1998

DateCategory of Dog Victim's nameVictim's ageCircumstances
March Pack of sled dogs Leah Tikivik 6 years Tikivik was killed in Iqaluit, Nunavut and killed by a group of sled dogs that were staked to the ice. [2] [3]
April 27 Bullmastiff Courtney Trempe 8 years Trempe was playing in her neighbor's yard in Stouffville, Ontario when their dog brutally attacked her and killed her.[4] [5]
August 23 Sled dogs (8) A woman and her son 40, 10 The mother and son were picking berries on Zacharias Island, Labrador when eight sled dogs attacked and killed them. [6][7]
December 21 Pack of stray dogs Young boy 8 years The young boy was mauled by a group of stray dogs while he was walking to his home in Cross Lake, Manitoba with food. [8][9]

Fatalities reported in 1999

DateCategory of Dog Victim's nameVictim's ageCircumstances
November Pack of dogs Cecilia Alook 6 years Alook was playing with a puppy nearby her home in Garden River, Alberta when she was attacked by a pack of starving dogs.[10]

Fatalities reported in 2002

DateCategory of Dog Victim's nameVictim's ageCircumstances
January 27 Rottweiler Kyra-Lee Sibthorpe 4 years The young girl was killed by the family dog in Woodland Beach, Ontario by a rented farmhouse. She was alone and she was not found for a number of hours.[11][12]

Fatalities reported in 2003

DateCategory of Dog Victim's nameVictim's ageCircumstances
March 1 Rottweiler (3) James Waddell 4 years Waddell was playing outside of his home in Kingston Peninsula, New Brunswick when he was attacked and killed by three rottweilers.[13]
October 13 German Shepherd mix (4) Unnamed male child 3 years The boy was killed by his grandmother's four dogs in Nelson House, Manitoba. The grandmother tried to fend off the dogs but was attacked herself.[14]

Fatalities reported in 2004

DateCategory of Dog Victim's nameVictim's ageCircumstances
December 27 Border Collie (1), Rottweilers (3) Cody John Anger 3 years Anger was attacked by four dogs in his home in Maple Ridge, British Columbia. He had extensive injuries and died in the hospital.[15]

Fatalities reported in 2006

DateCategory of Dog Victim's nameVictim's ageCircumstances
May 29 Jack Russell/Collie mix John Martin 77 years Martin was "playfully poking" his wife near their home in Wellburn, Ontario when their pet lunged at Martin's throat and killed him.[16]
July 27 Husky (2) Derian Bird 2 years Bird was killed by two huskies in Hollow Water First Nation, Manitoba.[17]
November 16 Rottweiler, German Shepherd, Mutts (3) Lancelot Corbin Wyatt Loonskin 5 years Loonskin left his house on a reserve near Fort Vermilion, Alberta alone to go outside to play. Neighbors heard several dogs barking and growling and came outside to find Loonskin being mauled. He died of his injuries.[18]

Fatalities reported in 2007

DateCategory of Dog Victim's nameVictim's ageCircumstances
July 1 Rottweiler/German Shepherd mix Korie Lyn Edwards 1 year Edwards was killed by her grandparents' dog in Montague Township, Ontario when she wandered into the backyard where the dog was chained. She was rushed to the hospital but she died from her injuries.[19]

Fatalities reported in 2010

DateCategory of Dog Victim's nameVictim's ageCircumstances
January 30 Mutts (4) Keith Iron 10 years Iron was killed by four wild dogs in a northern reserve, Canoe Lake, Saskatchewan, while walking to a family members house.[20]
March 22 Husky (3) Sabock Akpalialuk 4 years Akpalialuk was killed by 3 sled dogs when they escaped from their yard, chased him and mauled him in Pangnirtung, Nunavut. He died from extensive injuries to his neck.[21]
June 7 Husky (2) Unnamed female child 3 weeks The baby was killed by two huskies in her home in Saint-Barnabe-Sud, Quebec.[22]

Fatalities reported in 2012

DateCategory of Dog Victim's nameVictim's ageCircumstances
February 16 Husky Unnamed male child Newborn The baby died en route to a hospital after being attacked by the family dog in his home in Airdrie, Alberta.[23]

Fatalities reported in 2014

DateCategory of Dog Victim's nameVictim's ageCircumstances
March 16 Alaskan Malamute (2) Gracie Hernetier-Clark 7 years Hernetier-Clark was killed outside of a house in Oakbank, Manitoba. She died shortly after being mauled by the two Alaskan Malamutes.[24]
June 14 Husky Sheena Levina Jenny Uqaituk 4 years Uqaituk was killed by a sled dog in Puvirnituq, Quebec who was chained on a neighbor's property. She was mauled and died from her extensive injuries.[25]

Fatalities reported in 2015

DateCategory of Dog Victim's nameVictim's ageCircumstances
October 17 Northern dogs (4) Shane Glada 22 years Glada was killed in Ross River, Yukon by four stray dogs while walking in the woods.[26]

Fatalities reported in 2016

DateCategory of Dog Victim's nameVictim's ageCircumstances
January 30 Mutt Kathleen Green 78 years Green was killed in Kamloops, British Columbia by a family member's dog who was tied up in a backyard.[27]
June 6 Northern Dog Unnamed female child 4 years A 4-year-old girl was killed by a dog in Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut. The dog had not been tied up properly and mauled the girl who died on arrival to the hospital.[28]
June Pit bull Christiane Vadnais 55 years Vadnais was killed by a pitbull in the Pointe-aux-Trembles neighbourhood of Montreal. The owner of the dog was charged with negligence but was not charged with the crime.[29][30]

Fatalities reported in 2017

DateCategory of Dog Victim's nameVictim's ageCircumstances
May 13 Large pack of stray dogs Donnelly Rose Eaglestick 24 years Eaglestick was chased down and attacked while walking home at night through a construction site in Little Grand Rapids, Manitoba. She was severely mauled and had died of her injuries when he body was found the following morning.[31]

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References

  1. ↑ Raghavan, Malathi (2008). "Fatal dog attacks in Canada, 1990–2007". The Canadian Veterinary Journal. 49 (6): 577–581. PMC 2387261 Freely accessible.
  2. ↑ http://www.chicobandido.com/dbrf-canada/
  3. ↑ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/archives/nunavut990625/nvt90625_02.html
  4. ↑ http://www.chicobandido.com/dbrf-canada/
  5. ↑ http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/parents-unwilling-to-accept-dog-attack-as-accident-1.176719
  6. ↑ http://www.chicobandido.com/dbrf-canada/
  7. ↑ http://www.deseretnews.com/article/647303/Datelines.html?pg=all
  8. ↑ http://www.chicobandido.com/dbrf-canada/
  9. ↑ http://www.animaladvocates.com/watchdog.pl?md=read;id=8329
  10. ↑ "Child killed in dog attack on northern Alberta reserve". CBC News. November 17, 2006. Retrieved May 21, 2017. Five-year-old Cecilia Alook was killed by dogs in November 1999 when she stopped to play with a puppy just 200 metres from her home. That attack was blamed on animals that were starving.
  11. ↑ Cheney, Peter (January 28, 2002). "Community left in shock after dog kills girl". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
  12. ↑ http://www.animaladvocates.com/watchdog.pl?md=read;id=8329
  13. ↑ "Dogs attack and kill boy". CBC News. March 3, 2003. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
  14. ↑ "Manitoba toddler killed in dog attack". CBC News. October 15, 2003. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
  15. ↑ Fong, Petti (February 8, 2007). "Death of toddler mauled by Rottweilers was accidental, inquest rules". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
  16. ↑ "Dog kills owner". London Free Press. Canoe.com. May 30, 2006. Retrieved May 22, 2017.
  17. ↑ Hawkins, Jeffrey (November 18, 2006). "Vicious dogs kill boy". The Windsor Star. PressReader.com. CanWest News Service. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
  18. ↑ Report to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General - Public Fatality Inquiry: Lancelot Corbin Wyatt Loonskin (PDF) (Report). Provincial Court of Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
  19. ↑ Burgmann, Tamsyn; Ma, Adrian (July 3, 2007). "Tot killed by grandparents' dog". Toronto Star. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
  20. ↑ "Dogs that killed boy on reserve destroyed, chief says". CTV News. February 1, 2010. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
  21. ↑ Zarate, Gabriel (March 25, 2010). "Sled dogs kill four-year-old Nunavut boy". Nunatsiaq News. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
  22. ↑ "Dog kills baby in Canada". United Press International. June 7, 2010. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
  23. ↑ Massinon, Stephane (February 16, 2012). "Family husky mauls newborn baby to death in Airdrie, Alberta". National Post. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
  24. ↑ "7-year-old girl dies after being mauled by dogs: RCMP". CTV News. March 17, 2014. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
  25. ↑ "Four-year-old child dies after animal attack in Nunavik community". Nunatsiaq News. June 16, 2014. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
  26. ↑ Thomson, Nancy (May 10, 2016). "Dogs killed Ross River man found dead last fall, coroner tells community". CBC News. Retrieved May 22, 2017.
  27. ↑ "Kamloops woman mauled to death while feeding dog". Global News. The Canadian Press. February 1, 2016. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
  28. ↑ "Girl, 4, killed by dog in Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut". CTV News. The Canadian Press. June 6, 2016. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
  29. ↑ Guarino, Ben (September 29, 2016). "A dog fatally mauled a Canadian woman 3 months ago. Now, Montreal has banned pit bulls.". Washington Post. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
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  31. ↑ McCrea, Andrew (May 15, 2017). "Manitoba RCMP Confirm Fatal Animal Attack". MyToba.ca. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
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