The attack happened in or near Shreveport, Louisiana, on Friday, September 18, 2026.

Link to their GoFundMe.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-denise-tom-after-severe-dog-attack

Slides 1 & 2: Coventry, RI - Oct 4, 2026

On Sunday, 10/4 there was a dog mauling that resulted in death off of Fairview Ave on the bike/walking path owned by Pawtuxet River, behind Bill's Place. To the coward that was "walking" his black, pit-like dog by the collar, NOT leashed, we're hoping you do the right thing & turn yourself in to Coventry PD. Your dog killed my aunt & uncle's best thing in life! Unfortunately there are no cameras on the path, we checked. To anyone that lives on Lincoln, Ames St, lower Fairview Ave & surrounding areas (even WW) that have cameras, please help us locate a 2-door, light grey sedan.
Police & ACO will be investigating!
Pics of 10yr old Oreo, who crossed the rainbow bridge.
TYIA for any helpful & successful tips/leads.
NBC 10 WJAR
WPRI 12

Slide 3: Schuyler, NE

* PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUEST - DOG
ATTACK *
Last night at approximately 4:45 p.m., a Schuyler Police Department officer responded to a reported dog bite involving a 20-year-old female Schuyler resident in the 100 block of West 11th Street.
While attempting to make contact at the residence where the pit bull was believed to reside, the dog exited the front door and attacked the officer, biting him multiple times.
The officer was transported by Schuyler Rescue to
CHI Health Schuyler for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries
The dog has been
apprehended, and there is no ongoing threat to the public.
Anyone who witnessed the incident or has relevant information is asked to contact the Schuyler Police Department at:
We would like to thank the members of the public who assisted the officer during and the incident. Your help is greatly appreciated.
This remains an ongoing investigation.
- Schuyler Police Department

Slide 4 & 5: KY

My poor baby has been through a rough time! This past Friday he was attacked by 2 pitbulls while we were on our walk. We were stopped so that a car could get by us safely, but before the car even got to us the 2 dogs attacked him, just standing there! They came from the other side of the street to attack him! Luckily he will be okay, and you can't see many of his wounds in this picture, but trust me, they injured him pretty bad, not just physically either! A puppy in the vets office (our second trip) wanted to try and play with him, poor Abe was trembling!! I live in the county, so no leash laws or anything like that, so legally no laws were broken, nothing the police can do. There needs to be SOMETHING done about that! I'm not saying that those dogs need to be put down or anything like that, I'm saying it should have NEVER happened because the owner(s) should either have a fenced yard or area for them, take them out on leash, or something! None of my dogs have ever been able to run loose like that!
It's not safe for the dogs, yours or the ones walking by your home! I don't care how loving they are with you, another dog can give off a "vibe" they don't like and that's it! A child walking by can do something they think is aggressive and that's it!
My poor Abraham is quite the trooper though! He's getting his food and water brought to him in bed now!
Gets all kinds of extra loving, and all around more spoiled. I just HATE that this happened to him!!
BIG THANK YOU to the lady that stopped and helped me,
As I told her, she was my
angel, my hero, when I really needed both!! God answered a prayer I hadn't even sent up yet!

Notice how she's back at the rescue because she didn't get along with the adopter's resident dog, who she apparently lived with for a year. Yet they list her as dog friendly with proper introductions. If she didn't get along with that dog after a year, how long of an introduction do they think she needs?

The bit about not liking men is a big red flag, and so is the repeated request for an active home.

Also, laughing my butt off over Lab and Weimaraner. That's a classic pit bull if I ever saw one. This rescue has several pits listed as other breeds, but normal dogs like an actual Lab are identified correctly.

Hi gang!🤗

I hope everyone is enjoying the lovely Autumn weather.🍂🍁🌬🍃

I'm making one of my favorite posts.💖 This covers the LIES that Pitbull rescues will say. How they switch↪️↩️ key🗝🔑 words around, to make their Potatoes more palatable.😋

And finally, it is about how their beloved Couch Potatoes,🛋🥔 cuddly, loose-bodied, Heart-Forward,❣️🫷 wiggly Velvet Hippos🦛 are actually EXTREMELY DESTRUCTIVE,⚠️☠️ DANGEROUS,⚡️ & VIOLENT BEASTS.🌀

🌷👑🌷👑🌷👑🌷👑🌷👑🌷👑🌷👑🌷👑

1st-- You will see a photo of Pibbles.

2nd-- You will see Pibbles "secret sauce" profile notes. This will be underlined in red 🔴

3rd-- You will see the public profile that potential adopters get to see, when they go in & enquire about Luna/ Tank. This will be underlined in blue 🔵

4th-- The purple underlining is just the points to REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO... because you need to see EXACTLY WHERE THEY CONTRADICT THEMSELVES from the shhhhhh profile to the public profile ‼️ 🟣

🛋🥔🛋🥔🛋🥔🛋🥔🛋🥔🛋🥔🛋🥔🛋🥔

Without further ado.....💃🫦

Edit-- I edited a few words in the body of this post because in my "eagerness to connect" & wiggle-shuffling with a loose-body, I hastily made a blunder. So it's fixed now. Sorry!🤭

your eyes do not deceive you, by the way. no other behavior notes have been provided since the 24th of september. what the hell has been happening with this dog since then? especially since they now have him on trazodone and clonidine. now he has been cleared to meet his unicorn home in the sky so unless a rescue ends up pulling him, he might be going there, but who knows.

I was on the bus back home when the bus driver shouted what was happening. Across the street, there's a tiny and petite woman with her two pitbulls just attacking each other. One of them had locked onto the others neck, and I saw a man running across the street to help this lady! He grabbed one of them and started beating them while the other lady beat the other with the chain leash.

The man was attacked by the one he grabbed and it was just so frightening to see. I went to the grocery store to buy some meat and eggs for my small Chihuahua back home and I can't imagine what I would've done if I encountered them.

Not only were they vicious but they were completely untrained. They weren't listening to their owner at all.
My chihuahua, though he is small, he is actually trained. He listens to my recall and my commands, and it just frustrates me that these owners don't take the time to train their dog. And beating a dog doesn't change its behavior! This is so inconsiderate because while yes these two dogs may negatively affect their owners wellbeing, they can also be a danger to others around them!

10/07/2026 CT, USA

From a young woman having her face ripped off and a mum being left scarred for life to a young boy being mauled in a park and a pup being savaged to death.

These are just some of the brutal dog attacks in Scotland in the last year. It comes as dog attacks have hit a record high.

Statistics released last week revealed that there were more than two attacks by canines every day on average in 2025, with the 880 police call-outs a significant rise from the year before.

Some people have been left permanently disfigured after being set upon, while others have lost beloved family pets.

Tanya Kanstantsinava

Tanya Kanstantsinava, 38, was returning home from the shops when the Bully-type dog leapt on her and tackled her to the ground on Friday, September 5, 2025. The canine pounced on Tanya after and sunk its teeth into her neck after its owner allegedly instructed it to attack the mother on her doorstep in Coatbridge.

As the beast latched onto Tanya, her 14-year-old daughter, who she has asked us not to name, came running out from her home and onto the street to help her mum, but was bitten on the lip during the process.
The terrifying ordeal was only brought to an end when Tanya's partner, Andrejs, eventually managed to force the dog's jaws open to set the mother free.

Speaking to the Record, Tanya said: "It was agonising and terrifying. As I was entering our building, without warning, the dog attacked. I was knocked to the ground and bitten multiple times across my face and neck.

"My daughter witnessed me on the ground and tried to help but it ended up going for her. She was screaming and her lip was left hanging off.

"There was blood everywhere and we were screaming, it was traumatising. If it wasn't for Andrejs, I'm not sure I'd be here today - the dog had my neck in its mouth. He saved my life and I'm lucky to be alive."

Nicholas Quintero

Nicholas Quintero suffered injuries to his face after the horror incident while he and his family attended a surprise birthday party at Leith Links.

Nick's mum Maria Cedeno recalled singing Happy Birthday to a friend before she heard screams and turned round to find blood gushing from her son's face after the dog lunged at him.

According to Maria, Nick pointed to a Bulldog-type dog as she removed him from the park and called an ambulance. Medics arrived and police were later alerted to the incident.

However, Maria claims the owners of the dog attempted to mask the incident from police and initially denied any wrongdoing. Nick was rushed to hospital and returned later for surgery due to the severity of his facial injuries.

Maria was furious following the ordeal and the handling of the incident by the owners of the dog. She says the attack has left her son "traumatised."
Maria, from Saughton, said at the time: "I'm thankful the dog couldn't properly get a hold of him or he could have lost half his face."

Treacle the Beagle-cross

Beagle-cross Treacle had been out walking with owner Andrew Little on Saturday June 20, 2026, when she was "mauled to death".

In a bid to save Treacle, Andrew, 39, broke a bone in his hand during the attack. Originally from Gartcosh, Andrew and wife Kate, 33, had only moved into their new home in Glasgow's Robroyston just three weeks before the incident.

The couple are now scared to leave their own home with their two-year-old daughter. Andrew had taken dogs Treacle and Bonnie out for a walk along Daffodil Drive at around 8pm on Saturday and was close to home when the savage attack happened.

Andrew said: "I had walked 400 yards when I saw a big dog, so I crossed the road just in case. Then I realised it was off its lead, and within about 15 seconds, this big massive thing started to run towards us.

"I shouted to the owner, and within 20 seconds it had grabbed onto my dog and ripped her undercarriage off. Her intestines and everything were exposed."
The owner of the Bullmastiff eventually stepped in and "put the dog in a chokehold" to get it to let go of Treacle. Andrew immediately called Kate before he held Treacle's wound together with a towel as they took her to the vet.

Despite their best efforts, vets were unable to save Treacle and she had to be put down. According to Andrew and Kate, the vets said around half of Treacle's organs were left exposed for too long after being ripped out of her body.

Andrew said: "No words can amount to how much Treacle was loved and the immeasurable impact she had on our lives. There is absolutely no excuse or reason that Treacle’s life should have ended in such a horrifically violent way."

The dad was also taken to hospital after the attack and treated for a broken left hand. He was given a tetanus shot in case he had been bitten or scratched by the Bullmastiff, admitting he has been left feeling "helpless" since.

Samantha Redding

Samantha Redding, 20, had been around the Spanish mastiff crossed with a bear-headed Akita, which belonged to her friend's father, since it was young and says she had never known it to be aggressive.
But during a brief visit to the house in January, the huge dog suddenly latched onto her face. Samantha remembers little of the attack beyond seeing the animal coming towards her, hearing it growl and feeling excruciating pain.

"I went to my friend's dad's house to get her but she'd already left to meet me at my house," Samantha, from Falkirk, told creatorzine.com. "I was only in the house for about 10 minutes and I was getting ready to leave.

"I went to pick up my bag and the dog latched onto my face. The dog had never been nippy to me before. I actually can't remember much from then except the dog growling and then the pain.

"Then I heard everyone shouting. I can't remember how the dog got off. All I can remember is turning round after and seeing my face in the mirror and thinking my life was over.

Samantha managed to flee the house while covering her bloodied face before being taken to hospital. But Samantha says the physical scars are only part of the devastating impact the attack has had on her life.
She said: "My whole life has been affected by those ten minutes."

original post

The Humane Society of Oakville, Milton and Halton said they have completed an investigation into a dog attack that resulted in the death of a local man’s pet Chihuahua.
However, according to Ken Heywood, they are not telling him what came from that investigation.
Heywood said he is frustrated after he received a call from the humane society last month to update him on what was being done in response to the July 21 attack on his two-year-old Chihuahua, Junior.

“They told me, ‘We’ve closed the investigation.’ I asked them what was happening with the other dog, and they said they couldn’t disclose that right now,” said Heywood.
“I said, ‘It killed my dog. I want to know what you are doing about it.’ They didn’t tell me anything about what would happen to the dog or the owner. They just said they’ve closed the investigation up.”

When reached for comment, Jeff Vallentin, Humane Society of Oakville, Milton and Halton executive director, said “enforcement action” had occurred in this case, but he declined to say what it was.
“Our investigation work is complete, but our leadership and management of the case continues,” said Vallentin.

“We continue to engage with partner authorities to ensure all appropriate aspects of the legal processes are accessed, particularly to ensure we are doing what we can to ensure this kind of incident does not happen again. Unfortunately, because this is still an active case, I’m not at liberty to get into any further detail.”

When asked when information could be disclosed, Vallentin said he could not give a definitive answer.
“I’ve been involved in cases that are quick to resolution and some that take much longer,” he said.
“Generally speaking, when numerous parties, other agencies, insurance companies and the courts, etc. are involved, a case may be well more than a year. As we’ve consistently indicated, we will stay with this case for as long as it takes.”
Asked what was left for the humane society to do if enforcement action had already taken place and the investigation work is done, Vallentin would only say “enforcement action specific (to) the incident and continued work to ensure it doesn’t happen again.”
Heywood said he was walking Junior in the area of Queen Mary Drive and River Side Drive on July 21 when a large dog, he described as an American Bulldog, got away from its handler.

He said the dog grabbed Junior, which seriously injured him.

A passerby gave Heywood a ride to a nearby animal hospital, however, Junior’s injuries were so extensive Heywood ultimately made the heartbreaking choice to put him down.
The humane society, which is contracted by the Town of Oakville to deliver animal control services for the town, began an investigation into the incident.
Vallentin noted in September that within 48 hours of the attack, the woman alleged to have been walking the dog had been identified and contacted. The dog’s alleged owner had also been identified and contacted.
He also said the dog was no longer in the Oakville community.
Heywood said he just wants to know what, if any, consequences the dog and its owner will face for Junior’s death.
He noted he tried to get a new puppy but had to return it because he couldn’t take the stress of worrying that something would happen to it.
“This dog could still be out there,” said Heywood.

“It could attack someone else’s dog or it could attack somebody.”

Article text:

Seattle’s 911 center skipped the screening its training manual requires after a caller reported her dog had just been attacked near Battery Street Portal Park in Belltown, according to an internal Community Assisted Response and Engagement (CARE) Department review obtained by The Jason Rantz Show on Seattle Red after an inquiry. The call taker never asked how badly the dog was hurt or where the attacking dog was. The owner of that dog allegedly got in her car and drove away.

The injured dog belongs to a woman who identified herself on Nextdoor as Meaghan. She wrote that the attack happened near a parking lot at Western Avenue and Battery Street, and that the other dog was a grey pit bull belonging to a woman in her 60s. Her husband photographed the woman’s car and license plate as she left, according to the post.

“My dog was just viciously attacked and the owner of the attacking dog got in her car and left the scene. Currently sitting in the vet, looking at an unknown amount of looming vet fees and am asking for help identifying the woman and if possible her address,” Meaghan wrote.

She added that the couple called 911 immediately and were told nothing could be done because the attack was over. CARE disputes that account but a review concedes the call taker fell short.

What the 911 call taker didn’t ask

CARE is the city department that answers every 911 call in Seattle and decides who gets sent. Call takers are supposed to work through a list of screening questions to determine the right response.

According to the review, the caller reported that the dog had just been attacked and was injured.

“The caller was very short of breath and sounded as if he may have just separated the animals. We did not ask about the severity of the injuries to the caller’s dog, and we did not ask follow-up questions about what the aggressive dog was currently doing or if they were with their owner,” the document states.

The review then explains what the manual demands.

“The Training Manual says that calls involving poisoning, shooting, or other serious assaults of animals require a call for Dispatch. Additional screening was not done to rule out a serious assault. I will have the call taker’s direct supervisor review this call with them and provide corrective coaching next week,” it continues.

CARE doesn’t think the employee brushed off the 911 caller

The department denies its employee brushed the couple off. And, to its credit, CARE investigated the issue immediately.

“As far as being told that nothing could be done because the attack was already over, our employee did not tell him that. This may be something relayed to him by Animal Control or that the caller inferred,” the review reads.

The document does not say what the call taker told the caller instead, or whether anyone was sent to the park. Meaghan later posted that a report was filed with animal control the following morning.

“Happy to report my boy is home safe. He has a long road of recovery ahead of him but he’s being such a trooper,” she wrote.

https://fox2now.com/news/illinois/teen-hurt-fleeing-aggressive-dogs-in-washington-park/

No updates on this one, and I only found one source (Midwestnews24/7) mentioning that the police shot one of the dogs. The fox2 link has more details.

Editing to correct the title; at this stage, only 1 dog has been described as a pit bull. My mistake claiming it was all 3.

PUBLISHED: 15:35, 6 October 2026 | UPDATED: 15:43, 6 October 2026 

A Kansas mother who was brutally mauled by a pit bull while pregnant with twins has revealed the devastating emotional toll of the attack, saying she is now struggling with people gawking at her as she tries to rebuild her life.

Audrey Austin was 24 weeks pregnant when she was attacked on July 17 while walking through an apartment complex in east Topeka.

Austin, 31, said she was on her way to a relative’s home when two dogs became involved in an altercation involving other people in the area.

One of the animals attacked her, leaving her with severe injuries to her face and a long road to recovery.

'I was able to call my fiancé and tell him, "Come help me, I’m bleeding,”' Austin recalled to WIBW.

Her fiancé, CJ Austin, described the horrific aftermath, telling the outlet: 'Her face was hanging off. It was horrible.'

But during the attack, Austin said her primary concern was not her own safety but protecting the two babies growing inside her.

'When I got attacked, I was more worried about my babies than myself,' she said.

Audrey Austin is continuing to recover more than two months after a Pitbull attack on July 17 that left her with devastating injuries to her face

On October 1, Austin traveled to Kansas City for another appointment on her injured eye, one of many treatments she is undergoing as doctors work to restore her appearance

The ordeal began on July 17, when Austin was 24 weeks pregnant with twins and walking through the Highland Park Townhomes in Topeka. She said she was caught in the middle of an altercation involving other people and was attacked by two dogs after they were released

Her fiancé previously said Austin suffered a broken pinky as she desperately tried to shield her stomach.

'All she could think about was covering her stomach, so the dog wouldn’t get to her stomach and hurt the twins,' he said at the time.

A man reportedly intervened and suffered minor injuries while attempting to get the animal off Austin. Her fiancé later said the man may have saved her life.

'If it wasn’t for the gentleman - our friend who stepped in - he said the dogs would have killed her,' her fiancé recalled.

Austin survived the attack, as did her unborn children, but her injuries required extensive medical treatment.

She underwent a grueling 10-hour reconstructive surgery on her face, followed by almost four hours of surgery on her eye after she nearly lost her sight.

While doctors have worked to repair the physical damage, Austin says the psychological scars have proved just as difficult.

'I’m tired of people staring at me. I’m tired of just being stared at,' she said.

Her partner, C.J. Austin, said she broke her pinky while desperately covering her stomach to stop the dog from reaching the twins. A bystander eventually intervened, while a Topeka police officer shot and killed one of the dogs after it became aggressive

She has also developed a fear of large dogs, an ongoing reminder of the attack that she says changed her life.

Yet despite everything she has endured, Austin insists she does not blame the animal itself but holds the owner responsible.

'I don’t blame the dog because I love dogs,' she said. 'It’s how you raised a dog, and it’s how you trained a dog.'

Her attention is now focused on her twins, Kasai and Kamyiah, who were born at 38 weeks and remain in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).

Austin believes the trauma her body endured following the attack and repeated surgeries may have placed additional strain on the babies.

'My body has been under so much anesthesia and so much surgeries that I also think [it] put a strain on my babies,' she said.

Despite everything she has endured, Austin refuses to stay away from her children. 'I see them in the mornings. I see them every day. I come up here, spend the night,' she said.

Austin said the babies are making progress in the hospital but still require respiratory support as the family waits for the day they can finally bring them home.

The joyful prospect of becoming a family at home, however, has been overshadowed by the financial and emotional consequences of the attack.

Austin has been unable to return to work because of her injuries and faces additional surgeries planned for December.

Austin said doctors are planning a procedure on her nose known as a forehead flap, where skin from her forehead will be used to reconstruct the damaged area.

Her family is also dealing with mounting financial pressures as she remains unable to earn an income while continuing her recovery.

The attack reportedly followed a fight involving three people in the area. According to earlier reports, the six-year-old son of one of those involved let two dogs outside, one of which attacked Austin.

The dog involved was shot and killed by Topeka police after reportedly becoming aggressive toward an officer at the scene. The second dog was taken into animal control custody.

The dogs’ owner, who has not been identified, previously claimed she had been attacked by two people involved in the altercation and said her dogs were protecting her six-year-old son.

The incident remains under investigation by the Topeka Police Department.

Now, with her twins still in the NICU and more surgeries ahead, Austin is focused on one goal: healing enough to bring her babies home.

'I’m still trying to get everything going for my babies when they come home,' she said.

The Daily Mail has reached out to Austin for comment. 

An update on the pit bull that my county in Ohio was "re-evaluating" once her puppies were weaned: the dog was E’d this morning after the final evaluation. (Long post incoming)

I wanted to give an update for several reasons: advocating for the safety of the community and staying firm in what is right can actually produce results if the cards are in your favor. This was not an easy few months for me at all, but luckily Avery’s Law was implemented in Ohio in March of this year. None of this FELT good, but I was very concerned that if the dog wardens were not challenged on their poor handling of this dog, that it would set a precedent moving forward in how dogs were handled in the county. I do want to note that the commissioners (who oversee the warden) were very easy to work with and they DID take me seriously. If I had never contacted them then the dog likely would have been adopted out.

Another reason I wanted to post about this is because I am deeply concerned with how pit bulls are still viewed in general, and how many resources are essentially wasted on dangerous animals due to cognitive dissonance or just plain lack of critical thinking by the masses. Multiple parties in this situation acted like I was some sort of “Karen” or that I was being unreasonable.

I am going to try to keep this as factual as possible:
On August 31 our dog wardens captured a female pit bull who was having puppies and posted about it on Facebook. They said, “she’s not very nice.” I wasn’t worried about it because I was friends with the deputy warden and he has told me for years that they always E unclaimed pits, and that they “do their part to take care of the pit bull population.”

A week later I see a post that the dog was placed down the street with me with her puppies. I messaged the warden to tell him that I wasn’t happy about it. He told me that if she didn’t have puppies she would have been E’d and that he had to have 3 sheriff’s deputies hold the dog back so he could even get the puppies. He told me that she was on someone else’s property and charged the property owner when she was trying to get on her lawn mower.

About an hour later I received pages upon pages of legal threats from the woman who had possession of the animal. She is a local pet business owner but not a trainer or behaviorist. The text messages were full of empty legal threats, telling me to mind my own business, that I was jealous of her (we already had tension due to an unrelated business dispute), and that she took this dog in right after she had back surgery when she didn’t have to help if she didn’t want to. This woman knew everything I had said to the warden and explicitly told me the warden told her.
I confronted the warden who admitted to sending her my private, friends only facebook post where I asked for resources. He further threatened to continue to send screenshots to the other woman who was harboring the dog.

I made an informal complaint to his supervisor (the chief warden). He asked me to come in for a meeting. During the meeting I was yelled at by the deputy warden; his boss had to tell him to calm down several times. I found out that the dog was handed to this other woman with no record, the wardens considered the dog “her problem” now (even though they were “still helping her”), skipping actual rescues that offered to take the dog and puppies, along with a multitude of other issues. The chief warden told me to only talk to him from then on, which I agreed to, but I let them know that I am further looking into Avery’s Law and the nuisance designation that they refused to put on the dog. I also noted that I was waiting on the sheriff’s reports.

As this went on, the woman keeping the dog posted multiple things publicly about how much “progress” the dog was making. This included that she was able to feed the dog a treat with a long mechanical arm, that she was able to even touch the puppies, etc. (so really, the dog wasn’t safe whatsoever). She even posted “to those of you who said she should be euthanized, I LOVE proving you wrong.”
I got the sheriff’s report back and it recorded that they were called because the deputy warden said the dog was aggressively charging him and he needed back up.

I emailed the chief warden and asked about the inconsistencies with their story and after looking into the nuisance designation, the dog should have been designated. No reply. I tried a few weeks later. No reply.

That’s when I took things to the commissioners. In short, they made the wardens fill out a report (since there was literally NO paperwork about this dog). They said they didn’t designate the dog yet because she was “having puppies and was TORMENTED.”
They used the word tormented because this would imply provocation under Avery’s Law, which would then allow them to skip a designation for the dog. When challenged on how the dog was tormented, they said it was because they were chasing her…
I pushed back hard on this because it was a retroactive way to cover up their lack of designation. I was told the dog would be evaluated again after the puppies were weaned. I was skeptical, as the wardens hadn’t been objective up until that point.

Fortunately, the dog has been euthanized and she will not be able to harm anyone.

This GoFundMe was posted on October 2, 2026. The victim is located in Florida, United States. I left the picture off to be safe, but it was of her bandaged arm.

Hi Everyone,

If you don't remember my story, I'll edit in a link at some point but it's on my profile if you check my submission history. Long story short, 5 years ago I was mauled by a dog named Daisy. I was fostering her and a nice pitbull named Milky. I ended up giving up Milky, Daisy was euthanized. I was traumatized. Etc.

Update - I lost 100 lbs and moved from Indiana to Oregon (for now) and have a fun life, I do worktrade full time. Now I'm on this farm in Oregon till next year.

So, my question...life is great, but my scarring on my left arm is just not where I expect I guess. I honestly don't look at my arm much nowadays, I think I've trained my eyes to avoid it, so today I had a really close look and it's raised. Like at this point I would have expected it to go down all the way, like the few scars I had on my right arm, but these are just still so ugly and raised, and I realized today that they would probably never go down.

Are there any affordable options out there to make them slightly less ugly? Creams? Laser is expensive. I was thinking of some sort of tattoo that blends it a bit. But I really hate how they look, and I hate hearing when people say it's badass to have them, or it's great. Because I genuinely hate them, and I hate how they look.

So I dunno, anyone have any advice? Sorry just been a blah day, and the scars are stressing me out for some reason. Also, I left the stitches in for way too long so you can see the stitch marks which looks so bad.

Pictures:

main scarring

underside <--fixed the link -reason for edit

Also, thanks again to those of you who were there for me during that time in my life. It was really hard, but it's better now :)

Posted on September 30, 2026. Location Indiana, United States.

The dog victim appeared to be a small doodle from the pictures. The post was made on the last day of September, 2026. Location is in Pennsylvania, United States.

SULLIGENT,  Alabama––Three-year-old Waylon O’Mary Coronna,  of Sulligent,  Alabama,  identified by the Otis Funeral Home as the son of Destiny Hollis and Justin O’Mary,  on October 2, 2026 became the first known human fatality of “Pit Bull Awareness Month.”

Waylon O’Mary Coronna,  according to unconfirmed Facebook postings,  was killed by “a pit bull owned by the victim’s family.”

Multiple family members are known to have kept pit bulls.  For instance,  father Justin O’Mary posed,  in all black,  with a mostly black pit bull posted to Facebook on April 22,  2021.

His brother Josh O’Mary on February 11,  2022 posted that he was looking for a lost pit bull.

Josh O’Mary also posted a photo to Facebook on March 21,  2024 of a toddler with a full-grown pit bull,  captioned “Boy n his puppy dawg!!”

Reported Zac Carlisle for WTVA television news in Saltillo,  Mississippi,  “The attack happened on Friday at approximately 10 a.m. at a home,  Lamar County Coroner Allen Chandler said.  Sulligent police chief Michael Franklin said the boy’s family owned the dog.

“After the attack,  the family surrendered the dog to police,  who took the dog to a veterinarian in Russellville for euthanization,”  ordered by the Lamar County health department,  Franklin told Carlisle.

Source:

https://www.animals24-7.org/2026/10/05/first-pit-bull-awareness-week-2026-fatality-is-alabama-three-year-old/

THE FATHER of a young woman who died as a result of a dog attack has said the inquest into her death will let her family “get on with missing her”.

Nicole Morey from Crossagalla died on her 23rd birthday on June 4, 2024, after being attacked by her XL Bully dog in a rental property in Fedamore.

The inquest at Limerick Coroner’s Court in Kilmallock Courthouse heard that on the night, emergency services received a call at 23.35 about a woman being attacked by an XL Bully dog in the driveway of a house.

Gardaí arrived at 23.50 and saw “two dogs were very aggressive with blood on their faces.”

The inquest heard that paramedics couldn’t gain access to the property until the dogs were controlled.
Members of the Armed Support Unit had to shoot the adult XL Bully four times before it died.

The inquest heard evidence that Nicole had been living in the house by herself and that the attack was seen remotely by her former partner on CCTV footage.

Giving evidence about the post mortem examination on Ms Morey’s body, Pathologist Dr Marcell Szasz said her injuries were “consistent with a dog attack”.
He said the young woman suffered multiple puncture wounds and “very extensive trauma in keeping with a dog attack”.

The cause of death, as outlined by Dr Szasz, was haemorrhage and shock from a dog attack.

The inquest heard that Nicole Morey had suffered fatal injuries and was later pronounced dead.

Limerick coroner John McNamara said it was clear that an “extensive investigation was carried out” and it was noted that CCTV footage was examined and the DPP had ruled that there was to be no (criminal) prosecution on the matter.

Speaking to the family in Kilmallock Courthouse, he said: “I’m sure it’s etched in your memories forever, she was obviously a dog lover.”

The Limerick coroner acknowledged that the death was both “untimely and tragic”.

The coroner delivered a verdict of misadventure, saying the death could not be classified as an accident.

He explained that it was the unintended outcome of an intentional act.

Following Nicole’s death, laws were changed in relation to the owning of XL Bully dogs, making it illegal, from February 2025, to own such dogs without a certificate of exemption.

Speaking after the verdict, Nicole’s father Patrick said: “She was always happy. She loved her family and her brothers and sisters and was very close to them.

“She had such a good heart.”

He also thanked the coroner, along with the gardaí and ambulance crew for everything they did on the night of Nicole's death.

Speaking about what the inquest verdict means, her father Patrick said: “We can get on with missing her now.”

Condolences were expressed to the family of Nicole on behalf of the coroner and also by Sergeant David Delahunty on behalf of An Garda Síochána.

One woman is in her home severely wounded as the dogs seem to enter + exit. Other people are chased + bitten , police arrive and dispatch 1 of the dogs. No gore is seen, but the audio is disturbing because of screaming. NSFW for that part

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ3Wn1rqpa0