Every 40 seconds, someone in the United States seeks medical attention for a dog bite–related injury.
During 1979–1998, dog attacks killed more than 300 Americans.
A survey by the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta ("CDC") concluded that dogs bite nearly 2% of the U.S. population -- more than 4.7 million people annually.
Almost 800,000 bites per year -- one out of every 6 -- are serious enough to require medical attention.
Dog bites send nearly 368,000 victims to hospital emergency departments per year (1,008 per day).
An American has a one in 50 chance of being bitten by a dog each year.
“He bite me in my vagina!” “I don’t want him to bite my Labrador on the penis!”