Dog Bite Statistics: A Year in Review

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While Dog Bite Prevention Week (May 15 – May 21) is coming to an end, it’s vitally important that pet owners, parents, and children are educated in preventing dog bites. More than 4-and-a-half million people are bitten by dogs each year in the U.S. alone – that’s one dog bite every 75-seconds!

And, very often, bites occur by known, familiar dogs inside the home or on the dog’s property, as a result of the human either not knowing, or not paying attention to, body language and warning signals from the dog.

That’s why we’re rounding out a week of dog bite prevention tips with this important infographic, Dog Bites: A Year in Review.

Infographic Courtesy Of UltimateHomeLife.com