What is a dog bite?
While the question seems simple enough, the answer is often not what we imagine.
Over the past three decades, increased awareness of the importance of humane care and control, the enactment and enforcement of leash laws, and dog bite prevention education, have all been instrumental in lowering the number of reported dog-related injuries nationwide.
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Lincoln, Nebraska: Addressing Dog Bites Reasonably and Responsibly
July 2009: Lincoln officials are considering changes to a city ordinance to put more teeth into the consequences for owners whose dogs bite.
Officials are not targeting particular breeds of dogs, such as pit bulls. They are, instead, looking to crack down on careless dog owners.
Bruce Dart with the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department says his department is considering a number of proposed changes, including citing owners if their dogs run loose and aggressively approach people. Animals would be impounded if they or their owners violate the ordinance three times within 24 months.
Other proposals would cite owners the first time their dogs bite and increase fines for letting their dogs run loose, menacing or biting.
National Canine Research Council