A 3-week-old baby has died after being bitten on the head by a husky mix dog in a family home in Georgia.
According to local reports, the baby—who has not been named by authorities—was transported to a nearby hospital with serious injuries. The infant died in the hospital.
The child died at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center, according to local fire officials.
“Hall County Animal Control and Enforcement also responded and took custody of the dog, which belonged to the family at the residence,” Dale said.
Husky Attack Statistics
Huskies were responsible for 3 percent of fatal dog attacks, according to statistics (pdf) covering the 13-year period between 2005 and 2017.That puts them seventh on the list, but far behind the 76 percent of fatalities caused by pit bulls and Rottweilers alone.
Those statistics alone, however, do not tell the whole story about exactly how dangerous any given breed is, since they do not account for the total number of dogs of each bread.
In other words, if certain breeds are more popular, it will push up the number of attacks.
Husky attack victims tend to be younger than average.
By comparison, overall fatality figures for dog attacks in 2017 show that just 38 percent (15) of victims were 8 years old and younger.
Earlier this year, a husky bit off the hand of a 4-year-old when he put his arm under a chain-link fence.
The boy had stuck his hand through the fence when one of the animals bit him in the mid-forearm. The boy apparently lost his arm and hand in the attack.
The boy had a sock on his arm, according to Jessica Nusz, who describes herself as a best friend of the owners.
“Bear ... was playing with what he thought was a toy,” she wrote on the petition page.
“He bit down too hard and didn’t see that there was a child on the other side of the fence.”
In a 13-year analysis, the website says that of 433 fatal dog attacks in the United States, pit bulls contributed to 66 percent or 284 deaths.
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