Dog Bites “The Facts”
Dog bites send nearly 368,000 victims to hospital emergency departments per year (1,008 per day). According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2006, more than 31,000 people underwent reconstructive surgery as a result of being bitten by dogs. (Centers for Disease Control, Dog Bite Prevention, accessed May 20, 2013.) 16,476 dog bites to persons aged [...]