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Police: Aggressive pit bull shot Monday

Last updated Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 11:40pm

MARRIOTT-SLATERVILLE — A Weber County Sheriff’s deputy shot an aggressive pit bull Monday after several failed attempts to stop it.

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Changes in Ogden ordinance may curb bites, reduce stray dog numbers

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, February 13, 2012 - 12:38am

OGDEN -- City officials hope proposed changes in the animal ordinance will curb dog bites without targeting specific breeds.

The city council is considering amendments to the animal control ordinance that would change registration requirements for what the city determines to be a dangerous dog, establishes additional insurance requirements for dogs that are unaltered -- meaning not spayed or neutered -- and increases fees for dangerous dogs and unaltered dogs and cats.

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Layton dog owner cited with misdemeanor

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, September 3, 2011 - 10:44pm

LAYTON -- The owner of two dogs that are alleged to have bitten a neighbor and attacked her 8-year-old Pekingese has been cited with a class C misdemeanor in 2nd District Court in Layton.

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Dog pack kills New Mexico man

The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 3:23pm

GALLUP, N.M. -- Authorities in New Mexico say dog bites caused the death of a 55-year-old man who was found unconscious surrounded by a pack of canines.

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