One day before her 22nd birthday, Jacqueline Durand was attacked by two dogs she was dog-sitting. Her face was changed forever — but she survived.
Police arrived at the scene and it took them 37 minutes to save Jacqueline from the dogs. She had already lost an obscene amount of blood at this point - 30 per cent to be exact, per the Independent. Both the dogs were put down following the awful attack and Jacqueline sued the owners for negligence.
Jacqueline Durand, from Texas, describes herself as a “survivor” after her face was torn off by two rescue dogs she'd been asked to look after in 2021. Since the traumatic attack, she has undergone remarkable facial surgery.
John Durand detailed the brutal attack for TODAY, choking up as he described his daughter's injuries. He said that she remembers the attack. "She stayed conscious throughout the attack and felt like she knew that this was a day she was probably going to die," he said.
“Jyedon was silent... all these people saying there was a kid screaming, there was no screaming. My son was silent.” Jyedon died from injuries to his neck and puncture wounds to his heart and lungs caused by the rottweiler and cattle dog that attacked him.
The Queensland woman killed after being mauled by a pack of dogs on Tuesday has been remembered as a beloved mum and friend. Amanda Carmichael, 41, died of her injuries after she was attacked by three mixed-breed dogs at a home in Maryborough at 9am.
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They said a woman, identified as 70-year-old Melanie Catley, from Hampstead, was mauled by two dogs as she was walking in a backyard. Catley suffered critical injuries and was taken to the hospital in New Hanover County, where she died, according to the sheriff's office.
Durand had her nose, ears, lips and cheeks torn off during the attack by the “bloodthirsty” animals, according to a lawsuit filed in January. “The dogs violently attacked her head and face — mauling her catastrophically,” the suit says.
The study, published in the International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, explores the risk of dog bite injuries to the face in children, and bite severity by breed, size and head structure. Researchers found pit bulls and mixed breed dogs have the highest risk of biting and cause the most damage per bite.
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Jackie died of natural causes. Borg died in 1959 at age 60; Josefine died in 1971.
"The motivation for lots of dog bites is fear," he says. "Others are territorial - if they're guarding something that they highly value, or defending their favourite resting place, their bed... Or if they've learned to defend, say, a dog bowl - that can result in aggression."
Pit Bull Terriers
Probably the most notorious breed on this list, the pit bull has a reputation for unpredictability and aggression, even against its owner or his family.
Tragic 12-day-old Elon had been lying in his Moses basket in a downstairs room at the family home when the huge fluffy dog bounded inside after escaping from his pen in the back garden. He grabbed the infant, who weighted less than seven pounds, in his jaws as his dad and the baby's brother battled in vain to save him.
The Kangal is a large, muscular dog that typically weighs between 100 and 130 pounds. They have been trained to guard sheep and other flocks against giant predators such as wolves, jackals, and bears. The Kangal has a mighty bite, with a bite force of 743 PSI. It is the highest bite force of any dog breed.
Lea Freeman, 4, died in a hospital over the weekend after suffering fatal wounds from a dog attack. Three dogs inside the home where the girl, her mom and her sister were staying were taken by animal services.
It happened when a dog sitting job in Coppell, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, went terribly wrong. The instant after Durand opened the front door of Justin and Ashley Bishop's home, the dogs were not like the "lovely" dogs that she said she had met once before. The dogs dragged her from the front door to the living room.
A woman who was mauled to death while walking a group of dogs has been named as Natasha Johnston. Ms Johnston, 28, from London, was set upon in Caterham, Surrey, at a dog walkers' spot on 12 January. Her name has been listed on the Surrey Coroner's Court website, and an inquest is expected to open on Tuesday.
A 28-year-old woman from London who was killed by dogs in Surrey has been named as Natasha Johnston. Ms Johnston is believed to have been walking a number of dogs in Gravelly Hill, Caterham, when she was attacked on January 12.
Natasha Johnston, 28, was walking alongside a number of dogs when she was attacked at Gravelly Hill in Caterham on January 12. She was pronounced dead at the scene and a coroner's court was told that she died from “multiple penetrating dog bites to the neck”.
WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Two dogs suspected of fatally mauling toddler. The motel manager made the distressing discovery and rendered first aid to Jyedon before rushing the boy to Cowra Hospital with his mother. He was then flown to Sydney's Westmead Hospital in a critical condition but died a short time after arriving.