Baghdad Bob "My brother Tehran Ted is a mailman
and says Shih-Tzus are the ones you have to look out for!"
and says Shih-Tzus are the ones you have to look out for!"
It’s a real jungle out there for America’s Mail Carriers. Despite assurances from the Humane Organizations and the Dog Lobby, dog bite related hospitalizations are up 86 percent since 1993 , and Dog Bite Related Fatalities are up a population adjusted 400 percent since the first CDC DBRF Study done in 1977.
The same dynamic is occurring with America’s Mail Carriers. US Postal Service statistics from 1995 show that 2782 mail carriers were bitten by dogs, and by 2011 the figure nearly doubled with 5699 attacks . Of course, with the proliferation of Pit Bulls and a lesser extent Rottweilers, Dog Bites are Worse. America now has two separate dog problems; the “Dog bite problem” and “Pit Bull mauling problem”. They should not be confused.
Below is a collection of Pit Bull attacks on Mail Carriers with a blood misting of Rottweiler appertifs. Perhaps now that the Space Shuttle program has ended and NASA needs a new mission, they could develop a light weight Kevlar “Maul Suit” for postal workers. This technology could then trickle down to neighborhood kids.
Sep 2013, Dayton, OH; Mail Carrier hospitalized after an unlicensed pit bull being pet sat breaks free and mauls the neighborhood mail carrier. The mail carrier was hospitalized after being rescued by neighbor
"They're taught to hold their bag, which has the mail in it, in front of them as a shield and to stand still, to not stare down the dog, to look away from the dog to hold their ground, to back up slowly. For most dogs that works but, in this case, the pit bull went ahead and attacked anyway," Van Allen told 2 NEWS.
Aug 2013, San Diego, CA; 13 year postal and military veteran is attacked and mauled by a pit bull on his route. A woman medically trained while serving in the Peace Corps saves his life
July 2013, Flint MI; The Michigan USPS is reviewing Safety Procedures after three mail carriers are attacked by pit bulls within a week
July 2013, Pawtucket, RI; Veteran mail carrier says life has been better since the city banned pit bulls in 2004.... the community and job is less Serengeti-like
July 2013, San Diego, CA; Another San Diego Mail Carrier gets blown up by a pit canine IED while on his route "Bitten on the neck, shoulder, six times on the legs and lost several teeth"
July 2013, Michigan City, MI; Letter Carrier on the disability rolls after her arm is severely mauled by a Pit Bull. "From the looks of the wound, it looks like it will be a while"
May 2013, Pittsburgh, PA; Mail Carrier attacked by pit bull when it's owner opens gate. Treated by EMS and transported to the hospital
April 2013, Eunice, LA; Pit Bulls escape back yard to knock down and maul a Mail Carrier. Police respond to the 911 call and shoot the things after an officer is also injured. The owner states "I'm glad we were out of town so her children didn't have to witness their dog being shot"
March 2013, Sioux Falls, SD; Two berserking pit bulls attack four people including a Mail Carrier before being wrangled up by Animal Control. Three people are transported to the hospital for treatment
Feb 2013, Ottawa, Canada; A pit bull that bit a mailman several times on the legs has been euthanized.
Oct 2012, Bethlehem, PA; Mail Carrier pepper spray failed, Mail Carrier knocked to the ground and chewed up by two loose Pit Bulls
Oct 2012, Covert, MI; News Paper Deliverer Aperitif: Recidivist pit owner allows newspaper deliverer to sustain serious hand injuries, The animals also flattened two tires when she sought refuge in her car
Sep 2012, Newak, OH; Mail Carrier on restricted duties after being bitten by Pit Bull
Sep 2012, Phoenix AZ; Mail Carrier Michael Holman III is honored as the National Letter Carriers Association, Southwestern Region Hero of the Year for scaling a fence to distract a pit bull that was mauling a woman 6th such award on this list!
Aug 2012, Beaumont, TX; Mail Carrier "punctured" in the face, legs, hands and torso (Sheesh, is there anything left?!?) by chain-snappin' Pit Bull
Aug 2012, Louisville, KY; Mail Carrier recovering after nearly losing hand from a Pit Bull mauling..Her doctor states "After 12 hours of emergency surgery and four attempts to restore blood flow to her hand, the surgery was a success."
July 2012, West Kelowna, BC; Door Bustin' Pit gets ahold of Mail Carrier. The defeated owners, give the animal "The Needle"
July 2012, Galesburg, IL; Screenbustin' Pit Bull sends mail carrier on a Meatwagon ride for surgery. The animal hadn't had Rabies shots since 2009
July 2012, Scottsburg IN; Pit Bull bursts through door and bites mail carrier on the legs and breast. Pit owner later arrested for possession of meth and marijuana
Amite means Friendship
July 2012, Amite, LA; After mere $180 fine, Mail Carrier chewin' Pit Bull "Lady" is back home.
July 2012, Washington, DC; When crazy pit owning physician's pit bull charges a mail carrier and he fends it off with pepper spray, she goes berserk. She gets in her SUV tracks him down and physically assaults him. Now facing federal felony charges A simple apology would have been appropriate...
June 2012, Warren, OH; 31 year old Mail Carrier hauled off in an ambulance after being bitten several times by a Pit Bull
Twice attacked Pit owning mail carrier: "Don't blame the breed, but please reassign me to desk duty..."
June 2012, Kalamazoo, MI; Pit Bull owning Mail Carrier sustains her second Pit Bull attack and requests safer desk duty...Still swears by the breed though..Then why opt for desk duty?
June 2012, Frankfort, KY; 42 year old Mail Carrier bitten on wrist legs and forearm by Pit Bull
May 2012, Louisville, KY; Police have to shoot Pit Bull to release it’s grip on Mail Carrier…Bad Doggie!!! Bad, Bad Bad Doggie!!!
May 2012, Euclaire, WI; Mail Carrier escapes mauling by spraying two attacking Pits with pepper spray
April 2012, Fairfield, CT; A pit bull with a history of menacing letter carriers, broke through the invisible fence and took a bite of USPS. Letter carriers brave rain, sleet and snow but delivery to the area has been suspended since May 8 due to pit bull.
March 2012 Escondido, CA; In California’s 3rd Postal worker killed by a dog, dies after pit bull attack, Shame on you California, you are way overrepresented here!
Jan 2012, Bennington, NY; Postal Carrier hospitalized, owned fined $100
Jan 2012, Lorain, OH; Good Samaritans save mailman pulled down on the ground being attacked by two pit bulls
Jan 2012, Rock Hill, SC; Postal Carrier‘s ankle torn up
Dec 2011, Cleveland, OH; Friendly neighborhood Mailman Jack Smith sustains a broken left arm, a mangled right arm and a week in the hospital from an Ohio Pit owner
Dec 2011, Chelmsford, UK; 62 year old Postie just weeks from retirement under going reconstructive surgery on his face, Surgeons are "harvesting" tissue from behind his ear.
Nov 2011, Norfolk, VA; “Bubba the Love Sponge” shuts down mail delivery to the neighborhood
Aug 2011, Harris County, TX; We have a Pit Bull problem…Houston
Aug 2011, Beaumont, TX; Mail Carrier undergoing treatment for multiple lacerations and punctures to her hands, legs, torso and face after pit mauling
Aug 2011, Edgewater, CO; Mario Gonzales is sorry his pits and rottweiler chased a mail carrier, bit a policeman and had to be shot . Fined $780
Aug 2011, Schenectady, NY; Mail Carrier attacked and bitten by Pit Bull
July 2011, San Diego CA; Paradise Hills neighborhood Mail Carrier out of work for and mail delivery shut down for 7 months after Pit Bull attack.
July 2011, Niagara, NY, Local paper publishes “Postal Carriers vs. Pit Bulls”
April 2011, Catawba, NC; NASCAR Driver s Pit mix savages his Mail Carrier
A real pit hole....
March, 2011, Fulton, MO; Mail Carrier sustains serious wounds to the face…”Missing pieces of flesh”
Feb 2011, Tempe, AZ; Neighbors take out Class Action Lawsuit against Pit-Leper after their Mail Carrier is mauled and mail delivery stops
Jan 2011, Oroville, CA; Police shoot Pit Bull that bites Mail Carrier in the neck and face
Feb 2011, Killen TX; Mail Carrier attacked by Pit Bulls
Dec 2010, Mason City, IA; Mail carrier attacked, mail service suspended
Sep 2010, San Jose, CA; Pit and GSD combo leave city workers hosing mail carriers blood off the side walk
Aug 2010, Torrington, CT; Pit Bull breaks through screen door and sends Mail Carrier for a ride in the Meat Wagon and onto the disability rolls for four months
July 2010, Houma, LA; Pit Bull commits OSHA violation by severely mangling Mail Man‘s legs
Blown up by Canine IED
July 2010, Minneapolis, MN; After surviving Iraq, Iraqi war veteran mail carrier gets blown up by Canine IEDs
June, San Diego, CA 2010, Mail Carrier Eddie Lin dies from brain injury after being knocked down by Rottweiler DEATH!
June 2010, Jacksonville, FL; When a loose pit bull is attacking a Mail Carrier's van and neighbor has to shoot the rampaging beast when it's charges him
April 2010; Yuba City, CA; Mail Carrier hospitalized after two cans of pepper spay prove useless
March, 2010, Centreville, MI; Pit Bull that injures Mail Carrier euthanized
ERICA HOBDY
2009, Ansonia, CT; Letter Carrier sues Pit-Auntie Erica Hobdy for $15000 after his arm is mangled by one of her Nanny Dogs. Collection appears highly unlikely because in Oct 2011 Pit-Auntie Erica‘s Pit Bull killed her 20 month old niece during a babysitting gig and she is on trial for murder. DBRF
Sep 2009, Jeanette, PA; Police have to respond and shoot a pit bull that had a Mail Carrier cornered for fifteen minutes. When the animal charged them it ate lead
Aug 2009, Miami FL; Multi-time Felon’s illegal Pit Bull mauls Mail Carrier causing her to lose three fingers . An Organized Pit Idiocy Group (OPIG) from a neighboring county threatens a lawsuit to save “Blue“…*Note… Were we better off when only dogfighters owned these things and culled man biters?!?
July 2009, Kirksville, MO; Pepper Spray, Catch pole and gun shot fails to stop berserking Pit Bull during Mail Carrier attack
July 2009, Rockford, IL; Mail Carrier Gets bitten in the face, arms and legs by Pit Bull with two previous biting incidents. F- minus grade assigned to Rockport Animal Control
June 2009; Mail Man attacked…Owner apologized on camera,...sort of
April 2009, San Antonio, Texas; Retired Mail Carrier talks about never being able to make a Pit Bull back down and the non stop Pit Bull DRFS in Texas. Another 7 Texans have been killed by Pit Bulls since his letter
May 2009, Norwich, CT; Norwich post office lauds ‘humble hero', Navy veteran saves, Mailman during Pit Bull mauling
Feb 2009, Phoenix, AZ; Mail Carrier bitten several times by Pit Bull
Feb 2009, Del City, OK; Just months after the City’s Pit Bull ban is removed, Mail Carrier severely wounded
Jun 2008. Milpitas CA; USPS releases photo of seriously bitten mail carrier
Nutterism is a cult and a public safety hazard
Oct 2008, Orange County CA; Pit Nutter Sherri Moody gets off easy after mailman bitten repeatedly in the face by her wiggle butts, claimed “A Ghost let them out”
July 2008, Fresno, CA; Postal Carrier attacked by Pit Bulls with bite history
Honey the maulspawner escorted out to the A/C van
July 2008, Columbus, OH, Illegal Pit Breeder’s dog attacks in the City’s second Pit Bull attack on a mail carrier in a month
Monte the mauler on duty......
June 2008, Springfield, IL; Mail Carrier recovers after Pit mauling
Mail Carrier recovering at home
June 2008, Sangamon County, MI; 60 year old Mail Carrier Calvin Shepherd recovers from pit bull attack. He sustained a separated shoulder and deep puncture wounds on his right arm
May 2008, Lake Charles, LA; Mail Carrier badly mauled by Pit Bull and put on the disability rolls
March 2008, Canadian Postal Service looking for better weapons to arm Mail Carriers against dog attacks
March 2008, Hanover, PA; Routine package delivery turns into a canine freak show as Pit and Rottweiler combo trap Mail Carrier in her truck for two hours. Flattened three tires!
March 2008, Los Angeles, CA; Mail Carriers go through special anti-mauling training with bite trained pittie named Ajax
Jan 2008, San Bernadino, CA; Heroic Postal worker Melissa Kelly saves 74 year old man and his dog from attacking Pit Bulls
Jan 2008, Keansburg, NJ; Mail Carrier petitions city for Dangerous Dog Law after being mauled by Pit Bull
Dec 2007, Parkersburg, WV; 27 year old Mail Carrier mauled by containment breaking pit bull. She was treated and released from the hospital with multiple lacerations and punctures to her arms and legs
Nov 2007; Casper, WY; “Oh man, Now its serious!”…expresses veteran mailman after being mauled by Pit Bull
Aug 2007, Torrance CA; Pit Bull attack puts Mail Carrier into the ICU
April 2007, Omaha, NE; Pit Bull bursts through window screen and mauls Mail Carriers arms and legs
Feb 2007, Detroit, MI; Letter carrier Debra Jones takes a 200 stitch mauling from door bustin’ Pit Bulls
Dec 2006, Camden, NJ; After Pit Bull attacks Mail Carrier, police officer shoots it
Dec 2006, Danville, IL; 20 year veteran Mail Carrier down on the ground being mauled by two loose pit bulls while the owner just watches. "Everytime she reached for her pepper spray they just bit her hand"
Dec 2005, Austin, TX; Mail Carrier off the job due to leg infection after being bitten by foul mouthed Pit Mix
Jan 2006, Houston, TX; It was a terrifying scene in northeast Houston when a pit bull attacked a postal carrier as she walked her route. Eyewitnesses say the dog bit the woman on the arm, leg, and thigh. Animal control officers seized the pit bull and ticketed the owner
Nov 2005, Napa, CA; Mail Carrier viciously attacked and bitten by Pit Bull as owner looks on
Nov 2005, Sherman, TX; A Pit Bull and Boxer combo bust through a screen door to attack a mail carrier. The man suffered severe injuries to both his hands and is still undergoing surgery today
April 2005, Charlotte, NC; Mail Carrier Michael Redice awarded the Carnegie Life Saving Medal after jumping chain link fence to save boy being mauled to death by 5 Pit Bulls…Mr Redice held them off the boy until first responders arrived. Unfortunately the boy died
2004, Las Vegas, NV; Letter Carrier Victor Soto receives the National Letter Carrier’s Association West Region Hero of the Year award for who saving a boy from a pit bull attack
Sep 2004, Carbondale, IL; Mail Carrier severely bitten on the hand by Pit Bull
2004, Ontario, Canada; Mail Carrier Bull-baited after Pit Bull bursts through screen door, loses ear
July 2004, Joliet, IL; Pit Bull knocks down Mailman, bites him in the head
Jan 2004, El Centro, CA; Pit Bull attacks mail carrier; "There are some pretty big holes. The pit bull took some pretty big pieces of flesh from his forearm."
Sep 2003, Pinellas County, FL; After mail carrier is attacked by the same two Pit-Rott Frankenmaulers in a week, the Postmaster orders curbside delivery for the “Pit-Maulus” Park neighborhood
June 2003, Kansas City, MO; Mail Carrier gets artery severed in her hand. Postmaster threatens to shut down mail delivery until the neighborhood Pit-Leper gets rid of her dogs
June 2003 Santa Fe Springs, CA; Local Legislators and officials from the US Postal Service gather to honor mail carrier Gilbert Jaimez who saved a woman being mauled by a pit bull mix by picking the dog up and throwing it over a fence.
May 2003, Santa Fe Springs, CA; Gardener rescues Mail Carrier who was being mauled
Jan 2003, Waxahachie, TX; Mail Carrier sustains broken arm and leg injuries after Pit Mauling
Aug 2002, Los Angeles, CA; Mail Carrier loses part of nose in Pit Bull attack
June 2002, San Francisco; Pit Bull “Taz“ bites mailman in the wrist and stomach
Sep 2001, Boca Raton FL, Mail Carrier gets 50 stitches from Pit Bull
Sep 2000, San Jose, CA; Police Officer shoots two Pit Bulls attacking Mail Carrier
July 2000, Philadelphia, PA; Two Pit Bulls burst through screen door and maul Mail Carrier’s arms and legs. Rescued by passing motorist
June 2000, Norfolk, VA; Mail Carrier undergoes plastic surgery after being mauled by two Pit Bulls
Aug 1999, Sudbury, MA; Mail Carrier Donna Caissie Cutler was named Hero of the Year by the National Association of Letter Carriers for rescuing an elderly man from Pit Bull and Rhodesian Ridgeback tag team.
July 1998, Detroit-Maul City, MI; Pregnant Mail Carrier lets mauling Pit Bull have her arms instead of her stomach.
Aug 1998, Prince Georges County, MD; Heroic Postman honored, rescued man from Pit Bull
March 1995, Lexington, KY; Mail Carrier sues Pit Bull owner after being mauled
Aug 1993, Syracuse, NY; Rocky the Pit Bull shuts down mail delivery after 3rd attack, Neighborhood Pit-Leper causes neighbors to pick up mail at the Post Office
Oct 1992, Oakland, CA; Postmaster shuts down mail delivery after Letter Carrier mauled by 7 Pit Bulls
July 1992, Ontario, Canada; A Canada Post letter carrier was repeatedly bitten by a pit bull terrier and whipped with a dog leash by its owner
Feb 1992, Salt Lake City UT; Mail Carrier loses part of a finger when attacked by Pit Bull
Oct 1991, San Jose, CA; Mailman Joe Akot describes the fight of his life as he sprays chemical in the face of the Pit Bull that is locked onto his arm
July 1991, Roeland Park, MO; Mail Carrier sues Pit Bull owning couple with last name of the "Savages"...You can't make this stuff up!
June 1991, Oakland CA; USPS is fighting mad after yet another California Mail Carrier is attacked by a Pit Bull
March 1991, Virginia Beach, VA; Mail Carrier Eugene Parker named Eastern Regional Hero by the National Association of Letter Carriers for rescuing an 8-year-old girl from the jaws of a pit bull.
Jan 1990, Minneapolis, MN; When a 5 year old boy playing with M-80s in his room blows his hand off and his Pit Bull starts attacking him, Mailman Ken Soine leaps into action. * Note: The bewildered owners offered up that the Pit Bull “was trained to attack gunfire“ sigh….
Feb 1990, Sand Point, WA; Postmaster resumes delivery to Pit-Leper’s house after two Pit Bulls that attacked mail carrier are removed
June 1989, Spokane, WA; Pit Bull attacks mailman, then mauls its owner
June 1988; Pinellas County, FL; After Three previous attacks on a Police Officer, a child and a Postal Worker, Black Jack the Pit Bull hangs himself on a fence
Jan 1988; Letter Carrier’s arm crushed, saved by two Firefighters who were servicing hydrants. Bewildered owner surmises “it was the uniform“
Nov 1987, Lewiston, OR; Neighbors angry after Pit Bull mauls their Mail Carrier and shuts down delivery
Oct 1987, San Jose, CA; Pit Bull spared by Humane Society after mauling 94 year old woman, then attacks Mail Carrier
April 1987, Richmond, CA; Mail Carrier gashed by Pit Bull
July 1986, Lynn MA; Mail Carrier’s arm severely damaged
March 1986, Houston, TX; Fill in Mail Carrier takes a ride in the Meat Wagon when two Pit Bulls defeat screen door
Aug 1985, Ft Lauderdale, FL; Pit Bull puts the Bite on Letter Carrier
Jul 1985, Coral Springs, FL; 38 mail carriers protest after pit-mauling. Request Pit Bull ban
July 1985, Broward County FL; Bam-Bam the Pit Bull jumps through the window of Louise Johnson’s Mail Truck and bites her 3-4 dozen times
June 1985, Bradenton, FL; Pit Bull attacks cat, Mailman and two Police Officers
Sep 1984, Sacramento, CA; Two Pit Bulls jump out of window and attack Mail Carrier who had only been on the job a month
Feb 1984, Boca Raton, FL; Postmaster establishes get tough policy with dog owners after one of his mail carriers is chomped by a Pit Bull
July 1984, Lorain, OH; Mail Carrier torn above the eye and loses part of nose from Pit Bull attack
May 1984, Hollywood, FL; Mail Carrier still on desk duty after being mauled by a Pit Bull in 1983
April 1981, PiMaulus County, FL; Letter Carrier fights off Raymond Gerhardt’s two escaped Pit Bulls with a broom stick and calls police. Later that same day, an 82 year old man is mauled within an inch of his life by the same animals. Police shoot the feasting Pit Bulls off the man and Gerhardt faces a whopping $27 fine. F Minus grade assigned to Pinellas A/C
1981 Postal Service News release: Humane Officials had to destroy a Bull Terrier "to break the dog's grip on a mail carrier"
1981, Richland, WA; Postmaster describes mail carrier having leg severed by Pit Bull in 1981
Dec 1981, San Bernadino, CA; 47 year old Postal Worker Sheldon Smith dies from infection four days after being bitten by a Pit Bull
1982, San Jose, CA, Mailman Durrant Simon sustains twelve puncture wounds, nearly loses an eye and endures two hospitalizations after Pit Bull attack. The USPS experiments equipping letter carriers with Umbrellas called “Dogbrellas”…Apparently, the Dogbrella solution collapsed as California Letters carriers would go on to suffer many maulings and a couple of deaths from Pit Bulls
Feb 1978, Pinellas Park, FL; Mail Carrier James Long is mauled by three Pit Bulls
May 1976, Port Richey, FL; Pit Bull mix jumps into mail van and bites letter carrier
April 1918; Postmaster Charles Metcalfe nearly mauled to death, "looks like he had been in the first line trenches of a german barrage"
July 1908, Detroit, MI; Mail Carrier “thrice bitten“-Ends 30 minute fight with Bulldog by smashing its head against wall
April 1907, Village Green, PA; Rural Postman John Oliver’s horse attacked on route
1889 Brooklyn, NY Mailman Ralph Jacobs gets mauled..."laid up for a month"
1894, New York City Mailman Patrick Duffy gets mauled, "May lose leg"
Special Safety Note: In 1986, Animal Behaviorists from the Humane Society of the United States published the “Are Pit Bulls Different Analysis?”…Pg 6; Pit Bulls 20 times more likely to break containment and attack. A common theme on this list is “Containment Busting”, but it makes sense since Pit Bulls are currently displacing other breeds in Canine Weight Pulling competitions.
Pit Bulls in the households of novice or casual owners is like giving the keys to an 18 wheeler to a 16 child year old with a learners permit. A public safety risk to themselves and everyone around them.
Unfortunately, You Can’t Make This Stuff Up!
