Animal Law Enforcement receives reports of aggressive domestic animals every day. More than 1,000 animal bites were reported to Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region in El Paso County last year alone - that's about three every day. Many other bites go unreported. Below is just a sampling of moderate to fatal domestic animal bite reports this year. Every report of a potential dangerous animal is investigated and appropriate action is taken to best resolve each situation.
To report a dangerous/aggressive animal situation involving a domestic pet, call Animal Law Enforcement at 719.302.8798 or call 911. If you are active military, contact law enforcement on your base/post. All bites in El Paso County, including encounters with wildlife, must be reported to the health department.
Click here for some basic things you can do to help keep you and your pet safe and prevent a bite from happening.
We use the following information to categorize the severity of animal bites:
| Animal Sex | Animal Type | Bite Date | Bite Severity | Bite Victim | Bite Victim Age | Bite Wound Location |
Prior Bite History |
Spayed / Neutered | ZIP Code | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| More |
Female |
DOG |
1/20/19 |
Moderate |
Person |
RIGHT ARM |
Yes |
80915 |
||
| More |
Male |
DOG |
2/18/19 |
Moderate |
Cat |
1 |
ABDOMEN |
Yes |
80911 |
|
| More |
Female |
DOG |
3/9/19 |
Moderate |
Dog |
2 |
BODY |
No |
80920 |
|
| More |
Male |
DOG |
4/3/19 |
Moderate |
Dog |
6 |
RIGHT EAR |
Yes |
80904 |
|
| More |
Male |
DOG |
5/14/19 |
Moderate |
Person |
19 |
LEFT THIGH |
No |
80905 |
|
| More |
Male |
DOG |
5/19/19 |
Moderate |
Person |
31 |
RIGHT HAND |
Yes |
80903 |
|
| More |
Female |
CAT |
6/4/19 |
Moderate |
Person |
23 |
FOREARMS |
No |
80905 |
|
| More | DOG |
1/21/19 |
Moderate |
Person |
19 |
RIGHT THIGH |
80923 |
|||
| More |
Female |
DOG |
3/9/19 |
Moderate |
Dog |
2 |
BODY |
No |
80920 |
|
| More |
Male |
DOG |
4/5/19 |
Moderate |
Person |
RIGHT HAND |
Yes |
80817 |
||
| More | DOG |
5/14/19 |
Severe |
Person |
15 |
RIGHT ARM |
80817 |
|||
| More |
Female |
DOG |
5/27/19 |
Severe |
Dog |
RIGHT BACK LEG |
Yes |
80909 |
||
| More |
Female |
DOG |
6/5/19 |
Moderate |
Person |
62 |
MULTIPLE |
Yes |
80909 |
|
| More |
Female |
DOG |
1/5/19 |
Moderate |
Person |
65 |
LEFT LEG |
No |
80906 |
|
| More |
Female |
DOG |
1/27/19 |
Moderate |
Dog |
UNKNOWN |
No |
80918 |
||
| More |
Male |
DOG |
2/12/19 |
Severe |
Person |
39 |
ARM/FOOT |
Yes |
80911 |
|
| More |
Female |
DOG |
3/11/19 |
Moderate |
Person |
23 |
BOTH HANDS |
Yes |
80916 |
|
| More |
Female |
DOG |
4/3/19 |
Moderate |
Dog |
LEFT LEG |
Yes |
80918 |
||
| More |
Male |
DOG |
3/15/19 |
Moderate |
Person |
59 |
ARM |
No |
80817 |
|
| More |
Female |
DOG |
5/24/19 |
Moderate |
Dog |
CHEST |
Yes |
80911 |
||
| More |
Male |
DOG |
1/6/19 |
Moderate |
Person |
55 |
RIGHT ARM |
Yes |
80904 |
|
| More |
Male |
DOG |
1/30/19 |
Moderate |
Person |
2 |
LEFT HAND |
Yes |
80909 |
|
| More |
Male |
DOG |
2/12/19 |
Moderate |
Dog |
LEFT LEG |
Yes |
80911 |
||
| More |
Female |
DOG |
3/11/19 |
Fatal |
Dog |
2 |
NECK |
Yes |
80916 |
|
| More |
Male |
DOG |
4/8/19 |
Severe |
Person |
8 |
FACE |
No |
80910 |
|
| More |
Male |
DOG |
4/22/19 |
Moderate |
Person |
ARM |
Yes |
80922 |
||
| More | OTHER |
5/3/19 |
Moderate |
Cat |
EYE |
80918 |
||||
| More |
Male |
DOG |
5/16/19 |
Moderate |
Person |
FOREARM |
No |
80905 |
||
| More |
Female |
DOG |
6/1/19 |
Fatal |
Cat |
WHOLE BODY |
Yes |
80915 |
||
| More |
Male |
DOG |
1/11/19 |
Moderate |
Person |
31 |
FACE |
No |
80817 |
|
| More |
Female |
DOG |
1/27/19 |
Fatal |
Dog |
HEAD |
No |
80916 |
||
| More |
Male |
DOG |
2/3/19 |
Severe |
Person |
7 |
HEAD |
No |
80923 |
|
| More |
Female |
DOG |
4/9/19 |
Severe |
Dog |
ALL OVER |
Yes |
80817 |
||
| More |
Female |
DOG |
5/31/19 |
Moderate |
Person |
51 |
FOOT |
Yes |
80903 |
|
| More |
Female |
DOG |
2/13/19 |
Severe |
Dog |
JAW |
Yes |
80829 |
||
| More | DOG |
2/24/19 |
Moderate |
Dog |
12 |
NECK |
80909 |
|||
| More |
Male |
CAT |
3/12/19 |
Moderate |
Person |
51 |
BOTH LEGS |
Yes |
80922 |
|
| More |
Female |
DOG |
5/4/19 |
Severe |
Dog |
BODY |
No |
80915 |
||
| More |
Male |
DOG |
5/17/19 |
Fatal |
Dog |
10 |
BODY |
No |
80904 |
|
| More |
Male |
DOG |
1/13/19 |
Moderate |
Person |
RIGHT LEG |
No |
80904 |
||
| More |
Female |
CAT |
2/15/19 |
Moderate |
Person |
RIGHT HAND |
Yes |
80905 |
||
| More |
Male |
DOG |
2/26/19 |
Moderate |
Person |
36 |
RIGHT HAND |
No |
80911 |
|
| More |
Male |
DOG |
3/13/19 |
Moderate |
Person |
30 |
THIGH |
No |
80903 |
|
| More |
Female |
DOG |
5/4/19 |
Moderate |
Dog |
LIP |
Yes |
80915 |
||
| More |
Female |
DOG |
5/18/19 |
Moderate |
Dog |
NECK |
No |
80817 |
||
| More |
Female |
DOG |
5/31/19 |
Moderate |
Dog |
10 |
BACK |
No |
80907 |
|
| More |
Female |
DOG |
2/1/19 |
Fatal |
Dog |
BODY |
No |
80927 |
||
| More |
Female |
DOG |
2/15/19 |
Fatal |
Cat |
ALL OVER |
Yes |
80905 |
||
| More |
Female |
DOG |
3/1/19 |
Fatal |
Dog |
HEAD |
Yes |
80910 |
||
| More |
Male |
CAT |
4/12/19 |
Moderate |
Person |
75 |
LEFT ARM |
No |
80918 |
|
| More |
Male |
DOG |
5/18/19 |
Moderate |
Dog |
NECK |
Yes |
80817 |
||
| More |
Female |
DOG |
2/3/19 |
Moderate |
Dog |
NECK |
No |
80907 |
||
| More |
Female |
DOG |
2/15/19 |
Fatal |
Cat |
ALL OVER |
Yes |
80905 |
||
| More |
Female |
DOG |
3/10/19 |
Moderate |
Dog |
ALL OVER |
No |
80915 |
||
| More |
Female |
DOG |
4/9/19 |
Moderate |
Dog |
NECK |
Yes |
80920 |
||
| More | DOG |
4/25/19 |
Moderate |
Dog |
RIGHT LEG |
80911 |
||||
| More |
Male |
DOG |
5/18/19 |
Moderate |
Dog |
NECK |
Yes |
80817 |
||
| More |
Female |
DOG |
2/14/19 |
Moderate |
Dog |
4 |
HEAD |
Yes |
80922 |
|
| More |
Male |
DOG |
4/2/19 |
Moderate |
Dog |
13 |
EAR, PAW |
No |
80915 |
|
| More | DOG |
4/27/19 |
Severe |
Dog |
6 |
LEFT LEG |
80817 |
|||
| More |
Male |
DOG |
5/19/19 |
Moderate |
Person |
31 |
RIGHT HAND |
No |
80903 |
|
| More |
Male |
DOG |
5/15/19 |
Severe |
Dog |
5 |
NOSE/MUZZLE |
No |
80909 |
|
| More |
Female |
DOG |
2/10/19 |
Moderate |
Dog |
10 |
RIGHT FRONT LEG |
No |
80817 |
|
| More | DOG |
3/24/19 |
Moderate |
Dog |
6 |
HIND LEGS |
80923 |
|||
| More |
Female |
DOG |
4/12/19 |
Moderate |
Dog |
BODY |
Yes |
80923 |
||
| More | DOG |
5/9/19 |
Moderate |
Person |
22 |
LEFT THIGH |
80831 |
|||
| More |
Male |
DOG |
5/19/19 |
Moderate |
Dog |
FACE/BACK |
No |
80903 |
||
| More | DOG |
6/3/19 |
Moderate |
Person |
40 |
RIGHT THIGH |
80907 |
|||
| More |
Male |
DOG |
1/22/19 |
Severe |
Person |
9 |
ARM |
No |
80817 |
|
| More |
Male |
DOG |
2/17/19 |
Severe |
Cat |
10 |
ALL OVER |
Yes |
80911 |
|
| More |
Female |
DOG |
3/7/19 |
Fatal |
Cat |
BODY |
Yes |
80917 |
||
| More |
Male |
DOG |
4/8/19 |
Severe |
Person |
32 |
LEFT HAND |
No |
80910 |
|
| More |
Male |
DOG |
4/27/19 |
Moderate |
Person |
8 |
ARM, FACE |
Yes |
80909 |
|
| More | OTHER |
5/9/19 |
Moderate |
Person |
22 |
LEFT HAND |
80831 |
|||
| More | DOG |
5/16/19 |
Moderate |
Dog |
NECK |
80920 |
||||
| More |
Male |
DOG |
6/1/19 |
Moderate |
Dog |
14 |
NECK/HEAD |
Yes |
80132 |
|
| More | DOG |
2/17/19 |
Severe |
Dog |
4 |
LEFT SIDE |
80911 |
|||
| More |
Male |
DOG |
3/6/19 |
Moderate |
Person |
16 |
LEG |
No |
80925 |
|
| More |
Male |
DOG |
4/29/19 |
Moderate |
Person |
65 |
RIGHT LEG |
Yes |
80923 |
|
| More |
Male |
DOG |
5/25/19 |
Moderate |
Person |
LEFT ARM |
Yes |
80909 |
||
| More |
Female |
DOG |
1/17/19 |
Severe |
Person |
92 |
LEFT HAND |
No |
80910 |
|
| More |
Female |
DOG |
2/10/19 |
Severe |
Dog |
13 |
BODY |
No |
80910 |
|
| More |
Male |
DOG |
3/6/19 |
Moderate |
Person |
16 |
LEG |
No |
80925 |
|
| More |
Male |
DOG |
5/26/19 |
Moderate |
Person |
29 |
BODY |
No |
80907 |
|
| More |
Male |
DOG |
2/10/19 |
Severe |
Dog |
13 |
ALL OVER |
No |
80910 |
|
| More |
Male |
DOG |
2/14/19 |
Moderate |
Dog |
LEG |
No |
80922 |
||
| More |
Female |
DOG |
3/6/19 |
Moderate |
Person |
16 |
LEG |
No |
80925 |
|
| More |
Male |
DOG |
3/28/19 |
Severe |
Dog |
2 |
HEAD/LEG |
No |
80910 |
|
| More |
Male |
DOG |
5/4/19 |
Severe |
Dog |
8 |
LEFT LEG |
Yes |
80906 |
|
| More |
Male |
DOG |
5/26/19 |
Moderate |
Person |
31 |
BODY |
No |
80907 |
|
| More |
Male |
DOG |
2/9/19 |
Moderate |
Person |
22 |
FACE |
Yes |
80910 |
|
| More |
Male |
DOG |
2/18/19 |
Moderate |
Cat |
1 |
ABDOMEN |
Yes |
80911 |
|
| More |
Female |
DOG |
4/3/19 |
Moderate |
Dog |
1 |
STOMACH |
Yes |
80907 |
|
| More |
Male |
DOG |
4/18/19 |
Fatal |
Cat |
ALL OVER |
Yes |
80909 |
||
| More |
Male |
DOG |
5/28/19 |
Moderate |
Person |
38 |
RIGHT FINGER |
No |
80909 |
|
| More |
Female |
DOG |
4/19/19 |
Moderate |
Person |
34 |
FINGER | No |
Yes |
|
| More |
Female |
DOG |
4/15/19 |
Moderate |
Person |
28 |
LEFT LEG | No |
No |
80909 |
| More |
Female |
DOG |
1/4/19 |
Moderate |
Person |
21 |
RIGHT HAND | No |
Yes |
80918 |
| More |
Male |
DOG |
1/23/19 |
Moderate |
Person |
51 |
RIGHT LEG | No |
Yes |
80906 |
| More |
Female |
DOG |
4/19/19 |
Severe |
Dog |
ALL OVER | No |
Yes |
80911 |