Top “Dog Attack” cities in US
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The US Postal Service (USPS) has created a list of the top dog attack cities in cooperation with National Dog Bite Prevention Week. Read the complete article here and click “read more” to access the full list of cities.
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Rank | City | State | # of Bites |
1 | Houston | TX | 62 |
2 | San Diego | CA | 45 |
3 | Columbus | OH | 45 |
4 | Los Angeles | CA | 44 |
5 | Louisville | KY | 40 |
6 | San Antonio | TX | 39 |
7 | St. Louis | MO | 39 |
8 | Cleveland | OH | 38 |
9 | Phoenix | AZ | 38 |
10 | Minneapolis | MN | 35 |
11 | Portland | OR | 35 |
12 | Denver | CO | 31 |
13 | Philadelphia | PA | 31 |
14 | Sacramento | CA | 30 |
15 | Seattle | WA | 28 |
16 | Baltimore | MD | 27 |
17 | Milwaukee | WI | 26 |
18 | Chicago | IL | 25 |
19 | Cincinnatir | OH | 24 |
20 | San Jose | CA | 23 |
21 | Fort Worth | TX | 23 |
22 | Buffalo | NY | 23 |
23 | Memphis | TN | 22 |
24 | Jacksonville | FL | 22 |
25 | Miami | FL | 20 |
26 | Detroit | MI | 20 |
27 | Toledo | OH | 19 |
28 | Oakland | CA | 18 |
29 | Pittsburgh | PA | 18 |
30 | Long Beach | CA | 17 |
31 | Charlotte | NC | 17 |
32 | Jamaica | NY | 17 |
33 | Orland | FL | 17 |
34 | Kansas | MO | 16 |
35 | Indianopolis | IN | 16 |
36 | Tacoma | WA | 16 |
37 | Washington | DC | 16 |
38 | Las Vegas | NV | 15 |
39 | Stockton | CA | 15 |
40 | Albuquerque | NM | 15 |
41 | Flushing | NY | 15 |
42 | Oklahoma City | OK | 15 |
43 | Staten Island | NY | 14 |
44 | Springfield | MO | 14 |
45 | Huntington Beach | CA | 13 |
46 | Brooklyn | NY | 12 |
47 | Salt Lake City | UT | 12 |
To help educate the public about dog bites, the AVMA developed an online brochure:Â Â www.avma.org/press/publichealth/dogbite/mediakit.asp. The AVMA also maintains a dog bite prevention facebook page.
The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses, and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.
A self-supporting government enterprise, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation, 150 million residences, businesses and Post Office Boxes. The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses, and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations. With 32,000 retail locations and the most frequently visited website in the federal government, usps.com, the Postal Service has annual revenue of more than $67 billion and delivers nearly 40 percent of the world’s mail. If it were a private sector company, the U.S. Postal Service would rank 29th in the 2010 Fortune 500. Black Enterprise and Hispanic Business magazines ranked the Postal Service as a leader in workforce diversity. The Postal Service has been named the Most Trusted Government Agency six consecutive years and the sixth Most Trusted Business in the nation by the Ponemon Institute.
National Dog Bite Prevention Week® is a registered trademark of the American Veterinary Medical Association and is licensed for use to the United States Postal Service, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. the American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons, and the American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery.