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Top "Dog Attack" cities in US
Written by Pack Leader
Thursday, 12 May 2011 21:09
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.
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: 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.