Dangerous Dogs 1996-Current County Agriculture

About this dataset

Historical results of Dangerous Dogs in Pennsylvania. A dangerous dog is one that has: (1) Inflicted severe injury on a human being without provocation on public or private property. (2) Killed or inflicted severe injury on a domestic animal, dog or cat without provocation while off the owner’s property. (3) Attacked a human being without provocation. (4) Been used in the commission of a crime. And the dog has either or both of the following: (1) A history of attacking human beings and/or domestic animals, dogs or cats without provocation. (2) A propensity to attack human beings and/or domestic animals, dogs or cats without provocation. *A propensity to attack may be proven by a single incident. Severe injury is defined as, [3 P.S. § 459-102] “Any physical injury that results in broken bones or disfiguring lacerations requiring multiple sutures or cosmetic surgery.” More information can be found here - https://www.agriculture.pa.gov/Animals/DogLaw/Dangerous%20Dogs/Pages/default.aspx More information on Chapter 27 Regulations - https://www.agriculture.pa.gov/Animals/DogLaw/Dangerous%20Dogs/Documents/Chapter%2027%20Dangerous%20Dogs.pdf PDF's for Chapter 27 and Pennsylvania Dog Laws are attached to the metadata