DOGS SHOOT MEN

A short history of canine shooting incidents

Aug 6, 2007 Memphis man recovering after dog accidentally shoots him in the back

The shooting happened around 2:30 Thursday morning in the 3800 block of Kerwood. When police officers arrived, they found a man shot in the back. According to witnesses, the dog, a Great Dane, was playing in a front room when the "dog" knocked a gun off of a table. The gun discharged and the bullet ended up hitting the owner in the back.

Source: http://www.wmcstations.com/Global/story.asp?S=6869430

September 16, 2005 Dog shoots man

TUSSLE over prey between a Bulgarian hunter and his hound ended when the dog shot the man. The man lost his temper and began beating his Deutsch-Drahthaar hunting dog with a rifle when the animal refused to release a killed bird it had brought back. But the dog's paw caught the trigger and the hunter was blasted with buckshot. The extent of his injuries was not reported - but local media said the dog injured a paw.

Source: www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,16621197-13762,00.html

Sept. 21, 2004 Puppy shoots Florida man, deputies say dog put paw on gun's trigger as owner tried to kill him

PENSACOLA, Fla. - A man who tried to shoot seven puppies was shot himself when one of the dogs put its paw on the revolver’s trigger. Jerry Allen Bradford, 37, was being treated at a hospital for a gunshot wound to his wrist. Bradford said he decided to shoot the 3-month-old shepherd-mix dogs in the head because he couldn’t find them a home, according to the sheriff’s office.

Source: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5950304/

6 nov 2003 Dog shoots man

A FRENCH hunter was shot by his dog, police said yesterday. The man left a loaded shotgun with two dogs in the boot of his car. One dog stepped on the trigger and shot the man in the hip. The hunter, from the Basque village of Espelette, was in hospital with shot wounds.

Source: http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=609&id=1222622003

25 Oct 2002 Hunter shot in the foot by his dog

By Associated Press,

BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. -- Pheasant season took an ugly turn for Michael Murray when he was shot by Sonny, his year-old English setter pup. Murray, 42, was hunting in western South Dakota on the first day of the season last Saturday. He said he was lining up a photo of the seven birds his hunting party shot in the first hour. A loaded 12-gauge shotgun lay on the ground near the frisky dog."He stepped on the gun and it went off," Murray said. "At first I didn't know what happened. I got that blinding flash of pain and I sat down. Blood was pumping out of my ankle."

After 15 stitches and a night in the hospital, Murray is on course for a complete recovery."It was the most bizarre thing that has ever happened to me," he said. Murray admits there is a certain amount of notoriety that goes along with getting shot by your dog. "That's the hard part, talking to people, because you feel like such a fool," he said.

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11 December, 2000 Dog shoots man

A New Zealand hunter has been shot by his own dog, proving that canines are not always a man's best friend. Kelly Russell was tracking wild pigs on Sunday with Stinky and two other dogs when the accident happened near Tokoroa on North Island. Having cornered one of his prey, Mr Russell put down his loaded shotgun - but in the ensuing commotion Stinky jumped on it, blasting a shot through the hapless hunter's foot. Mr Russell, 30, then endured a five-hour wait before help happened to chance by in the shape of a passing car. "There was a big bang and my leg went flying back," the 30-year-old logger said on Monday from Waikato hospital...Doctors give the foot only a 50-50 chance. Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/1065843.stm

August 18, 1999 Dog shoots man

STUTTGART, Germany (Reuters) - A German dog has shot and killed its owner, police said Wednesday. The 51-year-old man, who had been out hunting with his shotgun, was found dead beside his car near the southwestern town of Bad Urach Monday. Police ruled out suicide and foul play and said the gun must have gone off when the dog jumped on top of it on the car seat.

Source: www.igorilla.com/gorilla/animal/1999/dog_shoots_man.html

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