During a hunting trip in Indiana over the weekend, a chocolate Labrador dog named “Trigger” shot a woman in the foot, causing her to lose consciousness. An Indiana woman had left her loaded shotgun out in the open while she had the safety turned off. ․․
He accidentally pushed the trigger while standing on it, according to Trigger. A shotgun shell injured the woman’s left foot when she was at point-blank range.
There have been five dog-shot victims in the United States since 2011, and 10 altogether in the last decade, according to press sources. She is expected to make a complete recovery after being treated at hospitals.
Remember that this figure is only a floor, not a peak. If a dog shoots someone and they don’t go to the hospital or the local press doesn’t report it, no one will know.․․
It’s a little misleading to imply that a dog “gunned down” someone. Dogs, after all, aren’t known for picking up guns with the intention of firing them. Then then, they’ve been known to mistakenly pull a trigger or two.
Having a large population, as well as a large number of firearms and dogs, this kind of incident is certain to occur at some point. The same thing happens in other places.
As an example, a French hunter had to have his hand severed when his dog leaped on him and set off his shotgun in 2012. 2010 saw the death of a New Zealand man who was shot by his dog. The preceding table does not contain any of the foreign cases.
However, Americans own many more firearms than citizens in other nations — some estimate that the number of private firearms in the globe is half that number. As a result, firearm mishaps involving dogs are expected to increase in this area.
Guns are a constant presence in the lives of many Americans, and this isn’t a scientific study to back it up.
Hunting disasters are a common theme in many of these dog-shooting-man tales.
A Minnesota hunter was wounded in the leg in 2013 when his dog leaped into his boat and fired a shotgun. This happened to a Utah hunter in 2011. An explosion of birdshot rained down on the man’s bottom as his dog pounced.
During the drive to a hunting location two weeks later, a Florida bulldog called Eli shot and killed his owner with a firearm.
More than a few of these incidents have occurred in Florida, according to the latest data:
The dog shot his owner in the leg with a.380 handgun as he was driving in 2013.
The “very inebriated” owner was shot in the hand by the dog who leaped onto a bed and pushed another 380 handguns to the ground in 2010.
When a guy tried to kill the three-month-old shepherd mix puppy and its siblings “because he couldn’t find them a home,” the dog shot him in the wrist with a handgun.
It’s unusual for a dog to pull the trigger and result in death. In 2008, a Texas hunter was shot in the thigh after his dog leaped on the shotgun in the back of his vehicle, resulting in his death. He died as a result of massive blood loss.
When humans, dogs, and weapons come together, the dogs are almost always the ones that get shot. When police officers shoot and kill dogs, it seems to happen with alarming regularity.
Training officers on how to deal with dogs may greatly reduce the number of dog shootings, according to several police agencies.
Research shows that only one cat shot its owner and that was in 2005.
