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A man's 275-pound pet cougar escaped from its cage and killed a neighbor's dog before being recaptured.

A 4-day-old infant child died after being attacked by his family's pit bull terrier Sunday evening at his home in Jacksonville, Florida, according to John Harrell, a spokesman with the Florida's Department of Children and Family.

A 6-year-old boy was bitten in the face by the family dog, possibly a pit bull, Tuesday afternoon in the Swampoodle section of North Philadelphia, police said.

An eastern Pennsylvania man was attacked and killed by a "temperamental" pet bull a day before his 53rd birthday, the coroner's office said Monday.

A newborn baby was hospitalized in critical condition after being taken from his crib and carried outside his central Kentucky home by a family dog, authorities said Tuesday.

Seven hours of surgery and four teams of surgeons were needed to stabilize a Connecticut woman attacked by a pet chimpanzee, doctors at Stamford Hospital said Wednesday.