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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Oct. 25, 2022, 12:34 AM EDT / Updated Oct. 25, 2022, 4:25 PM EDT

A delivery driver for Amazon was found dead after an apparent animal attack Monday in Missouri, and deputies shot and killed two aggressive dogs, the Ray County sheriff said.

Deputies were called to a home in Excelsior Springs, a town of around 10,000, around 7 p.m. after neighbors reported that an Amazon van had been parked there for several hours, Sheriff Scott Childers said.

A man's body was found in a yard, as were two highly aggressive dogs, he said. Deputies shot and killed the animals.

The man’s identity was not immediately disclosed.

The medical examiner will determine the cause of death, Childers said, but the victim's injuries were consistent with being attacked by an animal.

His family was being notified Monday night, the sheriff said.

The owners of the residence were not home, and it appears they are out of town, Childers said.

Amazon spokesperson Lisa Levandowski expressed sorrow on behalf of the company.

“We’re deeply saddened by tonight’s tragic incident involving a member of our Amazon family and will be providing support to the team and the driver’s loved ones," Levandowski said. "We are assisting law enforcement in their investigation.”

The dogs were a German shepherd and an English mastiff, NBC affiliate KSHB of Kansas City reported.

Excelsior Springs is around 25 miles northeast of Kansas City, Missouri.

In Florida in August, a U.S. postal worker died after having been attacked by five dogs, officials there said. Pamela Jane Rock, 61, was killed Aug. 21 in Putnam County, which is south of Jacksonville.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/amazon-delivery-driver-found-dead-apparent-dog-attack-rcna53834[/quote]

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https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2023/08/01/amazon-delivery-driver-mauled-by-dog-in-san-leon-loses-chunk-of-his-leg/

https://www.wsfa.com/2024/01/23/mail-carrier-hospitalized-after-dog-attack-sheriffs-report-says/

https://www.kjas.com/news/local_news/article_2ef4d87c-e6f6-11ee-bac6-d3c7ae94a419.html

https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/caldwell-county-postal-worker-airlifted-hospital-after-dog-attack/HVMSK3OZWBH4DHBTLGHGKVMMQM/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/06/05/usps-dog-attacks-mail-carriers-2022/70288026007/

I could post links all day long, but you get the picture. Delivery drivers and postal workers are a prime target of dog attacks, many of them attacked by dogs that allegedly showed no previous signs of aggression. When these incidents happen, the only person to blame is the dog's owner or steward - dogs are territorial and protective and all dogs can be aggressive in the right circumstances. Dogs should be secured in such a way that the cannot attack any person invited onto the property, and it is invitation when you place your postal box on the property or request delivery of packages to the door either by USPS, UPS, FedEx, of any of the other delivery services for groceries, prepared foods or other consumer goods.

Nobody should be the least bit surprised that some delivery drivers are packing firearms. I am absolutely crazy about dogs myself, I have lived with them my whole life and have chosen to raise them over children. But I would readily shoot a dog before I would risk having my face or arm or leg chewed off by somebody's 'sweet' family pet.

Sadly more than 5 decades of observation and experience, including several years as a prosecutor who litigated dangerous dog cases, has taught me that the majority (if not vast majority) of American dog owners are simply clueless about the natural behaviors of Canis lupus familiaris. That accounts for the 4.5 million dog bites of humans that occur every year in this country, not to mention all the attacks on other family pets, livestock and wild animals. Dogs are not cartoon characters or stuffed animals, but many Americans treat them as such, anthropomorphize them and do not expect the very foreseeable behaviors that we have, in fact, bred into these animals for thousands of years.
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