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Tuesday, April 09, 2013  The mother of a 3-year-old Hartsville girl posted a message on WPDE NewsChannel 15's Facebook page about a pit bull that bit her daughter.

Thursday, March 28, 2013  Around 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Georgetown County sheriff's deputies responded to Apple Street in Andrews for a report of two dogs fighting.

Tuesday, February 05, 2013  Seven puppies were abandoned Sunday at the Coastal Animal Rescue in Murrells Inlet, and volunteers say this is something that happens regularly.

Wednesday, December 19, 2012  On Tuesday, a woman was robbed at knife point while walking her boyfriend's pit bull on the beach when the pit bull bit the man trying to rob her, according to a Myrtle Beach police report.

Sunday, October 07, 2012  NewsChannel 15 has learned seven of the 10 dogs that attacked and killed a Robeson County have been put down.

Wednesday, October 03, 2012  At least five of the dogs that attacked and killed a Robeson County woman Tuesday are pit bulls.

Monday, September 03, 2012  Jennifer Smith, with Noah's Ark animal rescue facility near Hilton Head, says a pit bull found with his nose ripped from his face will have major surgery Wednesday.

Thursday, August 30, 2012  Warning: Pictures in slideshow are graphic. A pit bull found with his nose ripped offis at Noah's Ark Rescue facility in Okatie near Hilton Head where he will undergo several major surgeries.

Tuesday, August 28, 2012  The owner of a red-nosed Pitbull is in jail this morning, after Myrtle Beach police found his dog hanging from a wooden dog house by a cabled tether, according to the report.

Tuesday, April 24, 2012  Animal control officers say they got a tip to check out the living conditions of two pit bulls in Florence County, two weeks ago.

Tuesday, March 20, 2012  The president of the Florence Area Humane Society, Jayne Boswell, says whoever cut a hole through a fence at the animal shelter on McCurdy Road in Florence County Sunday night or early Monday morning knew what they were doing and what they wanted.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012  Officials at the Dillon County Animal Shelter say in the past month and a half someone has stolen three dogs, including a pit bull.

Monday, February 13, 2012  Police say they have arrested two teenagers suspected of stealing pit bulldogs from a Columbia animal shelter.

Monday, February 13, 2012  More pit bulldogs have been stolen from the Columbia animal shelter.

Tuesday, February 07, 2012  Columbia police say nearly a dozen pit bulldogs have been taken from the city's animal shelter during the past two weekends.