SOUTH ORANGE — Scarlett is a 3-year-old American Staffordshire terrier mix who came to the Jersey Animal Coalition as a stray. According to shelter staff members, she arrived emaciated and appearing as though she had been through very difficult times.

The banned breeds (and breed mixes) were  pit bull terriers, American Staffordshire terriers, preso canario, perro de presa Canario, dogo Argentino, cane Corso, fila Brasileiro, Tosa (or Tosa Ken) and ca de bou. The effort to lift the ...

or at least his dogs are, but this story may have a happy ending. Sources close to Patrick's dogs tell us, the actor adopted two American Bulldog-Staffordshire Terrier mixes from an animal rescue in Texas recently -- but the two dogs (sisters ...

The Grey's Anatomy star recently took in two American Bulldog-Staffordshire Terrier mixes from an animal rescue centre in Texas, but the two females didn't get along so he listed both animals on the Ace of Hearts adoption website. Dempsey has reportedly ...

A man was walking his maltese terrier cross at Banks Reserve in East Perth in the early hours of last Friday when it was killed by two large American staffordshire terriers. The City of Vincent has since raided an address where they believed the dogs might live.

Natalie Southam, 19, of Mirrabooka, said two American Staffordshire terriers that lived next door jumped two two-metre fences into her property and attacked her. Lake Macquarie City Council confirmed the owner of the dogs involved in the attack surrendered ...

THIS Edwardstown puppy is fast living up to her name. Star is a one-year-old American Staffordshire terrier, who received a cut to her head fighting off a would-be thief to her owner’s Deloraine Rd flat last month. Owner James Pugh was away looking after ...

Authorities said the officers were familiar with the American staffordshire terrier because of a previous biting incident. They tried but failed to subdue the dog with a catch pole, then Tasered the animal and put it in a holding cage ...

Police knew of the dog from a previous bite report. The American Staffordshire terrier had severely bitten a 55-year-old woman in the left leg inside the home, the release said. She was taken to Alexian Brothers Medical Center in Elk Grove ...

Among the restricted breeds are Pit Bulls (American Staffordshire Bull Terriers or English Staffordshire Bull Terriers), Rottweilers, Doberman Pinchers, Chows and Wolf hybrids, as well as dogs that demonstrate dominant or aggressive behavior.