From 2008 to 2012, more than 34,000 people in Arizona went to emergency rooms as the result of dog bites. For the most part, many of these could have been avoided.
In February 2014 three-year-old Kevin Vicente was attacked by a dog, “Mickey” the pit bull. The case garnered national attention as thousands of dog advocates across the nation took to the internet to ensure that Mickey would not be put down.