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Correction: Dog Mauling story

By TERRY TANG and JACQUES BILLEAUD - Associated Press

FILE - This March 11, 2014 file photo shows Mickey, a pit bull, at West Valley Animal Care Center in Phoenix, Ariz. Mickey attacked 4-year-old Kevin Vicente in Feburary 2014. Phoenix Municipal Court Judge Deborah Griffith ruled Tuesday, April 29, Mickey spend the rest of its life in an animal shelter set up in an old jail by the sheriff for metropolitan Phoenix. The no-kill shelter opened in 2000 by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, an animal lover who offered to take in the 4-year-old pit bull. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Michael Schennum, File) MARICOPA COUNTY OUT; MAGS OUT; NO SALES

Dog that mauled boy to live in sheriff’s shelter

Associated Press

This March 11, 2014 photo shows Mickey, a pit bull, at West Valley Animal Care Center in Phoenix, Ariz. Mickey attacked four-year-old Kevin Vicente on Feb. 20, 2014. Mickey is now the object of a Facebook page that has garnered more than 59,000 likes on Facebook. The case moves to a Phoenix courtroom Tuesday March 25, 2014, as a judge hears arguments on whether Mickey should live or die, a question that has riled up thousands of animal lovers on social media. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Michael Schennum) MARICOPA COUNTY OUT; MAGS OUT; NO SALES

Sharp rise in dog-bite cases in Arizona

By TERRY TANG - Associated Press

A pit bull that mauled a 4-year-old Phoenix boy has received a groundswell of support ahead of a court hearing to decide if it should be euthanized. (Save Mickey via Facebook)

Support mounts for pit bull that mauled 4-year-old

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

This Feb. 2014 photo provided by Flor Medrano shows Kevin Vicente in Phoenix, Ariz. Four-year-old Kevin Vicente’s road to recovery after a dog mauling on Feb. 20, 2014, has ignited thousands of impassioned pleas, not just not for him. The animal behind the attack is now the object of a Facebook page that has garnered more than 39,000 likes on Facebook. The fate of Mickey the pit bull will ultimately be decided in a court hearing March 25 in Phoenix. Guadalupe Villa, who was at the scene of the attack, has filed a vicious-animal petition to have the dog put down. Doctors say the attack has left the boy unable to swallow properly or open one eye. They say Kevin faces months, if not years, of reconstructive surgery.(AP Photo/)

Campaign to save dog in Arizona mauling

By TERRY TANG - Associated Press