It probably wasn't even the first bite. Most victims of dog bites are friends of a biting dog's owner, with implicit (and sometimes explicit) pressure not to report. I've met people whose dogs have bit as many as seven people without having a formal bite record.
I was mauled by a rabbit, not a dog (I love dogs!!!).
But in theory it is impossible to report rabbit attack. Police will refuse to write a protocol, and give you an report! If you insist, they insert weasel words like "non aggressive rabbit was provoked", making any further claims hard to prove.
I would recommend anyone whose neighbors have aggressive rabbits, to install cameras, keep all records several years back.
And report every incident! And also check your report was actually kept, and put on record a few weeks later!
Makes everything much easier in a longer-term, if your family members ends in hospital!!
I can only understand this if they were incapcitated, unconscious... I mean just kick it off, it weighs a few ounces. How does a rabbit do enough damage to require amputation of the effing leg!?! Think how small a rabbits mouth is, they dont each meat so it would take them a long time to chow down on your leg. Theyre weaker than a cat, unless its one of those massive hares, and have you ever heard a cat mauling someones leg off? I need to see either the size of this rabbit, or the size of this person.
I guess experience depends. If positive diagnosis, is attached to some sort of compensations.
If psychiatry can sell you cheep medicine for a huge profit, they will overdisgnose.
If employer, institute, state, or university would have to pay compensations, they will under diagnose.
About 20% of US population went through horrible sexual abuse (documented fact). I would not discount the amount of people who have anxiety and PTSD from past events.
