Don't Bully My Breed

http://dontbullymybreed.org/ ^ | Aguust 28, 2010 | Me!

[Brad’s Gramma]

Did you know....

...3.)
Approximately 150 people are killed every year by falling coconuts. Therefore, you are more than 60 TIMES MORE LIKELY to be killed by a PALM TREE than a Pit Bull.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Click the link, folks, it’s really a neat website.

[Brad’s Gramma]

I’ll even make it REAL easy for ya.....

http://dontbullymybreed.org/

[Brad’s Gramma]

Yo!

[Brad’s Gramma]

Yo and Yo!

[Keith in Iowa]

But still... there’s got to be a reason why the headlines are filled with instances of trouble with this breed. When was the last time there was a headline “Toddler mauled by toy poodle”?

[wideawake]

"Approximately 150 people are killed every year by falling coconuts"

Challenge.

[Krankor]

I’ll still take my chances with a coconut.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Prior to putting this up, I did a search last night for animal attacks/killings/maulings....gotta tell you. There were an enormous amount of OTHER breeds included in there.

I’ve NEVER owned a pit...never been around one...but I don’t like the bad press they ARE getting...

I REALLY detest what the “macho-men” who use this breed for fighting, have done to them, therefore GIVING them the bad press.

[JoeProBono]

Yo!

[PugetSoundSoldier]

Bogus statistics... According to Dog Bite Law, there were 46 fatalities from dog attacks in 2008, and 65% of all fatal dog attacks are pits or rotties. Assume even division, that means 33% - or 15 - deaths in 2008 were from pit bulls in the US each year.

Also, your number of coconut deaths are WORLDWIDE, not just in the US. As the entire world has (6800/300) 22 times the population of the US, that means approximately (150 / 22) 6.8 deaths a year in the US occur from coconuts.

MEANING, that in reality, in the US you are 2.5 times MORE LIKELY to be killed by a pit bull attack than a falling coconut. A bit different than the stats originally claimed, eh?

[Brad’s Gramma]

Well, you’ll never see this chick hanging around under a coconut tree!

(not that you would have prior to this...but hey.)

:)

[LatinaGOP]

Loved all the pictures! I don’t have a pit, but I know some great ones and some not so great ones. I also know some great and some not so great dogs of many different breeds. It’s the owners, not the dogs.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Sheesh! Don't coconut shoot the messenger!!!

:)

[Brad’s Gramma]

It’s the owners, not the dogs.

Yep!

[B4Ranch]

Well give us a chart or some statistics to show us you’re not blowin smoke.

[goseminoles]

Pits aren’t necessarily the problem. Its the dumb ass owners.
I hate cocker spaniels as much. They will bite in a New York minute.
That said, the coconut analogy is silly.
150 people probably die from genitals in the garbage disposal.

[goat granny]

Not likely Gramma, Michigan has no palm tree’s darn it...too cold...

[Brad’s Gramma]

Ping to Doggy Ping List. :)

From Joe 6-pack’s FR homepage...I quote:

The Doggie Ping list is for FReepers who would like to be notified of threads relating to all things canid. If you would like to join the Doggie Ping Pack (or be unleashed from it), FReemail me.

FRmail poor Joe. Although, I did ask permission first..

:)

[Brad’s Gramma]

Ya want for ME to come up with a CHART?

Awwwwwwwwwwwww man......stop that.

I don’t do charts.