Cherry picking data: “Rather than rely predominantly on information contained in news accounts, as had previous studies of DBRFs, detailed case histories were compiled using reports by homicide detectives and animal control agencies, and interviews with investigators.”
The footnotes of the article say that DNA tests are not 100% accurate. What would they accept as evidence that a pit was a pit???? If not DNA evidence, then only dogs registered AKC pit bulls? WEll the AKC does not register pit bulls over a certain size. So the larger pits are not registered pit bulls and DNA evidence isn’t reliable? DId they just count pits owned by pit bull breeders or those few which were under the weight limit for AKC registration?
JAVMA continues to hemorrhage credibility. That’s ok, I’d rather people know who they are dealing with when interacting with the veterinary “establishment.”