“In my area, not really a “Pit zone”, I see 4 times as many Pits as other breeds.”
Maybe because most dog owners don’t take their dogs around wherever they go. How about some actual numbers from what’s probably a pretty typical city, Boston? Or ask your vet what percentage of the dogs they see are pits.
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According to data provided to Boston.com from Mayor Marty Walsh’s press office, there were a total of 661 reported dog bites in the city of Boston between January 2012 and June 2014, which included bites against animal, human and unknown victims.
Of these 661 reported bites, 150 were caused by pit bulls and 30 from pit bull mixes, making over one-fourth of the bites coming from pit bull breeds.
Pit bulls make up a little over 3 percent of the entire dog population of Boston. There are 250 registered pit bulls, pit bull mixes and Staffordshires listed as registered in the 2014 list of dog licenses, as provided to Boston.com, with a total of 7,355 registered dogs in the city.