Posted on 06/26/2018 12:44:27 AM PDT by Norski
Austin, TX, May 03, 2018 --(PR.com)-- DogsBite.org, a national dog bite victims' group dedicated to reducing serious dog attacks, releases a multi-year U.S. dog bite fatality report. From January 1, 2005 to December 31, 2017, canines killed at least 433 people. The majority of these victims were ages 10 and older. The 9-page report examines over 20 factors involved in fatal dog maulings and key changing metrics since a government body last examined this issue in 2000.
The 13-year report shows that pit bulls contributed to 66% of all dog bite fatalities. Within this period, deaths attributed to pit bulls rose from 58% (2005 to 2010) to 71% (2011 to 2017), a 22% rise. Rottweilers, the second most lethal dog breed, inflicted 10% of attacks resulting in death. This is a decrease from an earlier period (2005 to 2010) when rottweilers inflicted 14% of the total recorded deaths. Together, these two dog breeds accounted for 76% of all deaths.
The 9-page report examines the breeds involved in fatal attacks on humans, age groups and genders of the victims, the number of dogs involved, family and dog relationships, property statistics, household and time factors, criminal prosecutions following fatal dog attacks and states with the most occurrences. The report also compares two metrics -- the age of victims and the number of attacks involving 2 or more dogs -- to years previously studied (1979 to 1998) ...
(Excerpt) Read more at blog.dogsbite.org ...
Please post any statistics that support your statements, please post the statistics source, and please post the link to the source, clearly labeled. Thank you.
Nice to have a dog you love...:)
I was afraid of Dobermans for a long time as a kid, until I had a friend who had one, and I realized “Hey...these are just dogs...not kid killing machines!”
Kind of the same thing with Rottweilers!
I understand you to have just posted that you have always owned “pit mix-type dogs” and that you (your child) have acquired another one, which you confirmed was 3/4 Staffordshire Terrier (classic pit bull) by DNA testing, and that you lie about it rather than move or submit to local pre-existing law.
I have two good eyes and can see very well.
Source: God
Link to source: http://god.com/
Sal, I don't have a dog, because I feel that thy are awesome responsibility, worthy of loyal ownership. I know that they are faithful, and need a pal that would never let them down. To take one on is like having a "special" child that in many ways will never grow up, or that is sort of like someone who has Alzheimers, where every day is a new day and he/she is so glad to see you come home, even if you've only have been gone to the store for an hour or so.
I feel very strongly that if you're not willing to take the time to carefully train one to have good manners and instantly obey your commands (and be well rewarded for doing so) for his own benefit as well as yours, then you ought not to be allowed to have one.
The pack in this article either owe no one their allegiance, or have (an) owner(s) that has just let them grow up like Topsy, without any guidance or loyalty, unsuperintended, unruly.
What I know about pit bulls or mixed breeds of them where pit is dominant, when even loose with another one, are very likely to turn into a vicious, easily excited pair to beware of, who seek out trouble, who have no respect of humans or other animals, dogs or otherwise. My picture of them is that the more of them in a pack, trouble is not just additive, it is exponential.
From what I've seen, other dogs are not like that. There can be several of them in a family setting, and all will behave, even if not professionally trained. But pit bulls won't, and in a moment they can change from a well-behaved companion into a deadly enemy. They generally have that propensity. I have seen that in cross-bred boxers, too, but not in pure-bred ones.
So not only do I not want to be the unreliable, inconsistent owner of any dog (very particularly not "pit"), but I resent the other people who are not willing to be responsible for the happiness of one of these who deserves so much more. They are a menace to neighbors, esprcially your kids.
I'm eighty one, and living alone. I know it would be nice to have a Lab or spaniel or mini-poodle as a pal, living together, but I do not feel that I could be a good companion to one these days. Even so, I would never, ever harbor a pit bull. A little pug, maybe, like my sister's Sylvia. But not a pit. Ever.
Thanks for the article, Sal.
“If dog fighting was made a Class B felony, and prosecuted accordingly, we’d have a lot fewer of these dogs around to kill people and pets.”
A consideration; however, it may be more effective at this point (prison overcrowding) to work in the civil court system.
I believe the problem of deadly dogs we face is partially due to the propaganda minimizing the safety issue of the pit bull-type dog as a pet.
Yup.
Years ago I had to put up a 6 foot board fence on the front of the yard because the Dobes did not understand that the screams coming from the neighbors’ grand daughters were happy screams.
They thought he was hurting the children and wanted very much to make him...stop.
“The guy that won big at Westminster with the Beagle a few years back is the same “little kid with a pup” who went to my local kennel club obedience classes back in the 70s”
Wil Alexander won with Miss P in 2015. We have competed against Wil many times. He is a nice fellow, a good competitor and a very good handler.
God, that it is the saddest thing, ever.
It breaks my heart that you love dogs so, yet have none.
Have you considered adopting an elderly dog?
They have a very hard time finding homes because everyone wants young, active cute dogs, not old couch potatoes who just like a meal and soft blanket.
:(
A visual reference is helpful. Thank you.
That’s not the guy I knew.
He’s much younger, probably in his late 40s.
Lives in the Boonsboro MD area.
I’m off for now but I’ll try to figure out who he is and report back.
You know what I think would be most illustrative, but they won’t do it?
Breakdown by dog type and median family income of the dog owner.
Fairfield Dogo Argentino Breeder Attack
Last Thursday, a 29-year old female was airlifted to the Bay Area for treatment of life-threatening injuries after a Dogo argentino brutally attacked her. The attack occurred in the 1600 block of Kentucky Street. “I thought he had killed her because she had stopped screaming for a little while,” neighbor and witness Yolanda Kendrick said. “I really thought he had done killed her.” Police shot and killed that dog too. There were reportedly up to 20 other Dogos at the home.
Authorities confiscated all of the dogs. It is unknown what their status is at this time. There may be no additional news reports about this attack.
The victim’s husband operates a Bay Area Dogo argentino kennel named, Dogos Del Gran Patron. Since the near fatal attack of his wife, he has removed the kennel’s Instagram page. He also continues to publish “solid white” photos to his Facebook profile. “Solid white” is another expression for the Dogo. This may or may not be some type of social media signal to other Dogo breeders. Commenters at this rescue group report his wife lost at least one arm in the attack.
Both attacks involve the spouses of Dogo argentino breeders. Both women will suffer lifelong permanent injuries before the age of 30. The Fairfield victim has two young children. The stakes are quite high when breeding a ferocious fighting breed that is banned in multiple countries. Like the South African boerboel, Dogo argentino population numbers in the United States are low. However, these back-to-back horrific attacks show that their population numbers are rising.
As explained in the South African boerboel post — which also involved one of the breeder’s own dogs attacking — the Dogo argentino is one of several “reinvented” ancient gladiator breeds used for the purposes of guarding and fighting (combat dogs). It is generally agreed upon that the Dogo is a “reconstitution” of an extinct gladiator breed created by crossing the Cordoba fighting dog with mastiffs and old white bull terriers. Learn more about Dogo argentinos at Daxton’s Friends.
Dogo argentino is the result of a breeding program started by Dr. Antonio Nores Martinez and his brother Agustin in the 1920’s. Inspired by the legends of the mighty Alaunt and the working Viejo Perro de Pelea Cordobés ... Developed from old white Bull Terriers, Cordoba Fighting Dogs, English Pointers, Deutsche Dogges, French Mastiffs, Spanish Mastiffs ... this white mastiff also found a place for itself in the world of dogfighting, where it gained notoriety as a fearless and tireless pit fighter. Molosserdogs.com, 2011
Would I ever completely trust her? No. But I would hate to see what would happen to anyone who ever threatened him or his children. As to his wife? I dunno, but I don't think the dog would have to worry about what happens to anyone intending to hurt her.
NATURAL-BORN PSYCHOPATHS
OUR SENSE OF FAIRNESS IS KILLING US
One of the biggest obstacles to finding answers to chronic antisocial behavior and violent crime, and at the same time one of the least appreciated, is our sense of fairness.
Law-abiding citizens are heavily invested in the premise that all people value the tenets of our Constitution. Many go further, and believe that a very liberal interpretation of the Constitution is important to protecting our republic and its representative democracy.
Chronic criminals and psychopaths do not value the same rules and tenets, except for themselves. Instead, they use them against us. Thus they take from us in a very serious way–by turning our deep convictions (and guilts about going against those convictions) to their own ends. We hobble ourselves, but not the crooks, with our rules. In this, one of the most dangerous games, the playing field is wildly tilted in favor of the opponent.
But isn’t our sense of fairness in the face of adversity a mark of our civilization? Isn’t this what separates us from the animals, and even from the very criminals we seek to control? Don’t we need that sense of fairness to keep out society intact?
No. First, life is full of situations in which we need to do something distasteful, try to do it within our rules of law and ethics, and somehow accomplish the goal. Most of us agree that we need to slaughter animals from time to time. We do it as humanely as possible, but we get it done. And we do it in such a way that our needs for food, safety, efficiency, and profit are met. We also agree that some public health needs are important enough to require suspension of some rights of people who have not been convicted of any crime; this suspension is sometimes based merely on the possibility that they may become ill and represent a danger to others. We require that certain people with infections be reported, treated, and in some cases prevented from infecting others (via quarantine or even incarceration).
But we shrink from controlling the criminal or probably criminal, even when the danger is far more obvious. We are so bound by the tenets of fairness and basic equality upon which we have founded systems of Western law (and some, but not all, Western religion) that we steadfastly prevent ourselves from seeing some exceptions to those tenets. We recognize that there are exceptions–for children and a few other groups–but we fail to apply them to psychopaths and other chronically predatory people until the damage has been done.
Quoted from “ Antisocial Character and Behavior: Threats and Solutions - William H. Reid”
Biting a random person on the street is one thing. Biting someone who threatened their person or is in the back yard at two am trying to pry a window open is quite another.
Wow.
Non sequitur much?
My wife, who is no shrinking violet, told me she was afraid of that dog. When we would visit...it would just sit there, watching us the entire time. Just watching. It was indeed a bit unnerving. It was probably above 180 lbs, and it would just sit silently looking at you the whole time.
Of course, they had their house broken into five times, and after they got the dog, that stopped, but...they had to live with the dried dog slobber everywhere.
Even better, have them pee in a cup and disclose where they get their “income”
Heh...we gotta lotta statistics to tie together here!
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