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 ...
I apologise; that post was meant for another. My mistake.
No problem.
I thought it was a bit odd.
:D
Please read the information posted here, at the links provided, and in previous threads on the subject, and judge for yourself.
I’m just not really into the mastiff/molosser type dogs.
I like dogs that are more refined and graceful, if you will.
Not to say I would not pet the heck out of one, I just wouldn’t bring it home with me.
:)
Odds are yuge they’ll all condense into a very tight “profile”, *if* such things were ever done.
It is sort of like the Homicide statistics. It includes both criminal and justifiable homicide and so is not a useful number.
You may find some information here:
https://www.dogsbite.org/pdf/2009-vicious-dogs-antisocial-behaviors-owners.pdf
It is a research paper printed in the 2009 Psychology Today article entitled:
Vicious Dogs: The Antisocial Behaviors and
Psychological Characteristics of Owners
This study examined whether vicious dog owners were different on antisocial behaviors and personality dimensions. A total of 869 college students completed an anonymous online questionnaire assessing type of dog owned, criminal behaviors, attitudes towards animal abuse, psychopathy, and personality. The sample was divided into four groups: vicious dog owners, large dog owners, small dog owners, and controls. Findingsrevealed vicious dog owners reported significantly more criminal behaviors than other dog owners. Vicious dog owners were higher in sensation
seeking and primary psychopathy. Study results suggest that vicious dog ownership may be a simple marker of broader social deviance.
KEYWORDS:
forensic science, vicious dogs, antisocial behaviors, psychopathy
That’s a first. Police dog, no less!
Most are unprovoked attacks. The breed type being discussed is bred historically and today for dog “pit fighting”, an activity illegal in all 50 states and many other countries.
There are very specific traits bred into these dogs that make them wholly unsuitable for household pets.
Now, and for the last 35+/- years, they have been attacking people and pets in ever-increasing numbers, mauling, maiming, and killing.
If you have any further interest, more information can be supplied.
The funniest one was not man bites dog but man bites man. A drug dealer told his pit bull to attack the officer, the dog refused and hid under the table. The dealer then bit the officer on the leg.
(couldn't resist that one . . .)
True. And because dogs are largely pure pack animals, they are going to take their cues from a psychopathic owner.
So there is something to both sides, including the facts that owners can be largely responsible for the behavior of their dog, and that a dog may act independently of its “good” owner and do bad things.
I’m a big believer in adopting/rescuing dogs. Every dog we have ever had We rescued from a shelter. I already stated that the majority of medium to larger dogs in need of a home in our area, have some form of Bully breed in them. They are the dog of choice for bad folks, but that also means there is an abundance of them on the streets as strays. Many are euthanized. Many are deemed to be great dogs with the right owner. All dogs were rescued from organizations that foster the dogs first and who demand you return the dog to them if you no longer wish to have them. There are no breed restrictions where I live.
My daughter rescued a dog categorized as a Boston mix. Was short and built like a Boston. And had been horribly cared for. Not that it is any of your business, but her psychologist signed off on the dog as an emotional support animal at the same time she went off of anxiety meds. It was a great prescription for her and she thrived at school, living on campus, with her baby. It was only after she nursed the dog back to health and it gained 15 pounds of muscle, did we realize she may not be a Boston. Legally, there is nothing you can do to take away my daughters dog now. As long as her baby is not a threat to others. Her baby spends several days a week at doggy day care, in open pens playing with other dogs. Never a problem. When she boards the dog, the owners let my daughters dog run around with the owners dog in the shop. Her dog was taken to stress relief events on her campus and kids always stopped to talk to her pup and scratch her behind her ears. My daughter adopted her as a Boston mix. She nursed her back to health. She took the dog to obedience school. She is an amazing, responsible dog owner. She has a prescription for the dog and all of the dogs records say Boston. I do not, and my daughter especially (she is an adult) does not have to put the scarlet letter of “pit bull” on her dog when she goes out. She can not be denied housing because of the breed. She has a note to fly with the dog, but would only do that in case of emergency. (I do think the emotional support animal on planes is overused) Not all “pit bulls” need to be put down.
Having read this post several times, I state that I believe that you (and your adult daughter) are practicing an ongoing deception, of yourselves first, and also upon the public.
As you are posting about what you have done, you have just informed many persons you don’t know about the risks to which you have exposed them by your actions.
Is this wise?
“About 7,500 hoofed animals, poultry, and wildlife per year are killed by dogs”
“That’s absurdly low. I might believe 7.5 million.”
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The number does not include pet fatalities, and the statistical methods here are conservative.
In addition, the numbers are indeed larger, and these numbers are for 2017 only.
Please reference the article and the statistics here:
https://www.animals24-7.org/2018/01/17/pit-bull-roulette-killed-38000-other-animals-in-2017/
for more information.
Would you please post the source of these statistics?
Thank you.
One pit bull in 80 kills an animal or human in any given year
Since there are only about 3.7 million pit bulls in the U.S. at any given time, the odds start at about one chance in 80 that any given pit bull will kill a human or animal in any given year––compared to about one chance in 24,666 that any given dog of any other breed will kill any pet or farmed animal.
That’s right: the odds are 308 times higher that a pit bull will kill a human, pet, or farmed animal in any given year than that a dog other than a pit bull will.
Multiply that one chance in 80 by the 10-year average lifespan of a dog, and about one pit bull in eight will become a killer––if the pit bull lives a normal lifespan. With a turnover rate of nearly 33% per year, and 50% for adult pit bulls, most do not live even half a normal lifespan.
- From “Pit bull roulette” killed 38,000 other animals in 2017
January 17, 2018 by Merritt Clifton
An extrapolation I wouldn’t have made.
“Patted”, means actual contact, as opposed to pit bulls I’ve only seen in passing.
It's pure garbage. The 3-4 chickens killed by a dog (not a pit bull) in my yard the last few months are not counted. Just about any dog can kill a chicken. Their obvious goal is to smear pit bulls.
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