“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.
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.