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
That is absolute crap. Dogs of all sorts kill chickens, certainly not any less than pit bulls. You really need to jettison that crap and stick to cities and suburbs where pit bulls are a legitimate menace to people.
Some dogs make a hobby out of killing chickens.... Greyhound, Weimaraner, Jack Russell Terrier, Siberian Husky. His anecdote is "My personal favorite chicken killer is the Siberian Husky, but my Pit Bull hangs and guards my small livestock."