More news from the ambulance chasing lawyers website?
Our resident Cynophobic news reporter is back at it.
Trying to divide people who should be on the same side.
“Most alarming is the observation that when attacks come from unfamiliar dogs, the pit bull was responsible for 60% and 63% of all injuries and ocular injuries, respectively.”
- Ocular Trauma From Dog Bites: Characterization, Associations, and Treatment Patterns at a Regional Level I Trauma Center Over 11 Years, by Prendes et al., Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg, June 2015
“Of the more than 8 different breeds identified, one-third were caused by pit bull terriers and resulted in the highest rate of consultation (94%) and had 5 times the relative rate of surgical intervention.”
- Dog bites of the head and neck: an evaluation of a common pediatric trauma and associated treatment, by O’Brien et al., Am J Otolaryngol, Jan–Feb, 2015
“Unlike all other breeds, pit bull terriers were relatively more likely to attack an unknown individual (+31%), and without provocation (+48%).”
- Dog bites of the head and neck: an evaluation of a common pediatric trauma and associated treatment, by O’Brien et al., Am J Otolaryngol, Jan–Feb, 2015
“In this series, dogs causing the injury were overwhelmingly familiar with the patient: 53% of dogs belonged to the family ... In our series (as in Philadelphia), Pit bulls were most commonly responsible.”
- Morbidity of pediatric dog bites: A case series at a level one pediatric trauma center, by Garvey et al., Journal of Pediatric Surgery, February 2015
“Attacks by pit bulls are associated with higher morbidity rates, higher hospital charges, and a higher risk of death than are attacks by other breeds of dogs.”
-Mortality, Mauling, and Maiming by Vicious Dogs, by Bini et al., Annals of Surgery, April 2011
https://www.dogsbite.org/dog-bite-statistics-quick-statistics.php
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