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To: solosmoke

The link I posted had very up to date stats on deaths and maulings which you chose to ignore. Here's a comparison of the Labrador vs Pit Bulls attacks from 1982 through 2004.


Hospitalizations, Deaths, Maimings
Labrador 19, 0, 15,


Pit Bulls 891, 82*, 485,


*Doesn't include the 15 Pit Bull Mauling deaths which occurred in 05.

Nuff said...


171 posted on 03/30/2006 3:34:51 PM PST by Wristpin ("The Yankees announce plan to buy every player in Baseball....")
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To: Wristpin

It is not that I have ignored your website. I simply cannot access it due to problems with adobe acrobat. I tried. I will try to access the site and see if there is a way to view it without acrobat. I believe in looking at everything, because if I didn't, then my opinion would be an ignorant one. I will, however, tell you that of the 30 breeds of dog that have killed someone, labs are on there.
With that in mind, here is a list breeds that have caused at least one fatality within the past two decades:

Akita; Australian Shepherd; Boxer; Bulldog; Bullmastiff; Chesapeake Bay Retriever; Chow Chow; Cocker Spaniel; Collie; Coonhound; Dachshund, Doberman; Golden Retriever; Great Dane; Hound-"type" (may include crossbreeds); Husky; Japanese Hunting Dog; Labrador Retriever; Lhasa Apso, Malamute; Mastiff; Mixed-breed (where dog was known to be a mixed-breed, does not include dogs whose breed was not known); Newfoundland; Pit bull "type" (may include crosses or misidentified individuals); Pomeranian, Rhodesian Ridgeback; Rottweiler; German Shepherd Dog; Saint Bernard; Sheepdog; Sled-"type" (may include crossbreeds); Terrier-"type" (may include crossbreeds); West Highland White Terrier; Wolf/Dog hybrid, Yorkshire Terrier.

Another note. There is more than one very small dog breed on here, and this is just in the past 20 years. And I have to wonder. Not bashing your source, but if mine shows Labradors on the list of dogs which have caused fatalities in the last 20 years, and yours does not, it could be that the site you chose to post may have a biased author. My statistics were taken from an unbiased source which counts any and all attacks that are reported. Death being as serious as it is, and considering the unlikelihood of the author to have a secret malcontempt for labs, I will stand by my findings.


172 posted on 03/30/2006 3:57:52 PM PST by solosmoke
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