The Dog Lobby is pushing for rules that don't allow the companies to charge higher rates, decline coverage or drop customers due to breed.
The good part is that if you own a 9lb toy poodle you'll now pay the same as someone with a wolf-hybrid.
It stands to reason that they will continue to cause deaths as long as idiots own them. Not to mention the fact that they are now either the first or second most popular dog in the United States.
Dogs will always be responsible for a certain negligable amount of human deaths as long as we continue to keep them as "pets". Before pit bulls, other dogs took the #1 spot, and the overall death rate has NOT increased since pit bull became popular.
Let's look at these situations:
Charles Dalton, North Carolina: Two dogs found nearby, described as "pit bulldogs", whatever that means. Are they pits, bulldogs, boxers? Who described them as such? Why were they just running around?
Juan Garcia, New Mexico: Was told by the homeowner that he wasn't supposed to be at her house unless she was there. He was found next to a beer can, and authorities don't know exactly why he was there, or whether he had been drinking.
Raymond Tomco, Maryland: Three dogs in the house, four CHAINED outside, all unaltered. Wow. Why so many dogs? Why chained? Why UNALTERED?
Javlyin Anderson, Mississippi: Chained dog, 15 month old, parents were not present. Enough said.
Of all of these horrible tragedies, every single one of them had a seedy element. Not a single example here of responsible ownership. Who wants to bet money none of the dogs involved had been altered?
With all of the tragedies I listed earlier, you know, the non-pit dogs, they too had the same elements of irresponsible ownership. THAT is what they all have in common, NOT the breed of dog, whose popularity changes year after year.
I've said it before, and it needs to be said again: If it was a breed problem, why exactly aren't there four to six million deaths from these dogs??
Another FACT to chew on: When the CDC published their oft-used dog breed death statistics, they combined all "bully" breeds together to use their numbers. This is a combination of the American Staffordshire Terrier, the American Pit Bull Terrier, the Staffordshire Bull Terrier, the English Bull Terrier, the miniature English Bull Terrier, the American Bulldog, and any of these mixes. What, you thought someone went over all these accidents and made sure the "pit bulls" had their registration papers? Come on. They look like pits, they get called pits. Simple as that.
If you took this apart by breed instead of lumping an entire group together, you will see that labs and pit bulls tie. That would be like lumping all sled dogs together. There are Huskies, all the Spitz dogs, Malamutes, Canadian Eskimo Dog, Chinook, Greenland dog, Samoyed, and many others. Imagine if you counted the deaths caused by all these dogs and lumped them into a category called, for example, Samoyeds. They would be the most dangerous breed.
And just because some homeowners insurance companies don't insure pits doesn't mean anything except that dog bites can be sued over. Look at car insurance. If you're a male and you aren't 50, you are likely going to pay more than the 20 something ditz that wrecked her first three cars. Doesn't mean some men don't drive crazy, but all of them?