//attacks like this are rare//
Yeah just like lightning strikes, but if you go to where the lightning is....
Five hundred people are killed by lightning each year. About 30 are killed by dogs.
“A source said the daughter was breeding the dogs, but there was no sign of dogfighting in the house. She told investigators the dogs were afraid of her father because his voice was loud.”
There’s the first sign of irresponsible ownership. A breeding pair of dogs in the home with puppies, and they just happen to be scared of the man they’re living with. This is on the CDC’s list of things much, much more important than breed of dog when it comes to fatalities. Intact dogs, breeding pairs, dogs running loose, and chained dogs are much more likely to be aggressive.
There are five to ten million pit bulls in this country, and since their rise in popularity we have not seen any dramatic increases in the average number of dog bite deaths. When pit bulls were not popular, the same number of people were killed by dogs. Last year, 19 people were killed by dogs that are not pit bulls. Were they all flukes? Unfortunately, they all had the same set-up as this unfortunate tragedy: irresponsible ownership.