You cite freak accidents (horse falls on kid) and compare them with a dog breed that kills a disproportionate number of people - on average 1 every 22 days - compared with all other dog breeds. Do horses break free of their restraints as often as pits do - and go on a killing rampage? Are police summoned to shoot rampaging horses spontaneously mauling and killing people who are minding their own business as often as they are called to kill attacking pits? How about hogs and bulls? Are they frequently seen in packs roaming neighborhoods and spontaneously attacking and killing people at the pit rate? Do people insist on keeping horses, bulls, hippos, and hogs in residential homes and then panic when these animals suddenly turn on their family members?
Oh yes - exotic animals like hippos - lots of those running lose in the streets of the US killing 1 person every 22 days, requiring police shootings more than other breeds etc.
You can’t refute the truth about pits without reaching for freak accidents or exotic animals because pit aggression is freakish and more typical of exotic animals. You know it, I know it and breed specific laws and bans on pits are simply acknowledging that fact. The death toll and catastrophic injuries caused by pits more than any other breed are ok with you - they are not ok with me. Quick! Call me a liberal or names like ‘hysterical’ - it will no doubt erase from my mind the fact that we both know pits are responsible for disproportionate amounts of carnage.
The American Academy of Pediatrics estimates at least one child in the United States dies every five days from choking on food. The academy rates choking as the leading cause of death among children 14 and younger.
http://articles.cnn.com/2010-02-22/health/children.choking_1_labels-raw-carrots-food?_s=PM:HEALTH
Maybe we should ban everything but very thin, sugar-free oatmeal.
How many pitbulls don’t bite anyone? What percent actually do bite or maim anyone?
How ironic.
We have a livestock sale in the next town over and several times a year, a bull or steer breaks free and has to be shot in the city streets for doing exactly what you described.
You really need to get out and hang with real farmers more often.
“You know it, I know it and breed specific laws and bans on pits are simply acknowledging that fact”
BS.
I “know” no such thing because I’m notoriously hard to brainwash.
What I DO know is that this is a coldly calculated, systemic plan to outlaw ALL dogs, eventually, sponsored by Godless liberal vegan GAIA worshiping animal rights freaks who want “ownership” of ALL animals “outlawed”.
The plan is perfect.
*First*, you start with a “breed” that is “ethically indefensible” because idiot owners allow them to do terrible things and get *them* eradicated.
Then, you move down to the next-most-’dangerous’-breed and work on getting *that* killed off.
Then you go to the third-most-’dangerous’ breed and lather, rinse, repeat until there are literally NO breeds left because every single dog alive does have the potential to kill ~something~.
Think that sounds ‘crazy’?
Have a look at *this*:
So - without further ado, courtesy of the RDOWS, here is the list of 75 - count ‘em - SEVENTY FIVE - banned or restricted breeds .....................
1. AIREDALE TERRIER
2. AKBASH
3. AKITA
4. ALAPAHA BLUE BLOOD BULLDOG
5. ALASKAN MALAMUTE
6. ALSATIAN SHEPHERD
7. AMERICAN BULLDOG
8. AMERICAN HUSKY
9. AMERICAN PIT BULL TERRIER
10. AMERICAN STAFFORDSHIRE TERRIER
11. AMERICAN WOLFDOG
12. ANATOLIAN SHEPHERD
13. ARIKARA DOG
14. AUSTRALIAN CATTLE DOG
15. AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD
16. BELGIAN MALINOIS
17. BELGIAN SHEEPDOG
18. BELGIAN TURVUREN
19. BLUE HEELER
20. BOERBUL
21. BORZOI
22. BOSTON TERRIER
23. BOUVIER DES FLANDRES
24. BOXER
25. BULLDOG
26. BULL TERRIER
27. BULL MASTIFF
28. CANE CORSO
29. CATAHOULA LEOPARD DOG
30. CAUCASIAN SHEPHERD
31. CHINESE SHAR PEI
32. CHOW-CHOW
33. COLORADO DOG
34. DOBERMAN PINSCHER
35. DOGO DE ARGENTINO
36. DOGUE DE BORDEAUX
37. ENGLISH MASTIFFS
38. ENGLISH SPRINGER SPANIEL
39. ESKIMO DOG
40. ESTRELA MOUNTAIN DOG
41. FILA BRASILIERO
42. FOX TERRIER
43. FRENCH BULLDOG
44. GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG
45. GOLDEN RETRIEVER
46. GREENLAND HUSKY
47. GREAT DANE
48. GREAT PYRANEES
49. ITALIAN MASTIFF
50. KANGAL DOG
51. KEESHOND
52. KOMONDOR
53. KOTEZEBUE HUSKY
54. KUVAZ
55. LABRADOR RETRIEVER
56. LEONBERGER
57. MASTIFF
58. NEOPOLITAN MASTIFF
59. NEWFOUNDLAND
60. OTTERHOUND
61. PRESA DE CANARIO
62. PRESA DE MALLORQUIN
63. PUG
64. ROTTWEILER
65. SAARLOOS WOLFHOND
66. SAINT BERNARD
67. SAMOYED
68. SCOTTISH DEERHOUND
69. SIBERIAN HUSKY
70. SPANISH MASTIFF
71. STAFFORDSHIRE BULL TERRIER
72. TIMBER SHEPHERD
73. TOSA INU
74. TUNDRA SHEPHERD
75. WOLF SPITZ
Borzoi, Fox terriers, Otter hounds, French Bulldogs, Golden Retrievers, Labs, Scottish Deerhounds and *Pugs*, mind you...PUGS!
And *you* are stupid enough to be falling for the “emotionalism” of this sneaking, conniving pogrom against dogs.
That list will slowly and inexorably expand until NO dog is spared...and ~you~ are helping them achieve their evil ends.
Hope you’re happy.