Pit Bull Attack Leaves One Toddler Dead

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[Uncle Miltie]

In before “It’s the owner, not the breed”!

[freedom462]

If the news was fair and balanced, they would report such attacks by other dog breeds as well. Pit bulls do attack humans less frequently than most other dog breeds.

[skinkinthegrass]

apparently, this dog/beast NEEDED to be shot by LEOs..owners.

[rjsimmon]

Pit bulls do attack humans less frequently than most other dog breeds.

Would like to look at the stats for that. Pit bulls still rank #1 for kills.

[rsobin]

True that but pits are much more likely to maim or kill.

[bmwcyle]

Chet99 is back

[Arthurio]

Cowardly Cops prefer to kill harmless and defenseless animals like Collies and Labrador Retirevers.

[ScottinVA]

KBTX stated that the dog which allegedly bit the girl was a pit bull that the family had been watching for a friend. The dog was in the backyard at the time of the alleged attack. 2-year-old Mayes had wandered into the backyard and was reportedly bit by the pit bull at that time. The girl’s parents say they didn’t know that their daughter had wandered out into the backyard.

This particular paragraph says to me the "parents" must spend a lot of time wresting for use of a single brain cell.

- Watching a pit bull "for a friend" when a toddler is in the house????

- The parents "didn't know their daughter had wandered out into the backyard???"

Really???

This is going to haunt those parents for the rest of their lives... as it should.

[Hulka]

What is the rate of death, serious injury, dismemberment and scars for pit bulls vs other breeds?

[Scoutmaster]

Pit bulls do attack humans less frequently than most other dog breeds.

Most = >50%. What is the source of your information?

[TexasCajun]

Wasn't even the family's dog, they were dog-sitting, had it in the back yard and lost track of their toddler.

Sad.

[Uncle Chip]

<>If the news was fair and balanced, they would report such attacks by other dog breeds as well.<>

You mean news like this:

Arizona neighborhood terrorized by feral packs of abandoned CHIHUAHUAS

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2562128/Arizona-neighborhood-terrorized-feral-packs-abandoned-CHIHUAHUAS.html

[Hulka]

East Temple is a bad part of town. Dangerous. . .even without the pit bull threat.

[fwdude]

This can’t be! They’re such a sweet, harmless breed. I’m told this all the time - between attack stories.

[napscoordinator]

And people think guns cause more deaths. I think pit bulls are quite the killing machine. Funny how liberals never talk about banning pit bulls....I find that intriguing.

[skinkinthegrass]

sometimes, any pet/family member will do..including a (caged) parakeet.
apparently..the dog bit; the kid repeatedly, hence, shoot/kill the dog.

[Sherman Logan]

Couple problems.

Pit bulls are more or less the canine equivalent of assault weapons. The definition of which breeds are included is very loose. Often means any large scary dog.

Statistics on dog bites are collected with a very wide degree of reliability.

Any statistic as to number of bites or deaths caused by a particular breed is pretty meaningless without qualification by number of those dogs of that breed in US or percentage of dogs of that breed.

IOW, if (to make up some numbers) 25% of fatal bites are by “pit bulls,” but pit bulls are only 1% of all US dogs, they’re a lot more dangerous than the raw numbers or ranking would indicate.

[jocon307]

“Funny how liberals never talk about banning pit bulls...”

Well, I don’t know if it is liberals, but there is fairly frequently talk of banning pit bulls, they may in fact be banned in some localities.

[ArmyTeach]

I encountered a female pit bull in our local kitchen store when the owner brought her on a leash into his office through the shop. I just stood stock still with my left hand slightly held off to my side. She came up, sniffed me, determined that I was ok, and we became friends. A little petting going on. Hope I didn’t interfere with her training as a watch dog.