Posted on 01/17/2018 12:52:23 AM PST by ransomnote
Pit bulls killed 92% of dogs killed by dogs & 96% of cats killed by dogs “Pit bull roulette” cost the lives of 38 humans, plus nearly 13,000 dogs, 5,000 cats, and more than 20,000 farmed animals in 2017––and, only two weeks into 2018, has already killed Happy Hound Hotel boarding kennel worker Laura Williams Ray, of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, and three-year-old Rylee Marie Dodge, of Duncan, Oklahoma, along with many dozens of animals.
Ray and Dodge were respectively the 10th and 11th humans to die in dog attacks in the 51 days between November 24, 2017 and January 14, 2018, and were the 9th and 10th humans to be killed by pit bulls.
Overall, pit bulls accounted for 68% of the human dog attack deaths in 2017, 88% of the human disfigurements, 92% of the dogs killed by other dogs, 94% of the dogs seriously injured by other dogs, 96% of the cats killed by dogs, and 74% of the farmed animals killed by dogs.
What is “pit bull roulette”? “Pit bull roulette” is the gamble that a pit bull can be safely introduced into proximity to other living beings.
“Pit bull roulette” could be called “playing chicken,” except that chickens, unlike pit bull owners and advocates, have better sense than to do anything of the sort.
Common variants of “pit bull roulette” include “sidewalk roulette,” “dog park roulette,” “animal shelter adoption roulette,” which killed five humans in 2017, “kennel roulette,” the variant that killed Ray, and “household roulette,” the variant that killed Dodge.
Typically the victims––who are sometimes the players––have no idea that their lives have been gambled.
Nearly 50,000 dogs, including nearly 47,000 pit bulls, killed or injured humans or other pets and/or farmed animals in the U.S. during 2017.
(Excerpt) Read more at animals24-7.org ...
"The more living beings to whom a pit bull is exposed, or the more pit bulls are part of the scenario, the higher the odds that one or more living beings will be killed or injured."
You mean “Dogs of PIECE” ?
Maybe “pieces” but really, more like “puree”
Hey Chet99.
Interesting article. I dont recall pits when growing up, but sure see a lot now. They should be dealt with as any dangerous animal; if you keep them, full liability for any damage they cause.
A friend’s neighbor let his pit run loose and it came into my friend’s yard and killed her miniature poodle. The dog had been reported as a threat to people and animals in the past.
What an absolute pile of frigging bullshit!!!
Who is this organization?
What is their history?
How did they come to make such blanket statements?
Where did they get their data?
What is their methodology?
What have they got against pit bulls?
AND WHAT HAVE YOU GOT AGAINST PITS?
I’ve owned multiple pit bulls (American Staffordshire Terriers), and they’ve been the most gentle,loving and devoted dogs.
ANY dog can be dangerous - it’s all in how they are raised and treated.
Dipshit websites like this are the reason the bread gets a bad name. Please Stop posting unsubstantiated crap like this!
You have no idea who Clifton Merrit is nor the extensive documentation available which corroborates his research, do you. It’s all true - go find your own answers.
In typical style - you cite your dogs as perfect and don’t care about other people and pets being killed by other pits.
Fortunately - a lot of people care about more than just themselves and the documentation is mounting up and proving that pit bulls don’t have a bad rap; they are not suitable pets for civil society.
good luck with that. You can’t squeeze blood out of a turnip.
Passing laws to make pit bull owners seriously liable shouldn't bother a pit bull owner if their dog is no threat to others.
:) Yes indeed. Very true. Patently, indisputably, verifiably true.
Muh pitts dindu nuffin.
Last week, the wife and I decided to stop at our county animal shelter to get a “cat fix”. (Since I’ve developed an allergic reaction to them, we can’t own one.)
On a whim, we decided to tour the dogs, about 50 in all. Two cowering mixed-breed Chihuahuas, one mixed breed Labrador, a Blue Tick, and a doddering Lhasa Apso all had “Adopted - Awaiting Spay/Neuter” on their cages.
The rest were Pit Bulls, or look-alikes, the majority of them with “whack Job” personalities - viciously snarling, biting at the cage as we passed by, incessant barking, depressed and listless, etc.
Why? All the pure breed and easily adoptable animals are snatched up by the “pet rescue” groups, who charge healthy “adoption” fees - $107 for a dog or cat, for example. The County (read taxpayer) is left to deal with the rest. “If you want a nice animal, go to petharbor.com and pay the price”, suggested a fellow visitor. “They scoop up all the good ones.” (The County charges $5 per animal.)
The reason rescue groups charge for animals is that they have spent $ having them spayed/neutered and UTD on all their shots. I’ve been a volunteer with a hound rescue for 6 years. I can attest that they are not making any money and often times they pay more than they recoup.
The advantages for an adopter is that the dog has been in someone’s home and they can give you information about their temperament, training needs, etc. and they have been checked by a vet. When you walk into a shelter, you don’t have this much information about a potential pet.
Another sad statistic: 100% of pit bulls who bite are owned by idiots.
There’s a reason they were long known as the nanny breed; modern-day cretins who have no business owning animals are totally responsible for this sad situation, IMHO.
You aren’t kidding.
We lucked out when we adopted our dobe/rott mix from the local shelter here in Seminole Co. FL. He was a gem — very gentle, intelligent — but sadly, 7 years old when we adopted him.
We had five beautiful years with him.
A few weeks after we put him down, to get a ‘dog’ fix, we went to the shelter where we adopted him. Nothing but cage after cage of pitt mixes. All of them snappish, nasty, and because of the area (Sanford in Seminole County) — most of them rescued gang or bait dogs. All of them with the sign, “Not good with small animals, or likes to kill small prey.”
We have two cats (who were smitten with our dobe/rott rescue)
I like pitts, still don’t think I’d own them, and rescues — all ghetto refuse. Sad. What once was a reliable breed has been destroyed by inbreeding and disreputable people. Ugh.
Weaponized animals.
Most pit owners I see are near-ghetto dweller pieces of shiite. Just watch the Animals walking the dog.
Use NIMBY laws to protect your family.
Head shot to take ‘em down.
Statistics, reality, the truth—however you want to put it—are totally against your ignorant post.
Geez
Among animal breeders, it’s widely known that it takes four generations to select for a particular trait in a domestic animal and have that trait breed true. You want a line of orange-haired shepherds? Start picking out and breeding those with orange hair for four generations. Oh, you’ll reinforce other recessive genes/traits too, but can cull some of those out over time, but you’ll always have (predominantly) orange-haired shepherds.
You want a bull-fighting, dog-fighting, fierce, protective, alerting, “vicious” breed with strength, agility, and a hair trigger?
“Pit Bulls” are your breed. Hand-selected for generations by urban-American drug dealers, gangstas, Michael Vic type football playas and others who only want those traits bred into those animals.
Sure, there ARE “gentle as a kitten” pits.
Poorly represented in media ‘cause you don’t hear about them walking around licking 3 year olds or other dogs as much as you do the totally random, ignorantly unexpected violent assaults on people and other animals which occur daily, some more sensational than others and as the old Jowhorenalism saw goes “if it bleeds it leads”.
I’ve got no use for pits, other than target practice as I’ve put down several on my farm - some neighbor breeds them and they get loose, chase my horses and chickens and I’ve learned to just shoot, shovel and shut up.
I don’t see an easy solution to this. Once you start on the banning trail it’ll be too easy to go directly to special licensing, fees, special training requirements, government inspections, other severe limitations, fines, confiscations, you know, like the way every other socialist sh!thole on the planet treats is subjects and taxpaying units.
Concealed carry, open carry, situational awareness, burning down the homes of lawmakers who refuse to unfetter our rights to keep and bear arms, stringing up liberal judges who pay lip service to rule of law and let those dirtbag drug dealers and owners of vicious dogs with history go without punishment, tarring and feathering same lawmakers and the owners of the dogs who do random damage; consequences speak louder than words.
Note: I’m not advocating open violence against ANY of our select, protected, elite class of citizen demigod leaders, just suggesting some utopian idealistic solutions as a springboard to problem-solving what is a growing issue in our country; lack of accountability across the board.
JMHO. YMMV.
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