A Labrador retrievers per wiki killed a baby on May 5th of this year with the help of a Rottweiler per google
March 9 2018 a Labrador Malamute pit bull mongrel killed a toddle
December 28 2017 a Labrador along with a pack of six including Dobermans healers and mixed pit bull and shepherd killed an older woman
August 19, 2017 a schnauzer Labrador retrievers mix killed a newborn at home
June 2016 a Labrador Pyrenees mix and two Aussie cattle dogs killed a grown man...a court subpoena server
February 2016 a Labrador shepherd mix killed a newborn at home yet again
September 2015 a Labrador like mongrel killed an old lady
November 2014 fatality by sporting retrievers unnamed a pack
November 2014 fatality by a Keeshond..... strange
August 2014 fatality by retriever mix
February 2014 a child killed by Labrador shepherd mix
December 2013 infant killed by shibu inu.....another very odd one
July 2013 lady killed by a Labrador mongrel when it attacked her dachshund
November 2012 elderly woman killed by a Boston Terrier
May 2012 again Labrador shepherd kills
April 2012 Labrador family pet kills Infant and dad charged neglect
September 20111 Labrador pit mix kills baby
February 2010 coonhound kills owner....infection
December 2009 Labrador Rotts mix kills toddler
April 2009 Three Red heelers kill owner a grown man
March 2009 golden retriever mix kills infant
July 2008 Labrador kills infant
July 2008 English Sheepdog kills toddler
June 2008 Retriever Heeler mix kills old man
January 2008 Jack Russel kill infant on bed
March 2007 Golden Retriver Catahoula hound kill grown man
May 2005 Labrador dachshund mix kills old man
September 2004 lab pit mix kills
October 2003 Great Dane kills toddler
August 2001 Lab Rottie mix kills toddler
October 2000 Pomeranian kills infant
March 1999 Airedale kills baby
February 1999 Labrador kills toddler
December 1997 Labrador kills girl
Thats 21 years of retriever and retriever mixes and fatal maulings by dogs I found remarkable to be included
I didnt include Rotts which are second after pit bulls or GSD or any molasser breed in general since wed exoect them to be listed given size etc
No question pit bulls can and do kill but if you go back to records before there were 5-25 million of them or more or dogs called pit bull types then their fatal bites numbers fall off to very few
If Rotts had the same number I fear theyd be higher to be honest and Rotts are my dog
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatal_dog_attacks_in_the_United_States
Okay, lets look at that list, most are mixed breeds, appears most often with pit bulls or rottwielers. Often, too, in packs with. Remove them and this list is very short. Compare to deadly pitbull attacks almost weekly, this is nothing. Add rottwiler attacks with pitbulls and this is even more pronounced. A pitbull and rottwiler list over the same periods would be hundreds, maybe thousand-plus. Thanks for confirming the obvious.
This is why I am a cat person.
I go out running, and there is one area of the neighborhood with several dog owners. I worry that one of the barking, lunging dogs will pull its leash out of its owner’s hands, or that one will jump over the fence.
Thank you for listing 20 years of non pitbull dog attacks to get 30 deaths which is about equal what pits have done in the past 18 months. Once again your point is well thought out and reseached. B-Z!
Not one penny more.
Denial. Really stretching.
Oh my, your list shows a precious few, by some dogs almost all of whom are MUTTS, and/or part of a pack (which is very dangerous).
You proved nothing. What, 1 Lab-type mutt per year manages to kill someone?
Currently, the Lab is far and away the most popular dog. PBTs, despite all the do-gooder apologists, are combined still not actually that popular/populous. The % are FAR different.
Next, your Rotts, while 2nd in fatal attacks, are still far more popular than PBTs and have far fewer than PBTs in kills. Again, the % is far off. Rotts first shot to popularity - breaking into the top 10 after a meteoric rise - in the ‘80s.
German Shepherds (they are NOT “molassers”, BTW, not at all) have meanwhile been probably THE most popular breed world-wide for a century. They far outstrip PBTs in numbers as do their mutts. Yet, they account for barely any fatal attacks over the last few decades. Again, %.