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To: Blood of Tyrants
ANY breed of large dog can maul a human. Should we outlaw all dogs over 35 pounds?

Please provide a link where a lab or golden MAULS someone.

230 posted on 09/08/2003 2:30:26 PM PDT by Snowy (My golden retriever can lick your honor student)
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To: Snowy
What does a link prove? I KNOW people that have been mauled by German shepards, dobies, rottweillers, collies, black labs, coon hounds, and mixed breeds. You are once again the willing victim of sensationalist journalism.

Try these links of dog bites by breed.

http://www.co.clark.nv.us/parks/AnimalControl/97bitebreed.htm
http://www.co.clark.nv.us/parks/AnimalControl/00bitebreed.htm
http://www.kidsafewa.com.au/factsheets/Dog%20Attacks.pdf
http://www.aafp.org/afp/20010415/1567.html

Aggressive dogs (higher attack rate)

Bull Terrier
Cocker Spaniel
Chow Chow
Collie
Doberman Pinscher

German Shepherd dog
Great Dane
Pit bull
Rottweiler
Siberian Husky

Here is a good one that shows fatalities by breed.
http://wonder.cdc.gov/wonder/prevguid/m0047723/m0047723.asp#Table_1
You can see that in the past 10 years the pit bull is less prominent and the Rottweiler more. Perhaps due to the popularity of the breed.

And here is the google link that got me all this.

http://www.google.com/search?as_q=breed+table&num=100&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=dog+bites+&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=&safe=images

All this proves is that the more popular a particular breed of agressive dog is, the more people are bitten by that breed.

Plus you are ignoring the primary cause of the attack in this case: RABIES.

232 posted on 09/08/2003 6:32:48 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn’t be, in its eyes, a slave.)
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