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It used to be that the vast majority of dogs were mutts. In my area of the country that is no longer true.

Like I said I haven't read the thread but I did look up the CDC report. Pitt Bulls are reported as "Pitt Bull types" which is code for mixed breed. (This is consistant with the results of local studies on dog bites in the Pittsburgh area) The CDC report conclusion is that. " Although fatal atacks on humans appear to be bred-specific other breeds may bite and cause fatalites at higher rates. Because of difficulties inherent in determining a dogs's breed with certainty, enforcement of breed-specific ordinances raises constitutional and practical issues."
IOW does nothing to address the actual issue of dangerous dogs.

One reason animals can't have rights is that they have no responsiblilties. An animal is not responsible for what it does, his owner is. Mutts or any kind of dog require responsible owners. These lists of "dangerous breeds" do nothing but offer the irresponsible an excuse for negligent behavior toward the responsibility that is dog ownership.

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Hmmm. Animals don't have rights because they're not human. Many do have responsibilities--mine does, and she fulfills them.

A human fetus doesn't have rights because courts haven't consistently offered them, but a newborn human baby has rights--but no responsibilities.

At least a newborn baby has rights at this moment, as I write this. There are people tirelessly working to change that.

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Pitt Bulls are reported as "Pitt Bull types" which is code for mixed breed.

It usually means "pit bull types"... American Pit Bull Terriers, American Staffordshire Terriers, Staffordshire Bull Terriers, American Bulldogs, mixes of any of the above breeds, or mixes that ressemble any of the above breeds.

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