It does not identify specific breeds that are most likely to bite or kill, and thus is not appropriate for policy-making decisions related to the topic. Each year, 4.7 million Americans are bitten by dogs. These bites result in approximately 16 fatalities; about 0.0002 percent of the total number of people bitten. These relatively few fatalities offer the only available information about breeds involved in dog bites. There is currently no accurate way to identify the number of dogs of a particular breed, and consequently no measure to determine which breeds are more likely to bite or kill.
“There is currently no accurate way to identify the number of dogs of a particular breed,”
Sheer laziness.
DNA testing for breeds/mixes is readily available and quite inexpensive.
It’s just much easier [and more knee-jerk reaction agenda] to pick a breed and then demonize it.
The average Joe can’t tell a pit bull from a Boxer or Lab cross.
“There is currently no accurate way to identify the number of dogs of a particular breed, and consequently no measure to determine which breeds are more likely to bite or kill. “
And yet they try repeatedly to do just that. The CDC may be reliable, as far as it goes — and as long as the stats are used as a bully club to beat a specific breed or type over the head...but of course those that target a specific breed or type don’t read that small print. And one wonders how conservatives, supposedly so suspicious of 99.9% of the MSM reports, manage to look at these stories with any ounce of credulity and no critical thought whatsoever. Boggles the mind, doesn’t it?? Guess it explains how someone like Obama can get elected.....