As I’ve posted many times on FR.
After a news report identifying a dog involved in an attack as a “pit bull”
and after seeing a grainy photo of the dead dog in the news report,
I called San Antonio Texas and spoke directly with the animal control officer who had seen the dog
and she told me in no uncertain terms that the dog was not a ‘pit bull’ but rather appeared to be a Lab.
At that time, I thought dogsbite.org was a reputable organization
that was truly desirous of compiling an accurate database of dog attacks.
I contacted them with this info and the contact number of the AC officer in San Antonio so they could verify the info.
I never received a reply.
I contacted them again, thinking perhaps it was an oversight, but again with the same result.
To this day that dog is still identified by dogsbite.org as a ‘pit bull’.
They are not honest investigators.
They knowingly lie to support what I came to realize was a partisan vendetta against ‘pitbulls’.
They are the dog version of the SPLC.
They use Clifton Merrit as a source for much of their ‘statistics’.
Clinton Merrit does no independent verification, such as I did with the San Antonio report, but relies solely on newspaper reports.
If you use them as source, it indicates you either don’t know their true nature
or you do know and approve of any means necessary to justify your hateful stigmatizing of millions of dogs.
Have a Nice Day
We don’t know what method was used to identify the dog. We don’t know if they used DNA or a vet or someone with more training than your animal control person. There have been an unfortunate number of veterinarians, police officers, SPCA staff, pit bull owners/apologists and others in official positions who advocate for these animals, even if it means lying, because they feel strongly about breed specific laws or they love their own pits and can’t believe other could harm. One person’s account, without access to impartial information, is just an unverified/likely biased rumor.
Dogsbite.org is an excellent source of info.