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http://www.dogsbite.org/dogsbite-recent-dog-bite-statistics.php
Empirical studies demonstrating the acute predisposition to violence among Pitbulls:
Logical refutations of popular Pitbull apologism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatal_dog_attacks_in_the_United_States
Pit bulls make up 6% of the dog population and are responsible for 68% of dog attacks and 52% of dog-related deaths since 1982 as reported in a TIME magazine story "The Problem With Pit Bulls" by Charlotte Alter, June 20, 2014.
An April 2011 issue of Annals of Surgery reported that "these breeds should be regulated in the same way other dangerous species, such as leopards, are regulated." That report was shared with Time magazine by PETA, the animal-rights organization.
http://www.dogsbite.org/pdf/12-year-dog-bite-fatality-chart-dogsbiteorg.pdf
Dog Bite Statistics for 2016
2016 dog bite fatalities
Statistical information gathered by DogsBite.org is verifiable1 through collected news reports. Our Fatality Citations section documents each source used in our dog bite-related fatality research.
2016 dog bite fatality statistics
Death & Mauling Statistics for Niagara Falls, NY
Washington Post: Dog mauls owner to death during interview with BBC film crew
A man in northern London died after being mauled by his dog during an interview with a BBC documentary crew at his home, British media reported Wednesday.
Mario Perivoitos, 41, was talking with journalists at the apartment complex in London’s Wood Green neighborhood where he lived, when his Staffordshire bull terrier pounced on him, biting his neck, according to the Guardian.
The BBC crew called emergency services, who rushed Perivoitos to the hospital. He was pronounced dead two hours later.
The attack occurred March 20. An autopsy performed several days later concluded that Perivoitos died of “hypovolemic shock and damage to the airway consistent with a dog bite,” according to the BBC.
Police described the journalists as a man in his 20s and a woman in her 30s. The BBC declined to say why they were talking with Perivoitos.
The BBC said in a statement: “A crew making a BBC documentary were present — but not filming — at the time of the incident and called an ambulance. Given the ongoing inquiries, it would not be appropriate to comment further.”
Several neighbors told British media said they witnessed Perivoitos struggling to free himself from the dog’s jaws.
“I heard shouting, ‘Get him off! Get him off me!'” neighbor Geoff Morgan told the BBC. “He was shouting really loudly. He was bleeding from his neck. There was a lot of blood.”
Another neighbor told the Guardian that the dog had attacked Perivoitos at least once in recent memory.
“Six or seven months ago the dog bit him on the leg,” said the neighbor, identified only as Tayfun. “We heard him shout at the dog and he came running out with blood on his leg.”
Still, Tayfun added, Perivoitos “loved the dog more than himself.”
Independent outfit and its figures:
http://www.animals24-7.org/2018/01/17/pit-bull-roulette-killed-38000-other-animals-in-2017/
“Pit bull roulette” killed 38,000 other animals in 2017
JANUARY 17, 2018 BY MERRITT CLIFTON
(Beth Clifton collage)
Pit bulls killed 92% of dogs killed by dogs & 96% of cats killed by dogs
“Pit bull roulette” cost the lives of 38 humans, plus nearly 13,000 dogs, 5,000 cats, and more than 20,000 farmed animals in 2017––and, only two weeks into 2018, has already killed Happy Hound Hotel boarding kennel worker Laura Williams Ray, of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, and three-year-old Rylee Marie Dodge, of Duncan, Oklahoma, along with many dozens of animals.
Laura Ray Williams, shown at work at the Happy Hound Hotel at lower left. (Facebook photos)
Ray and Dodge were respectively the 10th and 11th humans to die in dog attacks in the 51 days between November 24, 2017 and January 14, 2018, and were the 9th and 10th humans to be killed by pit bulls.
Overall, pit bulls accounted for 68% of the human dog attack deaths in 2017, 88% of the human disfigurements, 92% of the dogs killed by other dogs, 94% of the dogs seriously injured by other dogs, 96% of the cats killed by dogs, and 74% of the farmed animals killed by dogs.
Rylee Marie Dodge
What is “pit bull roulette”?
“Pit bull roulette” is the gamble that a pit bull can be safely introduced into proximity to other living beings.
“Pit bull roulette” could be called “playing chicken,” except that chickens, unlike pit bull owners and advocates, have better sense than to do anything of the sort.
Common variants of “pit bull roulette” include “sidewalk roulette,” “dog park roulette,” “animal shelter adoption roulette,” which killed five humans in 2017, “kennel roulette,” the variant that killed Ray, and “household roulette,” the variant that killed Dodge.
(Beth Clifton photo)
Typically the victims––who are sometimes the players––have no idea that their lives have been gambled.
The more living beings to whom a pit bull is exposed, or the more pit bulls are part of the scenario, the higher the odds that one or more living beings will be killed or injured.
Nearly 50,000 dogs, including nearly 47,000 pit bulls, killed or injured humans or other pets and/or farmed animals in the U.S. during 2017.
One pit bull in 80 kills an animal or human in any given year
Since there are only about 3.7 million pit bulls in the U.S. at any given time, the odds start at about one chance in 80 that any given pit bull will kill a human or animal in any given year––compared to about one chance in 24,666 that any given dog of any other breed will kill any pet or farmed animal.
That’s right: the odds are 308 times higher that a pit bull will kill a human, pet, or farmed animal in any given year than that a dog other than a pit bull will.
This pit bull raced unattended into a busy supermarket, but Beth Clifton caught him before anyone was hurt. (Beth Clifton photo)
Multiply that one chance in 80 by the 10-year average lifespan of a dog, and about one pit bull in eight will become a killer––if the pit bull lives a normal lifespan. With a turnover rate of nearly 33% per year, and 50% for adult pit bulls, most do not live even half a normal lifespan.
Risk compared with driving
By way of further comparison, the odds are about one chance in 520 that any given licensed driver will be involved in an accident that kills a human in any given year, and one chance in 62 that a driver will roadkill an animal during the year.
(See Roadkill counts, 1937-2006, showed longterm decline.)
In other words, keeping or being around a pit bull starts out being almost as dangerous as driving, long recognized as the most dangerous thing that the average American does.
But vehicular safety is subject to strict regulation.
(Beth Clifton photo)
Drivers are required to be heavily insured, and to take classes and pass tests before they get a driving permit. Both drivers and passengers are required to wear seat belts.
Traffic lights and stop signs at every intersection reduce the risk of collision.
Nothing stops speed freaks or drunks from walking their pit bulls
Police patrol the roads around the clock to try to intercept speeders and drunk drivers.
No similar measures exist to limit the risk from pit bulls. Anyone, including drunks, can take a pit bull almost anywhere, without passing any safety tests and without being insured.
And, as with driving, any reckless behavior can markedly increase the odds that a pit bull will kill or injure another living being.
Pit bull attacks smaller dog. (YouTube)
Injuries to other animals
Incidentally, pit bulls seriously injure other dogs almost as often as killing them outright. Of the estimated 17,325 dogs seriously injured by other dogs in the U.S. in 2017, 16,263––94%––were pit bull victims.
Cats and poultry too seldom survived dog attack injuries in reported cases to project how many might have been injured.
Of the 9,600 hoofed animals believed to have been killed by dogs in 2017, about 6,075 (63%) were killed by pit bulls. Of the 7,950 hoofed animals believed to have been attacked by dogs who survived, 5,516 (69%) were attacked by pit bulls.
(Beth Clifton collage)
How the numbers are estimated
How are the “pit bull roulette” numbers for animal attacks derived?
First, ANIMALS 24-7 collects and logs published accounts of dog attacks on other pets and farmed animals throughout each year, just as we have collected accounts of fatal and disfiguring dog attacks on humans since 1982.
However, fatal dog attacks on humans are always reported by news media––we are unaware of any verified exceptions––and disfiguring dog attacks on humans often make news, though there is a significant under-reporting factor.
Police officer shooting pit bull who attacked him in Nampa, Idaho.
Compensating for under-reporting
Comparing published accounts to insurance industry payout data indicates that only about one human injury in 25 that results in a payout involves a disfigurement reported by media. In other words, the disfigurement data we track amounts to only the worst 4% of serious dog bites.
By contrast, we have learned from reviewing accounts of dog attacks on other pets and farmed animals that they are almost never reported unless either of three other circumstances were involved in the same incident: a human was killed or disfigured in the same attack; law enforcement shot the attacking dog or dogs at the scene; or farmed animals valued at more than $1,000 were killed.
Also, dog attacks on other pets and farmed animals belonging to the same household are almost never reported, unless a human is killed or disfigured in the same attack.
(Beth Clifton collage)
The algebra
We experimented with several different methods of accounting for the under-reporting factor, before discovering that applying the same factor involved in reporting human injuries produces the most consistent results from year to year, with one adjustment: the reported numbers from documented attacks should be multiplied by at least three, to compensate for non-reporting of attacks occurring within the dogs’ own households and attacks in which no one is seriously injured, the attacking dog or dogs are not killed, and there is no loss of animals with market value of more than $1,000.
Our formula, accordingly, is that reported dog attacks on other pets and farmed animals are presumed to be 4% of the cases that might result in insurance claims, with the total number three times as high.
(Beth Clifton photo)
If “R” stands for “reported dog attacks” and “U” for “unreported dog attacks, the algebra is R/4×100 x 3(R+U) = total.
Other breeds & unidentified attackers
ANIMALS 24-7 logged fatal attacks on other pets and farmed animals by 13 breed categories other than pit bull in 2017, including 14 attacks by German shepherds and German shepherd mixes, 12 attacks by huskies, seven attacks by Rottweilers, three each by Labrador retrievers, two each by Lab mixes, mastiffs, and St. Bernards, and one each by border collie, cane corso, Doberman, mastiff/husky mix, pointer, and Rhodesian ridgeback.
The German shepherd and German shepherd mix total projects to 1,100 animals killed; the husky total to 900; and the Rottweiler total to 525.
The 5% of attacks in which the attacking dogs were unidentified were proportionately allocated among the breeds involved in the other 95%.
Pit bull attacking horse.
(From YouTube video.)
Hoofed animals & poultry
Attacks on farmed animals, listed as “Other” animals in the appended chart, may be divided into two categories: hoofed animals, including mostly sheep, cattle, horses, and goats, and poultry, mostly chickens.
The numbers of hoofed animals killed by dogs each year are approximately as consistent as the numbers of dogs and cats. The numbers of poultry killed tend to fluctuate widely, because of the very high numbers killed in the worst reported incidents, in which dogs––usually pit bulls––break into commercial poultry barns.
The lowest figures for “other,” from 2016, reflect that we received few reports of dog attacks on commercial poultry barns during that year. Thus the 2016 “other” totals were projected mostly from attacks on hoofed animals, whereas the 2017 “other” projection included several of the most serious attacks on commercial poultry barns of which we have record.
Here is an internet blog post from a random user called “Halifax” at the Sherdog off-topic forums describing the intellectual dishonesty within the underbelly of the internet’s “Pitbull Expert” subculture including citation of specific threads/discussion to substantiate his claims:
Have you ever been to gopitbull.com?
Its a pro Pitbull forum with owners all giving advise. On the surface it is all the same "Pits are misjudged" type people extolling the virtues of Pitbulls. In the main forum area.
But if you go into the behavioral section in training where new Pit owners ask for advise, it is a huge 180.
They suggest euthanizing at the slightest sign of aggression towards people and flat out state that many pits are untrainable and it is their instinct to attack other animals and kids depending on their prey drive and that you CANNOT train it out of them so you NEED to euthanize. They use the phrase "Crate and rotate" over and over and over, suggesting you better get used to a 1 pet household if you get a pit.
These are the VIP long term pit owners who know what they are dealing with, and while they maintain a solid united front on the main forums that Pits are loving gentle dogs and it is all how you raise them, they show their true feelings on how dangerous and untrainable a lot of pits are when "new" pit owners come asking for advise
http://www.dogsbite.org/dogsbite-recent-dog-bite-statistics.php
Empirical studies demonstrating the acute predisposition to violence among Pitbulls:
- http://www.cdc.gov/homeandrecreationalsafety/images/dogbreeds-a.pdf
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2610618/
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22235708
- http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/coa.12094/abstract
- http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA381425
- http://blues.sabinet.co.za/WebZ/Aut...ext=images/ejour/m_samj/m_samj_v97_n8_a16.pdf
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1424716/
- http://journals.lww.com/annalsofsur..._Mauling,_and_Maiming_by_Vicious_Dogs.23.aspx
Logical refutations of popular Pitbull apologism
- Why are owners so much more likely to be bad owners if they own pits?
- Why are witnesses so much more likely to mis-identify Pits vs. other breeds based on visual inspection? Why does this mathematically skew only one way?
- Why are Pits' raw murder and mauling figures so absurdly high disproportionate to other large breeds that are similarly popular?
- Where is the evidence to substantiate any of these popular, casual colloquialisms? For example, if you give a reason for why Pit Bull owners are more likely to be bad owners, do you have evidence to substantiate that?
- Ask yourself: why are all of these rationalizations only applied to the defense of Pits, and never for other dogs?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatal_dog_attacks_in_the_United_States
Pit bulls make up 6% of the dog population and are responsible for 68% of dog attacks and 52% of dog-related deaths since 1982 as reported in a TIME magazine story "The Problem With Pit Bulls" by Charlotte Alter, June 20, 2014.
An April 2011 issue of Annals of Surgery reported that "these breeds should be regulated in the same way other dangerous species, such as leopards, are regulated." That report was shared with Time magazine by PETA, the animal-rights organization.
http://www.dogsbite.org/pdf/12-year-dog-bite-fatality-chart-dogsbiteorg.pdf
Dog Bite Statistics for 2016
2016 dog bite fatalities
Statistical information gathered by DogsBite.org is verifiable1 through collected news reports. Our Fatality Citations section documents each source used in our dog bite-related fatality research.
2016 dog bite fatality statistics
- 31 U.S. dog bite-related fatalities occurred in 2016. Despite being regulated in Military Housing areas and over 900 U.S. cities, pit bulls contributed to 71% (22) of these deaths. Pit bulls make up about 6% of the total U.S. dog population.2
- Together, pit bulls (22) and rottweilers (2), the second most lethal dog breed, accounted for 77% of the total recorded deaths in 2016. This same combination also accounted for 76% of all fatal attacks during the 12-year period of 2005 to 2016.
- The breakdown between these two breeds is substantial over this 12-year period. From 2005 to 2016, pit bulls killed 254 Americans, about one citizen every 17 days, versus rottweilers, which killed 43, a citizen every 102 days (Related graph).
- In 2016, the combination of pit bulls (22), their close cousins, American bulldogs (2), and rottweilers (2) contributed to 84% (26) of all dog bite-related fatalities. Both American bulldog cases involved dogs acquired in Miami-Dade County, Florida.
- Labradors and their mixes contributed to 3 deaths in 2016, followed by 6 breeds, each with 2 deaths: American bulldog, Belgian malinois, doberman pinscher, German shepherd, mixed-breed, rottweiler and 2 cases with unreleased breed data.
- Annual data from 2016 shows that 42% (13) of the fatality victims were children ages 9-years and younger and 58% (18) were adults, ages 30-years and older. Of the total adults killed by canines in 2016, pit bulls were responsible for 67% (12).
- In 2016, female victims (16) were greater in number than male victims (15). Among children ages 9-years and younger, male deaths were greater, 62% vs. 38% and among adults 59-years and older, female deaths outpaced males, 75% vs. 25%.
- In 2016, infants 3 to 6-days old accounted for 31% of all child deaths. In one case, a pit bull-mix was lying in bed with the baby and its parents when it attacked. The family had adopted the dog 5-months earlier from the San Diego Humane Society.
- 42% (13) of all dog bite fatality victims in 2016 were either visiting or living temporarily with the dog's owner when the fatal attack occurred, up from 32% in 2015. Of this subset of 13 fatalities, 77% (10) were inflicted by pit bulls.
- In 2016, 32% (10) of attacks resulting in death involved a dog or person new to a household (0-2 month period). Children 9-years and younger accounted for 80% (8) of these deaths. Of this subset of 10 fatalities, 70% (7) were inflicted by pit bulls.
- In 2016, 61% (19) of all fatalities involved more than one dog, up from the 11-year average of 44% (2005 to 2015). 35% (11) of all deaths involved 2 or 3 dogs and 26% (8) involved a pack attack of 4 or more dogs, up from the 11-year average of 14%.
- 29% (9) of all dog bite fatalities in 2016 involved breeding on the dog owner's property either actively or in the recent past; pit bulls accounted for 67% of these deaths. 3% (1) involved tethered dogs, down from the 11-year average of 10%.
- Dog ownership information for 2016 shows that non-family dogs inflicted the majority of deaths, 55% (17). Of this subset, 59% (10) were inflicted by pit bulls. Conversely, only 19% (6) of attacks resulting in death occurred off the dog owner's property.
- Family dogs inflicted 45% (14) of all deaths in 2016; family pit bulls accounted for 86% (12) of these deaths, up from an 11-year average of 63%. Of the 22 fatal pit bull attacks, 55% (12) involved a family or household member vs. 45% (10) non-family.
- In 2016, only 6% (2) of all deadly attacks resulted in meaningful criminal charges; the lowest level on record.3 2016 also marked the first time a police officer's "personal" attack-trained K-9 killed a person; he was charged with two felonies.
- California led all states in fatal attacks in 2016 incurring 6 deaths; 67% of these deaths were inflicted by pit bulls. Florida, North Carolina and Texas each followed with 3 deaths. South Carolina, a routine dog bite fatality state, incurred no deaths.
- See: Discussion notes | See: Full news release
- See: 12-Year U.S. Dog Bite Fatality Chart by Breed (2005 to 2016)
- See: 12-Year U.S. Dog Bite Fatality Chart by Age Groups
- See: 2016 Fatal Dog Attack Breed Identification Photographs
- Social Media Graphic: 2016 U.S. Dog Bite Fatality Statistics
- Social Media Graphic: 12-Year U.S. Dog Bite Fatality Chart by Breed
Death & Mauling Statistics for Niagara Falls, NY
Washington Post: Dog mauls owner to death during interview with BBC film crew
A man in northern London died after being mauled by his dog during an interview with a BBC documentary crew at his home, British media reported Wednesday.
Mario Perivoitos, 41, was talking with journalists at the apartment complex in London’s Wood Green neighborhood where he lived, when his Staffordshire bull terrier pounced on him, biting his neck, according to the Guardian.
The BBC crew called emergency services, who rushed Perivoitos to the hospital. He was pronounced dead two hours later.
The attack occurred March 20. An autopsy performed several days later concluded that Perivoitos died of “hypovolemic shock and damage to the airway consistent with a dog bite,” according to the BBC.
Police described the journalists as a man in his 20s and a woman in her 30s. The BBC declined to say why they were talking with Perivoitos.
The BBC said in a statement: “A crew making a BBC documentary were present — but not filming — at the time of the incident and called an ambulance. Given the ongoing inquiries, it would not be appropriate to comment further.”
Several neighbors told British media said they witnessed Perivoitos struggling to free himself from the dog’s jaws.
“I heard shouting, ‘Get him off! Get him off me!'” neighbor Geoff Morgan told the BBC. “He was shouting really loudly. He was bleeding from his neck. There was a lot of blood.”
Another neighbor told the Guardian that the dog had attacked Perivoitos at least once in recent memory.
“Six or seven months ago the dog bit him on the leg,” said the neighbor, identified only as Tayfun. “We heard him shout at the dog and he came running out with blood on his leg.”
Still, Tayfun added, Perivoitos “loved the dog more than himself.”
Independent outfit and its figures:
http://www.animals24-7.org/2018/01/17/pit-bull-roulette-killed-38000-other-animals-in-2017/
“Pit bull roulette” killed 38,000 other animals in 2017
JANUARY 17, 2018 BY MERRITT CLIFTON
(Beth Clifton collage)
Pit bulls killed 92% of dogs killed by dogs & 96% of cats killed by dogs
“Pit bull roulette” cost the lives of 38 humans, plus nearly 13,000 dogs, 5,000 cats, and more than 20,000 farmed animals in 2017––and, only two weeks into 2018, has already killed Happy Hound Hotel boarding kennel worker Laura Williams Ray, of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, and three-year-old Rylee Marie Dodge, of Duncan, Oklahoma, along with many dozens of animals.
Laura Ray Williams, shown at work at the Happy Hound Hotel at lower left. (Facebook photos)
Ray and Dodge were respectively the 10th and 11th humans to die in dog attacks in the 51 days between November 24, 2017 and January 14, 2018, and were the 9th and 10th humans to be killed by pit bulls.
Overall, pit bulls accounted for 68% of the human dog attack deaths in 2017, 88% of the human disfigurements, 92% of the dogs killed by other dogs, 94% of the dogs seriously injured by other dogs, 96% of the cats killed by dogs, and 74% of the farmed animals killed by dogs.
Rylee Marie Dodge
What is “pit bull roulette”?
“Pit bull roulette” is the gamble that a pit bull can be safely introduced into proximity to other living beings.
“Pit bull roulette” could be called “playing chicken,” except that chickens, unlike pit bull owners and advocates, have better sense than to do anything of the sort.
Common variants of “pit bull roulette” include “sidewalk roulette,” “dog park roulette,” “animal shelter adoption roulette,” which killed five humans in 2017, “kennel roulette,” the variant that killed Ray, and “household roulette,” the variant that killed Dodge.
(Beth Clifton photo)
Typically the victims––who are sometimes the players––have no idea that their lives have been gambled.
The more living beings to whom a pit bull is exposed, or the more pit bulls are part of the scenario, the higher the odds that one or more living beings will be killed or injured.
Nearly 50,000 dogs, including nearly 47,000 pit bulls, killed or injured humans or other pets and/or farmed animals in the U.S. during 2017.
One pit bull in 80 kills an animal or human in any given year
Since there are only about 3.7 million pit bulls in the U.S. at any given time, the odds start at about one chance in 80 that any given pit bull will kill a human or animal in any given year––compared to about one chance in 24,666 that any given dog of any other breed will kill any pet or farmed animal.
That’s right: the odds are 308 times higher that a pit bull will kill a human, pet, or farmed animal in any given year than that a dog other than a pit bull will.
This pit bull raced unattended into a busy supermarket, but Beth Clifton caught him before anyone was hurt. (Beth Clifton photo)
Multiply that one chance in 80 by the 10-year average lifespan of a dog, and about one pit bull in eight will become a killer––if the pit bull lives a normal lifespan. With a turnover rate of nearly 33% per year, and 50% for adult pit bulls, most do not live even half a normal lifespan.
Risk compared with driving
By way of further comparison, the odds are about one chance in 520 that any given licensed driver will be involved in an accident that kills a human in any given year, and one chance in 62 that a driver will roadkill an animal during the year.
(See Roadkill counts, 1937-2006, showed longterm decline.)
In other words, keeping or being around a pit bull starts out being almost as dangerous as driving, long recognized as the most dangerous thing that the average American does.
But vehicular safety is subject to strict regulation.
(Beth Clifton photo)
Drivers are required to be heavily insured, and to take classes and pass tests before they get a driving permit. Both drivers and passengers are required to wear seat belts.
Traffic lights and stop signs at every intersection reduce the risk of collision.
Nothing stops speed freaks or drunks from walking their pit bulls
Police patrol the roads around the clock to try to intercept speeders and drunk drivers.
No similar measures exist to limit the risk from pit bulls. Anyone, including drunks, can take a pit bull almost anywhere, without passing any safety tests and without being insured.
And, as with driving, any reckless behavior can markedly increase the odds that a pit bull will kill or injure another living being.
Pit bull attacks smaller dog. (YouTube)
Injuries to other animals
Incidentally, pit bulls seriously injure other dogs almost as often as killing them outright. Of the estimated 17,325 dogs seriously injured by other dogs in the U.S. in 2017, 16,263––94%––were pit bull victims.
Cats and poultry too seldom survived dog attack injuries in reported cases to project how many might have been injured.
Of the 9,600 hoofed animals believed to have been killed by dogs in 2017, about 6,075 (63%) were killed by pit bulls. Of the 7,950 hoofed animals believed to have been attacked by dogs who survived, 5,516 (69%) were attacked by pit bulls.
(Beth Clifton collage)
How the numbers are estimated
How are the “pit bull roulette” numbers for animal attacks derived?
First, ANIMALS 24-7 collects and logs published accounts of dog attacks on other pets and farmed animals throughout each year, just as we have collected accounts of fatal and disfiguring dog attacks on humans since 1982.
However, fatal dog attacks on humans are always reported by news media––we are unaware of any verified exceptions––and disfiguring dog attacks on humans often make news, though there is a significant under-reporting factor.
Police officer shooting pit bull who attacked him in Nampa, Idaho.
Compensating for under-reporting
Comparing published accounts to insurance industry payout data indicates that only about one human injury in 25 that results in a payout involves a disfigurement reported by media. In other words, the disfigurement data we track amounts to only the worst 4% of serious dog bites.
By contrast, we have learned from reviewing accounts of dog attacks on other pets and farmed animals that they are almost never reported unless either of three other circumstances were involved in the same incident: a human was killed or disfigured in the same attack; law enforcement shot the attacking dog or dogs at the scene; or farmed animals valued at more than $1,000 were killed.
Also, dog attacks on other pets and farmed animals belonging to the same household are almost never reported, unless a human is killed or disfigured in the same attack.
(Beth Clifton collage)
The algebra
We experimented with several different methods of accounting for the under-reporting factor, before discovering that applying the same factor involved in reporting human injuries produces the most consistent results from year to year, with one adjustment: the reported numbers from documented attacks should be multiplied by at least three, to compensate for non-reporting of attacks occurring within the dogs’ own households and attacks in which no one is seriously injured, the attacking dog or dogs are not killed, and there is no loss of animals with market value of more than $1,000.
Our formula, accordingly, is that reported dog attacks on other pets and farmed animals are presumed to be 4% of the cases that might result in insurance claims, with the total number three times as high.
(Beth Clifton photo)
If “R” stands for “reported dog attacks” and “U” for “unreported dog attacks, the algebra is R/4×100 x 3(R+U) = total.
Other breeds & unidentified attackers
ANIMALS 24-7 logged fatal attacks on other pets and farmed animals by 13 breed categories other than pit bull in 2017, including 14 attacks by German shepherds and German shepherd mixes, 12 attacks by huskies, seven attacks by Rottweilers, three each by Labrador retrievers, two each by Lab mixes, mastiffs, and St. Bernards, and one each by border collie, cane corso, Doberman, mastiff/husky mix, pointer, and Rhodesian ridgeback.
The German shepherd and German shepherd mix total projects to 1,100 animals killed; the husky total to 900; and the Rottweiler total to 525.
The 5% of attacks in which the attacking dogs were unidentified were proportionately allocated among the breeds involved in the other 95%.
Pit bull attacking horse.
(From YouTube video.)
Hoofed animals & poultry
Attacks on farmed animals, listed as “Other” animals in the appended chart, may be divided into two categories: hoofed animals, including mostly sheep, cattle, horses, and goats, and poultry, mostly chickens.
The numbers of hoofed animals killed by dogs each year are approximately as consistent as the numbers of dogs and cats. The numbers of poultry killed tend to fluctuate widely, because of the very high numbers killed in the worst reported incidents, in which dogs––usually pit bulls––break into commercial poultry barns.
The lowest figures for “other,” from 2016, reflect that we received few reports of dog attacks on commercial poultry barns during that year. Thus the 2016 “other” totals were projected mostly from attacks on hoofed animals, whereas the 2017 “other” projection included several of the most serious attacks on commercial poultry barns of which we have record.
Here is an internet blog post from a random user called “Halifax” at the Sherdog off-topic forums describing the intellectual dishonesty within the underbelly of the internet’s “Pitbull Expert” subculture including citation of specific threads/discussion to substantiate his claims:
Have you ever been to gopitbull.com?
Its a pro Pitbull forum with owners all giving advise. On the surface it is all the same "Pits are misjudged" type people extolling the virtues of Pitbulls. In the main forum area.
But if you go into the behavioral section in training where new Pit owners ask for advise, it is a huge 180.
They suggest euthanizing at the slightest sign of aggression towards people and flat out state that many pits are untrainable and it is their instinct to attack other animals and kids depending on their prey drive and that you CANNOT train it out of them so you NEED to euthanize. They use the phrase "Crate and rotate" over and over and over, suggesting you better get used to a 1 pet household if you get a pit.
- http://www.gopitbull.com/pitbull-behavior/189225-5-month-old-aggressive.html
- http://www.gopitbull.com/pitbull-behavior/187474-need-help-female-siblings-fighting.html
- http://www.gopitbull.com/pitbull-behavior/186090-aggressive-puppy-women-children.html
These are the VIP long term pit owners who know what they are dealing with, and while they maintain a solid united front on the main forums that Pits are loving gentle dogs and it is all how you raise them, they show their true feelings on how dangerous and untrainable a lot of pits are when "new" pit owners come asking for advise
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Please share the link where pitbulls are rated. I have no idea where in the dog rankings they are.
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Wow I really regretted opening that spoiler. WTF MAN!!! Ain’t nobody reading all that lol I got annoyed just having to scroll past it xD
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How old was the pit?
This is actually a pretty typical story.
Snap on humans? Or other animals? On humans, I tend to agree, but nobody with a brain should chance leaving any child under the age of 18 with one alone.
In comparison to gun laws, it is akin to arguing you should be allowed to own a grenade launcher as opposed to a rifle. The potential for damage is much more severe if it goes wrong.
In terms of animal aggression, No matter how you raise most APBT's, They will ALWAYS have that inborn instinct to attack and kill other dogs and sometimes, small animals. So no matter how well you train it, you can never train this out of them and must keep your guard up 100% of the time. Forever. That one time you are sure your Pit will respond to verbal commands and it doesn't is what we always hear about for a reason.
This is not opinion or media, it is fact. And go to any pro Pitbull forum where professional long term pit owners give training advice and they will tell you the same if you ask "how can I train my dog to leave other animals alone". The answer is always "You can't, you must remain vigilant 100% of the time and never let your guard down for the rest of the dog's life and get used to a one animal household or begin crate and rotate with your dogs or they will kill each other"
This false narrative that you can train it out of them is one of the most dangerous misconceptions about the dog. People convince themselves that the tales of Pits attacking other dogs are all how you raise it and see nothing but friendly puppy who is more scared of other dogs than aggressive...........Until puberty and head into maturity. Then one day it seems to be hanging out friendly with other dogs and then suddenly snap and will not let go, capable of doing devastating damage in seconds.
If the dog shows the slightest aggression towards children despite not having followed through, they usually suggest euthanizing the dog immediately so as not to take the chance. These are the types of advice given by Pro-Pitbull advocates with years of experience training them.
http://www.gopitbull.com/pitbull-behavior/191602-today-s-trip-dog-park.html
http://www.gopitbull.com/pitbull-behavior/189858-5-month-female-aggressive-help.html
http://www.gopitbull.com/pitbull-behavior/189225-5-month-old-aggressive.html
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http://www.gopitbull.com/pitbull-behavior/187474-need-help-female-siblings-fighting.html
http://www.gopitbull.com/pitbull-be...ull-doesnt-get-along-other-dogs-we-think.html
It is not just shitbag owners who should not own this dog. It is also first time dog owners, and owners who believe the silly lying narrative that you can train these dogs to be super friendly. It is just not true. You can control the situation and react before something happens, but that means vigilance.
http://www.gopitbull.com/pitbull-be...ull-doesnt-get-along-other-dogs-we-think.html
http://www.gopitbull.com/pitbull-behavior/186090-aggressive-puppy-women-children.html
It is not just shitbag owners who should not own this dog. It is also first time dog owners, and owners who believe the silly lying narrative that you can train these dogs to be super friendly. It is just not true. You can control the situation and react before something happens, but that means vigilance.
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They're poorly bred piece's of shit that are bred solely for looks. They represent everything wrong with the dog world. Since they're so commonly confused with actual APBT's, they give real Pit Bulls a bad name whenever they do stupid shit.
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Shut up, snowflake.
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He calls someone a snowflake a post after menstruating about a dog he doesn't have to have anything to do with if he chooses!!!
Oh the irony.
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Wouldn't waste a cup of food (dog food or otherwise) on you, either.
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Pitbulls are trash that should be shot on site,
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Fighter bashingThis is an American Pit Bull Terrier. He's one of the best to ever wear a collar.
This is an American Bully. I wouldn't waste a single cup of food on this piece of shit. One way to tell is the the color "blue", which looks gray, isn't an accepted color in American Pit Bull Terriers.
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there are alot of "guess the real pit bull" games on line, most people cannot correctly guess the real pure bred pit, most of the negativity comes from the trash "pitbulls" that are around now.
my pure bread pit was one of my favorite dogs ever, secound only to my 1/2 timber wolf 1/2 pit mix, that was the best one i ever had.
my pure bread pit was one of my favorite dogs ever, secound only to my 1/2 timber wolf 1/2 pit mix, that was the best one i ever had.
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Not sure. It was a rescue
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So a pitbull attacked and killed a dog in my city a few days ago.
last week was driving down the street and watch as some clowns had to hold back their 4-legged weapon as it was trying to lunge at people on the sidewalk.
But yeah, they're just a misunderstood breed.
last week was driving down the street and watch as some clowns had to hold back their 4-legged weapon as it was trying to lunge at people on the sidewalk.
But yeah, they're just a misunderstood breed.
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unfortunately its really not the dogs fault, you have so many inbread "pits" that arent right in the head, from breeding issues.
every few generations you have a dog become popular and are massivly inbread and problems arrise.
i dont know how old you are but when i was younger pitt bull attacks and aggression when raised as family pets was never an issue, it was with DALMATIONS, thats right dalmations, since 101 dalmations came out every kid wanted one, and puppy farms where inbreading the shit out of them, owning a dalmation at this time was like inviting satan into your home, they were on the news for unwarrented attacks on kids and other animals constatly they became unpopular and the breeding went back to normal and its safe to own one with kids and other animals again.
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Potential unstable temperaments. The movie "101 Dalmatians" set this breed up as a fad breed, which means unknowledgeable people tried to cash in on the breed's popularity by breeding every Dalmatian they could get their hands on. This resulted in a high number of Dalmatians with neurotic or hyperactive temperaments. Things are better now, but you still need to be careful of your sources!"
http://www.yourpurebredpuppy.com/reviews/dalmatians.html
http://www.yourpurebredpuppy.com/reviews/dalmatians.html
