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tommy:
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billf:

--- Quote from: CCM on January 09, 2008, 11:56:36 pm ---http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/01/09/2135180.htm

http://wjz.com/local/pit.bull.attack.2.626475.html

http://cbs13.com/local/pit.bull.attack.2.626100.html

http://www.normantranscript.com/statenews/cnhinsall_story_009084425.html

http://abclocal.go.com/wtvg/story?section=news/local&id=5878108

http://www.nj.com/news/times/index.ssf?/base/news-4/1199768741309150.xml&coll=5

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Holy crap, all of those stories are dated within the last couple of days.

MikeQ:
I'm sure tommy is familiar with the Clifton dog bite report.  It actually proves that statistically Pit Bulls and Rottweilers have a much higher propensity to attack and a far higher likelyhood to kill their victim.

It also covers that owner/training issue.  Most attacks were not in character with animal normal behavior and are almost always on a family member.   The attacks are often by dogs who have never shown aggression and lived with a caring family for many years.

I read up on this matter when my municipality was challenging a state statute the prohibits banning of certain breeds.  It is how I learned about the current legislation that is being drafted to reverse Statute 767.14 and allowing the banning of certain breeds.


Anyway, I didn't mean for my post to derail this thread into a "Pitbulls are a spawn of the devil".  I was simply posting to show Sharidan that while this incident was unfortunate, it could have ended in an even more unfortunate situation.  No dogs life is worth more than a child's.

tommy:

--- Quote from: MikeQ on January 10, 2008, 12:13:11 am --- It actually proves that statistically Pit Bulls and Rottweilers have a much higher propensity to attack and a far higher likelyhood to kill their victim.



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Yes, I agree. In the wrong hands a gun can be very dangerous.

MikeQ:
Well, the report disputes that.  It shows that even responsibly owned pit bulls just "snap".   One of the real issues here is that the breed is a well designed killing machine.  They can kill very effectively.  When a Labrador has a bad day and bites you, you get a puncture wound in your hand.  When a pit bull has a bad day, they instinctively go for the face or throat.  If your lucky you live.

Sometimes they do worse:

http://www.wgrz.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=49447

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