for all you pit bull lovers...facts

[centerhill condor]

some simple facts...these dogs are dangerous, in fact deadly. You can have a house full of full auto, meth, explosives and by and large they're only as dangerous as the people that handle them. Dogs can get out of control all by themselves.
Do yourself a favor and find somthing to love that won't eat your kids or get you thrown in jail. Now you can't say you didn't know.
According to the Clifton study, pit bulls, Rottweilers, Presa Canarios and their mixes are responsible for 74% of attacks that were included in the study, 68% of the attacks upon children, 82% of the attacks upon adults, 65% of the deaths, and 68% of the maimings. In more than two-thirds of the cases included in the study, the life-threatening or fatal attack was apparently the first known dangerous behavior by the animal in question. Clifton states:
If almost any other dog has a bad moment, someone may get bitten, but will not be maimed for life or killed, and the actuarial risk is accordingly reasonable. If a pit bull terrier or a Rottweiler has a bad moment, often someone is maimed or killed--and that has now created off-the-chart actuarial risk, for which the dogs as well as their victims are paying the price.
Clifton's opinions are as interesting as his statistics. For example, he says, "Pit bulls and Rottweilers are accordingly dogs who not only must be handled with special precautions, but also must be regulated with special requirements appropriate to the risk they may pose to the public and other animals, if they are to be kept at all."
Studies of dog bite injuries have reported that:
The financial impact of dog bites
Dog attack victims in the US suffer over $1 billion in monetary losses every year. ("Take the bite out of man's best friend." State Farm Times, 1998;3(5):2.) That $1 billion estimate might be low -- an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association reported that, in 1995, State Farm paid $70 million on 11,000 claims and estimated that the total annual insurance cost for dog bites was about $2 billion. (Voelker R. "Dog bites recognized as public health problem." JAMA 1997;277:278,280.)
According to the Insurance Information Institute, dog bites cost insurers $345.5 million in 2002, $321.6 million in 2003, $317.2 million in 2005, and $351.4 in 2006. The number of claims paid by insurers was 20,800 in 2002, but fell to 15,000 in 2005. The insurance payment for the average dog bite claim was $16,600 in 2002, but rose to $21,200 in 2005. Liability claims accounted for approximately 4 percent of homeowners claims. Dog bite claims in 2005 accounted for about 15 percent of liability claims dollars paid under homeowners insurance policies.
Researchers from the CDC estimated that the direct medical costs of dog bites per year equal $164.9 million in the USA.
The median age of patients bitten was 15 years, with children, especially boys aged 5 to 9 years, having the highest incidence rate
The odds that a bite victim will be a child are 3.2 to 1. (CDC.)
Children seen in emergency departments were more likely than older persons to be bitten on the face, neck, and head. 77% of injuries to children under 10 years old are facial.
Severe injuries occur almost exclusively in children less than 10 years of age.
The majority of dog attacks (61%) happen at home or in a familiar place.
The vast majority of biting dogs (77%) belong to the victim's family or a friend.
When a child less than 4 years old is the victim, the family dog was the attacker half the time (47%), and the attack almost always happened in the family home (90%).
Dog bites rank second among other common causes of emergency-room injuries.
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[Jordy]

WTF??? Are you new or something??? Where in the hell do you get off bringing facts into a ***boat argument??? All the facts this world needs and thrives on can be found right here in these forums, most posted by Kilrtoy. ;)
Leave the outside facts out of here as we don't need them!!! :idea: :D

[repo man]

network.bestfriends.org/Library/Download.aspx?d=2124
take a look at this

[Nord]

I wouldn't own a pitbull.................there, I said it :)

[Screemy1]

I do not have a pit bull, but I did years ago and she was a well mannered and loving dog. There is one simple fact, it is the way the dog is raised and how it is treated! Pits, and the other mentioned dogs have bad statistics because they are known for strength and fighting, therefore crappy people seek those breeds out train/beat them to be that way. If every pit bull was raised well, all the looser thugs and white trash owners did not exist, they would be good dogs with no bad rep..... Your facts are based on the simple fact that those dogs in all of your statistics are raised and treated badly.... we could take the poodle, get rappers to put em in videos and fight them with other poodles and in 50 years we can be having this thread on those dangerous poodles...... they have a bad rep and looser ass people will continue to seek them out, now that some cities are outlawing them just makes these thugs think they are even cooler and will continue to get them.

[Mrs. Grunion]

Hey centerhill condor:
on this same exact page that you copy and pasted this information from, you missed this part:
The most horrifying example of the lack of breed predictability is the October 2000 death of a 6-week-old baby, which was killed by her family's Pomeranian dog. The average weight of a Pomeranian is about 4 pounds, and they are not thought of as a dangerous breed. Note, however, that they were bred to be watchdogs! The baby's uncle left the infant and the dog on a bed while the uncle prepared her bottle in the kitchen. Upon his return, the dog was mauling the baby, who died shortly afterwards. ("Baby Girl Killed by Family Dog," Los Angeles Times, Monday, October 9, 2000, Home Edition, Metro Section, Page B-5.)
If you are going to hate you might as well hate all dogs...

[Mrs. Grunion]

Can you spot the pit bull?
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http://members.aol.com/radogz/d11.jpg11
Ok so lets hear it, which one is a pitbull?
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[riverbound]

the more people are afraid of Pits, the safer I feel when strangers walk by my gate ;)

[riverbound]

Can you spot the pit bull?
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http://members.aol.com/radogz/d2.jpg2
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http://members.aol.com/radogz/d8.jpg8
http://members.aol.com/radogz/d9.jpg9
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http://members.aol.com/radogz/d11.jpg11
Ok so lets hear it, which one is a pitbull?
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#6 is the most vicious dog in that line up
<---wondering why the dog has a Dildo in its mouth

[Phat Matt]

Might as well take it one step further....from the same page.
In all fairness, therefore, it must be noted that:
* Any dog, treated harshly or trained to attack, may bite a person. Any dog can be turned into a dangerous dog. The owner or handler most often is responsible for making a dog into something dangerous.
* An irresponsible owner or dog handler might create a situation that places another person in danger by a dog, without the dog itself being dangerous, as in the case of the Pomeranian that killed the infant (see above).
* Any individual dog may be a good, loving pet, even though its breed is considered to be potentially dangerous. A responsible owner can win the love and respect of a dog, no matter its breed. One cannot look at an individual dog, recognize its breed, and then state whether or not it is going to attack.

[boatsnblondes]

MUNCH MUNCH MUNCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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[hotsand65]

When I was growing up back in the 80's it was the Dobermans that were the most dangerous dogs. It's how you raise them.

[Wmc]

centerhill condor
maybe you should watch.... Dog Whisper he can fix any breed:eek:

[gfinch]

#9

[Inked]

I think that its all on how you raise the puppy, same as a person... I also think that people should enroll in the Michael Vick obedience school!! Oh snap, halla.....
Save a pet, kill a felon... :confused:
I have gas, damn vegetables...

[repo man]

67 fatal attacks 800,000 registered German shepherds. 60 fatal attacks 5,000,000 registered pits. do the math.

[centerhill condor]

Hey centerhill condor:
on this same exact page that you copy and pasted this information from, you missed this part:
The most horrifying example of the lack of breed predictability is the October 2000 death of a 6-week-old baby, which was killed by her family's Pomeranian dog. If you are going to hate you might as well hate all dogs...
I didn't miss it...I did, however, not see the relevance as this thread topic is pit bull. You're welcome to start a pomeranian thread.
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[brianthomas]

When I was growing up back in the 80's it was the Dobermans that were the most dangerous dogs. It's how you raise them.
Well,,, how you raise them is part of it. I just hate all the stories of the kind family dog pit bull that never hurt a fly then killed all three neighbor kids.
That type of crap happens more often with about three breeds than all the others put together. That's why people hate pits.
I have known some nice ones, would not be stupid enough to leave my kids with one though. Just not worth the chance with all stories about the great dogs only having one bad day out of their whole lives.

[brianthomas]

67 fatal attacks 800,000 registered German shepherds. 60 fatal attacks 5,000,000 registered pits. do the math.
Flawed facts, only Al Gore could have come up with that math. Quote the source!
Gee, if people would just quit breeding them this would be a moot point in 10 years! How many lives could that save? Lives are not worth it? Over a dog? There are lots of friendly dog breeds out there. Why even risk it with the pit breeds?

[HEDJUG]

Pomeranian kills baby in bed, come on, that argument is weak in many ways.
First, thats more the parents fault than the dogs. Dog's don't view babies as human... no dog should be left un attended with a child under 3. Even under 5 for that matter, kids are too unpredictable.
Second, 99% of the population can fend off an attack from a Pomeranian or any dog that size. Who can stop a pitt bull? I am friggin 275#s & don't want to be messing with one...
Pitt owners, it aint just Pitts that are dangerous, but they are the poster child. Probably due to the visable ownership (rappers, thugs, gangs ect...) There are a bunch of other dogs on the list that shouldn't be family pets:
-Shepards
-Rotties
-Chow Chows (not good with anyone but the owner, they are hard to stop once aroused. They tend to fight to the death)
-Giant Schnauzer/Std Schnauzer. (kids can pretty much stop the mini's, but they are all biters)
-Hot dogs (yup, hot dogs can be downright nasty pack animals)
-Mastiff & Bull Mastiff
-Chesapeake Bay Retrievers (Labs on steriods).
These are dogs that don't stop fighting & dogs that kids can't stop from attacking.
I own, have owned a few of the above breeds & have seen the problems with them all.
**I say Chow Chow is the worst breed for unpredictable/unstoppable agression. They will take on anything & try to kill (or be killed) by anthing they decide is a threat. That dog will randomly decide to protect something with it's life & you may have no clue what it is, or if it's even in protect mode. It could be something as simple as a glass of water on a table...

[Devilman]

#6 is the most vicious dog in that line up
<---wondering why the dog has a Dildo in its mouth
That looks like Djunkie's dog..... :confused: :D

[RiverDave]

centerhill condor, the fact of the matter is your taking one article that's written in a direction, leaving parts of the article out of it (that help to reduce the validity of your point), and then claiming the skewed remaining parts of it as fact?
What the fock kinda sense does that make?
RD

[RiverDave]

67 fatal attacks 800,000 registered German shepherds. 60 fatal attacks 5,000,000 registered pits. do the math.
If those stats are accurate then dog for dog your MORE THEN 8 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE KILLED BY A GERMAN SHEPARD THEN A PITBULL.
RD

[Cigalert]

67 fatal attacks 800,000 registered German shepherds. 60 fatal attacks 5,000,000 registered pits. do the math.
Do those shepard numbers include Law Enforcement?

[adjones419]

Any kind, well almost any kind, of dog can bite or kill someone. However, pit bulls are predisposed to this behavior. Environment is also a big factor.
For example, do minorities commit more crimes because they are black/Hispanic/etc. or do they commit more crimes because they are living in poverty/are undereducated/etc.?
Personally, I think it's both. But, if there's a pit bull roaming around the neighborhood, I wouldn't take my chances with it. Same thing with a meth addict or a crack dealer.

[adjones419]

67 fatal attacks 800,000 registered German shepherds. 60 fatal attacks 5,000,000 registered pits. do the math.
No way in hell there is more than 6x as many Shepherds as Pits. Or is there? Seems highly unlikely to me, but I don't know much about dogs besides Labs.

[RiverDave]

No way in hell there is more than 6x as many Shepherds as Pits. Or is there? Seems highly unlikely to me, but I don't know much about dogs besides Labs.
You got that backwards... He's saying there is 8 hundred thousand german shepards, and 5 MILLION pit bulls..
The math would indicate that with
Originally Posted by repo man
67 fatal attacks 800,000 registered German shepherds.
67 / 800,000 = .0000837
60 fatal attacks 5,000,000 registered pits. do the math
60 / 5,000,000 = .000012
.0000837 / .000012 = 6.975 times more likely to be killed by a german shepard roaming around then a pitbull.
(According to those #'s, which I have no idea where they came from?)
RD

[Rexone]

RD do you realize this is the Second Pit Bull thread this week? Long winter ahead.
3 union threads already too lol.

[RiverDave]

RD do you realize this is the Second Pit Bull thread this week? Long winter ahead.
3 union threads already too lol.
Yeah I saw the other one.. Gotta admit when Topless posted that video it made me kinda cringe.. LOL If your gonna post a vid talking about how "un"ghetto something is, the sound track to it probably shouldn't be repeating "You gotta be hood, you bette be street if your f'n with me, I need a solier blah blah blah.." :D whatever though, informative video none the less.. There's certainly better "propoganda" I would've used though. ;)
RD

[Jordy]

RD do you realize this is the Second Pit Bull thread this week? Long winter ahead.
3 union threads already too lol.
Has anyone heard anything about some kind of brain eating amoeba at Lake Havasu though??? :idea: :notam:

[RiverDave]

Has anyone heard anything about some kind of brain eating amoeba at Lake Havasu though??? :idea: :notam:
LMAO.... Yeah it's not only all over the boards man, people are talking about it in TILE shops down here? I was buying tile last night and the tile guy found out the tile was for the riverhouse, he starts asking if we heard about the brain eating ameoba thingies.. I'm like WTF?
RD

[Jordy]

LMAO.... Yeah it's not only all over the boards man, people are talking about it in TILE shops down here? I was buying tile last night and the tile guy found out the tile was for the riverhouse, he starts asking if we heard about the brain eating ameoba thingies.. I'm like WTF?
RD
Yeah, I'm starting to get emails from my non-boating friends and family members about it now, just wanting to make sure I've heard about it and to be careful when I'm out there. I think if I see this crap a few more times I may go snort a few lines of water just to try it out. :D :D :D

[riverbound]

LMAO.... Yeah it's not only all over the boards man, people are talking about it in TILE shops down here? I was buying tile last night and the tile guy found out the tile was for the riverhouse, he starts asking if we heard about the brain eating ameoba thingies.. I'm like WTF?
RD
My mom got an email from my brother in annapolis. about the brain eating ameoba. It was titled " we need to sell the F-ing river house, we should never go there again" an then he copied the news link.
I was LMAO... :D

[Miss Perfect]

LMAO.... Yeah it's not only all over the boards man, people are talking about it in TILE shops down here? I was buying tile last night and the tile guy found out the tile was for the riverhouse, he starts asking if we heard about the brain eating ameoba thingies.. I'm like WTF?
RD
My Dad called me last night and asked me not to go in the water at havasu ever again because of the brain eating ameoba...... sure thing Dad, I'll get right on that. :rolleyes:

[RiverDave]

But the real question is... Is it a pitbull ameoba?
RD

[RiverDave]

the more people are afraid of Pits, the safer I feel when strangers walk by my gate ;)
you have a pit bull? :D
RD

[squirt'nmyload]

My Dad called me last night and asked me not to go in the water at havasu ever again because of the brain eating ameoba...... sure thing Dad, I'll get right on that. :rolleyes:
this amobea news is nationwide..got a call from my mom in Pennsylvania about it too..it's old news in phoenix, it happend to 2 kids playing in a well in 2002(i think) and last year at lake pleasant :sleeping: :sleeping:

[Boa1277]

They are talking about the Amobea here in Appleton Wisconsin, I am here for work and the big word is they hope it doesnt make it to the Mid West. Brett Favre and the Packers are freeking out. I will be back in Tucson on Friday hopefully it will not have invaded there....Oh crap!

[My Man's Sportin' Wood]

Can you spot the pit bull?
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http://members.aol.com/radogz/d4.jpg4
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http://members.aol.com/radogz/d8.jpg8
http://members.aol.com/radogz/d9.jpg9
http://members.aol.com/radogz/d10.jpg10
http://members.aol.com/radogz/d11.jpg11
Ok so lets hear it, which one is a pitbull?
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#9 is the kind of dog that tried to jump through my window and eat me while I was sitting at the dining room table by myself. However, it was a trained fighting dog. 2 of them got loose and were running loose on our property.

[Jordy]

I will be back in Tucson on Friday hopefully it will not have invaded there....Oh crap!
Got news for ya, if it's in Havasu, and Lake Pleasant, it's in Tucson via a little think called the Central Arizona Project, which supplies a majority of Tucson's drinking water. That's good ol' Colorado River water there. :jawdrop:

[repo man]

If those stats are accurate then dog for dog your MORE THEN 8 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE KILLED BY A GERMAN SHEPARD THEN A PITBULL.
RD
Best Friends Animal Society • Kanab, UT 84741 • 435-644-2001 • www.bestfriends.org
Bite Prevention
and Bite Statistics
1
Bite Statistics
Statistics in the dangerous dog arena are questionable to say the least. In Janis Bradley’s
book, Dogs Bite But Balloons and Slippers Are More Dangerous, she points out the many
flaws in the “research” reporting out statistics.
One example is a study in which there is a comparison to an earlier study. The researcher,
in the first study, questioned 23,838 households about injuries from dogs that required
medical attention in the two weeks preceding the survey. There were six injurious dog
bites. These six bites for the 62,052 people were extrapolated to show a national figure of
585,000 bites for the year. In 1994, the later research, in which 8,869 people were
interviewed, covering a 12-month period, there were 38 dog bite injuries. This was
extrapolated to 756,701 bites. The report claimed a 36% increase. The estimates included
bites to 15-17 year olds, even though they were not even included in the survey.
T
he Center for Disease Control and Prevention showed that in 2001-2003, accidents from
falls numbered 7,714,167, from dog bites, 304,784. Severity of these dog bite injuries
were reported to be 92.4% with no injury, 7.5% minor injury and 0.076% severe injuries.
There are a few statistics to show whether legislation made a difference. One study in
Oregon showed a drop in injurious bites among 422 dogs whose owners had restrictions
placed on them after the first bite. There was no control group in this study, so there can
be nothing learned from it.
In addition, Karen Delise, in her book Fatal Dog Attacks: The Stories Behind the
Statistics, explains the underlying story behind each dog bite, such as a male intact dog
being tethered near a female in heat and an unattended child wandering between them.
Statistics are also flawed as to naming pit bulls as the instigators. It appears that in many
cases in which pit-bull-type dogs are blamed for fatal attacks, the dogs were few of the
recognized pit bull breeds. Glen Bui, vice president of the American Canine Foundation,
using statistics on the American pit bull terrier from the AKC, A.D.B.A. and UKC and
for the other breeds, AKC/UK statistics, found:
Numbers registered No. of Fatal Attacks Breed Percentage
240,000 12 Chow Chow .705%
800,000 67 German Shepherds .008375%
960,000 70 Rottweiler .00729%
128,000 18 Great Dane .01416 %
114,000 14 Doberman .012288%
72,000 10 St. Bernard .0139%
5,000,000 60 American Pit Bull .0012%
Only registered dogs were included. In this finding, the number of the breed is expressed
first, then the number of fatal attacks by the breed and the percentage of dogs in that
breed who administered the fatal attack. Even though Mr. Bui does not say that the
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statistics are for particular years, it appears that it is in the reportable period in which he
could get statistics.
The National Canine Research Foundation reported the following fatal dog attacks in the
United States:
2001: 23 2003: 25 2005: 28
2002: 15 2004: 22
As to pit bull types, the statistics were: In 1995 of 22 fatalities, 9 were pit bull types; in
1996, of 35, 3 were pit bull types; in 1997, of 30, 6 were pit bull types; in 1998, of 15, 5
were pit bull types; in 1999, of 42, 8 were pit bull types. Some of these pit bull types
were roaming in packs, some were unsocialized, in some a child was left unattended, and
in some the dogs were chained.
In the period of time from 1965 to the present, the most fatal dog attacks occurred in
California, 57. There were none reported in North Dakota. There were 55 million dogs in
the United States meaning there were .0000004% of dogs in the population who fatally
attacked people. In the period from 1999-2002, the Center for Disease Control and
Prevention reported that of accidental deaths in the U.S., 43,730 were from cars and 16
were from dog bites.
An example of the use of misinformation, Rep. Paul Wesselloft, Oklahoma, stated, “Each
year we lose 10 children and 2 elderly people because of Pit Bull attacks nationally.” In
1998, there was one child and no elderly people; in 1999, three children and no elderly
people; in 2000, there were four children and two elderly people; in 2001, there were four
children and no elderly people; and in 2002, there were 3 children and no elderly people.
This should be compared with the number of children and elderly people who are killed
because of abuse and neglect at the hands of other people.
There are interesting statistics when considering the Denver situation where there was a
dog bite fatality in 1986. Since the BSL legislation was originally enacted in 1989, there
have been no dog bite fatalities. Here again, the statistic does not prove that this is a
result of the BSL. Portland, Oregon, also had a dog bite fatality in 1986, did not enact
BSL, is approximately the same size as Denver, and there have been no dog bite fatalities
since that date. Dallas, Texas, also had a dog bite fatality in 1986, did not enact BSL and
there have been no dog bite fatalities since that date. Dallas is a much larger city than
Denver.
The problem with statistics appears to be that there is no consistency in where the figures
are obtained, nor are there variables included in most studies. Some studies use AKC
numbers, some use HSUS numbers and others use CDC&P numbers. Few include causes
or contributing circumstances to the attacks, nor are the total numbers of dogs in a certain
breed taken into consideration. There is no national recording system for non-fatal dog
bites in the United States.
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There was a study in the United Kingdom concerning whether breed specific legislation
works. This study, reported in Canadian Veterinarian in 2005, examined the frequency
and severity of dog-bite injuries at a Dundee hospital accident and emergency
department. The study showed, two years after breed specific legislation and covering a
period of three months, that the number of bites was the same. Before the legislation was
put into effect there were 99 bites in the three-month period, 3% of which were by pit
bull types. In the second study of three months, two years after the ban was implemented,
there were 99 dog bites, 5% were by pit bull types.
Another study in the U.K. found that prior to implementation of BSL, German shepherds
bit 24% of the time, 18.2% of the bites were from mongrels, and “dangerous breeds” (pit
bull terriers, Rottweilers, and Dobermans accounted for 6% of all the dog bites.
According to the Canadian Veterinarian Journal, “this study also showed that typical
family breeds, such as Labradors, collies, Jack Russell terriers, and cocker spaniels, were
biting at higher rates than the “dangerous dogs.”
In the above-mentioned journal, there was reported that in the City of Calgary, there were
272 complaints of dog bites in 2003. Of these 17.3% were from German shepherds and
their crosses and 5.1% were by pit bulls and their crosses. In 1990, the City of Winnipeg,
Manitoba, passed BSL legislation banning pit bulls even though a 1989 study showed
that dog bites in the city were 31% from German shepherds and their crosses and only
9% by pit bulls and their crosses.
The American Pit Bull Registry (APBR) notes: “The odds of being struck by lightning
are 1 in 600,000 in the USA. Comparatively speaking you are 6 times more likely to be
struck by lightning than you are to be killed by a dog of any breed. When you further
break down the odds of being attacked and killed by a Pit Bull the odds are in your favor
– approximately 1 in 145,000,000.”
References
American Canine Foundation. 2003 ACF Agendas Fatalities by State, Fatal Dog Attacks
1994-1999, Fatal Dog Attacks 2001-2004.
http://americancaninefoudationlaw.com/breedspecificlegisslation.html.
American Pit Bull Registry. The Un-Warranted Negative Stigma.
http://www.pitbullregistry.com/unwaramted%20negative%20stigma.html.
Bradley, Janis. Dogs Bite But Balloons and Slippers Are More Dangerous. Berkeley, CA:
James & Kenneh Publishers, 2005.
Capp, Dawn M., Esq. American Pit Bull Terriers: Fact or Fiction: The Truth Behind One
of America’s Most Popular Breeds. Phoenix, Arizona: Doral Publishing, Inc., 2004
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Delise, Karen. Fatal Dog Attacks: The Stories Behind the Statistics. Manorville, NY:
Anubis Press, 2002.
Klaassen B, Buckley JR, Esmail A. Does the Dangerous Dogs Act protect against animal
attacks; a prospective study of mammalian bites in the Accident and Emergency
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September 15, 2000
The Truth About Pit Bulls. Why MUST We Stop Breed Specific Legislation?
http://www.thetruthaboutpitbulls.com/StopBSL.htm.
Dog Bite Prevention
Online Information and Lesson Plans
Best Friends Animal Society – Free Lesson Plans
“Safety Around Animals”
http://www.bestfriends.org/atthesanctuary/humaneeducation/
crsafety.cfm
“Dog Bites – How Much Do You Know?”
http://www.bestfriends.org/atthesanctuary/humaneeducation/
crbitequiz.cfm
Doggone Safe - A nonprofit organization dedicated to
Dog Bite Prevention
http://www.doggonesafe.com/
Bite Free – Dog bite safety kit from BC SPCA
http://www.spca.bc.ca/Educators/ThemeUnits.asp
Denver Dumb Friends League – Free Lesson Plans
“Stay Safe While Respecting Animals”
http://www.ddfl.org/lesson4/respecting.pdf
Center Hill School – A Puppet Script about Dog Bite
Prevention
http://centerhillschool.tripod.com/dogbiteprevention.wps.pdfwebsite. they broke it down by breed number versus fatal attacks.

[repo man]

No way in hell there is more than 6x as many Shepherds as Pits. Or is there? Seems highly unlikely to me, but I don't know much about dogs besides Labs.
eight hundred thousand Shepherds to five million pits fore those that can't read numbers

[adjones419]

eight hundred thousand Shepherds to five million pits fore those that can't read numbers
That's what I meant. It was a simple typo, for those who can't read numbers.

[repo man]

That's what I meant. It was a simple typo, for those who can't read numbers.
just teasin ya

[Boa1277]

Got news for ya, if it's in Havasu, and Lake Pleasant, it's in Tucson via a little think called the Central Arizona Project, which supplies a majority of Tucson's drinking water. That's good ol' Colorado River water there. :jawdrop:
Well I guess I will only drink bottled water from now on..I believe the Packers are doing the same thing to fight this thing.:idea:

[riverbound]

you have a pit bull? :D
RD
My new roommate does. I have been trying to steal that dog for years.