Pit bull described as "very loving" kills baby in Florida (death, violent crime)

[Mercury Cougar]

Dog attack deaths and maimings, 1982-2009 for the USA and Canada:

By compiling U.S. and Canadian press accounts between 1982 and 2009, Merritt Clifton, editor of Animal People, determined the breeds most responsible for serious injury and death:

The combination of pit bulls, rottweilers, presa canarios, and their mixes:

• 80% of attacks that induce bodily harm
• 69% of attacks to children
• 83% of attack to adults
• 68% of attacks that result in fatalities
• 74% that result in maiming

Discussion notes:

• Even if the pit bull category was "split three ways," attacks by pit bulls and their closest relatives would still outnumber attacks by any other breed.
• Pit bulls attack adults nearly as often as they attack children, a characteristic not shared by any other breed.

Dog Attack Deaths and Maimings, U.S. & Canada, September 1982 to December 22, 2009 - By Clifton Merritt - DogsBite.org

[AuDiBelle]

Another pit bull thread, how original. If the media publicized every dog attack/bite regardless of breed, you'd want all dogs banned.

It's called responsible parenting. Leaving a child alone with ANY animal is not advisable. From the article:

"I would never recommend leaving an animal alone with an infant, period," Animal Control Officer Robert Currey said. "Even if it's a family pet, you never know how they're going to react to a new, basically, living being in the residence with them -- which is basically the animal's territory."

[thecoalman]

Originally Posted by Mercury Cougar

determined the breeds most responsible for serious injury and death:

It's important to note that there are many smaller breeds known to be more aggressive, the difference being they don't kill you when they attack. They don't get the public scrutiny, media coverage and other things the larger dogs do.

[evilnewbie]

Animals are animals... there is a reason why animals are not humans but humans can be animals...

[TimMcElwee]

Originally Posted by songgirl

Dad: Dog That Killed Baby 'Very Loving' - Jacksonville News Story - WJXT Jacksonville (http://www.news4jax.com/news/25516673/detail.html - broken link)

So sad!

And in a separate attack on Monday, a 5 yr. old Florida boy was attacked by a pit bull who then was shot after charging at police officers.

I know that even if 10 children were fatally attacked by pit bulls in Florida on the same day, there are those people who would continue to say, "It's all about how you raise them."

Yet, as the number of children severely wounded or killed by this particular breed continues to rise, those words sound more hollow.

How many times to you dog haters have to be told that it is NOT the breed, it's how they are raised, until you swallow that line of BS.

There is no place in society for a fully-automatic assault dog. Grind em up and melt em down.

[Jadex]

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.

CDC - Dog Bite: Facts

[Jadex]

Originally Posted by thecoalman

It's important to note that there are many smaller breeds known to be more aggressive, the difference being they don't kill you when they attack. They don't get the public scrutiny, media coverage and other things the larger dogs do.

I have been around every breed of dog you can name. From Rotties, Pitbulls, German Shep, since the age of 4 when I got my 1st dog a german shep. The only time I've ever been bite is by a toy breed

[BigJon3475]

Originally Posted by Jadex

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.

CDC - Dog Bite: Facts

Thanks.

[songgirl]

Originally Posted by BigJon3475

I don't think you want to get in to using statistics to snub out particular group of anything living.

Am I wrong?

Of course any breed of dog can be aggressive. But let's look at the statistics here. Year after year, it has been documented that pit bulls are responsible for more fatalities than any other breed by a mile. Rottweilers come in second. Over and over again.

The reason we hear so much about pit bulls attacking and seriously injuring or killing people is because they do it so much more often than any other breed..... This is not conspiracy or irrationality. It's just fact. A fact that some are willing to ignore. No matter how many people are killed. And that really is irrational.


List of fatal dog attacks in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Date Breed Victim's name Victim's age Circumstances
January 9 Pit bull-type Omar Martinez 3 years Killed by his family's dog[155]
January 17 Pit bull-type Johnny Wilson 56 years Killed by his daughter's four dogs[156]
February 12 Pit bull-type Anastasia Bingham 6 years Killed while walking to a friend's home[157]
February 18 Siberian Husky Robert D. Hocker 11 days Killed by his family's dog[158]
February 20 Pit bull-type Christine Stabb 38 years Killed by her mother's dog[159]
February 20 American Bulldog "Jane Doe" 3 years Killed by one of her mother's dogs[160]
February 22 Pit bull-type "Jane Doe" 5 days Killed by her family's dog[161]
March 1 Rottweiler Ashlynn Anderson 4 years Killed by her stepfather's dog[162]
March 4 Pit bull-type Ethel Horton 65 years Killed while defending her husband against an attack by her nephew's dog[163]
March 8 Rottweiler Justin Lopez 8 months Killed by his family's two new dogs[164]
April 14 Pit bull-mix Thomas Carter, Jr. 7 days Killed by his family's dog[165]
May 20 Mixed-breed dog Krystal Brink 3 years Killed when she wandered into her neighbor's sled dog yard[166]
May 28 Pit bull-type Nathan Aguirre 2 years Killed by his family's dog[167]
June 3 Pit bull-type Savannah Gragg 9 years Killed in her home while opening the door to let the dog outside[168]
June 15 Bullmastiff-mix

Pit bull-Boxer mix
Rottweiler-mix
Michael Winters 30 years Killed by his nine dogs (5 Bullmastiff, 3 Pit bull-Boxer-mix, 1 Rottweiler-mix)[169]
July 12 Labrador Retriever-mix

German Shepherd Dog-Husky-mix
Kyle Holland 5 years Killed by his the dogs of his mother's live-in boyfriend[170]
July 20 Pit bull-type William Parker 71 years Suffered a fatal heart attack when attacked by two of his neighbor's dogs[171]
July 22 Pit bull-type Jacob Bisbee 2 years Killed by three of his step-grandfather's dogs[172]. The dogs had decapitated the family's pet Akita and killed the family's pet Chihuahua and parrot within the past year.[173]
July 31 German Shepherd Dog-mix Aaron Carlson 2 years Killed by his family's dog[174]
August 19 Pit bull-type Tracey Payne 46 years Killed by a pack of pit bull-type dogs that had been abandoned by their owner.[175]
August 22 Pit bull-type Jerry Yates 69 years Killed by 2 pit bulls a tenant was keeping on his land.[176]
August 25 Pit bull-type

Mixed-breed dog
Jason Walter 7 years Killed by a neighbor's three pit bull-type dogs and a mixed breed dog while staying at the neighbor's residence.[177]
August 26 Boxer Taylor Becker 4 years Killed by her family's dog.[178]
September 4 Pit bull-type Mattie Daugherty 85 years Killed by her daughter's 9-year-old dog.[179]
October 13 Pit bull-type John Reynolds 84 years Killed by his son's pack of 17 dogs.[180]

[Jadex]

Originally Posted by songgirl

Am I wrong?

Of course any breed of dog can be aggressive. But let's look at the statistics here. Year after year, it has been documented that pit bulls are responsible for more fatalities than any other breed by a mile. Rottweilers come in second. Over and over again.

The reason we hear so much about pit bulls attacking and seriously injuring or killing people is because they do it so much more often than any other breed..... This is not conspiracy or irrationality. It's just fact. A fact that some are willing to ignore. No matter how many people are killed. And that really is irrational.


List of fatal dog attacks in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Date Breed Victim's name Victim's age Circumstances
January 9 Pit bull-type Omar Martinez 3 years Killed by his family's dog[155]
January 17 Pit bull-type Johnny Wilson 56 years Killed by his daughter's four dogs[156]
February 12 Pit bull-type Anastasia Bingham 6 years Killed while walking to a friend's home[157]
February 18 Siberian Husky Robert D. Hocker 11 days Killed by his family's dog[158]
February 20 Pit bull-type Christine Stabb 38 years Killed by her mother's dog[159]
February 20 American Bulldog "Jane Doe" 3 years Killed by one of her mother's dogs[160]
February 22 Pit bull-type "Jane Doe" 5 days Killed by her family's dog[161]
March 1 Rottweiler Ashlynn Anderson 4 years Killed by her stepfather's dog[162]
March 4 Pit bull-type Ethel Horton 65 years Killed while defending her husband against an attack by her nephew's dog[163]
March 8 Rottweiler Justin Lopez 8 months Killed by his family's two new dogs[164]
April 14 Pit bull-mix Thomas Carter, Jr. 7 days Killed by his family's dog[165]
May 20 Mixed-breed dog Krystal Brink 3 years Killed when she wandered into her neighbor's sled dog yard[166]
May 28 Pit bull-type Nathan Aguirre 2 years Killed by his family's dog[167]
June 3 Pit bull-type Savannah Gragg 9 years Killed in her home while opening the door to let the dog outside[168]
June 15 Bullmastiff-mix

Pit bull-Boxer mix
Rottweiler-mix
Michael Winters 30 years Killed by his nine dogs (5 Bullmastiff, 3 Pit bull-Boxer-mix, 1 Rottweiler-mix)[169]
July 12 Labrador Retriever-mix

German Shepherd Dog-Husky-mix
Kyle Holland 5 years Killed by his the dogs of his mother's live-in boyfriend[170]
July 20 Pit bull-type William Parker 71 years Suffered a fatal heart attack when attacked by two of his neighbor's dogs[171]
July 22 Pit bull-type Jacob Bisbee 2 years Killed by three of his step-grandfather's dogs[172]. The dogs had decapitated the family's pet Akita and killed the family's pet Chihuahua and parrot within the past year.[173]
July 31 German Shepherd Dog-mix Aaron Carlson 2 years Killed by his family's dog[174]
August 19 Pit bull-type Tracey Payne 46 years Killed by a pack of pit bull-type dogs that had been abandoned by their owner.[175]
August 22 Pit bull-type Jerry Yates 69 years Killed by 2 pit bulls a tenant was keeping on his land.[176]
August 25 Pit bull-type

Mixed-breed dog
Jason Walter 7 years Killed by a neighbor's three pit bull-type dogs and a mixed breed dog while staying at the neighbor's residence.[177]
August 26 Boxer Taylor Becker 4 years Killed by her family's dog.[178]
September 4 Pit bull-type Mattie Daugherty 85 years Killed by her daughter's 9-year-old dog.[179]
October 13 Pit bull-type John Reynolds 84 years Killed by his son's pack of 17 dogs.[180]

Who are you really going to trust. Wikipedia or the Gov cdc? Sorry i am going to listen to the gov CDC over any Wikipedia link
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.

CDC - Dog Bite: Facts